Philadelphia to Get New Carpet Factory and Industry Growth
The article reports a surge in April imports of iron and steel to the United States, highlighting increases in pig iron billets ingots and related goods. It notes foreign supply dependence, reduced steel exports, and substantial domestic industrial activity including a proposed carpet factory project. It also covers grain inspection rule updates, a pending court case over rebates, and tobacco tax provisions effective July 1 1902.
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United States
Bureau of Statistics
British car makers form 7.5 million dollar trust
The J. G. Brill Company of this city furthers a consortium with five major British manufacturers, creating a $7,500,000 capital combination to counter American competition. London trade letters cite pressure from U S firms securing most tramway contracts in two years due to perceived superior workmanship.
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J. G. Brill Company
Preston
Lancashire
England
London
Victoria Carpet Mills FC to Acquire Glenham Plant in Glenham NY
Thomas Develon's Sons acquire the Brussels and Wilton carpet plant of Glenham Mills at Glenham New York. Machinery will be moved to Philadelphia for a new mill at Eighteenth street and Allegheny avenue, with operations set by September 1. Glenham Mills history notes 1876 founding by A T Stewart and later idle periods. Census shows Pennsylvania leads carpet manufacturing with 1870s peak at 44.8 percent and 1900 investments near 18 million dollars.
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Thomas Develon
Victoria Carpet Mills
Brussels and Wilton
Glenham Mills
Glenham
N. Y
Eighteenth Street
Allegheny Avenue
A. T. Stewart
New York
Pennsylvania
United States
Tobacco Tax Rules and Rebates Ahead of War Revenue Repeal
Collector William McCoach received from Commissioner Yerkes the rules on taxes for tobacco snuff cigars and cigarettes and on rebates by dealers and manufacturers ahead of the repeal act taking effect. The guidance cites Section 5 of the April 12 1902 act repealing June 14 1898 taxes and notes rebate claims must be filed on a bed form with no rebates under ten dollars.
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Collector of Internal Revenue
William McCoach
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Yerkes
McCoach
Improvement Noted in School Attendance
Captain William Thornton presented the semi annual report of the Department of Compulsory Education to the Board of Education. The May and June figures show 5 752 attendance officer visits. 985 returned to school. 4 753 to homes. 14 to employers. 6 nonattendants. 39 legally employed children placed in schools. 202 truants returned. 10 receiving private instruction. 31 physically unable to attend. 20 kept home. 6 placed in reform schools.
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Iseminger Street
Flag Displayed by Hollingsworth School Pupils
Special exercises were held at Hollingsworth Combined School Spruce below Fifteenth street to commemorate presentation of an American flag made last year by the schools sewing class led by Miss Lydia Kirby. Mrs. William Carter of the Civic Club presented the flag to Principal Anna J. McCormick. The event featured bunting flowers and a large flag on a pillar with remarks by Brooks Talcott Williams Hood Gilpin Professor Pearson and Miss Kirby. The program included recitations and patriotic songs by pupils.
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Hollingsworth
Spruce
Fifteenth Street
Lydia Kirby
Anna J. McCormick
Hollingsworth School
William FE. Carter
Civic Club
Brooks
Talcott Williams
Hood Gilpin
Professor Pearson
License Court Session Schedules Transfers of Liquor Licenses
Tomorrow at 10 a.m. Judges Audenried and Ralston hear license transfers. The list includes RETAIL transfers for F Dempsey, Shugars, Linn, Johnson, Koskowél, Labouche, and Collins, and WHOLESALE transfer for W Howard Pancost. Details cover addresses in Philadelphia wards and streets.
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Audenried and Ralston
8Th Tee
F. Dempsey
South Tenth Street
Uis F. Shugars
William Linn
Werte Eleventh Street
Peak
Joseph A. Johnson
Richmond
Venango
Ignatius Koskowél
Mth
Emiel Labouche
Patrick Kelly
Orr
North Fifth Street
Sath
Castles Reger
Orthopedics Convene at Walton for Sixteenth Convention
Delegates from American Orthopedic Association branches gather for the sixteenth annual convention at the Hotel Walton. Scientific sessions occur through the day with an evening program on plaster-of-paris bandages at Jefferson College amphitheatre starting at 8. The Jefferson College event ends Saturday evening. All other sessions occur on the Hotel Walton tenth floor.
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American Orthopedic Association
Hotel Walton
Jefferson College
Philadelphia Meetings and Society Events Today
Daily events include meetings of Common and Select Councils, the American Orthopedic Association at Hotel Walton, and the John Bartram Association reunion at the Garden from 2 to 5 PM. Donations at West Park Hospital for Women, luncheon hosted by Joseph G. Darrington for General Horace Power at the Union League, and a pupil recital by the Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind at Overbrook at 7 20 PM. The Coal Club holds its annual meeting at the Centre building at Seventh and Lombard streets.
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American Orthopedic Association
Walton
John Bartram Association
Garden
West Park Hospital
Lansdowne Avenue
Joseph G. Darrington
Horace Power
Union League
Pennsylvania Institution For the Instruction of the
Overbrook
Cotive Coal Club
Ter Centre
Miss Hill’s School Commencement at Church of the Covenant
The Miss Hill's School for Girls at 1808 Spruce Street held its commencement in the Church of the Covenant on Eighteenth and Spruce Streets. Miss Mary E. Woolley gave the diplomas and the graduation address to a list of graduates including Louise Warden Bodine Gertrude Levick Alberta Wright Brinton Anna Lewis Laura Lloyd Coates Lenore Milne Louise N. Cruice Gertrude Ostheimer Augusta G. French Dorothy Q. Sparhawk Catharine B. Hall Clara Stetson Edith Helme Natalie Taylor Ellen Constance Kerr Beatrice A. Wilson and others.
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Miss Hill
School For Girls
Spruce Street
Church of the Covenant
Eighteenth
Spruce Streets
Mary E. Woolley
Louise Warden Bodine
Gertrude Levick
Alberta Wright Brinton
Anna Lewis
Laura Lloyd Coates
Lenore Milne
Louise N. Cruice
Gertrude Ostheimer
Augusta G. French
Dorothy Q. Sparhawk
Catharine B. Hall
Clara Stetson
Edith Helme
Natalie Taylor
Ellen Constance Kerr
Beatrice A. Wilson
Dickinson Honors Hanna With LL D At Commencement
Dickinson College conferred the degree of LL D on United States Senator Marcus A. Hanna though detained in Washington for Senate duties. President Crawford of Allegheny College also received the degree as the 119th commencement at Carlisle drew a crowded audience, with seventy graduates and detailed honors across philosophy and science fields.
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Philadelphia Times
Carlisle
United States
Marcus A. Hanna
Dickinson College
Washington
Dickinson
Hanna
Crawford
Allegheny College
Meadville
James W. Bosler
George E. Reed
C. B. Lippincott
New Jersey
Ohio
William Henry Crawford
Record Sale Confirmed in U S Circuit Court Decree
Judge McPherson confirmed the sale of the Record by Special Master Commissioner James M. Beck to William S. Stenger. The decree disallowed ten days of interest on the $500,000 balance and directs Beck to execute the sale transferring stocks and bonds to Stenger upon delivery of ten promissory notes. Beck had controlled the proceedings since the August decree, with successful preliminaries and sale.
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McPherson
United States Circuit Court
James M. Beck
William 8. Stenger
Mr. Beck
William S. Stenger
Beitler Favors Whipping Post for Wife-Beaters
In Quarter Sessions Court No 1 Judge Beitler urged for a whipping post as punishment for wife beaters. James Long faced assault charges from his wife who asked for no further action. The judge suspended Longs sentence to spare hardship but voiced strong support for the whipping post to deter such offenses.
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Beitler
James Long
Long
Editor Sent to Jail for Libel Plea Against Father Caruso
Joseph Bruno publisher of an Italian paper pleaded guilty to libel in Criminal Court on May 7 before Judge Davis for attacking Rev. Angelo Caruso. A promised retraction was not published and he continued the attack. A bench warrant led to his arrest. he was jailed in Central Station, then fined $10 and sentenced to three months in jail.
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Joseph Bruno
Davis
Angelo Caruso
David J. Smyth
Bruno
Father Caruso
Smyth
Central Station
Lost boy Florian Quinn returns home to Philadelphia
A 6-year-old deaf boy from Mystic Conn. named Florian Quinn arrived safely in Philadelphia with a Philadelphia Times report noting he attended Mystic Oral School for the deaf. He traveled alone after a porter error caused him to exit in New Haven. his mother Mrs. J. H. Quinn expressed relief and happiness.
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Philadelphia
J. H. Quinn
Croskey Street
Philadelphia Times
Florian
Mystic, Conn
Mystic Oral School
New Haven
Grandson saves grandmother from house fire
Alexander Hartzell of 2221 Howarth street awoke to flames touching his 74 year old grandmother Mrs Mary MacDowell as she tripped on the stairs dropping a lamp globe. He slammed the burning wrapper away and pulled her clear despite suffering burns to his face and hands. Mrs MacDowell remains in critical condition and refused hospital care.
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Alexander Hartzell
Howarth Street
Mary MacDowell
Mayor Ashbridge Thanked Over Roosevelt School Dedication
Mayor Ashbridge received a letter from Professor Franklin Spencer Edmunds of Boys Central High School thanking him for securing President Roosevelt’s attendance at the dedication of the new high school building on October 27. The Mayor replied the President could not give a definite acceptance due to other appointments in other states.
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Ashbridge
Franklin Spencer Edmunds
Police shakeup at city stations discharge and appointments
Policeman William A. Malee of Fifteenth and Locust streets station was discharged for conduct unbecoming an officer. Policeman Louis J. Hartman of Fifth and Race streets station died yesterday morning of consumption. Appointments of substitute policemen were announced: William H. Quirk Jolles D. Schick James E. Martin for Third and Tenth districts.
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William A. Malee
Fifteenth
Locust Streets
Louis J. Hartman
Fifth
Race Streets
William H. Quirk
Add Jolles D. Schick
James E. Martin
Woman Identified After Fall From Angéla Car at Fiftieth Street
The woman who fell from an Angéla car at Fiftieth Street and Baltimore Avenue early yesterday was identified as Hisabeth Zane of M1 Pentridge Street. She had not regained consciousness at a local hospital.
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Fiftieth Street
Baltimore Avenue
Hisabeth Zane
M1 Pentridge Street
Music with quick lunch pleases Chestnut Street patrons
A four day old quick lunch restaurant on Chestnut Street blends sandwiches with live music. The show features tunes like On the Hills of Old New England and There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight, drawing clerks bankers and other city workers, boosting sociability and returning patrons despite a few naysayers.
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Sousa
Chestnut Street
Old
New England
Otter
Maree Green
Mamie
Hole
Shad
Canadian wanted man Blanchard held after Moyamensing hearing
Edward Blanchard alias William Dowd alias Frank Williams, a British subject, was released from Northumberland County Jail after serving a term for carrying concealed deadly weapons and then jailed at Moyamensing Prison following a hearing before U S Commissioner Henry R. Edmunds on larceny and burglary charges in Canada. Deputy Marshal A B Myere arrested him as he left Chambersburg jail, under a warrant from the British vice consul Wilfred Powell and instructions from the British Ambassador's office in Washington.
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Edward Blanchard
William Dowd
Frank Williams
Northumberland County
Moyamensing
United States
Henry R. Edmunds
Canada
A. B. Myere
Blanchard
Chambersburg
Wilfred Powell
Washington
Stone crash destroys Ridge avenue trolley under Manayunk bridge
Five tons of slag stone toppled from a Pennsylvania Railroad bridge at Manayunk and crushed the Ridge avenue trolley beneath. The car roof bore the impact as a freight car bottom collapsed and contents tumbled 135 feet below. Five or six women aboard were on the car. attempts to escape were thwarted by the conductor to prevent panic.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Manayunk
Ridge Avenue
Womer
River Bridge
Marital trouble in court over assault charge
George Manus of 411 Montgomery avenue faced Magistrate Cunningham at Central Station to answer an assault and battery charge by Elizabeth Wharton of 1541 Juniata street. Wharton said she married Manus in Trenton, New Jersey on March 15 and has suffered beatings and abuse since. Manus, of 2487 Lawrence street, testified as a witness.
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George Manus
Montgomery Avenue
Cunningham
Central Station
Elizabeth Wharton
Juniata Street
the Plaintife
Manus
Trenton
N. J
Lawrence Street
Cnet
Notes of the stage in Philadelphia theater season
Eugene Cowles shifts to concert work next season while Madaline Satcette Ryley debuts a new comedy in London. Marie Celeste retires from singing, married to a Boston hotelier. Earl of Roslyn and James Erskine to be billed under Frohman. Bronson Howard's Forepaugh revival stars George LéArock. New plays by Hazelton and other notables teased amid reviews of Chinese Honeymoon and mimicry acts by Aimee Angeles and Fay Templeton.
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Earl of Roslyn
Charles Frohman
James Erskine
George LéArock
Strebelow
Bronson Howard
Howard
Dumas
Diane de Lys
Molly
George C. Hazelton
Philadelphia
Nell
Henrietta Crosman
Elizabeth Tyree
Harrison Grey Fiske
Miss Tyree
Grace Livingston Furniss
Gretna Green
Molly Pitcher
Hazelton
Katie Barry
New York City
Aimee Angeles
Minnie Ashley
New York
Miss Angeles
Fay Templeton
Next Week’s Playbills At Keith’s Theatre Highlighted
Ryan and Richfield head the bill at Keith’s Theatre with Will M. Creasy’s Mag Haggerty’s Father. Al Leech and the Three Rosebuds join the roster for the third week of the summer season. Moths revival by Middleton-Morton at Girard Avenue Theatre features Valerie Burgere and John J. Farrell. Other cast includes Middleton, Nellie Callahan, Ida Glenn, T. J. McGrane, and Jack Webster. Lovers’ Lane persists at Park Theatre marking the hundredth Philadelphia performance with glass powder-box souvenirs. The Trocadero season closure is announced for next Saturday with a Monday evening open house of specialties.
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Ryan
Richfield
Keith
Will M. Creasy
Oulda
Middleton-Morton Players
Girard Avenue Theatre
Valerie Bergere
John J. Farrell
Forepaugh
Reme
Win Middleton
Geo Holland
Nellie Callahan
Ida Glenn
T. J. McGrane
Jack Webster
Park Theatre
Philadelphia
Millle Oe
Fragmented Theatre Schedule Notes 8.15 PM Details
Readable fragments show an 8.15 PM and 2.00 PM listing at Lyceum and 6.15 PM and 2.15 PM at Trocadero. Some entries reference Park, Chestnut Hill, and Barbs but many words are garbled. The legible items point to a partial schedule of showtimes and venues without coherent event names.
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Lyceum Theatre
Trocadero
Waicioey
City rulers' outings reveal summer plans across offices
A Philadelphia Times probe outlines Mayor Ashbridge and department chiefs set for summer stays. Directors will cruise Atlantic coast with wireless links to City Hall, while staffers like Col onel Hoyt and Hi Horter script editorials from beach towns.
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Philadelphia Times
Ashbridge
Crow
Bunn
English
Atlantic
Atlantic City
Jim” Hoyt
Hi” Horter
Beach Haven
Charles Edgar
Colonel Hoyt
Seashore
Philadelphia
Tacony
Haddock
Department of Public Works
James P. McNichol
McNichol
Charley” Hall
William H. Brooks
Highway Department
Chelsea
George G. Pierce
Delaware Avenue
Adirondacks
Eddie” Patton
35Th Ward
Salter Bail Case Postponed to Next Week
District Attorney Weaver is away on city business delaying the remittance petition for the forfeiture of the ball linked to Sammel Salter and co-defendants charged with election frauds. The argument on the petition will be postponed until Thursday of next week.
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Weaver
Sammel Salter
Trades League of bia eleventh annual issued
The Trades League of bia publishes its eleventh annual volume detailing the work of Az. Trades League committees in 1001 and including speeches by William W. Foulkrod Vice President Sam W. Supplee and Mahlon N. Kline. Directors Omas Martindale Charles Riddle and Finley Acker preside at the annual meeting last January.
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The
Trades League of Bia
Trades League
William W. Foulkrod
Sam W. Supplee
Mahlon N. Kline
Omas Martindale
Charles Riddle
Finley Acker
Missing Persons Report With Faded Details
A fragmentary notice lists missing persons including Ernest Sanderiin, 25, of 204 Fletcher Street, reported missing since June. Also referenced is a youth named Walker, described as a 11 year old of 1725 likely with unclear street details.
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Ernest Sanderiin
Fletcher
Pian
Sears
Er. Ears
Orth Street
I ' Walker
Unegro
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