Chester County Political News and Presidential Prospects
Long political column from West Custer dated June 5 outlines Butler and Drs Hoskins Patrick Dunn aims for pension board shifts, Butler backing Major McCauley for Auditor General, and county jockeying over district conventions. It notes elections for Jury Commissioner and Judge Waddell’s vacancy, plus local figures Townsend MacVeagh Sproul Mathues Cooper and Robinson factions shaping Chester County politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Custer
Democratic Board of Pension Examiners
Butler
Hoskins
Patrick
Dr. Hoskins
Dr. Patrick
Congressman Butler
Dr. Dunn
Dunn
Democratic Board
Ed Bingham
Republican County Committee
Chester County
Judge Waddell
William Butler, Jr
Alfred P. Reid
R. T. Cornwell
William M
Harrisburg
Oxford
Sam McDowell
Permittiig
John H. Marshall
Unionville
McDowell
Beaver
McCauley
Delaware County politics cited in Chester News feud
Special Telegram reports a Chester Evening News campaign by ex-Collector Cooper against current county leaders. Robinson and Huddell push new power amid friction with Sproul, Mathues, and Judge Clayton over prothonotary and senate seats. The piece notes shifting alliances, reform talk, and rising circulation of the Newsletters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sproul
Ine
Mathues
Court House
Senate
Cooper
Thomas R. Vernon
Delaware County American
Marshall
Robinson
Chester Times Outfit
State Senate
United States
Quay
Court House Phalanx
Custom House
McKinley
Judge Clayton
Clayton
M. Cheyney
William H. Eves
Barkis
Willin
Spraul
Hastings
W. S. Schaffer
Schaffer
Isaac Johnson
Cooper and Baker
Dickson
Common Pleas
Chester Evening News
Delaware County
Eaich
The
Chester
River Front
Lower
Chestnut Street
Leutenant
Joseph H. Huddell
Josh Smith
Tom Cook
Thomas B. Taylor
William L. Mathues
Sproul, Robinson & Co
Times
John B. Roach
Baker
Mathiaes
Swarthmore
Mathaes
Anniversary of Front Street Mission Highlights Growth
The fifth anniversary of the Front Street Gospel Mission and related enterprises was celebrated by the board and friends. Leaders reported the home to be debt free with a small treasury. from 1894 to 1897 over 1,100 men admitted, 17,600 lodgings and 49,074 meals provided, with 288 men finding work and 365 accepting Christianity. The nightly shelter average was about 50. The trustees aim to expand capacity with public support.
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Front Street
Rescue Home
North Front Street
Wood Yard
E. 8. Wolfe
Co. M. Willinms
T. L. Fretz
Seno
Saengerfest Plans and Mozart Bust at Philadelphia Saengerfest
The Great Gathering of German Singers to be held the week of the 21st in Philadelphia features a $5,000 Mozart bust on a western Public Buildings pedestal. A. M. J. Mueller sculpted the piece, modeled from authentic portraits, with prize status restricted to city organizations.
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Mozart
Stephen Girard
Philadelphia
A. M. J. Mueller
Mueller
Saengerfest
Fairmount Park
A Sea Dream by William Henry Thorne
Poem reflects a speaker near an old beloved shore dreaming of joined futures and eternal sea music. He envisions memory returning in far lands as chastened waves echo past happiness and radiant destiny under sunset gold. Atlantic City, May 1897.
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William Henry Thorne
Atlantic City
Robbed by Highwaymen targets Shrewsbury tax collector
John H. Bowman tax collector for Shrewsbury township was robbed of 600 dollars on the road to the Shrewsbury Bank near Schall's mill. He was knocked insensible, left on the turnpike as his horse fled. robbers escaped, with no description available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne MacVeach
John J. Pinkerton
MacVeagh
Congress
Washington Townsend
York
John H. Bowman
Shrewsbury Township
Shrewsbury
Schall
Damrosch Orchestra Plans Free Summers at Willow Grove Park
The Damrosch New York Symphony Orchestra will offer a summer of free high class entertainment at Willow Grove Park. Symphony Nights on Mondays feature masterworks, Wednesdays showcase soloists, and Fridays present opera music. Afternoon and evening concerts continue daily along with an enhanced electric fountain and other varied amusements near Philadelphia.
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Willow Grove Park
Damrosch
New York Symphony Orchestra
Philadelphia
Injuries May be Fatal After Streetcar Collision
Aged Margaret Gebhard was struck by a Royal Blue flyer late Friday afternoon while crossing railway tracks near Bellevue Junction. The wagon was demolished and the horse killed. She was severely injured and taken to Germantown Hospital where doctors fear she may not recover due to her advanced age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Gebhard
Twenty-eighth Street
Nicetown Lane
Bellevue Junction
Phoenix Military Band Celebrates 50th Anniversary At Phoenixville
Special Telegram reports the Phoenix Military Band marks its golden jubilee in Phoenixville. Founded in 1861, the ensemble has had 213 members, with about half now deceased, and it served with the Second Pennsylvania Volunteers under Colonel Stambaugh of Chambersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenixville
Lewis B. Vanderslice
the Times
Phoenix Military Band
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Stambaugh
Chambersburg
Thief Steals Bicycle Parts at Harrowgate and Nicetown
A man was observed taking a bicycle apart in a field at Harrowgate and Nicetown lanes and leaving with the wheels and handlebars. Mounted Policeman Simons traced the frame to a bicycle stolen nearby about two weeks earlier. The suspect was last seen asking directions to South Street.
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Harrowgate
Nicetown
Simons
South Street
Nominations Confirmed By Senate for Western States
The Senate confirmed Miguel A. Otero as Governor of New Mexico George H Wallace as Secretary of New Mexico William M Jenkins as Secretary of Oklahoma CG H Akers as Secretary of Arizona and Terri as a listed nominee in the June session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Today
Miguel A. Otero
New Mexico
George H. Wallace
William M. Jenkins
Oklahoma
Cg, H. Akers
Arizona
Miscellaneous reader notes from The Times inquiry column
A collection of short items including aliases for writers, genealogical notes, historical explanations, and Q A style clarifications. Entries cover coin values, Mary French Field, Harry Castleman pen name, McKinley hotel escort details, thesaurus origins, Asian markets, printing history, and various scholarly explanations.
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T. M
Inquirer
Mary French Field
Chicago
Ill
Rowpert T
Harry Castleman
Charles A. Fosdick
Bouiva R
William Bradford
Philadelphia
New York
la Vendee
Jean Cottereau
Georges Cadoudal
Pichegru
Napoleon
J. K
William Pepper
Philadelphia Museum
University of Pennsylvania
Heyves
Spruce Street
Washington Monument
Fairmount Park
Siemering
Berlin
BE. W
the Times
Times
F. G
South Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
Alabama
Georgis
Louisiana
Texas
Virginia
Arkansas
North Corolina
Tennessee
Missouri
Kentucky
Maryland
Delaware
Cyruts
Jonathan
Washingon
Jonathan Trumbull
Connecticut
Trumbull
Washington
Brother Jonathan
Letitia
Edison
Rachel
St. Peter
St. Paul
United States
Navy Department
Deniemen Sanne
Department
Pee & Ce
Americans in Siam Ask Retention of John Barrett as Minister
Cablegram from Bangkok to the Associated Press reports that Siam Americans have signed a unanimous petition urging President McKinley to keep John Barrett as United States Minister to Siam. The dispatch is by Hayes Bennett and committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bangkok
Associated Press Today
Siam
McKinley
John Barrett
United States
Receiver Appointed for Horizon Improvement Company
Supreme Court Justice McLaughlin names State Treasurer Colvin as receiver of the Horizon Improvement Company a major Lake George property holder and owner of the Prospect Mountain Railway in Saratoga on June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
N. Y
Supreme Court
McLaughlin
Colvin
Horizon Improvement Company
Lake George
Prospect Mountain Railway
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chester County Political News
Major McCauley
Johnstown
Bingham
Townsend
Persimmon
Cheeter County
Hobart
Warwick
Bition
Carl Samans
United Singers of Philadelphia and
Ladies’ Chorus
Eugene van Atrantar
Rienzi
Wagner
Arno Leonhardt
William McKinley
Garret A. Hobart
Daniel H. Hastings
Charles F. Warwick
Carl Lentz
Saengerbund
Eugene Kleemermann
Josephine Rich
Hans Hetling
H. Marchner
Leeeees Weber
Carl Schachner
Oberon
Festival Orchestra
Emma Mechelke-Vogt
Josephine Richardson
Judassohn
Marie Kunkel-Zimmermann
Bolo
Carl Samana
Euryanthe
Schiller
Liszt Mme
Emma Juch-Wellman
Maes
Wagner Festival Orchestra
Weber
Nicode
der Todearitt von
TF Paullinav
A. Evo
Liederkranz
Heinrich Zoellner
Leopold Godowsky
Samana
Soll
Mme
Emma Juch
J. Henry McKinley
Haensel Und Gretl
Humperdinck Festival Orchestra
Henry McKinley
Carl Pique
Masa Chorus
A Capelle
J. F. Pearce
Beethoven Mass
City Federation
Samuel L. Herrmann
Tannhaeuser
Sophie Traubmann
Maud Powell
Koernthner
Braune Gesellen
Die Krone Am Rhein
Sugene Gageur Arion
Julius Lorénz
Vale Carissima
Herman Spielter
Nessler
Wes Goldmark
J. W. Jost
Mass Chorus
Kaiser
Bowman
Ane
Steigerwalt
Willow Grovepark
Damrosch’s
Paul Jones
Scotland
John Adams
Madison
van Buren
W. H. Harrison
Lincoln
Hayes
Cleveland
cKinley
Reynolds
Bacon
Franklin
H. K
John
Artaxerxes
Ezra
Barrett
Ben Se Loo
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