Historic Streets Keep Their Old Names
The survey committee endorsed restoring 101 street names to their former titles amid petitions from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Civic Club and others. Provost Harrison urged removing Pine street from the city plan to allow university construction and the committee will study future action while deciding to reinstate Butler street once removed from the plan.
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Stampers
Bank
Bread
Granite
Church
Black Horse Alley
Trotter's Alley
Elbow Lane
Letitia
Juniper
Boston
Clifton
Cameron
Turner
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Civic Club
Harrison
University
Pine Street
Butler Street
North Penn Junction
Runaway Wreck Injures Three On Mountain Road to Mt Carmel
A tractable buggy run by George Ziders with David Huff Mrs. William Cherrington and others overturned on a mountain road near Green Ridge Elysburg. Huff is not expected to survive with multiple internal injuries and broken bones. Cherrington has a broken leg and dislocated shoulder while Ziders and Mrs Huff suffer serious bruises and fractures.
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Shamokin
Elysburg
Mt. Carmel
Green Ridge
David Huff
William Cherrington
George Ziders
Mrs. Huff
Ziders
Iners
Mr. Huff
Waiting for the Wife's Ashes in a City Vault
The ashes of Jacob Zeigler Davis of Boyd & Davis lie in Schuyler's vault after his death at the Continental Hotel. A $1200 burial bill remains unpaid as no service bill has been rendered. Alexander Boyd plans to ship Mrs Davis's ashes to Germantown for interment with her husband.
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California
Jacob Zeigler Davis
Boyd & Davis
Continental Hotel
Schuyler
Alexander Boyd
Mr. Davis
San Francisco
Boyd
Dunkard
Germantown
Council Finance Committee approves loan and transfers
The finance committee advanced a $1,000,000 temporary loan bill and approved transferring $83,000 to Public Works and $7,000 to Public Safety. Bell Telephone refused to install telephones in all Bureau of Surveys offices for $1,300, asking $2,260. proposed cost sharing. Other actions included delaying action on an ordinance about Park Commission bid rules and reconsideration on Susan Gorgas Park, which failed.
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Councils’ Finance Committee
Department of Public Works
Bureau of Highways
Department of Public Safety
Bell Telephone Company
Bureau of Surveys
Counceils
Park Commission
Linton Aprons
Susan Gorgas
Ridge Avenue
Manayunk
Collisions on the River Injure Two Vessels
The schooners Gardiner B Reynolds and Gertrude Abbott collided near Dan Baker shoal with both vessels badly damaged and crews blaming each other. Tugboats aided both ships as Reynolds lost spars and Abbott’s ribbon broke. Earlier, the steamer John A Warner struck the Twilight, stove in its broadside and damaged its rudder, sending the Warner to Camden for repairs with injuries to passengers.
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Gardiner B. Reynolds
Kennebec
Maine
Gertrude Abbott
Dan Baker Shoal
Reynolds
Abbott
John A. Warner
Chestnu Street
Warner
Camden
Dunkards Opposed to Life Insurance Paper Advocates Ban
Frederick Maryland June 9 The Eastern Pennsylvania Division of the German Baptist Dunkards General Convention proposes a paper arguing against life insurance It claims insurance is selfish robs the church of charity acts as a childish savings bank destroys proper care of funds and tempts covetousness and murder.
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Dunkards
the Times
Frederick
Eastern Pennsylvania
German Baptist
Dunkards, General Convention
Church
Joseph Richardson Dies Wealthy Builder of New York
Joseph Richardson, a noted eccentric millionaire and Bridgeport Water Works founder, dies at his Lexington Avenue residence after a long illness. Born in England, he built vast wealth in railroads and shipping, with assets reportedly near 20 million. He leaves a son Edward in Bridgeport and an unmarried daughter with two aunts in New York.
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New York
Joseph Richardson
Lexington Avenue
Richardson
England
Bridgeport, Conn
Goulds
Canada
Edward
Bridgeport
East Houston Street
British Dog Import Rules Enforced for England
Captain Clipperton reports a new UK order requiring licenses for all dogs entering England from outside Ireland and the Isle of Man. Dogs landing after September 15 must have a license detailing breed size age color origin port of landing and intended destination. Dogs deemed likely to develop hydrophobia may be shot or returned to origin.
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Captain Clipperton
England
Ireland
Isle of Man
Great Britain
Secretary of Agriculture
Whitehall Place
London
Accused of Cruelty in Germantown Stepchild Case
Elizabeth Copestick of 57 Bringhurst Street Germantown appeared before Magistrate Pullinger charged with cruelty to her stepson Arthur. The boy testified to wounds said to be caused by her. She was fined 50 dollars and held on bail for court. A year earlier she and husband Joseph faced the same charge with children beaten and starved, one punished by placing hands on a heated stove. the parents were fined 100 dollars each.
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Elizabeth Copestick
Bringhurst Street
Germantown
Pullinger
Arthur
Copestick
Marquis of Lorne Praises Canadian Progress and Investment
The Marquis of Lorne, Victoria’s son-in-law and former Canada governor general, writes a lengthy review in Daily Graphic praising Canada’s progress and mining wealth. He warns against repudiating debts to British investors and urges continued investment in colonies.
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London
Marquis of Lorne
Queen Victoria
Canada
Daily Graphic Today
Bryan
Kenney Pleads Guilty in Railroad Robbery Case
Walter J. Kenney, arrested at Sommersville New Jersey weeks ago on charges of robbing multiple Reading Railroad stations, pleaded guilty in Norristown court and received a five year sentence to the Eastern Penitentiary.
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Walter J. Kenney
Reading
Norristown
Walter J.kenney
Sommersville
N. J
Reading Railroad
Eastern
Destructive hailstorm damages Texas crops and homes
A severe hailstorm north of Roger and Granger wrecks crops and injures a family after their house on the Allen farm is blown apart. In Waelder lightning kills Wayne Miller at his residence, and churches at Holland are wrecked with homes and contents ruined.
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Roger
Texas
Granger
Bryan Farris
William Ashworth
Allen Farm
Waelder
N. F. Miller
Northeaster Stalls Summer Visiters Along Long Branch
A brisk northeast storm hit Long Branch this morning creating unpeasant conditions for summer visitors. The wind and seas were strong across the coast from Sandy Hook to Barnegat. Life saving crews were off duty and station captains kept a sharp lookout with no reports received by late last night.
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the Times
Long Branch
Sandy Hook
Barnegat
Elections At Actors' Fund of America Meeting
New York on June 8 reports the sixteenth annual meeting of the Actors Fund of America with officers elected including President Louis Aldrich and Vice President Frank W. Sanger. Other officers named are Edwin Knowles secretary Daniel Frohman treasurer Charles H. Hoyt and trustees A M Palmer Antonio Pastor J W Channon Charles Frohman W E Sinn T Henry French Augustus Pitou Andrew A McCormick.
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New York
Actors’ Fund of America
Louis Aldrich
Frank W. Sanger
Edwin Knowles
Daniel ‘Rohman
Charles H. Hoyt
A. M. Palmer
Antonio Pastor
J. W. Channon
Charles Frohman
W. E. Sinn
T. Henry French
Augustus Pitou
Andrew A. McCormick
Not a Cent of Profit on Certain Shoes
One of the best of Philadelphia shoemakers has taken our order for all the shoes he need make to keep his force busy until orders for fall goods come in. It is merely a manly effort to keep his organization steadily at work. The first of the shoes are ready today.
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Philadelphia
Goodyear shoes and muslin undergarments on sale
Multiple bargains fill the catalog from Goodyear process shoes priced low to muslin underwear sets and wrappers. The store touts savings for customers and steady shoemaker employment while listing specific garments and home‑sewn quality.
Postmaster Appointments Announced For 127 Positions
Washington reports 127 fourth class postmasters named across the country. Sixty five fill vacancies from removals. In Pennsylvania listings include Bolivar C M Johnson replacing Jane Coulter, Christiana P E Hannum for John Borland, Hatboro J N Watson for M H Vaupelt, Penns Park F K Reeder for Cyrus Gaine.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Bolivar
C. M. Johnson
Jane Coulter
Christiana
P. E. Hannum
John Borland
Hatboro
J. N. Watson
M. H. Vaupelt
Penns Park
F. K. Reeder
Cyrus Gaine
John Wanamaker crowds mount Carmel workers out of jobs
Mount Carmel labor shortages deepen as John Wanamaker store downsizes its operations drawing crowds and raising unemployment concerns. Local workers report reduced hours and looming layoffs amid company restructuring and slowdown in shopping activity.
Mount Carmel protests foreign labor amid reservoir project
Mount Carmel citizens condemn hiring of eighty Italians for the new reservoir, charging it crowds out Americans. Copies were sent to Congressmen and state legislators to present the action as proof of foreign competition against lifelong residents. A Greensburg woman, Laura B. Petre, 21, was found drowned in a cistern, suspected self harm. In Catro Illinois, a June 8 fire destroyed property worth 80000 dollars, including a Baptist church and a livery stable with twenty six horses. Royal Blue Line advertises fast trains to Washington with good service and engines.
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Shamokin
Mount Carmel
Kulp
Hummel
Rhoads
Nesbit
Greensburg
Laura B. Petre
Jacob Petre
Catro
Ill
New Baptist Church
Former City Collector Samuel Dunham Dies in Long Branch
Samuel Dunham, 61, former City Collector of Long Branch, died at his Jackson Street home after a brief illness. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and a prominent feed merchant in the city.
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the Times
Long Branch
Samuel 8
Dunham
Jackson Street
Grand Army of the Seen
Cut to Pieces by a Train in Ashland
Ashland reports William Fisher aged 23 was struck by a Reading Railway passenger train last night near here and killed instantly. His body was cut to pieces in the accident.
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the Times
Ashland
William Fisher
Reading
Here
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