Rorer Named Principal of Girls High School After Board Split
The Board of Education elected William D. Rorer as principal of the Girls High School, defeating William W. Birdsall 31 to 5 amid a divided committee. Scholarships for the Academy of the Fine Arts were awarded, and staff changes included new kindergarten and drawing assistant appointments.
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Board of Education
Girls’ High School
Rorer
William D. Rorer
John G. Wight
Girls
William W. Birdsall
Birdsall
Morton
Starrington
Lukens
Wright
Glorgan
Kavanagh
Merchant
Pamunds
Spangler
Academy of the Fine Arts
Normal School
Gertrude E. Tilly
Carolyn Peterson
Helen F. Kensey
Jennie
C. Hoy
Elizabeth Crawford
Marie Speakman
May Sherwood Maloney
Northeast Manual Training School
Walter Thompson Karcher
M. Herzberg
Harry R. Rittenberg
Public
Yale Tutor and Professor Rover Dies After Long Career
The article details the life of Professor Rover a Yale graduate and educator who declined multiple offers to teach at Colby College and Chicago College before joining Eastburn Academy. He later led Bethany College as dean since 1893 and taught students from Harvard Yale Penn and Cornell among others, earning testimonials from notable educators and leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Richards
Rover
Yale Union
Behring Sea
Twenty-first
William R. Harper
University of Chicago
Harrison Walton
Rutledge Boys’ Grammar School
Andrew W. Phillips
Yale College
George B. Adams
H. J. Phelps
England
George Eastburn
Eastburn Academy
This City
Henry F. Wright
Timothy Dwight
Thomas M. Drown
Lehigh University
John Warramaker
Why Scholarships Failed at Boys High Alumni Tug of War
John M Campbell chair of the boards scholarships committee airs sharp criticism of Boys High School alumni using influence to block more Penn relief funds. The board cites a name-change dispute as the motive. Scholarships for Philadelphia School of Design Pennsylvania Museum Bryn Mawr University include 10 total with divisions Collegiate 7 medical 1 law 2 to be awarded after upcoming examinations.
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John M. Campbell
Board of Education
Boys’ High School
University of Pennsylvania
Boys’ Central High School
College of Philadelphia
Philadelphia School of Design
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
Bryn Mawr College
Medical
Law
Temple College Fourth Annual Commencement Recital Held
The fourth annual Temple College music recital closed with diploma awards. Under Theodore E. Perkins, graduates Marie Coulston Je Hensell Mamie Hoot May Hill Anita Richards received diplomas as performances featured solo piano pieces a banjo mandolin trio and choral numbers by Gounod Delibes and Verdi among others.
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Temple College Music Department
Theodore E. Perkins
Gounod
Buintin Weaver
Jewel Song
Armstrong
Leo Delibes
Marie S. Coulston
Pike
Chopin
Cc. Hansell
Love of
Life
Perkins
Gertrude Hottle
Old Heidelberg
Adolf Jenson
Edward Perkins
Assault Conviction in Hagerstown Man Slashes Woman
Jack Lemon, a member of a Western Maryland family, was convicted of assaulting Lizzie Taylor in Hagerstown. He brandished a knife after a rejected walk proposal, slashing her throat and nearly killing her. Lemon, 22, had been drinking. the case drew countywide attention due to prominent families.
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Hagerstown
Jack Lemon
Maryland
Lizzie Taylor
William Short
Taylor
Lemon
Assauit
Minister Shot by His Son in Kentucky
The Rev Berry Lawson a pastor of several mountain churches was shot and killed at his home seven miles from Barbourville Kentucky by his 15 year old son Isom The boy had been threatened after a harsh reprimand last week Lawson was working in his field when his son fired both barrels from a shotgun killing him instantly and nearly severing his head The sheriff pursues the youth into the mountains
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the Times
Barboursville
Berry Lawson
Isom
Lawson
Protestant Episcopal Diocese Holds 26th Convention in Bethlehem
The twenty sixth annual convention of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Pennsylvania began in Bethlehem at the Church of the Nativity this evening with about one hundred fifty clergymen in attendance. Bishop N. B. Rulison opened the proceedings by delivering the address.
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the Times
South Bethlehem
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania
Church of the Nativity
Rulison
Hood's Sarsaparilla Advertises Blood Purifier Claim
An old medical ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a great blood purifier that cures scrofula various humors and eruptions. It links blood purification to recovery from tuberculosis era disease, citing cures by careful nutrition and cleansing the blood.
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Hood
Wintersteen a capital witness in Bloomsburg dynamite case
The ninth day of Lloyd B. Wintersteen's trial for complicity in the September 10, 1896 attempt to blow up Levi B. Waller's house concluded with Wintersteen’s calm direct testimony. He described dynamite purchases, concealed Knorr whereabouts, letters from Mrs Gillam, stock dealings with Knorr, and his lack of intent to harm Waller, while the defense hailed his conduct as favorable. The session included cross examination by Mr. Graham and resumed after a noon recess with further documentary evidence.
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Bloomsaure
Lloyd
Wintersteen
Levi B. Waller
Commonwealth
Graham
Ming
Shields
Armstrong
Irondale
Waller
Attorney Skeler
Berwick
Colonel Knorr
Knorr
Reading
Philadelphia
Bingham
8. Gillam
Washington
Bloomsburg
South America
Mr. Shields
Henderson
Harrisburg
B. C. Conner
Waller House
Cloge
Death of John Cassin Assistant Weigher at Mint
The body of John Cassin, assistant weigher at the United States Mint, died suddenly while visiting Wilmington yesterday and will be buried Friday at Central Laurel Hill Cemetery after services at his home. Born in 1855, he was a former tax auditor and custodian of bars at the Mint, survived by his 17 year old daughter.
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John Cassin
United States Mint
Wilmington
Laurel Hill
North Twelfth Street
Cassin
Mr. Cassin
Isaac
Water Department
Public Building Commission
Charles Seger
Controller's
Pattison
Townsend
Bonner Beats Smith in Fifteen-Round Ring Bout at Athens
In a late 19th century Athens program the main event saw Jack Bonner of Summit Hill defeat Australian Billy Smith after five and a half rounds when Referee Rocap halted the bout. Earlier preliminaries went to the limit with Martin Judge taking ten rounds against Young Smyrna, and Benny Peterson drawing with Frank Bradley in a clean, rapid exhibition.
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Fistiana
Olympic Club
Athens
Jack Bonner
Summit Hill
Billy Smith
Bonner
Rocap
Smith
Jack
Martin Judge
Philadelphia
Young
Philadelphian
Benny Peterson
Frank Bradley
Elr
Peterson
Bradley
Vital Statistics for the Year
The Bureau of Health reports yearly figures from the registration division. There were 10 806 visits by statistics collectors and 18 228 births registered. Interments issued 12 273 permits and 688 permits issued for disinterment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Health
Collectors of Statistics
Ambassador White Arrives in Berlin for Post in Germany
Ambassador Andi D. White arrived in Berlin to take up his posting as the new United States envoy to Germany. He was met by officials and begins formal duties amid diplomatic welcome.
Japan Hawaii dispute sparks talks of armed action
The St James Gazette calls Hawaii a corrupt republic run by American filibusters and questions whether the United States will protect its protege. It warns Japan may land an armed party at any moment and ponders how Philadelphia would respond if a clash with a white power ensues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. James Gazette
Japan
Hawaii
Unitetates
Philadelphia
America
Kidney remedy promise in a Swamp Root advertisement
A 19th century styled ad promotes Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and urinary issues. It claims urine tests diagnose kidney trouble, highlights back and bladder pain, frequent urination, and liquor aftereffects. It offers samples and pamphlets, with prices listed and Kilmer Co. contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. C
Neas
Strawbridge & Clothier House Furnishings and Tailored Attire
Strawbridge & Clothier offers prices for Tin clothes and boiler lids at 45c for metallic bottoms and tin butter kettles at 10c. Laundry soap branded by Strawbridge & Clothier sold in boxes of 30 and 60 cakes at 1.20 and 2.40. Tailor made costumes in Cheviot and Serge with silk taffeta linings, fly front coats, skirts, and coats priced from 10.00 to 15.00 with various fittings and latest styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawbridge & Clothier
Parasols and Overgarments Deeply Reduced at Belknap Firm
Parasols from the Belknap Johnson and Powell line are sold at half price and part of their entire sample stock. Women Cravenette overgarments with two capes and velvet collar drop from 17 00 to 9 50. One capes from 6 00 to 6 75. Women Mackintoshes with velvet collars cut from 5 00 to 3 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belknap
Johnson and Powell
Wonderful bound books with quality printing and fair price
The items are described as attractively bound and well printed. They carry no implication of being cheap beyond the reasonable price.
High Shoes and Oxford Reductions Offer Limited Time
A retailer highlights a special table of footwear from a major manufacturer and stock lines with dramatically reduced prices. High leather patent and Vici Oxford styles drop to 2.50 per pair, bicycle shoes stand at 2.00 to 4.60 original price ranges, and new fashion shapes in naturals offer bargains.
Lawyers clash at Central Police Station over defrauding case
Commonwealth v Rose and Warthman Hearing adjourned after war of words between attorneys Fow and Scott. Magistrate South set $1,000 bail for each prisoner for next Wednesday hearing.
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Few
Scott
Central
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
William C Rose
Anna H. Warthman
Beneficial Society
John H. Fow
Catharine T. Collier
J. R. K. Scott
Fow
South
Rebels Roast Catholic Monks in Philippine Islands Report
Vancouver observers report twenty five Catholic monks were roasted by rebels in the Philippine Islands rather than by Spanish troops. Accounts from Ilo Ilo and a foreign consul corroborate the cruelty amid rebel retaliation against those sympathetic to the Spanish. The Hupeh had traveled from Hong Kong to Ilo Ilo just before the voyage, with the monks’ deaths linked to rebel vengeance.
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Vancouver
B. C
Philippine Islands
Ilo-Ilo
Group of Islands
Hupeh
Hong Kong
Io- Tlo
Manila
Peace Talks Continue Between Allies in Thessaly
The British, Russian and Italian ambassadors send representatives to Thessaly to assess the situation. The third meeting between Turkish Foreign Minister Tewfik Pasha and the ambassadors aimed at arranging a permanent peace framework between Turkey and Greece occurred today.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Thessaly
Tewfik Pasha
Greece
Indemnity Report Guides Greece Turkey War Settlement
Paris dispatch cites Constantinople report by Turkish representatives to Thessaly. The document will form the basis for calculating indemnity Greece must pay Turkey after the recent conflict.
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Paris
The
Temps
Constantinople
Thessaly
Greece
Turkey
Oxford High School Holds Eighteenth Commencement
The eighteenth annual Oxford High School commencement was held in Oxford Hall this evening. Certificates were awarded to graduates Mary E. Barry Lucie C. Davis Mary H. Harvey Lucie P. Harrison Howard W. Jones R. Albert Kirk Agnes C. Maley Harriette E. Moore J. Eliwoods Moore Earle B. Melrath R. Elizabeth Miller Albert McFalls Hazel K. Strickland Mae L. Rupert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timms
Oxford
Oxford High School
Oxford Hall
Mary E. Barry
Lucie C. Davis
Mary H. Harvey
Lucie P. Harrison
Howard W. Jones
R. Albert Kirk
Agnes C. Maley
Harriette E. Moore
J. Eliwoods Moore
Earle B. Melrath
R. Elizabeth Miller
Albert MccFalls
Hazel K. Strickland
Mae L. Rupert
Preacher Seeks Grave Kept Green in Probate Will
The will of the late Rev. William W. Mc. Michael who died at 2446 Carpenter street was admitted to probate yesterday. The estate valued at 5000 dollars is left to relatives with 100 dollars to Mt Hope Episcopal Church in Lancaster county to maintain his grave.
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William W. Mc. Michael
Carpenter Street
Mt. Hope Episcopal Church
Lancaster County
Schulz Schehrer marriage at St John church
Rudolph Schultz and Miss Katie Schehrer were married at St. John's German Catholic Church in Pottsville today. Rev. F W Longinus officiated with Miss Mar Mullen as brides maid and Rudolph Barth as best man.
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the Times
Pottsville
Rudolph Schultz
Katie Schehrer
St. John’s
F. W. Longinus
Mar Mullen
Rudolph Barth
State National Guard officers resignations and discharges
Harrisburg June 8. General orders from the Adjutant General list National Guard officers who have resigned and been honorably discharged including Major Frank L. Hutter and Major William Coolbach among others. Also named are officers granted leave of absence and retirees such as Colonel Edward de V Morrell and Major William J Bolton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Harrisburg
Adjutant General’s Department
National Guard
Frank L. Hutter
William Coolbach
Subsistence
Edward Bispham
Philadelphia Cavalry
Winfield L. Margerum
William 8. Franklin
Jacob Britt
Walter E. Wood
Lamlis H. Miller
James G. Crawford
Martin R. Rouse
William Little
Edward de V. Morrell
James W. Oakford
Joseph P. Tunts
William O. Coolbaugh
Lyman Y. Missimer
Comany A
Illiam J. Bolton
Ignored a Bill for Murder in Uniontown
The grand jury ignored a murder bill against Chip Buchanan of New Haven. The killing of Robert Smith occurred a year ago after Buchanan perceived an intimate relation with his wife. Buchanan was captured at Wheeling and brought here for trial, then discharged and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Uniontown
Chip Buchanan
New Haven
Robert Smith
Buchanan
Smith
Wheeling
Smashed by a trolley car on Causeway Street
In Boston on Causeway Street a collision between a hurdle and an electric trolley injures Maurice Kaltz driver and William H. Fielding passenger with others scratched. Windows shattered the car and the electric line detached causing woodwork to ignite sparking a panic as passengers fled. The carriage was totally demolished.
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Boston
Causeway Street
Maurice Kaltz
William H. Fielding
Court Notes and Filings in Common Pleas and Orphans Court
Judge McMichael appoints Dallas Sanders receiver for Chester County Plumbago and Mineral Paint Co. Joseph Guigan convicted of larceny, sentenced to one year. Hitchcock Specialty assigns assets to W. Alexander Robinson. Judgment entered against J. Wallace Johnston for 1728. W. H. Leport applies. Robinson named receiver for William Campbell & Co. Executions issued against Ira T. Miller & Co. in a 1906 note. Orphans Court adjudication on Mary G. Smith estate allocates 333972.10 principal and 15104.69 income to heirs. Attachment under silent debtors act against Max Moser. Leibowitsh suit against Union Company for death at Geetaard Road corner in 1897.
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McMichael
Common Please
Dallas Sanders
Chester County Plumbago and Mineral Paint Company
Joseph Guigan
Neumeyer Harmon
Hitchcock Specialty Company
W. Alexander Robinson
Common Pleas Court
Bergner & Engel Brewing Company
J. Wallace Johnston
W. H. Leport
Webb and Leport
Cherry Street
Common Pleas
William Campbell & Co
Ira T. Miller
Nelson Silknitter
Ira T. Miller & Co
Hanna
Orphans’ Court
Mary G. Smith
Joseph Nétter
Mattings Offered at Deep Discounts from Importer Stocks
Direct importers present 3000 rolls of high grade mattings from China and Japan at reduced prices. Nara Japanese matting fetches high cost but is offered at sale level one third to half under regular. Imperial matting from China and 60 roll lots of Pa Brim patterns feature marked cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Nara
Police rewarded for services to animal protection in 1896
The Woman's Branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals awarded Police man James Ganley and Policeman Robert Brookmyer gold and silver medals respectively, with a certificate of honorable mention to Reserve W. J. Dannenhauer, for preventing cruelty to animals in 1896. Caroline Earle White presided, with several society members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Branch
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
James Ganley
Robert Brookmyer
W. J. Dannenhauer
Caroline Earle White
Theodore Fassett
John E. Uhle
Helen Roland
F. G. Palmer
Director Riter
Trinkets for Women Sterling Silver Dress Sets
Advertisement for women's jewelry featuring sterling silver dress sets in enamel designs. Includes Shepherd's Plaid and Arabesque styles with Brummell buttons and carbuncle Garnet Jade Amethyst settings, priced $1 to $2.50. Also lists Silver Flat Prys with colored stones $0.50 to $1.50 and Neethersole bangle $1.50 to $4.50. Lions BBO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LIONS
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Jew
WM. D. Rorer
DR. Wight
School For Girls
Harrington
Ir. Rover
United States
Walton
Edmunds
Mr. Rover
Miss Hallowell
Mr. Birdsall
Gratz
Mr. Kavanagh
Huey
Messrs
Lewis
Oak Lane
Rutledge Grammar School
Central High School
Godfrey Consolidated School
William D. Rober
Temple College
Episcopalians In Convention
Hleed
Mint
Orose
Market Street
Eighth Street
Filbert Street
Elisabeth Leibowitsh
Samuel Leibowitch
Union ¢Tion Company
Heda Gellayet
Ge‘etaard Root
V. E. Archambault & Son
N. E. Cor. Lit. & Market Sts
the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
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