Philadelphia Stock Exchange weighs building plan changes
Members at the old Commercial Exchange site debated renovating the Third and Walnut building versus razing it to construct a new $300,000 facility. Support favored a midtown location between Broad and Third streets for greater access to city institutions. A June 18 vote will decide, with Haseltine building offered and $250,000 pledged toward purchase.
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Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Commercial Exchange
Third and
Walnut Streets
Townsend
Exchange
Broad
Third Streets
The
Stock Exchange
Benjamin F. Teller & Brother
Haseltine
Broad Street
Felix Isman
Navy to call for armor plate bids for battleships and cruisers
Washington June Navy Department will advertise for proposals to supply face hardened armor for ships under construction and for three new battleships. Bids will be tested in three tonnage classes 10 000 20 000 and 30 000 tons with a target price under 500 per ton deemed reasonable. Secretary Long will judge the bids and may authorize a plant if offers fail to meet terms.
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Washington
Navy Department
Long
Lawyer Clapton Arrested Over Abusive Letters to Wife
William C Clapton wealthy lawyer and clubman was arrested on a warrant charging him with sending abusive letters to his former wife Josie Bell. The couple married in 1897 and were separated last summer Clapton secured a divorce from his wife in North Dakota.
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New York
William C. Claptom
Josie Bell
Clapton
North Dakota
Vitriol Attack on Former Husband in Paris Faubourg
The divorced wife of a poor forest in the Faubourg St. Honore threw vitriol into her former husband’s face in revenge for alleged wrongs. The man was severely burned with likely permanent blindness. She claims motive was his last week awarding their two children without informing her. She is imprisoned.
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Parle
Janes
Faubourg St. Honore
What the Stars Say by Zadkiei and Raphael
Mercury forms a benefice aspect with the moon aiding writing and literary work and dealings with printers editors and lawyers. A favorable birthday promises business growth and a quick clever child, though temper and caution are advised for a girl born today.
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Pub
Raphael
Meetings Schedule For Cosamon Council And City Boards
Tuesday at 11 30 A M a special committee will hear testimony on R Courtland Horr s eligibility to a seat in Cosamon Council Tuesday 3 P M a regular Board of Education meeting Tuesday 8 P M a regular Board of Charities and Correction meeting Thursday 10 A M all day Common Council session Thursday 3 P M a special Select Council meeting
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R. Courtland Horr
Cosamon Council
Board of Education
Board of Charities and Correction
Common Council
Select Council
Knight
R. Courtland Harr
James P. Flinn
James I. Clark
Patrick H. Broderick
William Palmer
Harry Hansberry
Broderick
Hawkes
Mr. Horr
Horr
Clarke and
Fnn
City appoints Dr John W Shoemaker to Charities Board
Mayor Ashbridge names Dr John W Shoemaker to fill the vacancy created by Alfred Moore’s resignation. Friction with the Charities Board over removals persists as Superintendent Merrick remains and talks of appointing a new Almshouse chief continue. The board next meets Tuesday amid ongoing hearings on Common Council seats and park matters.
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Ashbridge
John W. Shoemaker
Board of Charities and Correction
Alfred Moore
Charities Board
Lawrence
Almshouse
Merrick
House of Correction
Dr. Shoemaker
Park Improvements and Rail Tracks Debate in City Council
Citizens urge improvements in the triangle bordered by Thirty-third Street Ridge and Susquehanna avenues with seating and paths while officials note the area is to be a grand park entrance. The park guards gain a monthly holiday. health inspections begin next week along the Delaware River. The Board of Trade opposes adding multiple railroad tracks on Delaware Avenue and a potential court fight looms over Berks Street access to Monument Cemetery amid eminent domain concerns.
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Park Commissioners
Girard Avenue
Schuylkill
Thirty-third Street
Ridge Avenue
Susquehanna Avenue
Sellers
Committee On
Maple Springs
Board of Health
Delaware River
Second Ward
Kennedy
Corps of Inspectors
Ashbridge
Philadelphia Board of Trade
Committee On Steam Railroads
River Front Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Delaware Avenue
Dock Street
Callowhill
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
City Cross
Monument Cemetery
Berks Street
Broad
Sixteenth Street
Sixteenth
Commission Issued to Lt General Miles
Washington June 8 In accordance with the military academy appropriation bill the President issued recess commissions to Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles commanding the army and Major General H C Corbin adjutant general. Miles issued his first order in his new rank noting the staffs senior officers with updated ranks.
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Washington
Military Academy
Nelson A. Miles
Army
H. C. Corbin
Senate
Miles
Root
Francis Michler
Fifth Cavalry
Hobart K. Batley
Infantry
Henry H. Whitney
Artillery
General Miles
Prison smuggling thwarted by jail turnkey and physician
A thwarted attempt to smuggle poison to a prisoner near Camden involved Dr Osmon and a girl who sought to deliver snake root blood root and quicksilver to Mrs Peters the so called sorceress serving a sentence for selling love potions. The turnkey halted the plan and alerted authorities.
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Camden
Johntoa
Dr. Osmon
Wife Granted License Denied To Husband In Court Action
Special session of court hears Mrs. Lottie McLaughlin request for Fountain House license after her husband Michael’s license was revoked. Judge Yerkes commends her ability to manage without his influence and warns strict control of husband’s interference, while inviting his reform and suggests careful bar selection.
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The
Times
Doylestown
Lottie McLaughlin
Fountain House
Michael McLaughlin
Yerkes
McLaughlin
Thomas Ellwood Potts Dies After Yearlong Illness
Thomas Ellwood Potts of Potts & Eberle conveyancers died at his Germantown home after a year of illness. He was 45, born December 31, 1849 in York, Pa. He joined Coxe’s firm in 1873, became partner in 1882, and led the firm after 1890, with Eberle joining in 1891. Survived by his widow Matilda and one son. he was active in Republican clubs and Masonic and Odd Fellows societies.
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Thomas Ellwood Potts
Potts & Eberle
Morten Street
Germantown
Mr. Potts
York
Thomas Pratt Potts
Court grants licenses to hotel operators in defiant ruling
The court notes a married woman can receive a license despite her husband losing one, citing her fitness and hotel needs. It approves licenses for Mrs. Geteteean, John H. Nickel of Bucksville Hotel, and Oliver Kimshour of Harrow Hotel in Nockamixon township.
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Einen Geteteean
John H. Nickel
Bucksville
Oliver Kimshour
Harrow
Nockamixon Township
Women Auxiliaries Elect Officers and Delegates at Gettysburg
The Ladies of the G A R annual convention in Gettysburg elected department officers led by Ella A. Jones of Pittsburg and named national delegates to the Chicago convention. The Women’s Relief Corps also chose a chaplain and several delegates to the organization’s national gathering.
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Gettysburg
Ella A. Jones
Pittsburg
Waterhouse
Philadelphia
K. Blaiir
A. S. Shewell
Banton
Francis Holegate
la Plume
A. Lewis
Jennie Truxell
Akeetows
A. Spellsey
Philadel- the Gets
Chicago
J.hn
Walker
Leisenring
Allentown
C. Roach
Scranton
M. Lawrence
Howard
Mary Smith
Homestead
Stulz
L. Miller
Smeck
L. Brown
Philadelpia
Paramore
Ra Berlander
Black
Women's Relief Corps
Jennie Rumberger
Towanda
Beaverly
Erie
Mary Munford
Mauch Chunk
Mary Jones
Tidecute
Minnie Burns
Bradford
James Matter
North East
M. J. White
Harrisburg
Mutchmore Memorial Church Names New Pastor
The Mutchmore Memorial Presbyterian Church at Eighteenth Street and Montgomery Avenue will install Rev Merle H Anderson A M as pastor on September 1. He currently leads the First Presbyterian Church in Ebensburg Pennsylvania and will preach at both services tomorrow as children’s anniversary day.
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Mutchmore
Anderson
Plates From Solar Eclipse Show Promising Results
Washington June 8 A number of photographic plates from the solar eclipse taken by scientists at the United States Naval Observatory have been developed with satisfactory results. Further insights depend on careful study of each photograph and it may be days before work is completed due to the high temperatures affecting development.
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Washington
United States Naval Observatory
Guama Mines Superintendent Ends His Life in Santiago
Dominic Lindenthal, superintendent of the Guama mines in Santiago de Cuba, died by self-inflicted gunshot this afternoon. The Cuban Steel Ore Company reports no apparent reason for the suicide. Lindenthal formerly resided in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
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Guama
Santiago de Cuba
Dominic Lindenthal
Pittsburg
Say Pany
Swinburne Publishes Astraea Victrix Poem
The Saturday Review prints Algernon C. Swinburne’s twelve stanza poem Astraea Victrix. Excerpts quoted show lines praising England and Europe, with references to power, faith, and glory, and criticism of oppressors and traitors.
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Tristram
Lyonesse
England
London
Saturday Review
Algernon C. Swinburne
Astraea Victriz
Europe
Tala
Books and authors in the current literary market
A survey of Churchill’s war correspondence London to Ladysmith via Pretoria and a batch of new titles from Longmans, McClure Phillips, Appletons, Harpers, and D Appleton. It notes Loveman Waterman Tarkington and Twain among others, with publication plans and forthcoming series editions across several houses.
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Winston Spencer Churchill
London Morning Post
Buller
Ladysmith
Chieveley
Pretoria
Lorenzo Marques
Durban
Lodysmith
London
Longmans, Green & Co
Churchill
South Africa
England
Tugela
Indiana
Monsieur Beaucaire
Booth Tarkington
Hoosier
Bath
Jacques
M. Beaucaire
McClure, Phillips & Co
Public notices of new publications listed in a catalog
A catalog fragment lists new books and authors including The Two Renwicks by Marie Agnes David and Lives of Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar translated by Langhorne. Other items mention Neely Aart of Verses and various publishers with prices and series details.
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Henri Fremont
Hugues le Roux
Pierre Mael
Jean Revel
Puvie de Chavannes
Marius Vachon
Silver, Burdett & Company
Henry Clews
Wall Street
Lothrop Company
Marie Agnes Davidon
Neely Aart
Robert Loveman
J. B.incott Co
Robert One
Linn Luce
Boston
London
Latromus
Winston Churchill
Longmans
Bawend
Ollins
New Y Petro Guest
Isabel Ibbbey
Appicton
Cotte Agerica A
Ol. T. No
Miutarch
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
J. and
W. Langhorne
Cannell’s National Library
Cassell
Pete Er
Sasa
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Thompson’s Sons
Peass
Chestnut Street
Tings
Paris
Charity Board
Chestnut Streets
Fifth Ward
Mr. Harr
Flinn
Spruce Street
Hansberry
Palmer
Fairmount Park
A. L. Snowden
Pennsylvenia Road Drivers’ Association
West Drive
Sug Raprovenent
Carte
John V
Health Board
Commercial Exchange of Philadelphia
Turnkey
Grm
Festertag
Dems Te Geman
Lawndale Land Co
Lawndale
Walnut Street
Tres
Merle H. Anderson
A. M
Mutchmore Memorial Church
Santiago
Swinburne
Knights of the Cross
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Jeremiah Curtin
Sienkiewicz
Warsaw
Mr. Curtin
Philadelphia Telegraph
Hartford Courant
Churchman
Little, Brown & CO
Washington St
Pitzgerald
Omar
Lippincott
Stevenson
Loveman
Nixon Waterman
Forbes & Co
Mr. Waterman
Waterman
William A. Mowry
Arthur May Mowry
Silver Burdett
Osee
Isabel Smith
Appletons’ Town and Country Library
Church of England
Harpers
Huan Mee
Mark Twain
Hadleysburg
Lucius Hitchcock
D. Appleton & Co
Kentucky Mountains
William E. Barton
Halfway House
Plains
E. Hough
Maxwell Gray
Brown
Lost River
West
Mary E. Stickney
Isabel Carnaby
Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler
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