Reduced pay for stenographers sparks legislative clash
City Solicitor Kinsey calls proposed amendment to stop double payments for stenographic transcripts a fair move. He notes Philadelphia's 1900 outlay for eleven court stenographers reached 35,443.87 dollars, with six months of 1901 adding over 14,000 more. Senator Scott to introduce change to require city copies without extra charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John 1S Kinsey
John Scott
Law Department
Scott
Philadelphia
Courts of Common Pleas
Act of Assembly
Kinsey
Private June wedding for Miss Dora Kline and H B Valentine
The private ceremony will be June 20 at 5 PM at 266 West Tulpehocken Street Germantown, hosted by Mr. and Mrs Mahlon N Kline. Only families attend the reception. Other items note Mrs John Kerr hosted a trainer country-place reception and a St Elizabeth's Church wedding for Miss Emma T Spiegle and John P Carroll with a reception at the bride's parents' home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Watson
Charles C. Watson
Oxford Street
George A. Peltz
Henrietta Binder
Mary Peirce
H. Roberts Hart
Blanche Kerle
H. Chester Johnson
Jocelyn Emmons
William Barron
New York
William Ernest Goodman
Chestnut Hill
Reed A. Morgan
Germantown
Ross, Henderson & Co
Marion Baird
Sharon Hill
Baird
Theresa E. P. Mathews
Andrews
Spruce Street
Eva Fredica le Febre
Judge le Febre
Denver
Col
Florence Craig
Colorado Springs
Bryn Mawr College
Jones Levick
Marie Sabine Levick
Bala
Henry E. Toulmin
Haverford
Bayard P. Moulton
Rosemont
Pennsylvania Railroad
Silas W. Pettit
Getchell
Miss Getchell
Hampton Carson
Europe
Progress Whist Club
Wayne
William A. McLoughlin
St. Stephen's
George W. Kendrick, Jr
Merion
Louis Wagner
Temple College
Dora C. Kline
Valentine
Mahlon N. Kline
West Tulpehocken Street
John Kerr
Trainer
Emma T. Spiegle
John P. Carroll
St. Elizabeth's Church
Father Dornhege
North Twenty
Second Street
We Buy Libraries and School Books for Estates
A buyer offers to acquire large libraries and old school books including a Boston purchase. They propose sending a representative to appraise any collection and promise immediate removal with a certified check if accepted. Specializing in executors of estates. We buy all kinds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
End of a War Romance Married in Abbeville Church
A Southland romance ends as Miss Mary S Lee marries Lieutenant Colonel Lewis T Bryant in Abbeville South Carolina. Bryant is assistant Inspector General of the National Guard of New Jersey and a Morris Guards captain, well known in Atlantic City society. They met during the Spanish American War in 1898 and plan a long wedding trip before settling at 136 South Carolina Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Atlantic City
Abbeville
S. C
Mary
S. Lee
Lewis T. Bryant
Bryant
National Guard of
New Jersey
Morris Guards
Miss Lee
Greenville
Asbury M E Church to Pay Off $8000 Mortgage
In celebration of its seventy fourth anniversary the Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church at Thirty third and Chestnut will reduce its mortgaged debt by $8000, halving the total. Addresses by Rev. William Major and University of Pennsylvania professor C P Phillips this morning. evening remarks by Presiding Elder Rev J G Bickerton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church
Thirty-third
Chestnut Streets
William Major
C. P. Phillips
University of Pennsylvania
J. G. Bickerton
Pennsylvania Railroad Low-Rate Tour to the Pacific Coast
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers a personally conducted tour to San Francisco and the Pacific Coast departing Philadelphia July 8. Open to all travelers, not just Epworth League delegates, the trip includes Pullman cars and stops at Denver Colorado Springs Salt Lake City San Francisco Monterey Santa Barbara Los Angeles San Jose Portland Seattle Banff Hot Springs St Paul and more on the route. Fares from points east of Elhi berth cover broad travel while return itineraries vary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Philadelphia
California
Canadian Northwest
Denver
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
Monterey
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
San Jose
Portland
Reception plans for Southern Industrial Convention delegates
The city's women’s auxiliary committee, led by Mrs. B. N. Duer, finalized arrangements for entertaining delegates to the Southern Industrial Convention opening Tuesday. Subcommittees were formed to manage welcomes, with Horticul tural Hall serving for registration and convention business. The Delaware River trip on Tuesday afternoon will use the steamer Columbia, with invitations sent to officials and industry leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Duer
Locust. Street
N. Duer
Duer
J. H. Adams
Louis C. Baker
Treugihier
Baum
Maine
L. F. Benson
Joshua Levis
Boyles
L. C. Madeira
A. Brastow
Florence Mean
Emuach
H. A. Read
W. Mc Foulkrod
Margaret Reintzel
W. R. Furness
Is Deen
J. Me ‘Guzzam
Rosengarten
M._M. Halsey
Harvey Owland
I. E Hancock
Swakler
R. Hare
C Ez Hart
Hang’ Tou
Colonel Thompson
Southern Industrial Association
Horticultural Hall
Delaware River
Chestnut Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Marcus Hook
Stone
Ashbridge
Philadelphia
River Steamboat Rivalry Sparks Imminent Rate War
The Wilmington Steamboat Company extends its Wilmington to Trenton line prompting the Delaware River Navigation Company to plan a counter push for passenger and freight traffic between Philadelphia region cities. Officials warn a rate war is likely as each side promises to undercut the other, with new vessels and routes from Trenton to Wilmington and vice versa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington Steamboat Company
Delaware River Navigation Company
Trenton
Wilmington
Burlington
Bristol
Delaware River Navigation
Here
Wilmington Company
Delaware Avenue
Arch Street
City of
Delaware River Company
Chestnut Stret Wharf
John A. Warner
Diamond State
Great Lakes
Delaware Capes
Quaker City
Philadelphia
J. Shields Wilson
Fox
Wilson
Among the Artists at the Academy and Exhibitions
The Academy of the Fine Arts reopens its gallery with works by Paula B. Himmelsbach from Paris under Mucha, and highlights plans for artists Janet Wheeler and Adele Von Helmold. It also notes Tintoretto restoration debates at the Scuola di San Rocco and upcoming decorative art exhibition plans in Turin for 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Institute of Chicago
W. M. R. French
Chicago
Academy of the Fine Arts
Paula B. Himmelsbach
Himmelsbach
Paris
Mucha
Venice
Tintoretto
Scuola di San Rocco
Signor Molmenti
White deer from Maine draws Philadelphia interest at Martindale’s
In Philadelphia, Thomas Martindale shows a pure white Maine deer skin to sportsmen at his Market Street office. He recalls a fast, airborne shot and a remarkable two-deer scene. The piece is described as possibly caribou cross and unique in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Chinatown
John Chinaman
Maine
Thomas Martindale
Bangor
Tenth and
Market Streets
Mr. Martindale
Philadelphia Times
Eastbound Overland Limited Derails Near Hanna
The east bound Overland Limited train on the Union Pacific derailed today near Hanna. No one was killed or injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wryo
Union Pacific
Hanna
Murphy Held Without Bail After Baseball Bat Assault
Thomas Murphy a trainer and groundkeeper for the Athletic Base Ball Club was arraigned before Magistrate Pullinger and committed to prison without bail to await the victim Dennis McGillicuddy’s recovery. McGillicuddy remains in German Hospital in serious condition with evidence noting prior quarrels and Murphy’s sudden disappearance after the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Murphy
Athletic
Dennis McGillicuddy
Athletics
Pullinger
McGillicuddy
Murphy
Cleveland
High Schools Hold Closing Exercises Across City
Closing exercises for the school year are set at multiple sites. Tuesday morning at the Girls' High School, Wednesday morning at the Northeast Manual Training School, Thursday morning at the Commercial High School for Girls, Thursday afternoon at the Boys' Central High School, evening at the Northeast Manual Training School, and Friday at the Central Manual Training School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ High School
Northeast Manual Training School
Commercial High School For Girls
Also Mentioned on This Page
Common Pleas
A. Potter
William Potter
James M. Stewart
Porcher
Henry Morris
Alan H. Hains
Trouer
Adelaide Potter
Crothers
Gorham
Lucas
Potter
Taylor
Harris
Edith Ayres
Fisher's Lane
Harry Hall
New Orleans
Herbert L. Clark
West Stafford Street
Mary Rankin
Wayne Avenue
Philadelphia Cricket Club
Arthur H. Lea
Alan Harris
Fuitz
Herbert Clark
Harry Morris
Augustus Mueller
Warner Harper
Edward Wright
Walter Gorham
Stewart
Charles Potter
Robert Newhall
J. Somers Smith
Louis C. Madeira
J. Willis Martin
John H. Mason
Lewis Wister
Randall Morgan
Purviance
Bernard Hoopes
Winslow Taylor
Herbert Lloyd
Miss Raymond
Agnes Curry
West Walnut Lane
Richard Harding Davis
Marion
Mass
J. Harman-Ashley
Mary Paul
Villanova
Elizabeth Baker
John Kent Kane
Anne Ewing
Katherine M. Smith
Lawrence Taul
Edward Lycett, Jr
Bucks County Country Club
Langhorne
George K. Johnson
Harvey H. Gillam
Charles J. Matthews
Theodore Phillips
Samuel C. Eastburn
Edward W. Patton
Charles F. Warwick
William B. Parry
Charles W. Sharpless
William Nixon
Devon
Thaddeus L. Vanderslice
Cape May
Futterall
Robert P. Lisle
Alexander van Rensselaer
The
Drexel Institute
Charlton Lewis Murphy
Jenkintown
Waesland
Liverpool
Washington
Root
Corbin
Young
Johnnston
Edythe Patten
Charlies Henry Cool
West Pittston
Julia Elizabeth Langworthy
William Alvah Stewart
Wyoming Avenue
Pitts
J. Mi Craig
Mra. Wil
Liam H. McClure
Suzuki
Appeal Court of
Formosa
Japan
Yamada
J. D
Kenpechi Kodera
United States
Elinor Wilson
J. Ormond Wilson
Arthur Lee Wilson
Lynchburg
Baltimore
William W. McIntire
Hortense McIntire
Green Spring Valley
John Tyson
Coates
Carlsbad
Tyson
Narragansett
Lily Dulany
Harold Wheeler, Jr
Agnes Boone
Sweetwater
Elizabeth
Sara Boone
Thomas Baxter Gresham
Samuel Frothingham
Lenox
William D. Sloane
Elm Court
Mary de Peyster Carey
Charles Gould
Muriel
Edith Gould
Tarrytown-on-Hudson
Merc
Merc. J. Mercont Morgan
Miss Morgan
Oceanic
James Brown
Tuxedo
James A. Stillman
Buffalo
Smith-Berger
Lindsay-Gilmore
A. H. Garrett
Margaret Wilson
Reba Hawkins
Cohan
Elizabeth Clark Churchman
Delaware
James K. Hackett
Mary Mannering
Alfred I. duPont
Brech Lane
Howard Pyle
Chadd's Ford
Patrowsky-Fleisch
Hotel Savoy
Antoinette Patzowsky
Nathan Fleisch
Helen Louise Patzowsky
William H. Flelsch
Jackson Shaw
Lindsay
Pennsylvania Avenue
David Lindsay
Clara Jessup
Matthew Matchett Gilmore
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
William Henry Robinson
Mary Adele Appleby
Benjamin T. Bye
Grace M
Reading Woman's Club
George F. Baer
Ellis Campbell
State Federation
Lewis Adams
G. S Allyn
Mise Andrews
Harman Ashley
Sire
J. Harman-Ashbler
D. Daniel Ashworth
H. Atwater
Marjory Atwater
Christopher Atwater
Norman Bardeen
J. C. Barnes
A. C Barnes Irving K. Baxter
Mies
C. L. Blackb
James Eerot. Brown
C F. Bush
Jessie
Grace
Bem
Theres Cole
Grace Cook
J. F. L Davenport
L. Farnun
Catherine Feet
Margaret Fishe
Ma Je E. Flay
H. Foster G. Gardiner
Marie Gannon
Vincent Ganthierd
M. A. Gifford
James B. Hill
Arbert E . J
MJ A
Jackson
A. W. Johnston
M. L. Johnston, Jr
Mary Kee
Lizzie Kenniff
Kate Kenniff
Charles Kirkpatrick
Kubnmuench
H. LeBoutiltier
May Lynne
Mary McBride
Mery McClellan
Anna M Mi J. Morgan
R Martin
Viola Mhew
Clarence Eblhope
Mitchell
Thomas Allen
Mullen Miller
Mabel Newbery
North
H. O'Leary
Walter Paris
Ralph D. William Peel
Carrie Platt
Margaret
Anna Shaw
Helen M Shaw
Grace E. Shaw
Grace J. Smith
Jorace J. Smith
Lelia H. B
Apenene
Spiers
Master M Diers
Hugo Tols
Ladies’ Club
H. W. Taylor
W. W. Harper
J. Clinton Foltz
Charles
America
Leary
Ninth Street
Industrial Convention
Tal
Malson
Frederick
London
Frank Walter Taylor
Thousand Isles
Charles Morris Young
Gettysburg
Holland
France
Edward W. Redfield
Centre Bridge
Bucks County
Henry Sartain
Albert Rosenthal
Public Safety
Abraham L. Engish
Samuel H. Ashbridge
Helen M. White
Mary Howard
Miss White
Hugh Clark
Sketch Club
Springfield Pike
Darby
Adele
Etching Society
Neshamenoix Creek
Doylestown
Mary S. Perkins
William L. Elkins
Italy
Dresden
Berlin
Amsterdam
Margaret E. Haydock
Jennie M. Grant
P. A. B. Widener
St. Louis
Braid
Haydock
Grant
School of Design
Henry B. Snell
Ben Foster
Mr. Snell
New Brunswick
Can
James Buchanan
William Merritt Chase
Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg
Mr. Buchanan
Henry E. Johnson
Harriet Lane
White House
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Justice of the Peace
James Dp. Chester
Camden
Squire's
Ecity
City Hall
Delaware Water Front
Bulst Avenue
Island Road
Albert Hilderbrand
Thirty-second Police District
I. A
Janet. Wheeler
Ella Sheldon Tiel
Berkley
Adele von Helmold
Ida Waugh
Bailey Island
Zittau
Saxony
Thomas Lawrence
Royal Academy
Tom
Devizes
Margaret Dicksee
Edgar Bundy
John Evelyn
Grinling Gibbons
Turin
Duke of Osta
Rudolf Maison
Munich
Sousa
Reqeust
Willow Grove
Annie Rooney
Overland Limited
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!