Snellenburgs Plan Major Expansion Across Girard Block
After extended negotiations with the Board of City Trusts the Snellenburg firm signs to remodel and expand their Philadelphia block from Market to Girard streets. The project adds four floors for cutting sewing and wholesale operations, new private offices, and a wholesale branch on 828 Broadway, with eighty new elevators, a grand retail upgrade, and a plan to export Philadelphia-made clothing while maintaining Philadelphia sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Byron
Broadway
New York City
Philadelphia
Snellenburg
Maine
California
Southwest
Far West
Pacific Coast
N. Snellenburg & Co
Snellenburgs
Reading Terminal
Windrim
Calhoun Visits White House on Cuban Mission
Washington June 9 Mr Calhoun the President's special commissioner to Cuba held a morning conference with President McKinley before his Nashville trip. He then met with State Department officials including Day and Fishback to discuss the Ruiz case two reports were reviewed, with actions to be delayed until the President's return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Calhoun
Cuba
McKinley
Nashville
White House
Fishback
Sherman
Day
State Department
Lee
Ruiz
Department
Judge Day
Department of State
Congosto
Danville
Mask and Wig Elections And Annual Meeting Recap
The Mask and Wig Club held its annual meeting at 310 Quince Street with strong, harmonious attendance. Officers were elected for one year. the treasurer reported solid finances and a profitable season highlighted by Very Little Red Riding Hood. The group discussed plans to celebrate the tenth anniversary, and it is unlikely a professional will write the new play. The Athletic Association expects about $400 from Tuesday’s benefit. William Baker Whelen was elected secretary. other officers include Clayton Futterall McMichael as president and Adolph Rosenarten as second vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mask and Wig Club
Quince Street
Red Riding Hood
Athletic Association
Board of Government
William Baker Whelen
Clayton Futterall McMichael
Albert Bartram Kelley
Adolph George Rosenarten
Joseparren Coulston,r
Samuel Murloch Kendrick
Francis Penn Steel, Jr
Charles Snyder Morgan, Jr
Albert Neal Bartlett Caener
Remington
Wilt Baker Elen
Iles Aitpia
The
Stage
Ex Ailliam Nelson Morice
S. Bowman Wheeler
Frederick Rogers Meigs
Judge Alfred Darte Weds A Mabel Em enway in Luzerne Orphans Court
Special Telegram reports in Wilkesbarre that Judge Alfred Darte of Luzerne Orphans Court married Mabel Emенway in a ceremony held in the city. The brief item notes the union occurred in Wilkes-Barre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tak Times
Wilkesbarre
Alfred Darte
Orphans’ Court of
Luzerne
Mabel Emenway
Washington
Increased City Expenses Over Ten Years Under Bul Litt Bill Charter
Public Ledger analyzes ten year city expenditures from 1887 to 1896 noting retrenchment talk after Supreme Court limits on loans. It lists total outlays by departments including Mayor Public Works Public Safety Police City Property Fire Health Docks Electrical Engines and Boilers Building Inspection and Public Works lighting costs, highlighting growth and accounting shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Mayor, Public Works
Public Safety
Ayor
Alain Ea
Department of Public Safety
Bureau OF Police
Sesine Harvess
Bureau OF Fire
Bureau OF Health
Balers Ie Eee Kesbee
Iscvypeves
Gane
Bureau OF
Department of Public Works
Visit of the Postal Delegates to Philadelphia
The Universal Postal Congress delegates, about 145 people with 35 relatives, arrive Saturday. They tour the Ninth and Chestnut post office, Independence Hall, Arch Street wharf, and Cramps shipyard, view the battleship Iowa and the revenue cutter McCulloch, then proceed to Washington via train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal Postal Congress
Union
Perry
Heath
Carr
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
N. Y
Rochester
Syracuse
Boston
Albany
West Point
New York
Atlantic Csr
Philadelphia
Washington
Ninth and
Chestnut Streets
Independence Hall
Frank Mackey
Station B
Independence Halls
Arch Street
Sylvan Dell
Cramps
Iowa
Boy Attacked by Large Dog in Connaughtown
Johnny Bangert, 12, was mauled by Lawrence Blanche's mastiff in Connaughtown this morning. The dog battered him, chewed flesh, and left the boy in critical condition before Blanche killed the animal. Dr. Hall treated the severe wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
Johnny Bangert
Lawrence Blanche
Connaughtown
Hall
Blanche
Washington Postmasters Named in Mass Appointment List
One hundred fifty three fourth class postmasters were appointed today in a broad slate. Ninety seven appointments fill vacancies caused by removals. several named in Pennsylvania include Airville Alburtis Centre Valley Geiger's Mills Lane, Hookstown, Mount Pocono and others with new appointees replacing resigned or removed officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennsylvania
Airville
A. G. Galbraith
John Sweeney
Alburtis
W. B. Butz
John Heleen
Centre Valley
Henry Ezey
Gangawer
Geiger’s Mills Lane Marquet Vies c Y
Van Sant to Mediate City Water Works Dispute
J. Alpheus Van Sant, Camden Committee of One Hundred president, agrees to serve as arbitrator to resolve differences between Contractor Pfeiffer and city over shortening the water main and building a new plant. He will join an expert engineer and City Counsel in a mediation session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Alpheus van Sant
Camden
Relic From Girard Ship Rousseau Presented to City Trusts
The Board of City Trusts received a paper cutter carved from Rousseau timber, a ship built for Stephen Girard in 1801 that later sailed in the whaling trade and lies sunken near New Bedford. The Girard estate reports a $78,814.18 drop in net income for Jan 1 to May 31, 1897, vs last year, with city income down $13,440.87. A plan for widening Delaware Avenue was approved to be funded by the Delaware fund, and up to $300,000 of Girard estate city loans may be sold. A plan for celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Girard College opens Jan 1, 1898. The Wills Hospital trust may award two more Simon Muler scholarships up to $400 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of City Trusts
George Wood
Millville Manufacturing Company
Rousseau
Stephen Girard
Per
New Bedford Hartor
Girard
Cit
Delaware Avenue
Department of Public Works
Delaware Fund
Delaware,avenue
George H. Kirkpatrick
Philadelphia
Grent
Girard College
Twelfth Street
Wills Hospital
Simon Muler
Convention of Railway Postal Clerks Opens Next Wednesday
The sixth annual convention of the National Association of Railway Postal Clerks will open at the Post Office in this city next Wednesday. A good deal of important business will come up for consideration and a large number of delegates are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Railway Postal Clerks
Marriage Licenses and Obscure Names in 19th Century Notices
List of marriage licenses with numerous couples named, including Lacates Selle, Hummel Logan, Buckerl Wilson, Smiglsky Bulemvitz, Chalfant Ritchie, Blight Maloney, Lind McLachlan, Freemer Cox, Cammile Bell, Antes Relptan, Donovan Burke, Anders Reutter, Dransch Siegel, Anderson Reiss, Kress Webn, Gimbel Loeb, Montgomery Hamilton, Sinnaman Osborne, Lombardo Lapertina, Hagan McCaffrey, Bruntyum Bugis, Smith Simon, Sonchine Jadowsky, Stevenson Wagepblast, Jackson King, Goggeshall MacCarty, Lackman Delworth, Satterfield McGranaghan, Donnally Donnally, Hoeffner Garrett, Polakoff Ziffarblatt, Genso Schaffer, Sigman Rosenthal, Hediey Markley, Smethurst Young, Young Hazlet, Danielson Halm, Cohen Fogel, Pullar Briggs, Lamsback Davis, Weyer Creighton, Stein Waterhouse, Kuhn Thorp, and several married notices including Sheehan Elliott, Goudy Nicholson Elliott, Kerr Elliott, Kothe Maier, Robb Gregg, Cassin, and others. Also obituaries and funeral notices for Elizabeth Sickles, Elvira Butterfield, John Cassin, and Seán Oe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Lacates
Frances J. Selle
Harry BE
Hummel
Ella Logan
John Buckerl
Clara Wilson
Davis Smiglsky
Bessie Bulemvitz
William W. Chalfant
Ida V. Ritchie
Charles Blight
Lizzie Maloney
Jacob Lind
Maggie McLachlan
Samuel Freemer
Esther Cox
Samuel Cammile
Addie Bell
Harry Antes
Martha W. Relptan
James Donovan
Jane Burke
Charles ©. Anders
Christina A. Reutter
Adolph Dransch
Sallie Siegel
William J. Anderson
Adaline Reiss
Carl Frederick Kress, Jr
Amelia O. Webn
Benedict Gimbel
Birdie Loeb
Joseph Montgomery
Charlotte Hamilton
William Sinnaman
Maggie Osborne
Guiseppe A. Lombardo
Caroline Lapertina
John Hagan
Nellie McCaffrey
Harry Bruntryum
Lena Bugis
George A. Smith
Elizabeth R
William ©. Pullar
Olivia Briggs
Charles H. Lamsback
Maggie Davis
Leonard Weyer
Rebecca J. Creighton
Edward T. N. Stein
Ella 8
Death notices and funeral details from Philadelphia area
Numerous obituaries and funeral notices list residents and family ties across Philadelphia and nearby towns. Items mention ages, birthplaces, and service times with interments at local cemeteries, including Holy Cross, American Mechanics, and Most Holy Redeemer, along with Atlantic City and Nassau references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donohoe
Jas
St. Tsae
Mary Dorie
Beada
Philadelpha Letra
Loons & Avenue
Cynwydd
Elinor M
Alex
P. Fghter
Catherine
Panico
Chturch
AMR
Old Cathedral Cemetery
Futcher
Nassau
Del
Erasmus M. Futcher
Philadelphia
Goldbogel
Kate
David Goldbogel
South Street
St. Paul's Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Griffith
Jane
Isaac and
Rachel Griffith
Aspen Street
West Philadelphia
York Street
American Mechanics’ Cemetery
Hagy
Daniel Hagy
Haverford Road
City Avenue
Hall
Carrie
William Hall
Ellen
Mark Morton
Hauer
Anna
Henry August Haler
Seymour Street
Germantown
Hbeilner
Barr
Annie E
A. Heilner
Methodist Episcoe Church
Lykens
Henwood
Newark
N. J
Abraham
Mary
William Henwood
Walker Street
Holt
Thomas Holt
Stone
North Sixteenth Stree Hogeland
Sarah J
J. Fred. Hogeland
Viola Street
Kingsley
Almond Kingsley
North Thirty-eighth Street
Kurtzschenkel
George
Catharine Kurtzschenkel
North Fifth Street
St. Peter's Church
Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery
Lloyd
Emerson Lloyd
Dudley Arms
Atlantic City
Edward J
James
Anna T. MuLdoon
South Eleventh Street
Munier
William D. Munier
West Laurel Hill
Neely
Catharine
Robert Neely
Stenton Avenue
Gorgas Lane
William B
Teressa
Bernard
Susanna Nurry
Spring Street
Fifteenth
Race Streets
Schell
Barbara
Frederick Schell
William Sichw
Cambridge Street
Cece
George H. Sellers
Wilmington
Rodney Street
Stewart
Scott
John
Maggie Stewart
David and
Lovey Grahan
Otsled
Memphis Street
Tar
James Hughes Tayr
C. Burton
Bradford
Chester County
Northwood Cemetery
Downingtown
Dowsing
Town
Whima
William
Jonathan
Mary Whinha
Belgrade Street
Williamson
Isaac P. Williamson
George Ensley
River Road
North
Cramer H N
Louis Vetter
Sand Yous
North Eighth Street
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Bishop Berkeley
America
Cadeaux
Erminie
Messrs. N. Snellenburg& Co
Girard Block
Market
Girard Street
Twelfth
Eleventh Street
Sweddenburgs
Karnac
Alhambra
Whitely's
London
Louvre
Paris
Herzog's
Gerson's
Berlin
Snellenburg's
City Hall Square
Quaker City
Twelfth Streets
Congesto Gould
University Dramatic Organization
Department of the Mayor
Ead
Bureau OF Highways
Tee
Bureau OF Surveys
Deglens Wenee
Bureau OF Gas
Miatre
the TimEs
French, Shriner & Urner
Chestnut Street
Convention of Railway Postal Clerks
Bart —Sheehan
W. van Horn
Kaighn Avenue
Tenellen
William Elliott
Mary Sheehan
Goudy—Nicholson
Elwood Worcester
Stephen’s Church
George ‘Burke Goudy
Denver
Colorado
Laura Nicholso Kerr Elliott
Tenth Presbyterian Church
James PD. Paxton
Marcus A. Brownson
D. D
Ida May Elliot
William M. Kerr
Kothe—Maier
Louisa Maier
Perth Rigath Street
Carl Kothe
Sachsen
Germany
Robb—Gregg
Cassin
Thomas
Cope
Johannah
Almond
Katie
Erson
Ahgees
McLean
Allen
Doris
Y E. Muldoon
Edward J. du Meld
Tabulon
P. Munier
Wiliam D. Dutton
Elinor M. Neely
Erasmus M. Nurry
William B. Griffith
Grifiths
Charles M. Schweibenz
Hagg
Daniel
Sellers
George H. Hall
Taylor
James H
Hellner
Annie E. Whinna
Feavees
Isaac P Ogeland
Sarah J. Vetter
Louis
Butterfield
Canton
Salem Alte
Vieea
Shiloh Church
Cumatery
Shiloh
Cumberland County
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Arch St. Grounds
Belmont Avenue
Broad Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Laurel Hill Station
Lelia E. Patridge
Chestnut ST
L. B. Patridge
Lansdowne
Board OF Managers of the Home For
W. Cor. Girard
Belmont Aves
Friends of the Home
Commissioner of Navigation
Pulaski
Senator Penrose
John R. Read
Welsbach Light CO
Drexel Building
Phila
Eept
Namo
Ward C. Lee
Eee
Nanan
DR. LA Franco
General Gable
St. Cloud Pharmacy
Arch
Hopfman
Franklin Street
U. Pakeem W. Om H
AER. Levick’s Son & Ood
R. Dehardt
Drugg
Beder
Round Man
Excelsior Printing House
Twelfth and
Huntingdon Streets
Ker Sade
North Second Street
Frroad Street Theatre
Sisters of the Goon
Awostin” Daly
Dom Et Ate Ng
Peerate and
Institut Onale
Ilmore
Mars
Eugene O'Rourke
Ada Dare
le Clair
Leslie
Mark Murphy
Monroe
Liliputians
Hogan's Alley
Sam Bernard
J. K. Emmett
Lizzie B. Raymond
Phyllis Rankin
Irard Ave
7Th ST
Vine, Bellow
Helen Russell
Neubauer
Cherry
Batt
Philadelphia Ball Park
Chicago
Toomey's
Laso's
Filbert
Stormer
Metropolitan Loan and Storage CO
Market Street
Youn P. Berkholtz
Cherry Street
GREEN
South Broad Street
Pennsylvania State College
Wednesay
College
Register
State College
Yennington
Baltimore
Thomas Hanlon
Continental
Twentieth Street
Chestnut
Holmes
Quaker City Carpet Cleaning CO
Nterprise
Eo Heal
Walt Paper
Thomas M. Dudle
Passyunk
ROARS
Dplman & Buettner
Suoounselors-At-Law
Mounemnen
Chase & Campbell
Union Sq
N.Y
Flavell’'S
Spring Garden St
A. Borland
Poplar
Adies
Yanne
St. Grad
Plunkett
Sixteenth and Chestnut
Samuel G. L
Walnut Street
Tho J. Hunt
Walnut St
C. St Lange
Thomas J. Hunt
Woney
Philadelphia Loan CO
Mutual Life
Penn. Wu.tual Loan Institution
Halee Building
Rage House
Germantown Avenue
Panipar Ain Aethaningemarten
Ry Peas
North Front Street
Geo. C. Child
England
Camp Verde
Arizona
Loveberry
Ohio University
Illustrated
Eui Wha
United States
Korea
University of Pennsylvania
Senator Gray
Delaware
Ular
Mh Girard
Effingham B. Morris
Pesoros Meney
Tatnadl
William N. Ely
Treasure J
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