Classified Rates Listed for Daily Times and Sunday Times
The Daily Times and Sunday Times announce delivery and mail rates. City carriers charge six cents per week, three dollars per year by mail, and twenty five cents per month. The Sunday Times is five cents per copy, two dollars per year, and twenty cents per month by mail. The Times of Philadelphia notes combined daily and Sunday rates at five dollars per year and forty five cents per month by mail.
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the Times
Philadelphia
Mayor Ashbridge dodges key issue in English dispute
The piece criticizes Mayor Ashbridge for not addressing the central charge that Director English used city police and detectives to threaten a private citizen, Wanamaker. It argues the removal question remains and urges Philadelphia to act decisively on coal exports and wharf facilities, noting bets on a president starting with W for Wharton Barker.
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Ayor Ashbridge
Committee of Citizens Ap
English
Wanamaker
Mr. English
Mr. Wanamaker
Director English
Ashbridge
Philadelphia
City Hall
Philadelphia poised as great coal export hub
An apparent report says Greenville New Jersey may host a major coal exporting depot serving New York Bay rail links. The piece urges Philadelphia interests to push to expand coal transportation and capitalize on its location to meet growing export demand as shipping capacity grows and plans mature.
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Greenville
N. J
New York Bay
New Jersey Central
Pennsylvania Railways
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Ballot Reform Debate Sparks Quay’s Positive Stand
Ex Senator Quay advocates ballot reform as urgent and achievable through Legislature. He rejects a constitutional convention, favoring universal registration, tax payment, a simple single column ballot, watcher provisions, and court access to ballot boxes on petition. He argues city rural election law differences belong to ordinary legislation.
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Quay
Peace In The Woods After The Hague Conference
Recalling the Hague conference held in the House in the Woods, the passage notes waves and rumors of war and suggests peace should retreat to the woods.
Pennsylvan IA gains direct line to Buffalo via Western New York rail
The Pennsylvania Railroad expands its routes through Northern Central and Philadelphia and Erie divisions by acquiring the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway. This links Emporium and Olean to Buffalo with a direct through line, enabling fast passenger service and quicker freight, and strengthens access to Buffalo as a major Lake Erie port.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Northern Central
Philadelphia and
Erie
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Great Eastern
Northern Central Railway
Canandaigua
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway
Emporium
Olean
Philadelphia
Westrn
New York
Pennsylvanian Consolidation Line to Buffalo Boosts Trade
Officials report a consolidation line to Buffalo will improve the road and position Philadelphia as a key traffic artery between the Delaware and the Great Lakes. The Lakes trade, already vast, is rising, and more will reach this port, signaling a rapid commerce expansion.
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Delaware
Hudson
Philadelphia
Pennsylva Ae
Buffalo
Great Lakes
Lakes
Wid
New York
Boston
Wealth as a lever in Carnegie's bold capital plan
The remark notes that a small amount of gold can back a ton of metal while Andrew Carnegie claims he could raise as much as 200 million dollars. It frames wealth as a source of power and strength in big ventures.
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Carnegie
Return of Stock Exchange to Third Street Proposed
The proposal to move the Stock Exchange back to the Merchants' Exchange at Third and Dock streets argues for reviving a historic business center. It notes development radiating from City Hall, preserves Chestnut Market Arch areas, and praises Strickland’s classic building as a public monument worth keeping.
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Merchants’ Exchange
Third and
Dock Streets
Third Street
Broad Street
Eighth
Ninth
Banks
Trust
Sixth Street
Fourth
Fifth Streets
The
River Front
Girard ‘Trust
Delaware
Philadelphia
Strickland
Summer boarders reshape rural life and roads
The season brings visitors to hotels and farm houses at the seashore and in mountains. Travel and tourism spur better roads and rural mail service, with New Hampshire among states paying close attention. The labor commissioner estimates about eleven million dollars invested in eleven hundred nine towns for summer guests, expecting around six million dollars in annual returns.
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Catskills
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Ihe
Observation on forests and mountain hotel life
The text critiques mountain hotel culture from a landlord view. It cites lumbermen and sawmills driven away, summer boarders who feel shortchanged by food or scenery, hard beds, and boastful ads of ponds and nets. It notes the Chicago art association warning against posters harming morals and exaggeration tires guests.
Board of Education Must Approve School Lot Purchases
Judge Arnold says site selection for public schools is a legal duty of the Board of Education. Councils may veto purchases by withholding appropriation, but the board cannot be forced to buy an unsuitable lot. The piece also discusses social news from Cincinnati and a humorous note on a pug dog in an engagement.
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Udge Arnold
Board of Education
Cincinnati
Diamonds
Mackerelville
Mongolians Prefer the Queue and Time's Quiet Pace
A brief note explains Mongolian habit of forming orderly queues as a reflection of patience and social order. It contrasts the pace of life with faster societies and suggests time is not rushed in daily routines. The pas rudiment implies restraint and collective etiquette.
Ruling Rejects Caucus Pledge For State Candidates
A Pennsylvania case bars enforcing a caucus pledge on State Senate and Assembly candidates. Judge Endlich rules members owe constitutional obligations and cannot be bound to disobey laws or the Constitution. The decision denounces partisan machine intolerance and notes the mandamus in Lebanon County.
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Republican County Committee
Senate and
Assembly
Senate
House of Representatives
Pennsylvania
Endlich
Lebanon County
Propositions for Settlement Fail in St. Louis Car Strike
In the St. Louis car strike, even proposed settlements fail to resolve the dispute. Authorities and representatives continue talks as workers demand better terms and job security amid ongoing protests.
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St. Louis
Ambassador Choate Helps Fight London Fire in Dressing Gown
United States Ambassador Choate joined locals in battling a London blaze, wearing a dressing gown while wielding a hose nozzle. The incident quips at Americans chasing the so called machine of diplomacy, showing haste over attire.
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London
United States
Choate
I Am Greatly Fed Up With Mac and Micro Scams
A garbled speech piece targets Mac and Mic accusing them of fleece and loaded tricks. The text hints at public anger and calls for scrutiny of the pair’s schemes and power. It mentions a “bloomin” push and warns that observers will watch the pots and traps around the duo.
Dinner Talkers and the Art of After-Dinner Oratory
A survey of famous after-dinner speakers and methods. It highlights Dr Talmage as the cleverest with novel techniques, notes Depew and Ingersoll for humor and flair, and urges practical tips to prepare brief, memorable speeches. Includes anecdotes on Coachman talks and the idea of les esprit des escaliers.
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Aeromart
Dr. Talmage
Depew
New York
Ord
Bob” Ingersoll
Horace Poerter
Samuel Clemens
Dr. Talmaxer
Zanzibar
James Russell Lowell
Chauncey M. Depew
Prince of Wales
Homburg
House of Hanover
Wales
Prince Falen
Orator
Dr. Depew
Biffs Inside Tips On The Municipal Stable
Mackerelville notes liken tricks to jacks and bosses as a political stable. The piece mocks leaders as jackasses and predicts fallout from schemes in tax, roads, street cleaning, and a wireless system for brainless men, with mentions of Brother Dan and Brother Jim.
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Kantry Distrikts
Dan
Jim
Secretary Root Arrives at West Point for Grand Review
West Point hosts Secretary of War Root and family with Paymaster General Bates and daughter arriving this afternoon. A seventeen gun salute accompanied their arrival followed by a grand review.
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Root
West Point
Bates and Daughter
Mayor Defends Innocence Claim Amid English Debate
Citizens' committee seeks action after the mayor’s reply to their anti English resolutions. Henry Justice cites the mayor’s stance on presumption of innocence and hints at new campaigning plans at the Trades League meeting Monday. The committee will pursue further steps, not let the issue drop.
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Citizens’ Committee
Tay Timms
Henry Justice
Mr. Justice
Trades League
Battleships Reach Hampton Roads as Bank Fails in Vermont
The battleships Massachusetts and Indiana arrived in Hampton Roads from League Island. The Randolph Savings Bank at Randolph Vermont closed its doors and a receiver will be appointed. Prohibition Colorado nominat d a full state ticket led by J R Wiley for Governor. The Y M C A secretaries conference hosts 400 delegates at Thousand Islands Park. Kansas City Building Trades Council plans dissolution amid labor troubles. International Brotherhood of Binders votes for arbitration via American Publishers Association. Canadian Senate debate on Queen's dress and Africa topic ends without opposition.
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Massachusetts
Indiana
Hampton Roads
League Island
Randolph, Vt
Prohibition
Colorado
J. R. Wiley
Thousand Islands Park
Building Trades Council of
Kansas Cities
International Brotherhood of 7 Binders
American Publishers’ Association
Canadian Senate
Cere
Africa
Wes Paneed
Artin H. Ross
Cleveland
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