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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1901
Page
4
The Philadelphia Times announces daily and Sunday publication details with carriage and mail rates. Readers leaving the city can have the paper mailed, with terms including postpaid rates for Daily, Sunday, and Saturday Magazine sections.
A Philadelphia dated 1911 commentary condemns Senators Penrose and Foerderer for alleged railway franchise schemes. It argues the Governor and Cabinet conspired, urges city Councils to withhold consent or impose strict conditions, including fare caps and term limits, to protect public interests.
An essay argues Americans freely form creeds and parties, noting Christian Science as a potential new creed. It says many faiths arise as society evolves and asserts even the infidel can choose beliefs, while warning against immature, noisy distractions from deeper truth.
The piece warns against religious folly that endangers lives under the banner of faith. It argues novelty attracts attention but courts must penalize fanaticism harming people. It asserts traditional religions remain strong while exposing cure charlatans profiting from salvation.
The piece reflects on the evolving South within the United States, noting regional misunderstanding and rapid national progress. It praises individuals in the South for adapting to new conditions, building order from chaos, despite past challenges and lingering stereotypes.
The article outlines the postwar integration of North and South through finance, migration, and marriage. It credits Southern workers for rebuilding wealth and calls the upcoming industrial and commercial convention in a Northern city, Philadelphia, a sign of growing harmony and opportunity. The piece highlights Southern pride, chivalry, and the broader social gains from interregional collaboration.
The Philadelphia Times notes support from the Record Ledger and North American for free transfers on city street railways. It believes other papers and the public favor the move and urges Councils to join the demand and act.
An editorial condemns Southern moves to disfranchise Black voters through educational and property tests. It argues Alabama and Virginia push this strategy while Mississippi Louisiana and others set precedents, urging Supreme Court review to protect Fifteenth Amendment rights and warn of reduced representation if voting rights are curtailed.
The piece discusses imminent shifts to petroleum fuel from Beaumont and other gushers to avert coal shortages. It envisions electricity from waterfalls, petroleum for locomotives, and urges optimism about Anglo-Saxon friendship during a period of political goodwill. The fragment ends noting rare public zeal in assemblies.
In Detroit a manufacturers banquet prompts reflection on England United States reciprocity as a lifeline for trade. The piece highlights Mrs McKinley’s health, Lord Kitchener’s campaign in South Africa, Dietrich’s Philippine visit, and ongoing tariff tensions with Russia and European protectionism.
Readers may send letters on any subject with attribution optional. The paper invites opinions while urging courtesy and no offensive personalities in submissions.
Richard Campbell of Allentown argues that New York and other states grant good conduct time without federal interference. He asserts state authority over penal institutions and criticizes Attorney General Knox for attempting to dictate rules for state prisons. He notes long standing practice of federal non involvement in state jail operations.
A fragmentary poem from Montreal speaks of a withered rose and a hidden meaning. It hints at time, renewal, and a secret word only the reader and speaker know, ending with a cryptic envoy about petals and wind.
Editorials urge Philadelphia Councils to demand compensation and regulate fares as thirteen street railway franchises threaten city streets. The piece warns against monopolies, calls for rapid transit with affordable fares, and emphasizes public duty to curb exploitation by promoters and allied machines.
The Philadelphia Inquirer calls on city councils to enact charters from Harrisburg to enable rapid transit. It supports underground lines or widened central tracks on Broad Street, arguing current overhead trolleys fail to provide adequate comfort during peak hours and that better systems would improve the city’s daily commute.
The Philadelphia Press notes the Legislature near finishing work with Capitol job and appropriation bills. Adjourning earlier than planned could cause disappointments. It questions Senator Quay on ballot reform, Mayor Ashbridge's treasurer fees bill, and Governor Stone with the Guthrie Van Dyke primary bill.
The Philadelphia Record urges city Councils to require three cent fares free transfers and asphalt paving as conditions for grant of Union Traction Company track extensions. It notes Union had to repay streets and calls for these measures in upcoming ordinances for new rapid transit lines. The piece argues the new companies should share the ground floor with riders.
Franchises worth millions will be handed to private interests this week, claims accuse city councils of depriving the public treasury. The piece argues the people must resist a system seen as monopolistic and outlines fear of lost revenue and uncontrolled private gain.
A collection of quirky notices from Missouri and elsewhere. Includes a Prosperity town odd name, Irish Hont Corps in 1900, London mobilization, and South Africa links. Also reports on Chicago building window safety, shore engagements, a Long Island duck race, church singing disputes, a tramp joke, Cheira the palmist, Glasgow Missouri war claims, a fireproof hotel quip, a Vermont elm currant bush, a Belgian king carriage, Carnegie libraries, and brief quips on reading habits.
Paris dispatch reports a French astronomer found a magnificent sunspot group after seven months without such activity. Scientists say the spots presage a pleasant summer with warmer days but fewer stagnant heat waves than in 1896 and 1900, when damp air and heat lingered.
J J Conroy of Chicago reportedly regained vision after intra-spinal treatment using goat lymph. Doctors say his right optic nerve atrophy caused blindness, but injections began March 8 and in four weeks he could distinguish lights and shadows and now sees clearly several blocks away.
Captain George Blakely U S A is in the city visiting his uncle Congressman James Rankin Young. He has just finished a term as professor of mathematics at West Point and heads to Kansas to lead an artillery instruction camp. The army bill increases that branch by seven thousand men and plans to set up camps nationwide.
San Francisco report says Su Shih Chin, a Chinese reform leader, was arrested after protests by Wu and Ho Yow over allegedly obtaining his passport by fraud. He faces orders to surrender the passport and prove tourist status.
Washington June 9 The battleship in the medal design foreground will not be the Brooklyn but another battleship. The reverse shows an allied battle scene with ships and leaders, while the foreground is being finalized for the Navy cement exhibit.
Seattle report notes Dr. Sheldon Jackson fears Lieutenant Berthoff who crossed Russia and Siberia to a herd of Geer may starve to death. A damaged line hints at a plan to leave something for another year, unclear in text.
Olympia, June, Governor calls an extra legislative session to amend the death penalty statute. The move signals possible revisions to capital punishment rules and procedures as lawmakers prepare to address the issue.
The University of Pennsylvania commencement opened with Rev. Dr. William R. Huntingdon delivering a baccalaureate sermon on “Ascending Types of Citizenship.” He contrasted municipal Tarsus citizenship with universal Roman citizenship and the heavenly citizenship, arguing each type held different rights and reach.
The author argues that Paul’s phrase Our citizenship is in heaven means a perfected social state with education and virtue. He warns modern life remains flawed unless individuals and communities adopt heavenly citizenship in personal and civic affairs from Tarsus to Rome to global politics.
A speaker argues that young men must not take themselves half as seriously as life itself requires. He contends the world is a serious arena with tragedy and long‑lasting consequences behind daily incongruities and misfortunes, urging a sober view beyond mere satire.
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