Lutherans Meet in Lancaster Filled With Reports
The Treasurer’s Report shows past year receipts totaling 236648.66. Elections resulted in a notable mission meeting and progress in aiding students preparing for the ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
One Hundred Fiftieth Evangelical Lutheran Minsterium Opens
Lancaster hosts the 150th annual conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Eastern Pennsylvania at Holy Trinity Church with 500 delegates. President Seip reads annual report praising Muhlenberg. officers elected. receipts total 36,648.66 dollars. funds raised for investments and missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of
Eastern Pennsylvania
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church
United States
Susquehanna River
Williamsport
T. L. Seip
Muhlenberg College
Allentown
Seip
Muhlenberg
Ministerium
West Philadelphia
Elizabeth Schaeffer
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Church of the Holy Communion
Lutheran General Synod Opens in Mansfield Meeting in First Lutheran Church
The thirty eighth biennial Lutheran General Synod opened in Mansfield Ohio at 9 am with delegates seated by lot. President H L Baugher declined re election and Rev Dr M W Hamma was elected president along with Rev Dr William Freas secretary and Louis Mars treasurer. In the afternoon foreign missions received focus as Rev George Scholl reported a treasury deficiency of 7176 while the board disbursed 96220 over the past two years amid commendations for mission work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Ohio
Lutheran General Synod
H. L. Baugher
Baugher
M. W. Hamma
Altoona
William 8. Freas
York
Louis Mars
Cincinnati
Lutheran Synod
George Scholl
Baltimore
Foreign Mission Board
Treasury
Scholl
Oliver F. Lantz
Church Infores
Chester County's Jud-ship Rivalry Set for August Primaries
Special Telegram to The Times from West Chester, June 10. The county bench vacancy sparks debate as William Butler Jr and Alfred P Reid emerge as contenders. Butler says he will submit to primary action in August. Reid has not decided, but would consider candidacy if bar and public sentiment favor it, though he does not seek to force himself forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Westt Chester
William Butler, Jr
Alfred P. Reid
Butler
Reid
Bar
Detectives Return James to White Plains After Capture
Notorious burglar Peter James known as Edward Jacques, who broke jail in White Plains, is sent to New York with Detectives Smith and Tate after capture in Baltimore. He faces potential execution in the electric chair. Jacques led a gang that robbed stores in 1881 82 with his wife Elizabeth brother Charles and Thomas Gardener, using false eye entries and a Camden locksmith shop prior to reoffending.
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Peter James
White Plains
N. Y
Walker Adams
Bedford
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Smith
Tate
Clare
Jenkins
Adams
James
Edward Jacques
Elizabeth
Charles
Thomas Gardener
Jacques
Bell Street
Fortieth
Filbert
Gardener
Market
Decatur
West Philadelphia
Sixteenth District
New York
Eastern Penitentiary
Charles Jacques
Edward
Camden
East Park River Drive widening bids opened
The Park Commission and Fairmount Park Councils committees opened nine proposals to widen East Park Drive south from Reading Railway bridge Falls of Schuylkill. An appropriation of 40000 dollars planned a fifty foot width with six feet sod ten foot sidewalk and riprap wall.
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Park Commission
Fairmount Park
East Park Drive
Reading Railway Bridge
Falls of Schuylkill
Thayer
Strawberry Mansion
Leeds
Finance Committee of Councils
Councils
Paia
Gineer
Pan Americans In New York Tour Card of Commerce
South American commercial tourists toured New York on a fair day. They visited the Fire Department exhibition and fireboat, the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, Wool Exchange, Brooklyn Bridge ceremonial approaches, R Hoe & Co printing press, and a Bowery tour before returning to their hotel for tonight's banquet.
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New York
Philadelphia
Broadway
Battery
Metropolis
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Wool Exchange
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
R. Hoe & Co
Carpenter
Mishap to Captain Andrews in Atlantic City
The Rowboat Navigator Captain Andrews, famed for crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Paris in a rowboat, tumbled from a hotel window in Eco Harper City while asleep. He was found with a severe head wound and dislocated shoulder blade, taken to Atlantic City Hospital in critical condition after a night disturbance involving a man named Hunter.
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Eco
Harper City
Captain Andrews
Paris
Spain
Andrews
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Hunter
Andrews Andrews
Atlantic City Hospital
Bucks Democrats Annual Meeting in Doylestown
The Democratic standing committee held its annual meeting in the Ross building Doylestown with strong district representation. Warren Long was elected chairman and the same secretaries were named. A plan to nominate delegates reduces county delegates from eight to seven with two delegates per district and one at large. The county convention to elect delegates will be held in Doylestown on August 9 with primaries on August 7 and a date to be fixed for nominations.
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Doylestown
Democratic Standing Committee
Ross
Warren
Long
Sane
J. Ferdinand Long
Paul H. Applebach
Willis Wall
Street Car Licenses For Holidays Considered By Council
Chief Hicks of the Highway Bureau told a subcommittee the city should license street cars during holidays. Each extra card would cost 25 cents daily, with fees continuing until returned. Union Traction’s BE Ballard supported the plan, noting extra cars would run and revenue might not drop. The committee voted to report the ordinance with a favorable recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief Hicks
Highway Bureau
Councils’ Street Passenger Railway Committee
Bureau of Highways
Hicks
BE. A. Ballard
Representa the
Union Traction Company
Rose
General Committee
West Point Drill Delayed By Rain Yet Impresses Crowd
West Point New York June 10 heavy rain forced omission of several class of 87 drills. The light artillery drill replaced the skirmish drill and sham battle. At 5 pm cadets performed on the cavalry plain under Lt. A B Dyer. About 3 000 spectators witnessed fine oil and precise maneuvers as the first class staged one of the post’s best drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
N. Y
A. B. Dyer
Postal Delegates Welcome in Boston by City Leaders
Universal Postal Congress delegates reached Boston on June 10 where Mayor Quincy Postmaster Thomas and officials welcomed them. Colonel Thomas and President Bacheller spoke as Governor Wolcott extended greetings before delegates toured the Public Library and State House and inspected the Post Office.
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Boston
Universal Postal Congress
Quincy
Thomas
Bacheller
Congress
State House
Wolcott
Wanamaker's Shoes Sale at Market Street Feature
Wanamaker's Philadelphia para edition notes a large stock of shoes for girls and boys, with 25 hundred and eight pairs highlighted. Discounted prices range 50c to 1 and up to 3.50, with men and colored varieties and oxford ties on sale. Major makers of undergarments contribute to the June sale. Night gowns added at 38c, limited per shopper.
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Market Street
Alesroom
Consolidated Bicycle Aow and Jobbers' Syndicate
Philadelphia
Syracuse
Featherstone
Ervey
Not More Than Three Corset Covers To A Buyer At Sale
Advertises limited sale items including cambric corset covers and lace trimmed covers with a strict limit of three per buyer. Highlights 50c women shirts waists, lawn wrappers, and a large assortment of handkerchiefs with extensive price points and quality notes. Mentions a storewide handkerchief bargain and a clearance of 230 suits of various fabrics, emphasizing value and spring demand on Market Street.
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Andes
Market Street
MARRIAGE LICENSES AND A LIST OF OBITUARY NOTICES
The page lists numerous marriage licenses and names of couples from Philadelphia area societies with extensive notices. It includes unions such as Albert E Bogner with Cecilia R Lynch and Samuel Auckland with Mary Sostrop, plus several others. Also appears a series of death and funeral notices for Adams Allgaier Barr Bliltz Blue and related families with dates in June 1897.
Memorial Funeral Notices from Philadelphia Area
A dense obituary and funeral notice page lists numerous Philadelphia residents and relatives invited to services. Entries name Margaret Cassin, Kate Condron, Edward Deaner, James Donohoe, Sarah Dougherty, Mary Doris, Elinor Dutton, Kate Goldbogel, Harry Green, Lisette Gremse, Charles Griffiths, Daniel Hagy, Carrie Hall, Susanna Heydt, James Adair Hutchinson, George Kurtzschenkel, Anna Laible, Thomas Lovelidge, Mildred Lyon, Barbara Mann, Elizabeth Margeris on diphtheria, Edward Muldoon, Edna Nolan, Philip OBrien, Jane Porter, Walter Reading, Barbara Schell, Frederick Schombart, William Schweiben, Mary Sydney Trego, Louis Yetter, Harriet Young, and others. Each entry notes funeral times, locations, and cemeteries. services are held at churches or family homes in various city districts, with interments at Holy Cross or Northwood cemeteries and other local burial grounds.
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Edna T. Doris
Mary_E
O'Brien
Philip
Dougherty
Sarah
Porter
Jane
Dutton
Elinor M. Reading
Walter B. Goldbogel
Kate
Schell
Barbara
Green
Harry
Schweibenz
William
Gremse
Lisette
Trego
Mary
Griffiths
Charles M. Vetter
Louis
Bag Daniel
Young
Harriet C. Hall
Carrie
North Twelfth Street
Philadelphia
Condron
Cathe
Dennis Condron
Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality
Sacred Heart League
Hughton
North Seventh Street
St. Edward's Church
New Cathedral Cemetery
Deaner
Edward
Henry
Anna B
Edward BR
Mary A. Smith
East Dauphin Street
Donohoes
James
Michael
Annie J. Donohoe
Lehigh Avenue
St. Ann's Cemetery
Sarah Dougherty
Hugh Dougherty
Haydock Street
Doris
Mary E
Terrence
Mary Doris
John Doris
Budd Street
Forty-first Street
Powelton Avenue
West Philadelphia
Elinor M
Alex. P. Dutton
Patrick and Catharine Mount
Franklin Street
Church of the Assumption
Old Cathedral Cemetery
Goldbogel
David Goldbogel
South Street
St. Paul's Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Harry Green
Cassie Green
Lisette Gremse
Christian Gremse
South Twelfth Street
Charles M
Mary J. Griffiths
York Street
American Mechanics’ Cemetery
Hagy
Daniel Hagy
Haverford Road
City Avenue
Hall
William Hall
Ellen
Mark Morton
South Broad Street
Heydt
Susanna Heydt
Jonas Heydt
Norristown
Woodstock Street
Hutchinson
Woodbury
N. J
James Adair Hutchinson
Hunter Street
Kurtzschenkel
George
Charlotta Street
St. James’ Church
Third Street
Columbia Avenue
Northwood Cemetery
Lovelidge
Thomas M
Susan
Thomas Loveridge
Rittenhouse Street
Germantown
Lyon
St. Raphael
France
Mildred Marion Bowes Lyon
Augustus E. Jessup
Philadelohen
Earl of
Thirty-second
Federal Streets
Rosedale
Bara
Charles Mann
Margerison
Elizabeth
Joseph H
Martha Dd
Second Street
Wyoming Avenue
Greenmount Cemetery
Muldoon
Edward J
Anna T. Muldoon
South Eleventth Street
Nolan
Edna T
Peter B
Hanora P. Nolan
Kensington Avenue
Philip O'Brien
Samuel Porter
Fitzwater Street
Reading
Walter B. Reading
Tancaster Avenue
Frederick Schell
Robert Schell
Ti Street
Schombert
Frederick
Frederick C
Catharine J. Kombert
Henrich
North Sixth Street
St. Bonaventura’s Church
Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery
Y Schweibenz
William Schweibenz
Neeneee
Cambridge Street
Doylestown
Mary Sydney Trego
Maple Avenue
Yetter
Louis Yetter
North Eighth Street
North Fourth Street
Harriet C
Nathan Young
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F. J. F. Schantz
Theo. L. Seip
8. E. Ochsenford
Selinsgrove
BE. H. Phole
J. K. Plett
Dr. Schantz
Preston A. Laury
Marietta
George Sandt
Chester County
Bays
East Park
Gotham
Antic
Bucks Democrats
Tim
The
Governor Wolcott
Wanamaker
Philadel Para
Wanamaker’s
Albert E. Bogner
Cecilia R. Lynch
Samuel Auckland
Mary Sostrop
Michael Det
Mary Manton
James Harris
Mary Sanders
William W.witman
Amy R. Wager
John Kanid
Mary Murdza
Henry C. Fish
Parmela Patterson
George H. Danley
Mary E. McMahon
Robert Clarke
Jennie Robb
John Marsden
Elizabeth N. Price
Thomas P. Griffith
Kate M. Homan
Ferdinand Funk
Warburger Cereer
James W. Greenwood
Elizabeth A. Roebuck
Max A. Perel
Laura A. Sanders
Alexander Hunter
Maggie Pinkerton
Walter E. Wehn
Margaret V. Porter
Louis I. Reichner
Cephise H. Aiken
Alfred S. Morley
Ella Hall
Marville
Marion R. Barrett
Arthur B. Cheyney
Maggie Quigley
Neals P. Larsen
Olivia Nelson
Edwin K. Snow
Laura E. Fesler
Jacob Betz
Minnie Brodo
South Fourth Street
Rufus D. Naylor
Hebert A. Ross
Florence Arerling
Sellers—Bringhurst
Tate Delaware
George C. Hall
Alexander Selle
Edith F. Bringhurst
Washburn—Abbott
Providence
Breereay
Wallace Street
St. Agathe’s
Blitz
Annie
John Blue
North
Thirty-seventh Street
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Arch St. Grounds
Belmont Avenue
Broad Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Laurel Hill Station
Lelia ER
Patridge
Chestnut St.lasses
L. E. Patridge
Lansdowne
Children'’J Hospital
L. Bowman
Charles W. Cushman
Walnut St
Fras. H. Lewis
Se Children's Hospital
Commissioner of Navigation
Pulaski
Penrose
John R. Read
Henry P. Wilhelmi
C. Carnerne Dd
Wilhelmi
Max Graft
N. 7Th St. Ree
LA Franco
St. Cloud Pharmacy
Arch. Cor
Hoffman
U. Parken
Iz Y. Om
R. Levick's Son & CO
D* Dehardt
Mad West
OPERA
WEHEK
Pacetace
Cheatout Y
GEP Brats Tor
Castle Square Opera Co
Mats
Wed. & Hat
Caden and Childre
Orchaeau
Ilmore
Lerrort
Eugene O'Rourke
Ada Dare
le Clair
Leslie
Mark Murphy
Monroe
Lilloutians
Hogan's Alley Kids
Sam Bernard
J. Ky Emmett
Lizaie Izaie
Raymond
Phyllis Rankin
Irard
7Th ST
Solvenir
al S
Liliputians
Lrce
Vine
Belon
Helen Russell
Philadelphia Ball Park
Chicago
Neubauer
Stormer
America
Metropolitan Loan and Storage CO
John
Pr. Berkholtz
Cherry Street
State of
Pennsylvania
William Beisw.anger
Frank A. Quinn
Butz
Abel Cassel
Amos W. Froelich
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Citizens’ Building and Loan Association OF Philadelphia
Robert B. Kelly
Chestnut Street
Public SA Safety
Bureau
City Hall
Vblladetpaia
Mene
Pavilion Hospital
Lehigh Breese
Law Department
Board of Health
John J. McCay
Pennsylvania State College
Wednesdaune
Register
State College
HE Sternberg
Sternberge OF Music
Constantin von Siarahitee
Mary Rollins Murphy
Ste
Chickering
Hardman
Decker Bros
Condi Steinert’s
Dutton's
Chestnut St
Enterprise Carpet Cleaning Works
Two First Street
Thomas M ‘Dudle
Passyunk Ave
Chase & Campbell
Union Sq
Oquillot & CO
Philada
Samuel G
Walnut Street
Oak Lane
Cation
Kirby
Sea Isle City
Bath
Leasure R. R
Girard Ave
Thos, J. Hunt
Mesce
Thomas J. Hunt
MaxEx
Penn Mutual Loan Institution
Hale Building
Avenue
Murrell Dobbins
Mfr
South 7Th Street
Guaran Flavell's
Pring “Garden
Poplar
Yanne
Illiards
North Front Street
Jor Sale
East End
Pine St
F. Ryan
Attorneys-at-Law
Nnether Olman & Buettner
England
Camp Verde
Arizona
Loveberry
Ohio University
Eneys
Illustrated
Eui Wha
Korea
University of Pennsylvania
California
Senator Gray
Delaware
Washington
McKinley
London
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