Plan to connect Fairmount Park with Logan Square ignites push for boulevard
City leaders advocate a grand avenue from Fairmount Park to Logan Square to create a central park gateway. They argue it would open north side vistas of City Hall, boost open space, raise land values, and spur urban growth, urging a seven member committee to promote the boulevard when feasible.
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Fairmount Park
Logan Square
Champs Elysees
Green Street
Reading Railway
Pennsylvania Avenue
Park Avenue
City Hall
Philadelphia
Masonic Temple
City All
Pennsylvania Iee Hng
City Parks Association
Cost of Food and Grape-Nuts Benefits
A family reports choosing Grape-Nuts for breakfast to improve health and reduce costs. They compare it with white bread and other cereals, noting better vitality and weight gain, and conclude fifteen cents worth provides more strength than twenty-five cents of alternatives.
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Wise
City considers grand boulevard plan with art gifts
The group discussed a wider boulevard project tied to an art gallery and library placement. Trustees hinted art collections could be donated to the city if the plan proceeds, potentially offsetting one third of the extra costs. Concerns linger over city authority to condemn land and resell parcels under existing laws.
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Pla
Beck
Jones
Gage
Art Federation
Cit
Paris
Bullitt
Training Ship Chesapeake Runs Aground At Taylor's Island
The United States training ship Chesapeake grounded on a sand bar at Taylor's Island in Chesapeake Bay and is in about eighteen feet of water. Tug Standish with a large group of sailors went to assist as the ship drifted little more than the depth. The Chesapeake and the battleship Indiana departed Annapolis Monday with cadets aboard for their annual cruise.
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Annapolis
Chesapeake
Taylor's Island
Chesapeake Bay
Standish
Indiana
Flag Day Observed By Pupils In Public Schools
Pupils in public schools observe Flag Day today marking the 1777 adoption of the Stars and Stripes. Flags fly over buildings as classrooms use decorations and ceremonies include patriotic songs and recitations.
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Continental Congress
Vacancy Filled At National Educational Convention
Minneapolis report states the July 7 to 11 national educational convention will be chaired by Michael Sadler of the Board of Education London due to the death of Dr. John Henry Barrows. Mr J, who has been in America assessing public school systems, agreed to stay for the meeting.
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Minneapolis
John Henry Barrows
Oberlin College
Will Beired
Michael Sadler
Board of Education
London
Grand
America
Philadelphian Bays Coal Lands Purchase
Whitson D. Althouse of Philadelphia today bought 500 acres of coal land in Cumberland County as part of a larger farm transaction noted in the June 12 report.
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Philadelphian Bays Coal Lands
Cumberland
Whitson D. Althouse
Philadelphia
Tornado toll rises in McLean county Illinois
Damage reports from Tuesday's tornado in McLean county list one more dead Cora Reynolds two years old of Saybrook and a mother in critical condition. A train wreck near Elliott injures Conductor George Stevens. Barn collapse near Bowtown kills cattle and hogs while the Emdon church is destroyed with ten thousand dollars in losses.
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Bloomington
McLean County
Cora Reynolds
J. A. Reynolds
Saybrook
Lake Erie and Western Railway
Elliott
Ellsworth
George Stevens
Isaac Funke
McLean
Bowtown
Emdon
New Lutheran Church
Birmingham Leaders Indicted for Embezzlement
Grand jury in Birmingham, Alabama indicts Captain R. F. Kolb Henry B. Gray George A. Blinn Jr and W L Dodd on embezzlement charges amid an inquiry into Continental Securities and Redemption and Birmingham Debenture companies. Amounts allegedly converted range from 2000 to 30000. Kolb once led the Kolb movement and ran for governor twice.
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Birmingham
Ala
Continental Securities and Redemption Company
Birmingham Debenture Company
R. F. Kolb
Henry B. Gray
George A. Blinn, Jr
W. L. Dodd
Kolb
Alabama
Four Yaqui Teens Shot by Mexican Rurales
In Lacananera Mexico on June 12 four Yaqui teens working for Green Consolidated Mining Company were shot by rurales. A patrol ordered them to a registration near two mines below the works and then executed them, after lining them up at the site.
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Lacananea
Mexico
Green Consolidated Mining Company
Fifth annual Letter-Carriers outing in Central Park
The fifth annual Philadelphia Letter-Carriers event under Keystone Branch 157 of the National Association of Letter-Carriers will be held in Central Park at 4400 North Fifth Street on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday June 10, 20 and 21. Elaborate musical programs are planned for each afternoon and evening. A notable feature will be the singing of selected arias from Il Trovatore by Mr. Mc Knight and Miss Rugby.
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Philadelphia
Keystone Branch
National Association of Letter-Carriers
Central Park
North Fifth Street
Mr. McKnight
Miss Rugby
Thieves Break Into Three Homes at Night
Thieves entered three residences on Wednesday night and stole clothing and some jewelry. Items taken were reported from the home of Samuel Freedman at 800 North Wegatives and from Mrs. Moore at 2146 Er Nee Aa.
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Samuel Freedman
Moore
Baron Shibusawa of Japan Visits United States on Rapid Transit Quest
Japanese financier Baron Shibusawa arrives in New York with bankers to study Baldwin Locomotive Works and the Commercial Museums. He aims to blend Japanese capital with American expertise to open the Orient, seeking balance in investment and a joint American Japanese banking venture.
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Baron E. Shibusawa
Japan
Baron Shibusawa
Pierpont Morgan
Marquis Ite
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Denver
Baldwin
Otani
Tokio
Merce
International Commercial Congress
Commercial Museums
United States
San Francisco
Toyo Kisen Kaisha Steamship Company
Roosevelt
White House
Hotel
Walton
M. Shibusawa
Miss Nishikawa
Messrs. Hagiwara
Ichihara
Shimizu
Umeura
Yashosheima
William H. Avery
Citizens urge Passyunk bridge across Schuylkill
A delegation led by Samuel Crothers and J F Doyle met Mayor Ashbridge to press for a Schuylkill bridge at Passyunk avenue. They seek city aid and an appropriation while City officials note drafting of specifications for a bridge at Cocarwak avenue.
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Samuel Crothers
40Th Ward
J. F. Doyle
South Philadelphia
Public Works
Cocarwak Avenue
Ash
Mie Haddork
Steel Trust replies in bond issue case in Newark
United States Steel Corp. files answer with Vice Chancellor Emery denying illegality of retiring preferred stock and issuing 200 million in bonds. It cites by laws and corporate acts, asserts directors have power with stockholder approval to underwrite with J P Morgan syndicate. It notes $80 million in preferred stock and $20 million cash from syndicate, May 19 ratification, and that bonds are not to convert to common stock. Proceeding on temporary restraining order set for tomorrow.
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Newark
N. J
United States Steel Corporation
Eall
Miriam Berger
Emery
Richard V. Lindaburg
New Jersey
J. P. Morgan
Erantes
Camden Club Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
At the annual St. Johns Club meeting held on Broadway and Royden streets in Camden, officers were elected including President Rev. Underhill ex officio, Vice President Oke Smile, Secretary H P Peloure r, Treasurer H W Sanders, Librarian F H Veneli, Rectors H A Hall and F Arthur, C E TM Niet, and other members Keets Paperoon mano Pelouze.
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St. John's Club
Broadway
Royden Streets
Camden
R. Underhill
O. KE. Smile
H. I’. Peloure
H. W
Keets
College Student Drowned in Petersburgh Bathing Accident
Special to the Philadelphia Times from Cape May Court House reports that a group of Dehirseh Agricultural School students from Woodbine swam at Petersburgh. Hykinu, one swimmer, lost control and drowned in the four mile distant outing.
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College
Philadelphia Times
Cape May Court House
Dehirseh Agricultural School
Woodbine
Petersburgh
Hykinu
Pacific Mail and Panama Railroad sign three year traffic contract
New York June 12 report says Pacific Mail Steamship Company and the Panama Railroad Company signed a three year agreement. The contract gives the Pacific Mail Line control of traffic originating at and destined to points on the Pacific coast north of Panama.
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New York
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Panama Railroad Pany
Fist In Company
Pacife
Paname
Fire devastates Wheeling firms in $150000 blaze
A fire struck Wheeling today, damaging the Exley Watkins Catsup and Preserve Company, the Wheeling Mattress Company, and the Acme Box Company. The loss is estimated at $150,000, with partial insurance coverage.
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Wheeling
Wheeling, W. Ve
Exley Watkins Catsup and Preserve Company
Wheeling Mattress Company
Acme Box Company
Johnson Seizes Victory in Tax Board Case
Judge Babcock of the Common Pleas Court ruled today that the Board of Tax Review under the north Ripper bill is valid, upholding the law as passed by Saaree I. The decision clears the way for the tax board to operate under the disputed statute.
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Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Babcock
The
Common Pleas Court
Board of Tax Review
Saaree I
Mayor Signs Five Million Dollar Permanent Loan Bill
Mayor Ashbridge signed a five million dollar permanent loan bill approved at the February election. The bill, backed by the city councils, authorizes funds for new sites and school facilities, water filtration, river channel work, street grading and paving, and country road macadamizing. The proposal must be advertised for thirty days, with newspaper insertion to follow.
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Ashbridge
Accries
Delaware
Sebuyikill
Lodn
Hay Car Fire Destroys Miller Elevator Loss $300
A carload of hay consigned to H. C. Miller & Co. burned up in a fire caused by spontaneous combustion. The grain elevator at Broad street and Indiana avenue was totally destroyed Tuesday. The hay car stood on a siding at Eighth street and Glenwood avenue. Estimated loss totals $300.
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H. C. Miller & Co
Broad Street
Indiana Avenue
Eighth Street
Glenwood Avenue
Michael Johnson and Frank Trainor Date From June 10
Michael Johnson of 1921 Bouitz street and Frank Trainor, 38, of 438 Cone stoga street, both dated from June 10 in the report.
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Michael Johnson
Bouitz Street
Frank Trainor
Conestoga Street
The Lasso eye glasses enter second year of existence
The Lasso eye glasses have entered their second year with phenomenal public success and popularity.
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Strawbridge
Arch Street
Mr. Beck Rose
Baron Haussman
Chicago
Ten
Ark
Madison Square
Proppert
Penn
Hemisphere
Mr. Beck
Nottingham
Quarty
Tony At
Salemina
Specia
Point de Paris
Point Lierre
iAge
Chesapeake Grounds
Sion
Dr. Barrows
Marks Bros
Our
Ameri
Michener’s
Excelsior
South
West Philadelphia
Steel Trust
St. John’s Club
Panama
Lake
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