Water wasting taxpayers' patience over Philadelphia reservoirs
Philadelphia residents complain two costly reservoirs, Queen Lane and Roxborough, yield no usable water after years of payments. Despite full settlements to contractors and landowners, only partial, flawed works exist and water remains foul from nearby farms. Citizens demand completion or refunds as water service remains inadequate.
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Philadelphia
Queen Lane
Roxborough
Water Bureau
Schuylkill
Germantown
Chestnut Hill
Manayunk
Summer Outing Choices For City Dwellers
The text notes June marks the start of vacation season with options for those who can afford travel to seashore country or abroad while most city residents stay home. Philadelphia offers numerous affordable, pleasant resorts with parks and a great river providing easy nearby retreats.
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Philadelphia
America
Summer leisure via electric railways and open trolleys
The writer extols electric railways and suburban resorts as affordable summer comfort, noting open trolley cars for hot nights and cheap fares. Charitable options like Children’s Sanitarium and Country Week Association provide fresh air and country enjoyment for children, while a shift from horse to wheel highlights evolving punishment and a jab at hemp law in relation to cotton protection.
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Country Week Association
Justice Demanded for McCue Murder in Eastern Penitentiary
Adge Gordon swore to a brutal beating of William McCue in the wash house of Eastern Penitentiary and alleged the death followed. He claimed officers or employees committed murder or manslaughter and urged Judge Gordon and Assistant District Attorney Barlow to prosecute without awaiting legislative inquiry. The piece questions why swift action was not taken to bring the guilty to trial.
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Adge Gordon
Legislative Committee
Eastern Penitentiary
William McCue
Norristown
Gordon
Eastern
McCue
Barlow
Judge Gordon
Grand Jury
Insane Asylum
Penitentiary Officials Condemned by Accuser
A powerful claim asserts penitentiary officials and employers must be proven guilty in criminal courts. The speaker vows to expose truth and force convictions or face being labeled a self confessed falsifier while predicting a national boom by the fourth of the coming month. The remark also mocks the Senate and likens the House to a circus with one day actions.
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Green House
Holland
Europe
G. Parkinson
Gratz Urges Park Guard Training For River Rescues
Henry M. Gratz letters Park Commission warning of Park Guard failure to attempt resuscitation after drownings on the Schuylkill. He cites delayed or no life-saving effort, urges thorough training and prompt treatment, notes city patrol boat funding and calls for early action. Also mocks England over dog embargo remarks.
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Henry M. Gratz
Girard Fire Insurance Company
President McManes
Park Commission
Park Guard
Gratz
Schuylkill
Tariff Turmoil Reflects Local Aims Across States
Politicians push tariffs shaped by local interests while voters await broader reform. The piece critiques a grindstone metaphor as representing slow national change amid sectional demands.
Call to end political assessment robbery prompts new law
An editorial argues Judge Beitler correctly discharged a city Democrat accused under the political assessments ban and urges swift passage of a pending bill to halt extortion in political funding. It laments the current law as a mockery and links money in politics to broader civic evils, urging legislative reform. The piece ends with a wry line about prosperity and a bicycle.
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Udge Beitler
Flag Day remembrance urges constant flag use
The article urges perpetual display and spirit of the flag across the nation. It stresses that the stars and stripes should wave on this special day and always in memory to prove true patriotism and avoid discredit to the country.
Tariff Makers Urged to Focus on Shoppers Not Anvils
The message warns tariff decision makers to consider the shopping woman and to mark down prices to attract her. It implies that protecting consumer interest matters more than heavy industry targets and uses the image of anvils as a metaphor for resilience of workers.
Recreation piers added for tenement districts in New York
The Dock Board completes a new 800 by 60 foot recreation pier at East Third Street on the East River costing 54000. Three more piers of similar size are under construction on the East and North rivers. An elevated pavilion will offer river breezes, a better alternative to crowded tenement steps in heat.
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New York
Dock Board
East Third Street
East River
Hast River
North River
Rts
Old Punch Bowl Tavern remembered on Broad Street road
A nostalgic sketch recalls the Punch Bowl Tavern on Broad Street near Diamond Street, its roadside charm, the two story summer house, and the Lamb Tavern road past Germantown. It notes its managers, and nearby landmarks now replaced by modern progress as ex Senator Porter’s house rises near the former site. It also details 1819 and 1815 ads for the Green House and Minerva Tavern and their colorful proprietor notices.
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Punch Bowl
Broad Street
Diamond Street
Camac
Bunch Bowl
Lamb Tavern Road
Germantown
Chestnut Hill
Fairmount Park
Point Breeze Park
Philadelphia Bucks
Penn Township
Markley
George Cole
Charles Scattergood
George Scattergood
Lamb Tavern
Charles A. Porter
Thomas J F. Kelly
National Theatre
Parkinsons
George Parkinson
Burns’ Tavern
Pennsylvania Arms
Chestnut Street
Green House
Parkinson
Lady Ross Wins Her Suit for Divorce
Eprinsurgh June 18 Lady Charles Ross granted a divorce from Sir Charles Henry Ross of Balmagowen Castle and Bonnington House. The counter-suit by Sir Charles Ross is dismissed. He has sailed for New York. The couple married in 1893. Lady Ross sought divorce in 1896 during his U S absence.
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New York
Eprinsurgh
Charles Ross
Charles Henry Ross
Balmagowen Castle
Lady Ross
Sir Charles Ross
Ross-shire
Bonnington House
Lanarkshire
Winifred Berens
A. A. Berens
Castlemead
Windsor
Sir Charles
United States
England
Philadelphia
Washington
Gary
McKinley
Frances Alger
Charles Pike
Chicago
Alger
Military Graduates at Pennsylvania Military College Sermon
The baccalaureate sermon for the Pennsylvania Military College class was preached by Rev. Dr. S. A. Mutchmore in First Presbyterian Church. The thirty-fifth commencement week begins with graduation orations and diplomas on Wednesday. list of graduates includes Arthur L. Bowers, Irving J. Carr, Albert Chase, Mure V. Davis, Harold del. Downs, and others from multiple states.
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Pennsylvania Military College
TIMES
DuHester
S. A. Mutchmore
Philadelphia
First Presbyterian Church
Arthur L. Bowers
Pennsylvania
Irving J. Carr
Texas
Albert Chase
Minnesota
Mure V. Davis
District of Columbia
Harold del. Downs
Ralph 8. Hamilton, Jr
Rhod Island
Horace P. Hobbs
Florida
Benjamin B. Hutchins
New York
Elliott Ludington
Missouri
Thomas 8. Nairn
Iowa
Robert C. Rathtone
William P. Rach
Albert Hans
John P. Thistlewood
Illinois
Lee B. Wordsworth
W. B
Lehigh Commencement Exercises Held At Packer Church
Lehigh University commenced exercises in Bethlehem Pennsylvania with 70 to 80 graduates in caps and gowns. Rev Thomas B Angell D D of Harrisburg delivered the baccalaureate sermon from a scripture passage urging truth honor justice and unity in faith. The benediction was given by Bishop Rudson.
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St. Teresa’s Church
Broad
Prendergast
John T. Crowley
Bethlehem
Lehigh University
Packer Memorial Church
Thomas B. Angell
D. D
Harrisburg
God
Christ
Rudson
Editorials From Across The Nation On Politics And U S Figures
A roundup of editorials mentions topics across papers. St Louis Star cites war risks for South American republics. Washington Post questions congressmen’ s pay. Atlanta Journal jokes about Cleveland and umpires. Chicago Record mocks umpire sympathy. Louisville Times notes Altgeld’s portrait. Providence Journal cites Mills free trade speech. Boston Herald comments on a gilded wooden key for McKinley. Minneapolis Tribune questions Calhoun’s Madrid appointment.
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St. Louis Star
Washington Post
Atlanta Journal
Cleveland
Chicago
Altgeld
Illinois State House
Louisville Times
Senate
Mills
Providence Journal
McKinley
Boston Herald
Washington
Calhoun
Ruiz
Madrid
Minneapolis Tribune
Love Makes The World Go Round A Phila Story
A long poem extols love as life’s motor while a Philadelphia crowd follows foreign affairs. The piece mentions Charlemagne Tower Edgar Scott and other well heeled Philadelphians and notes social intrigue surrounding London's Jubilee and American diplomacy.
The History of a Schism in the Reformed Episcopal Church
A Philadelphia story traces the 24 year old Reformed Episcopal Church schism sparked by Puritan and Evangelical tensions. It details leaders like Bishop Cummins and Cheyney, Powers and Miss Benson funding, church growth to 115 churches, surplice vs gown disputes, and the council’s move to ban the surplice, risking further splits and reform within the denomination.
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Reformed Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church
Old Evangelical Party
Tyng
Newton
McIlvaine
James J
Powers
Chestnut Street
Twenty-first
Harriet Benson
Philadelphia
General Council
New York
United States
Canada
General Committee
Geneva
Cheyney
Cummins
Morton
Miss Benson
West Philadelphia
Synod of
Chicago
Mr. Powers
Princeton’s Baccalaureate Sermon and Class Honors
Dr. Francis Landley Patton, president of Princeton University, delivered the baccalaureate sermon and urged restraint in criticizing England over Greece while noting Americans support the arbitration treaty. He also announced Princeton senior class statistics naming standout students in sports and music.
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Princeton
Francis Landley Patton
Princeton University
England
Greece
Patton
H. C. Brokaw
W. W. Church
Erome Bradley
Fred J. Smith
Jayne
Luke Miller
Albert Tyler
Gas Engine Explosion Burns Franklin Brewer Owner
A gas engine at Monkey Run Brewery in Franklin Pennsylvania exploded this afternoon after a gas leak filled the engine room. Proprietor Christian Brecht was seriously burned, with the engineer Gottlieb Snyder badly burned. Brecht’s hands and face are severely injured and may disfigure him if he survives. He was formerly a Pittsburg brewer.
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Franklin
Monkey Run
Christian Brecht
Gottlieb Snyder
Brecht
L Ife
Pittsburg
Professor Markel Chosen for High School Post
Boyertown June 13 The School Board settled a tight contest for a High School teacher with twenty candidates and fifty two ballots casting Professor Markel as the winner in a decisive vote.
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Boyertown
Markel
Moravian College for Women Holds Baccalaureate Sermon
The Moravian College for Women at Bethlehem Pa held its baccalaureate sermon for the graduating class. Rev Dr Joseph Henry Dobbs of Franklin and Marshall College preached from To whom shall I go and Prof J H Clewell of Salem Academy gave the benediction. An advertisement promotes Tarrant s Seltzer Aperient for sluggish bowels at 50 cents and one dollar.
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Bethlehem
Moravian College For Women
Joseph Henry Dobbs
Franklin and Marshall College
J. H. Clewell
Salem Academy
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