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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1902
Page
8
Readers of THE PHILADELPHIA TIMES may have the Daily and Sunday editions mailed nationwide at 45 cents per month. Orders may be sent through Newsdealers or directly to the Office. The address will be changed as often as desired. PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 14, 1902.
The river and harbor bill advances with $3 million for the Delaware River channel deepening from lower reaches to Philadelphia. President Roosevelt signs promptly, praising timely action. Philadelphia merchants benefit from prior and planned allocations, including $250,000 spent and $400,000 set aside.
Dr. Beck argues beauty is a city necessity not a luxury. He cites Philadelphia’s past charm, warns decline from neglect, and contrasts with New York’s early focus on municipal adornment as a driver of enduring influence. He links urban beauty to business attraction and prosperity.
The piece argues the current street grid stifles growth and decay around City Hall. It advocates opening a 160 foot wide avenue from City Hall plaza to Logan Square, continuing to Fairmount, funded by future gains. It cites Boston Back Bay as a model and warns cost may seem a luxury but is a future necessity. It also urges addressing meat price unfairness to revive cattle-raising and curb rail freight disparities.
Democratic lawyers prepare registration and election bills as ballot reform becomes a key issue in races. Allegheny leader Guthrie advocates reform and broader support grows beyond Philadelphia. Municipal League and Ballot Reform Association form outside party coalition aiming for pledges from candidates.
The article notes an expected rise in meat competition as eastern farmers gain, with new slaughtering plants planned in Orange New Jersey and enlarged stockyards in Pittsburgh. Promoters promise to undercut Western packers, while a cooperative kosher meat supply model in New York draws nationwide attention.
Mr. Martindale reports census figures to the Trades League showing Philadelphia manufactures hold 4.4 percent growth in ten years while capital rose 27 percent. Establishments fell 12.5 percent as smaller shops move inward or to interior towns. Wage growth lags living costs, sparking debate on tariffs and city productivity.
The article argues panic is the major risk in disasters and cites a cigar factory fire where many girls died or were injured. It contends lives were endangered by a lack of calm and timely egress, blaming building laws and factory inspections for inadequate safety planning.
The article argues that panic is inevitable and stresses the need for daily fire drills in factories with many female workers. It notes public schools already use discipline and drill to prepare for sudden alarms and suggests similar practice could have saved the girls in the incident by enabling a safe evacuation.
A whimsical political note focuses on a missing plank linked to Matthew Stanley Quay. The piece lampoons party strife, speculating on the plank's fate, its imagined intelligence, and the consequences for Quay and Pennsylvania if recovered or left to drift.
The piece notes Flag Day as a cherished patriotic anniversary for children and Betsy Ross’s house as a preserved relic. It credits Flag Day with promoting factual origins of the flag and aiding serious historians, while touchingly remarking on political figures and Roosevelt’s private car reversal causing a travel delay.
The passage notes Senator Quay revealing that a strong endorsement of the State administration was in the platform and adopted, though no one heard it read. It emphasizes Quay's awareness of the endorsement and its significance.
Fragmentary verses describe a railway station at night with crowds, partings, meetings, and intense emotion. Vivid impressions of strangers and longing populate the scene as faces pass and the speaker longs for Joe to arrive. The poem pivots on arrival, absence, and the ache of waiting.
Reportage from multiple papers outlines how Senator Quay and party machines shaped the Pennsylvania gubernatorial nomination of Judge Pennypacker. Editorials from Pittsburg, Scranton, Altoona, Harrisburg, and Wilkes-Barre critique the process, warn of fraud and machine rule, and urge Republican solidarity against perceived corruption.
A compilation notes mixed reactions to U S imperial policy and presidential power. It cites editorials from the Portland Oregonian and Indianapolis Sentinel criticizing expansionism, plus J W Lewis of Paris Tennessee describing a brutal atrocity by American forces in Adamsville Tennessee, reported by the New York Tribune.
A Budapest postmaster invents a device enabling wireless telephone messages to be sent and received four miles apart at stations. The report notes this as an unusual technological advance in communication.
Francis B. Livesey argues that Herbert Spencer’s new book condemns public schools and supports private or voluntary education, claiming schools produce criminals and deprave public virtue. He links Spencer’s view to antipublic school crusades and criticizes compulsory attendance as a policy failing to mold morality.
A reader from Philadelphia expresses satisfaction with the Times format, praising its lack of cartoons and sensationalism. He urges the paper to keep its current style and invites public letters, with the stipulation that writers disclose their names and avoid offensive personalities.
Thomas Martindale chairing the committee on manufactories reports Philadelphia lags behind Scranton and other cities in state manufacturing gains over the last decade. He cites lack of direct rail and steamship routes to New Orleans as a drag, and notes plans for a new independent Gulf route with a $1,000,000 capitalization to provide weekly service from Philadelphia to New Orleans.
Postmaster McMichael and the executive staff will occupy rooms at the Chestnut street angle on the second floor. The Internal Revenue Department space will become offices for post office leadership. The revenue room moves to the Market street angle. first floor clerks will use the area now housing the keynote department. Adams, Jr. has Tr Treasury.
The Philadelphia Times invites readers to submit stories about well known Philadelphians and local affairs. Six best tales will win prizes of five dollars for first place and smaller amounts for the next five, with space rates paid for published submissions.
West Point priest Father O Keefe cites a humorous tale to argue that people overlook sources of help from prayer. A Celt on a building job cries for aid and moments later survives a fall, quipping that he did not need more help after all.
A Chestnut street hat-store conversation between two Celts near the Ninth street post office highlights a display of hats priced from 2.50 to 5 dollars, with a center Panama marked 100 dollars. They mock the idea of a costly Panama, insisting the tag reads only figures and the real value lies in simple arithmetic.
A group of teachers tour a botanical collection led by a cactus enthusiast. An acquaintance mocked praised specimens as ordinary while bragging of a personal cactus grown from a slip. The guide noted a sixty three year old cactus before the speaker dominated the rest of the afternoon.
Wayne MacVeagh Archbishop Ryan and the late George B Roberts were guests at a Union League banquet years before Roberts death. MacVeagh called Roberts a free pass to Heaven, and the archbishop replied he would grant it only to avoid separating him from his counsel in the world beyond.
City finance panel to consider an ordinance amendment on tax collection timing and discounts. The City Controller recommends ending monthly fiscal periods and shaping a stepped discount and penalty schedule from January to December with rising penalties after year end.
June 18 report from San Francisco notes El Jebel and Aladdis, Columbus, win the competitive drift of the Arab Patriots with the Mystic Shriners cameo, marking a victory for El Jebel in the drill event.
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