Mean swindler Curtis Sterner exposed by Mount Carmel papers
The Mount Carmel Daily News details Curtis Sterner’s two year frauds involving charity fund shams and political manipulation. It links his use of letterheads to solicit contributions to a relief drive and exposes forged associations with prominent figures and newspapers.
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Mount Carmel
Sterner
Philadelphia
Thos. J. Stewart
John B. Robinson
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Mount Carmel News
Item
Centralia
Philadelphia Times
Monroe H. Kulp
W. K. Faust
Curtis Sterner
Kulp
Daily News
Women's Home Missionary Oy
Lawi Faust
Sternerad
Faust
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Eisenhower
Ladies of the Home Missionary Society
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United States
M. 8
Philadelphia Record
A. K. McClure
Singerly
William M. Singerly
William M. Sincerly
McClure
Women's Home Missionary Society
Filtration Plans Discussed by City Water Committee
The sub committee of Councils water committee met to review Schuylkill Valley Water Company's plan to supply filtered water via impounding reservoirs and a conduit from 30 to 40 miles upriver. The ask is 900000 dollars yearly for twenty years, with plant ownership reverting to the city.
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Schuylkill Valley Water Company
Schuykill
Philadelphia
Water Bureau
Arthur R. H. Morrow
Messrs. Adams
Robb
Dougherty
McClain
Supreme Court
Samuel Gustine Thompson
Professor Smith
Bellot College
Wisconsin
Smith
Morrow
Water Committee of Councils
Schuylkill Navigation Company
William Findlay Brown
Brown
Struggle With Madman Wounds Reserve Sergeant
Reserve Sergeant Robinson was severely wounded during a morning arrest on Chestnut Street. The suspect, John M. Bencker, declared insane, resisted with bites and a comb weapon before being jailed at City Hall and later sent to Philadelphia Hospital. Robinson continued duty with lacerated hands.
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Robinson
Chestnut Street
Aren
John M. Bencker
Wheatsheaf Lane
Bencker
Andrews
Philadelphia
Wine in Salt Water Surfaces After Ship Francis Fire
Tug Pioneer spots floating barrels near Absecon believed to be California claret from the burned ship Francis. Twenty barrels recovered last evening at port. wreckage and more barrels drifted from the vessel which burned near Beach Haven on May 7 while en route to New York from San Francisco. Other tugs prepare to salvage more wine from the wreckage.
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Pioneer
Absecon
William Mumford
Wales
Mumford
Francis
Little Egg Harbor
Beach Haven
New York
San Francisco
Three Ohio Girls Die in Lightning Strike
In Bellaire Ohio on June 14 three 19 year old girls Minnie McGuire Aupa Taylor and Emma White were killed by a lightning bolt as they walked home from the M E church at Jacobsburg They wore steel corsets which are blamed for the deaths Sarah Bohring was badly stunned and may die The victims were residents of Jacobsburg a village along the Bel laire Zanesville and Cincinnati Railway about 11 miles west of Bellaire
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Bellaire
Ohio
M. E
Jacobsburg
Minnie McGuire
Thomas McGuire
Aupa Taylor
William Taylor
Emma White
Simon White
Sarah Bohring
Jacobeburg
Zanesville
Cincinnati
Misa Bohring
Bicycle collision leaves 86-year-old man injured in Philadelphia
Police search for a driver who struck Abraham Cohen aged 86 on his bicycle at Eighteenth and Filbert streets yesterday morning. The hit and run occurred around 7 o'clock as Cohen rode to work. Patrolman Nestor aided at the scene, and Cohen was taken to Medico-Chirurgical Hospital.
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Twentieth District
Abraham Cohen
Catharine
Eighteenth
Filbert Streets
Nestor
Market Street
Cohen
Sixteenth Street
Medico-Chirurgical Hospital
Doings of a Daughter of Eve on Fashion and Outing
A vivid portrait column observes June fashion in Philadelphia, noting a mother and daughter in striking outfits. The daughter wears Napoleon blue canvas with a green plaid blouse. the mother’s $40 hat features black chiffon loops, bird of paradise plumes, and black silk roses. The piece contrasts bold styles with simple linen ensembles.
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Lafayette
Paris
Philadelphia
EARRINGS AGAIN
Victorian fashions may trend this year but earrings face uncertainty. The writer notes limited wearers and lingering public resistance, predicting a slow return if at all.
Ancient ear rings and royal taste revive fashion
The article reflects on historic earrings from Padua Syria and eighteenth century models, noting how massive drops and double drops graced ears from Marie Antoinette to ancient queens. It mentions royal preference, including the Queen and the Duchess of York, and contemplates modern jewelry adopting these curiously ornate forms.
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Padua
Syria
Marie Antoinette
Chaldea
Phoenicia
Egypt
Duchess of York
Housewife tips and recipes for elegant table settings
A Russian silver set complements blue china while lighter white glass and porcelain call for restraint. Old tablecloths can become large napkins for tray covers or wrap sites in a sick room. A mock lemon pie adds novelty to menus with two crusts baked and filled with egg sugar rhubarb.
The Woman’s Quiet Fight Against Life’s Blues
A reflective piece urges women to endure daily hardships with backbone and resolve. It contrasts lonely struggles with loyal connections, insisting tears are futile until the day’s work ends. It champions living up to noble convictions despite perceived world hostility.
Outdoor Fetes Fashion: Walking Skirts and Lace Blouses
A seasonally popular style features short plain walking skirts in brown linen white duck or dark blue pique paired with ecru lace or cafe au lait embroidered blouses. Blouses fasten left side with elastic gilt belt and lace hip frill. Bright ribbons hats and flowers complete the smart yet affordable look with parasols for lawn gatherings.
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Ecru
The Feminine Observer Column Highlights Fashion and Tips
A compact page notes color in fruit stands, tests of friendship, Jubilee spoons, midseason illnesses, social lunches at the Bellevue, Florence May Ingram as a June graduate, Lafayette’s lunch appeal, porch gas stoves for canning, Weather Bureau bulletins at Conner's drug store, insomnia coping, wheelwomen in low shoes, and Gimbels summer bargains with hats and related musts.
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Weather Bureau
Conner
Paris fashion and beauty trends in serious society page
A Wanamaker's buyer notes Paris leading colors gray and plum and hats trimmed with feathers wings and tulle while flowers are taboo. Miss Cloud showcases facial and massage treatments at the Bourse with living patients evidencing successful skin cures.
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Henry Louis Peak
Wanamaker's
Paris
Miss Cloud
Free Library of Economics and Political Science Opens Soon
A Free Library of Economics and Political Science for the city will be formally opened in a few days. It aims to provide a complete economics and political science collection, offer lectures, supply foreign literature by sale or direct forwarding, and extend loans beyond Philadelphia as finances allow. The executive board includes Miss Helen Marot, Dr. George M. Gould, and Miss Innes Orbes. advisory members include Dr. Brinton, Miss Frothingham, and others. Located at 1815 Filbert street the library currently serves as a reading room welcoming all and will open Sundays and evenings for busy patrons.
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Philadelphia
United States
Helen Marot
George M. Gould
Innes Orbes
Daniel G. Brinton
Cornelia Frothingham
Thomas 8. K. Morton
Louis C. van
Hag Iy
Young lead pipe thieves before Judge Willson
Alexander Kennedy Reuben Sweet Joseph Sweet William Ronneburger Elmer Jorett Francis Jorett Francis Neary Walter Robinson Frank Seely and Robert Briggs pleaded guilty in Quarter Sessions No 2 to larceny of lead pipe. Briggs led a gang cutting pipe in southern city cellars to sell. Judge Willson discharged most, committing Briggs to House of Refuge and suspending others after evidence of dealers buying from minors.
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Willson
Alexander Kennedy
Reuben Sweet
Joseph Sweet
William Ronneburger
Elmer Jorett
Francis Jorett
Francis Neary
Walter Robinson
Frank Seely
Robert Briggs
Briggs
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Panic in a Polish School House on Broadway
A church entertainment drew 1500 people, mostly women and children, when a hanging lamp fell causing a panic. The crowd rushed for exits, many were bruised, but no deaths occurred and the fire was quickly put out.
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Buffalo
Broadway
Royal Blue Line to Baltimore
Fast time frequent trains prompt service excellent dining cars track rock ballast engines burn coke no smoke no dust.
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Royal Blue Line
Baltimore
Notes and Queries readers share curiosities and quips
A selection of reader letters addresses corrections and questions about science impressions, Flag Day origins, sleep research, a riddle about becoming one’s own grandfather, and a Southern watermelon verse. The exchange references historical date notes and humorous verses.
Trolley in the Clouds Los Angeles Pass Route Rally
E J Bald win pushes to secure the last practical pass into southern Sierra Madre via trail from Santa Anita Canyon toward San Gabriel, Mojave and Antelope Valley. An electric line may follow this route, giving Baldwin control of the northward entry to Los Angeles as SP and Santa Fe hold other passes and Cajon area.
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Los Angeles
Cal
E. J. Baldwin
Sierra Madre Mountains
Santa Anita Canyon
San Gabriel Canyon
Mojave Desert
Soledad
Coast Line
Cajon
The
Santa Fe
Struck Pastor's Wife In Church Delusion Claim
Annie Raglan a middle aged colored woman was held on assault and battery after attacking Mrs. Gordon in Monumental Baptist Church. Magistrate South ordered examination by a police surgeon to determine her sanity. Mrs. Gordon testified the mind appears affected and Raglan threatened with a hat pin claiming a spell was placed on her.
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Annie Raglan
Magistrate South
Andrews
Annie
Monumental Baptist Church
Alexander Gordon
Death of William Gummere in Burlington at 83
Special Telegram to The Times reports William Gummere of Burlington died at his residence early this morning in his 84th year. He served for years as president of the Bank of Northern Liberties Philadelphia and upon retirement was made president emeritus. He was quiet and unassuming and held in high esteem by the community.
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the Times
State ColLege
Frank Raymond McGee
McGee's Mills
Frank Knight Zentmyer
Clearfield
John Edmund Schueler
Baltimore
William Holmes Teas
Philadelphia
Paul Ding Foote Sellers
Fort Sill
Okla
John McCullough
Dawson
Elizabeth Boal Thompson
Lemont
Harry Groff Huber
Greensburg
Maceo
Ty Charles
Alvin Brown
McKeesport
Greece
Frank Andrew Kaiser
Wilkesbarre
Edward Erat Esapenshede
Iancaster
Robert E. Lee
Frank Troxel
Beers
Emporia
Fila
Robert Kerr Stevenson
Morris Run
Burlington
William Gummere
Bank of Northern Liberties
Postmaster Appointments and Removals List
Washington dispatch reports 136 fourth class post offices changed today. Of these 114 reflect removals after four years service, five due to other removals, and 17 for deaths or resignations. Notable changes include Degolia replacing Thayer in Forestville and Locke replacing Bovard in Industry.
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W.rile
New Ki Town
J. A. Kellar
Charlies Hetrick
Progressive Prize sketches Philadelphia notables in dialogue
A Progressive Prize by Mrs. E. B. Bladen showcases humorous sketches of prominent Philadelphians. The book diverges from the beaten path and uses a sprightly dialogue to highlight first class stores and civic figures, with portraits on the first fifty pages.
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Bladen
If The Grocer Won't Supply It We Will
John Bower and Co located at 24th and Brown vow to supply goods when grocers fail. Local shopfront announcement emphasizes dependable stock and prompt service for customers seeking reliable deliveries.
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John Bower & Co., 24Th and Brown
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Ivins, Dietz & Magee
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Chestnut St
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Whitman
Gilycerine Julubes
Shelburne
Atlantic City
Bank of the Northern Liberties
Bower’s
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