Drowning at Fairmount Park Ends with Guards Found Guilty
Inquest into George J. Heinemann’s death finds accidental drowning while epileptic, with Park Guards Ferg and Furey censured for not attempting resuscitation after the body was recovered. Witnesses described delays and a novel resuscitation method used by guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry N. Gratz
George J. Heinemann
Schuylkill River
Fairmount Park
Hibberd Street
George Heinemann
Ferg and Furey
Henry M. Gratz
Mr. Gratz
James Hagan
Sedgery Club
Park
Frank Hagan
Heinemann
Sedgely Club
Hagan
Charles Loenzen
James M. Curry
A. Missimer
C. W. Harlfinger
Harlfinger
Robber Threatens Woman Demands Money at Home
A man followed Mrs. William Gosner into her South Easton home last night and warned I want your money and must have it and quick too while thrusting a revolver toward her. He extorted about 15 from the frightened woman as her baby cried. The assailant escaped into darkness before police arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Damages Awarded in St. Vincent Street Grade Change Case
Jury of view on St. Vincent Street awarded damages for the grade change from State road to Milner Street near the Philadelphia and Renton Railroad in the Fifth ward. Recipients include Michael Gelane 75 dollars Ignatius Barthmeier 925 Benjamin Little trustee 5100 John Witzel 475 Frank Ramspacker 1000 Anna B Ringeler 1075 German Roman Catholic St Vincent Orphan Asylum 1700 and Francis W Lepping 100 total 11350 with no benefits.
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St. Vincent Street
State Road
Milner Street
Philadelphia and Renton Railroad
Fifth Ward
Essay
Michael Gelane
Ignatius Barthmeier
Benjamin Little
John Witzel
Frank Ramspacker
Anna B. Ringeler
St. Vincent Orphan Asylum
Francis W. Lepping
Pilot boat Philadelphia makes trial trip on Delaware
Twenty five pilots started down the Delaware aboard the new pilot boat Philadelphia for a trial run. Henry Konitzky of Neafle & Levy supervised the boat. The craft reportedly reached ten miles an hour against the tide on the river pass outside the Breakwater, built more for cruising after incoming vessels than for speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Philadelphia
Henry Konitzky
Neafle & Levy
Duquesne points likened to ordinary bicycle figures
An obscure comparison prompts readers to avoid random purchases with caution. The notice cites prices such as one hundred and fifty dollars and fifty dollars as nearly identical, mentions trial, and lists Duquesne Merc. Co. at 909 Walnut Street along with Frasier & Brown at 4501 Girard Avenue E. A. Sedgwick Jr. at 818 West Chelten Avenue and Rea & Graham at 4923 Germantown Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duquesne
Walnut Street
Frazier & Brown
Girard Avenue
E. A. Sedgwick, Jr
West Chelten Avenue
Rea & Graham
Germantown Avenue
Removal of all cables on city streets by Bell Telephone
City electrical committee debates Hawkes resolution to order Public Works and Public Safety chiefs to remove conduit cables laid by the Bell Telephone Company without council consent. Spurred by clashes with Bell over 37 miles of conduits, the panel splits on timing and court risk, postpones, and forwards the Drawbaugh ordinance to subcommittees while examining bills for underground conduits by local electric firms.
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Hawkes
Public Works
of Public Safety
Electrical Bureau
Thomas Martindale
Trades League
Bell Telephone Company
Stauffer
Lamond
Clay
Crawbaugh Company Telephone
Standard Telephone Company
Drawbaugh
George F. Keane
Drawbaugh Company
Nobre
Southwark Merchants’ Electric Light and Power Company
Raff
West End Electric Company
Suit Over Trade Secrets Concluded Before Judges
Yesterday the Common Pleas Court sat in suit between John W. Dempsey and the Dobsons trading as John & James Dobson over $50,000 for lost trade secrets in carpet color mixing. Dempsey, a long time color mixer at Falls of Schuylkill mills, claimed the Dobsons obtained his receipts and formulas. The case has traversed through trials and the Supreme Court, with a verdict for the defense anticipated after arguments concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddle
Beitler
Common Pleas Court
No. 1
John W. Dempsey
John Dobson
James Dobson
John
Dempsey
Dobsons
Falls of
Schuylkill
England
Supreme Court
Playground Site Sought in Fairmount Park Plan
The Fairmount Park Commission committee searched East Park for a site to place a children’s playground and buildings per Richard Smith’s will. They consider a Snyder’s woods tract near Thompson street and Columbia Avenue, about ten acres, accessible from the city, and will tour again in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmount Park Commission
Richard Smith
MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan
Smith
Snyder's Woods
Thompson Street
Columbia Avenue
Thirty-third Street
Blanchard Brought Back On Yantic From Hamp ton Roads
Captain Miller reports to the Navy Department that Blanchard, accused of murdering the second mate on the American bark Ingersoll, was brought to the United States aboard the Yantic. The man, found imprisoned in Montevideo, was handed over to Norfolk authorities at the request of the U.S. Consul. The Yantic completed a fine passage home using steam and sails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Hampton Roads
Miller
United States
Blanchard
Ingersoll
High Seas
Montevideo
Norfolk
Bituminous coal ban on Lehigh Valley trains ends tonight
In Wilkesbarre a month of talks with the Lehigh Valley Railroad culminates in an order to stop using bituminous coal on all passenger engines in the anthracite region after tonight. In Flemington a 7-year-old boy loses an eye from a slingshot accident and remains hospitalized for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley
Wilkesbarre
Retail Grocers’ Association of
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Wilbur
the Times
Flemington
P. 8
Shorts
Junction
Eerphe Grand Atlantic
Virginia Avenue
the Beach
Atlantic City
N. J
Adams harvests unprecedented 260 bushels per acre
Mulluka Hill reports Joseph M. Adams began digging white potatoes and found a record yield of 260 bushels per acre, the first in the county. If farms in the region match this, Gloucester county's crop outlook improves considerably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Mulluka Hill
Joseph M. Adams
Gloucester County
Queen Lane Water Reservoir Leaking Again
City official confirms leaking Queen Lane reservoir due to defective asphalt floor installed last summer by Vulcanite Paving Company. Chief Trautwine orders removal of about 3000 yards of asphalt and replacement with denser material. Sides remain untouched. Repair delays reservoir use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Lane
Vulcanite Paving Company
Trautwine
Vulcanite Company
Roxborough
Fifteen year old Samuel Bennett sent to prison
Samuel Bennett, 15, was brought to Central Police Station on petty larceny charges after being caught stealing a bicycle lamp in Market Street hardware. He pleaded that he could not help stealing, asking for a year in jail to restrain himself. Magistrate South ordered imprisonment in default of bail, with no chance of suspended sentence this time.
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C. B. Dix
Heinemann
Barrett
Ferg
Samuel Bennett
Central
Bond
Market Street
South
Murderer Peter Wassil to be Hanged on July 22
Sheriff Martin read the death warrant to Peter Wassil known as Terrible Pete at the jail. Wassil, convicted of killing Joseph Kupersavage, protested his innocence with defiant remarks yet expressed willingness to die. If unprevented, the hanging will occur on July 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wassil
Immigration head tax sought by Tillman amendment
Senator Tillman announced an amendment to the tariff bill proposing a $100 head tax on all immigrants to the United States. The plan would also make it a misdemeanor to enter for trade or manual labor without intent to become a citizen, with a proviso delaying enforcement until silver is minted at a 16 to 1 ratio with gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tillman
United States
Wanamaker's Shirt Waists and Suits Featured in Ad Split
The advertisement highlights fair weather and a wide display of shirt waists in lawn and chintz fabrics with detachable collars at 50c to $8, plus linen color lawn pieces once priced higher. It also promotes serge suits with satin lining and a range of white skirts, second-floor displays on Cut Street, and a large assortment of printed dimities with numerous yardage arrivals.
Price halved on season goods at Wanamaker's store
Wanamaker’s Linen Store on Chestnut Street offers table linens, Turkish towels, handkerchiefs, and Irish linens at deep cuts. Specials include table damask 54 to 75 cents per yard, bath towels 12 to 25 cents, and Irish linens 12 to 25 cents per yard. Large sale on china and decorative arts with many items half price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestnut-Street Arcade
Ireland
D. & J. Y Anderson Kinghams
Scotland
Williamsville
Surrey
Market Street
China
Haviland
Cape May Sea Isle City Pennsylvania
A terse geographic listing notes Cape May in New Jersey, Sea Isle City, and Pennsylvania. The fragment references regional locales without events or context.
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Sea Isle City
Anglesea
Wildwood
Holly Beach
Expre
Cape May
Sea
Isle City
Ocean City
Avalon
Stone Harbor
Somers
Point
Union Transfer Company
J. R. Hutchinson
J. R. Wood
Transatlantic Steamship Schedules From New York to Europe
A list of sailings from New York on the Hamburg America Line and Red Star Line, with ships such as Normannia F Bismarck Palatia and Pokcie, detailing routes to Plymouth Cherbourg Hamburg Antwerp Liverpool and connected Norway and Spitzbergen cruises. Passenger notices and pamphlet requests appear from Wall er & Co and navigation companies.
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Hamburg-American Line
N. Y
Plymouth
London
Cherbourg
Paris
Hamburg
Huilding
Victoria
Normannia
F. Bismarck
Columbia
Ues
Pokicie
Palatia
Midnight Sun Cruises
Norway
North Cape
Spitzbergen
S. 8
New York
Waller & CO
Walnut St
Philada
American Line
Ge Red Star Line
Wousha Wales
N. Rly St. Paul
Berlin
St Louis
Ohio
Antwerp
N. BR
Noordland
A. M. Friesland
M. Kensington
Philadelphia
Liverpeel
Phila
Diand
Pennland
Pomed
Waesland
Ladelphia Te
Boassiemet
Minigmadiemal Navieacion Comaaeee
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Ferg and
Furey
Guard Ferg
Ashbridge
Board of Health
Jury of View
Duquesne Merc. Co
Park Commissioners
Smith Memorial
Peter Wassil
Wanamaker
Cut Street
Polka
Wanamaker's
France
Thirteenth Street
John Wanamaker
Willow Grove
Lake Dunmore House
Salisbury
Green Mountains
E. Towne
Brandon
Branche
Middlebury
Atlantic City, N. J
ST. Charles
B. Reilly
Hotel Central
Harles McGlade
Mansion House
St. Charles Place
Alexander
Otel Ar Lea ‘Entucky Ave
Hove
Rosswore
Carolin Avenue
Baldwin
Beach Haver
W. J
Haven
Bert B. Engle
Wahcat Park
HOTEL
Devonshire Oe
Hamblen
Ite
Urf Oulf
First Avenue
Ocean
Cape May, N. J
Care
Otlee
Walton
L. Roller
Horace M
HE Chalfonte
Charles L. Walton
HE Windsor
Capr
R. Halpin
Wenonah, N. J
Wenonah
J. L
Palmer House
Albion
Samuel Shick
Pennsylvania
Mountain Mouse
Cresson Springs
pAsheny Mountains
Main Line
Penna R. R
Pittsburgh
Room 264
Broad Sttation
Mountain House
Cressan
J. P. McWilliams
Bryn Mawr Hotel
Bryn Mawr, PA
Preston
Sunhysidernersville
Dell
James H. Preston
Morelton
Torresdale
O. E. Hansen, Jr
Rittenhouse
Phil
Bechwood Inn
Reading Terminal
W. M. Simpson
W. J. Barry
Beechwood Inn
Jenkintown
Cologne
Germany
Department OF Public Safety
Bureau
ALTH
Ary Hall
Benge
Pavilion Hospital
Lehigh Avenue
Law Department
OHN
Illiar Poo
Aiarda
North Front Street
Wanamaker & Brown
East Window
WM. H. Wanamaker
Palace Steamer Republic
Race Street Wharf
Washington Park
Boston
Arch
South Street
Thomas Clyde
Woodland Beach
Pennsgrove
James E. Otis
Philadelphi
Reading
Philades
Buffalo
Chicago
Williamsport
Lock Haven
Clearfield
Bellefonte
II Ave
Ghestnut
Liberty Street
New Yor
Er Anek
Easton
Lehig
Wyoming
Schuylkill Valley
Perkiomen R. R
Phoenixville
Pottstown
Lebanon
Harrisburg
Aracem
Gettysburg
Pire
Shamokin
Avanville
Bloomsburg
Chestnut Street
Fexpress
Lakewood
Sea Isla City
N. E
Broad and
Chestnut Streets
Third Street
Ackers
Opticians
Queen & CO
Chestnut ST
Pennsylvania Railroad
Broad Street Station
West
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Louis
Cleveland
Toledo
Eo BP. Mi
Nashville
Cincinnath
Cleveand
Saterar Niagara
Rochester
Kaneres
Elmira
Renovo Express
Williamsport Express
Ers
Buffalo Express
Erie
Cumberland Valaya
Sunda
Phoenville
Pottsville
NEW York Express
Sea Girt
Asborea Oe Grove
Long Branch
Asbury Park
Lambertville
Scranton
Baltimore
Congressional Lim
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Forola Point Comfort
Market Street Wharf
Broad Street
Soa River Britne
Edwin N. Benson
Richard M. Cadwalader
R. Dale Benson
Effingham B. Morris
J. Tatnall Lea
John L. Thomson
C. N. Weygandt
Charles E. Pugh
Harry F. West
Dale Bacos
Jons L. Thomson
Ww. Gardner
Crowell
Charles W. Merrill
WM. J. Dawson
Sec'y Agency Department
St. R
Callowhill
R. R
The
Eas
Aerentys
Simnestie
Petrotte
Roanoke
Erlatol
Chattanooga
New Orleana
Memphis
Euronen
Pullman
New Orleans
Royal Blue Line
Chester
Wilmington
Duo
S .M. Aioe
Alnasions Division
Union Transfer Co
Corn Broad
Me Third Street
North Second Street
DR. Theel
Green St
Sun
Hobensack
North Eighth St
Green
Second St
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