Violet Bride Divorce Costs Clarke Over Five Figures
Special reports from Pittsburg dated June 15 show James King Clarke's divorce from Bethel Bartlett costs exceed 52302 dollars. Mrs Clarke, dubbed the Violet Bride, won in Washington after a long case. Clarke pays 50 dollars monthly since November 22, 1899. The final transfer awaits transcript approval and court satisfaction.
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Philadelphia
How Charcoal Is Made From the Chicago Tribune
Charcoal burning persists in parts of Michigan Wisconsin Ohio and Pennsylvania as gas and gasoline displaced it. Charcoal is baked wood produced in a central fire with a surrounding pile covered by turf and smothered to prevent blaze. A kiln yields 200 to 250 bushels. the burner leads a gypsy life near kilns enduring smoke heat and danger with sobriety and risk.
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The
Chicago Tribune
United States
Chicago
Michigan
Travers City
Wisconsin
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Gondola Captain Moretti Heads for St Louis Voyage
Captain Dominick Moretti, who ran gondola fleets at Omaha Expositions and held concessions at Hanscom Park, travels down the Missouri aboard the Diana. He aims for St Louis in days and plans to be at future Expositions including Louisville 1908, learning from past Pan-American miss.
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Moretti
Omaha World-Herald
Dominick Moretti
Omaha
Hanscom Park
Midsour
St. Louis
Chicago
Venice
Nashville
Buffalo
Desperate Scene As Sheriff Seizes Ice Supply
Eliza clutches her child and laments losing their last cake of ice to the sheriff. The Detroit Journal fragment portrays a mother’s despair amid rushing waters and a fading chance of escape.
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The
Detroit Journal
Eliza
Million Dollar Y. M. C. A. Fund Aids Endowment Bid
Boston June 15 delegates at the Y M C A convention heard speakers urge a strong fund drive. James S Stokes of New York banqueted foreigners, Walter Douglas urged a 1 million endowment, and Dr Buckley preached aggressive work for young men. The gathering praised Boston, with plans for Plymouth excursion and a 194 next convention site to be chosen among San Antonio Portland Buffalo and Minneapolis.
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Philadelphia Times
Boston
Young Men's Christian Association
James 8. Stokes
New York
James M. Buckley
Waterhouse
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Walter ©. Douglas
Philadelphia
Young Women's Christian Association
Helen Gould
Russell Sage
W. F. Slocum
Colorado College
James H. Eckels
Chicago
United States
Canada
H. M. Moore
Frederick B. Smith
Plymouth
New England
San Antonio
Texas
Portland
Ore
Buffalo
Minneapolis
The Houses Of Manila From The New York Ledger
A description contrasts Manila housing with American towers, detailing two story stone and wood homes, ground floor coach houses, separate kitchens and bathrooms, nipa palm thatch roofs, and shell windows for light. It notes native bamboo build, post foundations, open-air ventilation, and the safety of light structures in earthquakes and typhoons.
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The
New York Ledger
Visitors Flocked To Pekin Sights Under Restricted Access
A New York Sun report from Pekin dated April 15 describes how ordinary people must obtain orders from the U S Legation for the Forbidden City and from the British Legation for the Summer Palace to visit. It notes visiting hours and highlights such as the Mongol Luna Temple, Hall of Classics, Confucian Temple, Summer Palace bronze ox, camel back bridge, eighteen arch marble bridge, marble boat, and Thousand Buddha Temple, with remarks on past destruction and the Imperial sites.
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North China Daily News
Pekin
Forbidden City
United States Legation
Summer Palace
Winter Palace
Imperial
Tve
Transit plans in preparation for Broad Street project
Announcement on behalf of the fourteen street railway franchises approved by Mayor Ashbridge indicates engineers are preparing plans for a surface line with an underground trolley. The project faces potential court challenges from Union Traction and property owners along Broad Street and Market Street elevated routes, with possible Supreme Court review in Pennsylvania and delays to construction.
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Ashbridge
Board of Highway Supervisors
Public Works
Haddock
Highway Supervisors
M. M. Coppuck
Highway Bureau
Foerderer
Broad Street
Union Traction Company
Supreme Court of the
United States
Union Traction
Thirteenth
Fifteenth Streets Railway Company
Fecht-Emery
Thirteenth and
Fifteenth Streets Company
Market Street
Court of Last Resort
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
John G. Johnson
L. Shields
Johnson
Foerderer- Mack
Social AMs and Weddings in Philadelphia Suburbs
The column lists society events from Spruce Street to Atlantic City including travels to Europe on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. It notes openings of polo fields at Bryn Mawr, dances at Devon Inn, weddings in Philadelphia and Camden, summer travels to Atlantic City, York Harbor, and England, and social visits by prominent families and figures such as Cassatt, Langhorne, and Asquith.
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Severns
Spruce Street
Europe
BE. T. Bell
G. M. Kinsler
Avon By the Sea
N. J
Bryn Mawr
Devon Inn
Ethel Henry
London
Merton
M. L. Jenkins
North Twelfth Street
Sarah C. Manners
Joseph Arthur Ege
North Twentieth Street
Hezekiah Parsons
Wilkesbarre
George A. McCall
George McCall
Idlewilde
Media
Nathan A. Taylor
Wissahickon Heights
Elizabeth Taylor
Florence C. Taylor
Natalie Taylor
Rosemont
Miss Langhorne
Virginia
Charles Knittel
Diamond Street
George Klemm
York Harbor
Horace Eastwood
Lancashire
England
Earnest Eastwood
Wincote
E. P. Wilkinson
Oak Lane
Phyllis Langhorne
Devon
Alexander van Rensselaer
Francis A. Lewis
John Large
de Lancey Place
Atlantic City
City Notes and Local Incidents in Woodland Avenue Area
Police arrested Francis Neans and James Galin for corner lounging and jailed them for five days. A scarlet fever outbreak in Darby has been nearly stamped out with quarantines in place. Had dington Fourth of July Association plans flag raising readings and a concert with fireworks. Bernard McBride, 13, was committed to five days for using aguage in a parochial school. Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church marks its diamond jubilee with mortgage payment and anniversary exercises. A Park and Race man attempted suicide and was sent to the House of Correction for three months. The University of Pennsylvania eyes a new museum in Philadelphia and will inspect wanes buildings with a special committee. Holy Trinity Church First Pennsylvania Artillery camped near Portwide Inn for ten days. Rev G Berkeley Griffith and John S Muckle noted in association. The Clyde liner Apache and related vessels are mentioned in passing.
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Board of Health
Haddington
Bernard McBride
Latona Street
Church of the Annunciation
Tenth
Dickingon Streets
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church
Fforts
Park
High Avenues
Yestere Hoffman
Ninth
Race Etree
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Ackerman
Peliadeshia Artillery
Holy Trinity Church
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Portwide Inn
Fort Washington
Montgomery County
G. Berkeley Griffith
Holy Trinity
John
Muckle
Governor's State
Ian York
Ty Cee
Shea
Irene Te
Kenny
School voting contest ends this week
The school teachers and pupils contest closes Thursday at midnight. The Times has arranged an excursion train with Pennsylvania Railroad, leaving Broad Street Station at 8 30 A M Thursday June 27. Readers may join at a low fare. Accommodations in Buffalo at the new Hotel Columbia.
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the Times
THE
Philadelphia Times
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Broad Street Station
Tuk
Buffalo
Columbia
Numerous Philadelphia Students Listed by Schools
A fragmented list shows names of students paired with various Philadelphia area schools including Temple, Singerly, Friends, Mount Vernon, St Joseph, Cathedral, and Central High. Entries include teachers and pupils such as Lillian Brown Temple School James McCann Roman Catholic School Henry Harper NX E M T School and Mary Cooper Girla high, reflecting a district-wide roll call or school roster.
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F. W. Mueller
Temple School
Clayton Moore
Singerly School
G. A. Mueller
Friends’ School
Howard Drewes
Joseph Lynd School
Lillian Brown
TOR
Carrie Ee
Miller School
Ce la Holils
Nellie Massey
Neer Miller School
Myrtle Knerr
Chileae
Maude Geissler
Bachman
Stanton School
Onsen
Elizabeth Rapp
James McCann
Roman Catholic
H. Sidney Hancock
IL. Farley
Taggart School
H. Plummer
Howard Rockey
Stevene
Rebecca Pierson
Commercial School
Nee Graham
Mount Vernon School
W. Ranier
Claghorn
Ee Morris
Cathedral
Agnes Laird
Adaire
Margaret Kenner
Hoffman Selior
Julia Indig
Fairmoun Seho« _ Adams
Fagan
Pierson
Webster School
Louis Granpues
C. W. McLaughlin
Schaffer
Warren Moritz
Whitehall School
Hanway
Heston
Seeweeeee
Cella Diffenbush
Northwest
Aleks Clarence Petzelt
Bchool
John Doran
Marie Cooper
Girla
Iigh School
Ra Lyng
Bt. Joseph College
Mamie StcDonnell
Lincoln School
Kaward Alen
Belmont School
Robert Cornell
Glenwood
Lulu Cassell
Todd School
Asuocess
James Dunlap
Fairhill Wuragee Wok
Lillian Lippman
Grant School
Cosce
Joseph Menno
Wyoming
Coves
George Conroy
Annunciation
John Cronin
Northwest School
R. Sawers
A. D. Bache
Anna McClosky
Charlotte Baker
High
Helen Bolger
Hart
Oprah Beecher
Stanton
Raymond Sushés
Wneroming
Bolin
Underkopler
Mee
Albert Gregory
Carrie Heitzel
Singerly
F. Adair
T. ml
Miss Kilda
Baldwin
Estella
Blanche Wolfe
Martin
Wena
Eliz
Minchan
Matte Brooks
38Th
Woodlands Ave
Miss Cantrell
K Coulter
Miss Winamore
Ileston
Miss Haas
Close
Emma Platt
John Moyer
Northeast Manual School
Kate C. Butler
Powers School
Eat Cc
C. Decker
Lall Stanton
Neaee
Misa Williams
J. Welsh
Rene Censee
A. Jars
Joseph
I. Lo Vkins
Geo Eo W. Cusias
S. Elmont
Ella Cornell
Y cFetridge
Mary Price
John Sartain
Miss M Clark
Morris
Manon P. Ryan
Laura Bourn
Warren School
Harry Dieven
J Braddock
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Miss Kissak
Adelia Baumgarden
Simon Muhr
Father Hill
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Mra. Andrews
Belmont
Anna Saylor
Thomas Wood
N. P. Martin
Wharton School
Norman
Meade
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Fairhill
Miss Wasserman
Bache
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A. Gaitland
Washington
Katherine Bolger
Hart School
Carrie Johnson
Lippincott
Crawford
Central
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Shennan
McCaffrey
St. Edward's School
Parkhurst
Logan School
Sara M
Irwin
C. A. Arthur
Henry
Temple
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Divsion School
Seweeres
Lizzie Hurry
Mae Reidel
Jennie Graham Reynolds
Carrie Forney
Welah School
Gerson
Morris School
Niewly
Rutled School
Ida Brill
Rutledge Scheees Eeeteeresses
Dunton
George W. Soenen
Elate Kirk
Miss Blake
David Foy
Helen Giltigan
Steers
Charles Singer
Grammar School
Ateeweee Mazile Gauler
Zion Drawing School
Nav Margaret Maguire
School Teachers Pupils Contest Ends With June 20 Deadline
Notice states the contest terminates at midnight Thursday June 20 1901 and prizes go to those with the highest votes at that time.
Soldier returns from Philippines buys 80 acre Salina farm
Corporal William E L Dawson, recently back from service in the Philippines, paid cash for an eighty acre Salina area farm after saving $2000 in under three years of army duty. A Topeka soldier quips that a soldier can earn more than pay through poker.
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Kansas City Journal
William EL. Dawson
Philippines
Salina
Topeka
Dawson
June Weddings Featured in Germantown and Roxborough
Miss Ellena Risley Test wed Lawrence V. Boyd at Calvary Episcopal Church with maid of honor Katherine Andrews and bridesmaids Phoebe and May Boyd. Best man William Claflin and ushers include David and Carlisle Boyd and others. The couple will honeymoon at Atlantic City and reside in Germantown. A second ceremony tied Miss Starriet Lee to Dr W Thomas Boon in Roxborough with a gray crepe de chine gown and a small reception. the Boons plan a short trip before settling in Manayunk.
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Elias Davie
Benson Street
Davie
Camden National Bank
Florence Goldenberg
Saints Peter and Paul's
Clinton Street
Kathryne Kelly
Stevens Street
John O'Connell
Germantown
Ellena Risley Test
Josephine M. Test
Lawrence V. Boyd
Calvary Episcopal Church
James de Wolf Perry
Katherine Andrews
Phoebe Boyd
May Boyd
William Claflin
New York
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Carlisle Boyd
Dor
Edgar Savage
Nevin Hanested
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Roxborough
Starriet Lee
Samuel Lee
W. Thomas Boon
Manayunk
Howard Fussell
James Hornby
Gordon Stafford
Edgar Stafford
Ethel Lee
Ida Boon
Ida de Treux
Mary
Romine
Martha Beary
Jack Welsh
David Boon
Strawboard in England
An English box maker praises American strawboards as 25 percent superior to English boards. He notes German and Dutch dominance prior to 1808, then says American quality and packaging have largely displaced European products. The gala speaker arrived late while audience urged for Googoo Eyes. a chairperson called for Googoo Wise to appear.
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Washington Star
England
The
Chicago Tribune
Helles Lettres
Googoo
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