Postcard Worthy Welcome at Sixth Railway Postal Clerks Convention
At the Sixth Annual Convention of the National Association of Railway Postal Clerks in Room 28 of the Post Office Building Philadelphia Director Riter welcomed delegates and President Blackmer responded. Postmaster Carr praised Philadelphia and the postal service noting its education role civic reforms and municipal growth while urging unity and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Blackmer
National Association of Railway Postal Clerks
George Elliott
Warwick
Riter
Ticket to be Named Soon in Philadelphia Convention
At a Philadelphia convention delegates set plans for insurance and pension proposals for the National Association of Railway Postal Clerks. Discussions covered accident insurance, incorporation, and relief bills with votes on death indemnity and weekly benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Railway Postal Clerks
Executive Committee
Insurance Committee
Toledo
Legislative Committee
Ways and Means
Legislative
Atlanta
American meats abroad stir U S action on meat imports
United States officials aboard the steamship St Paul plan vigorous steps to press Britain Germany and Belgium to alter discriminatory meat import laws. The aim is to protect U S cattle sheep and meat and to argue U S inspection standards are superior and not a disease risk.
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New York
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Colonel Hay
White
Mr. Storer
Weahington
Belgium
Bismarck
Nickel steel: a coming standard in armor and machinery
A survey of nickel steel's promise from its 1890 U S adoption for naval armor to British and Japanese interest. Edison and others hail its toughness and weight savings, with applications cited from bicycles to ship shafts and boilers, signaling broad future adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Navy
Tracey
Benjamin Butterworth
France
Schneider & Co
Greuser Works
Annapolis Proving Ground
Edward Reed
Institute of Civil Jet
London
China
William Boardman
Institute of Naval Architects of England
Admiralty
Tyne
Thames
Edison
Pope Manufacturing Company
Hartford
Lost Both of His Hands in Rubber Plant Accident
Fred Shultz an employee at the New Jersey Rubber Company works in Lambertville was feeding rubber sheets through large rollers when both hands were caught. A fellow worker freed him but both hands and wrists were mangled and had to be amputated. He lies exhausted, married with two children.
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Lambertville
Fred Shultz
New Jersey Rubber Company
Shultz
Biograph draws crowds at Willow Grove Park with realistic figures
The biograph, latest vitascope improvement, attracts attention at Willow Grove Park. Unlike the vitascope the figures vary in size to fit the subject, enhancing realism. Each afternoon and evening the theatre offers a continuous biograph showing, with mutoscope demonstrations following as Damrosch gains followers and the New York Symphony Orchestra grows in public favor.
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Willow Grove Park
Damrosch
New
Political notes on Philadelphia 1898 election matters
The piece surveys candidates and movements for the 1898 Philadelphia Republican and Democratic contests. It notes Fulmer in Hackett delegation work, Anderson's ward alignment, Durham's party strength, Bingham and Penrose ethane island aid prospects, Hardenbergh as Auditor General pick, Rorke's mayoral prospects, and Cassatt's ineligibility under Bullitt bill. It also mentions McKaig ill with gout and Swallow accepting Liberty party State Treasurer nomination with mass meeting planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Hackett
Becker
Europe
Fulmer
Anderson
Rien P. H. Broderick
Fifth Ward
Republican Committee
Water Bureau
Senator Durham
Republican Party
General Bingham
Penrose
Eth Aoc
Ague Island
E. B. Hardenbergh
Wayne County
Allen B. Rorke
Rorke
Thomas C. McKaig
First Ward
A. J. Cassatt
Philadelphia
Montgomery County
Bullitt
Cassatt
8. C. Swallow
Liberty
Odd Fellows’ Semple
Wees H. Berry
J. C. Hogan
Resident physicians appointed to Philadelphia Hospital staff
The Board of Charities and Correction met to elect resident physicians for the Philadelphia Hospital staff. Of 105 applicants, 21 met the proficiency standard, and the board proposed appointing all 21, with controversy over Dr. William Pepper Jr. and two colleagues. Accepted nominees include 11 from UPenn, 5 from Medico-Chirurgical, and 5 from Jefferson Medical College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Charities and Correction
William H. Lambert
Philadelphia
Mann
William Pepper, Jr
Pepper
Slaughter
M Ustheimer
University of Pennsylvania
Medico-Chirurgical College
Jefferson Medical
Urbana Verdict on Death of Prisoner During Jail Lynching
Coroner Hewitt delivers verdict for Harry Bell killed during an assault on Champaign County Jail to prevent violence against Charles Mitchell Jr. The finding cites a rifle wound from a member of the Ohio National Guard acting under orders. A separate verdict covers Upton Baker’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Mitchell, Jr
Asa
Bushnell
Lewis. H. McLain
Charles Mitchell, Jr
HL . Hewitt
Champaign County
Ohio
Upton Baker
Receiver’s first account in Webster Gillespie brick firm case
Samuel E. Cavin as receiver reports total receipts of $20,632.79 from Webster Gillespie & Co. After $7,718.81 in expenses and fees, and $9,489.75 from property sales and damages, the balance for distribution stands at $12,913.98. The filing was in Common Pleas Court No. 3 and referred to auditor George D. B. Myers.
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Samuel E. Cavin
Webster, Gillespie & Co
Common Pleas Court
George D. B. Myers
Equity
Henry C. Webster
Thomas Gillespie, Sr
Thomas Gillespie, Jr
William H. Gillespie
Edmund H. Gillespie
Cavin
Twenty-second Street
Captain G. W. Watson Funeral with Military Honors
The funeral of Captain George W. Watson who died in Washington on Sunday was held yesterday with interment at West Laurel Hill Cemetery. Survived by local units including the Survivors' Association of the Ninetieth Pennsylvania Volunteers and Company A of the National Guard, the service featured military honors. Watson, born here, left a picture-frame business to enlist at the war’s start and later served in the Navy Yard by influence of Admiral Darren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Watson
Washington
West Laurel Hill Cemetery
Broad Street
Survivors’ Association
Ninetieth Pennsylvania Volunteers
A. J. Sellers
National Guard
J. C. Bowen
West Laurel
Perneren
Watson
Darren
Waihinate N Navy Yard
Extension Granted for Moyamensing and Penrose Railway
The street passenger railroad committee extended the completion deadline to July 1, 1898. The Associated Cycling Clubs request opposing a trolley line on Oxford and Thirty-third streets was sent to a sub committee, as was the track plan to connect League Island with the city.
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Moyamensing
Penrose Ferry
Oxford
Thirty-third Streets
League Island
Bargain fabrics and cookware in assorted vintage sale items
The page advertises cookware including sauce pans and Berlin kettles with enamel covers, coveredBuckets in multiple quart sizes and prices. It also promotes fabrics and garments such as challis, javanese, gloves, shawls, house gowns, and corsets with discounted prices and notes on quality and color.
Campania Seeks New York Load and Other 1900s Notices
The steamship Campania will sail from New York today with 160000 ounces of alum from the president and other items. George W. Smith of Colgate University resigns due to ill health. American Bell declares dividends of 3 and 1.5 dollars payable July 15. Union Pacific figures ill. J M Gentle arrested for embezzlement in Pekin. Seguranca carriage brings 180000 ounces of silver and 12000 dollars. M F Young of Burnham Bailey show dies in Chicago. Eclectic Medical Association opens its 27th session at Hotel St. Louis Minnetonka. Ohio Wesleyan grants theology degree to Rev. William McAfee. Roanoke College commencement ends with five graduates speaking. Henry F. Eames of Commercial National Bank dies. New York police move to stop boxing contests. Independent telephone interests meet in Boston for mutual protection. Dental Trades Association holds 17th convention in Chattanooga. Patrick McMurray arrested in New York for larceny. Nicholas Curtis seeks receiver for Anderson Harris Carriage with 100000 capital stock. Inquiry into Isaac Hoffman death in San Francisco begins. Printing trades protest state convict labor. Papama steamer Advance crew released from Hoffman Island amid yellow fever. Columbia College scientists to Port Townsend for marine studies. Waters-Pierce Oil verdict cancels Texas permit under anti trust. National Anti-Mob and Lynch Law Association incorporated in Columbus. Roswell G. Rolston improving after paralysis. Central Michigan Railway buys 300000 river property in Milwaukee for terminals. Joint Traffic Association cuts out-of-town merchant fares. Fire Manufacturers’ Association elects Elias G. Heller president and officers. Kansas seeks control of a Kansas City property slice amid territorial encroachment claims.
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Campania
New York
George W. Smith
Colgate University
Utica
N. Y
American Bell Telephone Company
Association of
Railway Telegraph Superintendents
Niagara Falls
H. Clarke
Union Pacific Railway
St. Louis
J.*m. Gentle
Deer Creek Bank
Pekin
Seguranca
Tamico
Mexico
M.F. Young
Chicago
National Eclectic Medical Association
Minnetonka
Minn
Ohio Wesleyan University
William McAfee
Columbus
Ohio
Roanoke College
Henry F. Eames
Commerceal National Bank
Dental Trades Association of America
Lookout Inn
Chattanooga
Tend
Patrick McMurray
Savannah
Nicholas Curtis
Anderson-Harris Carriage Company
Cincinnati
Isaac Hoffman
Batter Street
San Francisco
Allied Printing Trades
State of New York
Albany
Papama
Advance
Hoffman Island
Storthing Backs Arbitration for Permanent Court
The Storthing today unanimously approved an address to the King urging treaties to establish a permanent Court of Arbitration. The motion passed in Christiania on June 16.
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Christiania
Storthing Today
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Postal Clerks IN Convention
Aiter
Carr
Postal Service
Philadelphia Enterprise
Penn
Delaware
Phil
Alexander Grant
Adelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Louis G. Frankau
G. A. Gordon
W. W. Safford
H. B. Potter
W. W. Meyer
Robert McCloskey
W. D. Titlow
H. A. Swaney
Z. Shipp
J. O. Hall
W. H. Miller
C. D. Gates
J. 8. Marsh
T. S. Bradshaw
W. W. Buck
James L. Stice
Washington Park
Railway Postal Clerks’ Association
R. C. Jackson
Grate F. Welsh
W. J. Bradley
Rahway
N. J
P. P. Waring
Pierpont
Louis J. Frankau
Patton
McMichael
League
Clayton McMichael
Register of Wills
Common
Jacob Leeds
Leeds
Edward W. Patton
Colonel McMichael
J. Hampton Moore
the Treasury
Alexander Crow, Jr
Holzwarth
McNichol
Klemmer
Stulb
Ahern
Wildemore
Scott
Richmond
McCoach
Black
Durham
Register
Ved. Bradley
American Meats Abroad
the Times
G. W. Watson
Chestnut Street
Brigie
Stewart
Berlin
Batiste
Fine Zephyr Ginghams
Market Street
Eighth Street
Filbert Street
Columbia College
Calkins, Harrington and Griffin
Port Townsend
Wash
Poset Sound
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Austin
Tex
Texas
National
Roswell G. Rolston
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Central Michigan Railway Company
Lake Michigan
Indiana
Milwaukee
Wholesale Merchants’ Association of New York
Joint Traffic Association
Fire Manufacturers’ Association of the United States
Elias G. Heller
New Jersey
Henry Barnett
Courtlandt
Clarke
Kansas
Kansas City
Kansas Territory
The
Storthing
Woodside
Fairmount Park
Arnholt & Schaefer Brewing Co
31St and
Thompson Streeta
Foote
Columbia Iron Works
Chesapeake Bay
Senate
Pennsylvania
R. J. Ott
Port Allegheny
G. H. Swearingen
Dunbar
Lee
Havana
State Department
Manuel Ruiz Porras
Trinidad
Cuba
Raleigh
Smyrna
Piraeus
Yantie
Norfolk
Maylene
Oregon
Minneapolis
Gibraltar
Ellis H. Roberts
Treasury Department
Gage
Roberts
Postal Union
Berne
Switzerland
Oceanica
Duquesne
Come
Duquesne Mee. Co
Walnut Street
Frasier & Brown
Girard Avenue
E. A. Sedgwick, Jr
Cheltea Avenue
Rea & Graham
Germantown Avenue
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