Dwellers Along the Hudson Golf Lures Miss Helen Gould
The article notes society figures in New York and Irvington embracing golf with Miss Helen Gould planning private links on her Irvington estate. It also covers Vanderbilt yacht plans, society gossip, and a succession of local incidents and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
Amzi L. Barber
William Rockefeller
Fred Vanderbilt
Ogden Mills
Levi P. Morton
Dinsmores
Helen Gould
Irvington
Miss Gould
Hood's Sarsaparilla Praised by Mrs Hawkins in MAHANOY CITY
Mrs Eliza Hawkins of 1116 B Centre Street testifies on May 3 1897 in Mahonoy City that Hood's Sarsaparilla improves nerves and kidney function. She reports stronger health better appetite improved sleep and high confidence in the medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahanoy City
Hood's Sarsaparilla Beat in Fact the One True Blood Purifier
Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as the best blood purifier with claims of purification benefits. Drug stores list pricing at $1 per bottle or six bottles for $5. Emphasizes purchase of Hood's only and promotes Hood's Pills as accompanying remedy.
Farm School's Formal Opening Attracts Broad Interest
The National Farm School at Doylestown opens today with prominent speakers and a special Reading Terminal train for Philadelphia attendees. Incorporated May 2, 1896, the school offers four years of free tuition and clothing with diplomas in agriculture and related fields, welcoming ages 15 to 20 and requiring solid references.
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National Farm School
Doylestown
Philadelphia
Reading Terminal
Joseph Krauskopf
Baron Detsh
United States
Firemen Save Property as Music Store Burns in Ninth Street Blaze
Firemen prevented a wider disaster when a blaze broke out in H. A. Weymann & Son's music store at 48 North Ninth Street. The stock was ruined, and the lower floor damaged by 1000 to 2000 dollars. Building owner J. F. Frentzel alerted the alarm from his shoe shop next door. A second alarm was sent due to nearby threats. No severe injuries occurred. some smoke and minor glass cuts were reported. Insurance may cover most losses. shoe stock suffered water damage from firefighting.
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Ninth and
Areh Streets
H. A. Weymann & Son
North Ninth Street
Frentzel
Company No. 20
Tenth Street
Market
Filbert Streets
No. 43
Little Barbers’ Surgey Company
Otto Meisner
Motorman Adams Sought in Aunt's Murder
Police hunt for Frank Adams, a motorman, after his aunt Mrs. Charles Rodgers was found dead in her 816 Capital Street cellar. Adams allegedly confessed to a witness that he choked her in a rage and fled. an autopsy noted skull fracture and head injuries. The husband Charles Rodgers remains jailed awaiting inquest results as detectives pursue Adams, sighted at multiple city locations.
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Adams
Frank Adams
Charles Rodgers
Capital Street
Ninth District
Twenty-third
Brown Streets
Fairmount Avenue
Twentieth Street
Broad
Gallagher
Capital
Parrish Streets
Rodgers
Parrish Street
Corinthian Avenue
Ashbridge
Rodgere
Morton
John O'Donnell
Boudinot Street
Union Traction Company
City Hall
O'Donnell
Mrs. Rodgers
Philadelphia Museums Seek Rule Change at State Dept
Dr William Pepper Professor W P Wilson and William Harper of the Philadelphia Commercial Museums met with Secretary Sherman and Assistant Secretary Day to urge modifying consular regulations. They want cabinets used to transmit trade information to be exhibited at certain consulates to aid U S businessmen and boost international trade. Representatives Hitt and officials Chilton and Emory attended the hearing.
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Washington
William Pepper
W. P. Wilson
William Harper
Philadelphia Commercial Museums
State Department
Sherman
Aay
United States
Hitt
Philadelphians
Chilton
Consular Bureau
Emory
A Real Surprise in a Humorous Exchange
A witty comic line depicts a surprise marriage proposal where one character expresses disbelief at the suddenness of the moment. The exchange contrasts mock shock with amused acceptance.
Political Notes and Local Party Moves in the City
J Hampton Moore faces questions as a political letter writer. Samuel J Randall Jr is strongly recommended for Mint chief clerk. Republican primaries likely August 24. George H Kobler forms German American Reform League branch in Fifth ward. Fred M Wagner eyed for Republican Police Magistrate post in Twenty-fifth ward. Ward leaders oppose new members until fall ticket. Democratic city committee inactive with potential row. East End Republican Club backs Hackett for Register of Wills. Frederick Beyer to run in Thirty-third ward. Jeffersonian Gold Democrats may field tickets for City Treasurer and Register of Wills. Impersonation and labor irregularities probe at League Island Navy Yard. report sent to Navy Secretary. City Commissioner Moore’s second birthday to be celebrated.
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J. Hampton Moore
Samuel J. Randall, Jr
George H. Kobler
Democratic City Committee
East End
Republican Club
Twenty-fifth
Hackett
Register of Wills
Frederick Beyer
Common Council
Gold Democrats
Jeffersonian Party
City Urer
League Island Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy
Fourre- V
Graduates in Music from Pennsylvania Conservatory
Four young ladies completed the program at the Pennsylvania Conservatory of Music last evening with diplomas presented by Vivian Ingle. The ceremony at the New Century Drawing Rooms featured a blue and white school colors display and a recital of classical works by the graduates and assisting students.
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Pennsylvania Conservatory of Music
New Century
Vivian Ingle
Oe Eet
Emilie Ingham Wilcox
Mary Campbell
Florence Scholl
Anna Paustain
Agnes Rappleye
Mabel Buckhalter
Cora Dunlap
Alice Moyer
Ethel Brown
Robert Schurig
Oscar Streland
Orpheus Singing Society To Attend Philadelphia Convention
Members of the Orpheus Singing Society of the Mast End depart for Philadelphia on June 20 to attend the annual convention of singing societies. They will travel by a special Pennsylvania Railroad car.
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the Times
Pittsburg
Orpheus Singing Society
Mast End
Philadelphia
Singing Societies
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading Iron Company to Resume Sheet Mill Work
Special Telegram to THE TIMES READING June 19 The finishing department of the sheet mill at Reading Iron Company is expected to resume Monday with 125 workers possibly returning to their jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Reading
Reading Iron Company
Kidney Health Hint Promotes Kilmer Swamp Root
A newspaper advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a kidney remedy. It explains that cloudy urine or back pain indicate kidney trouble and claims the product relieves urinary issues and night-time urination. It offers samples and a pamphlet by mail and notes prices of fifty cents to one dollar.
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Philadelphia Times
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Philadelphia lawyer J McPherson jailed in Lehigh County case
J McPherson a Philadelphia lawyer pension agent and collector was arrested by Constable Wagner in Philadelphia on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses from Harry Hoerhammer of Emmaus. He appeared before Alderman Jones and was committed in default of bail. Hoerhammer married a Philadelphia woman a year earlier but she returned to her parents leading him to seek a divorce through McPherson who promised to secure it without court appearance and paid him 140 dollars. Wagner traced the scheme after three prior Philadelphia referrals and five similar charges against McPherson.
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Allentown
J. McPherson
Philadelphia
Wagner
Harry Hoerhammer
Emaus
McPherson
Alderman Jones
Hoerhammer
Early Morning Hold Up Leads to Jail for Three
Policeman Allburger from the Eighth district pursued suspects after a white man reported being robbed of 10 dollars on Kessler and Gilbert. The five men, identified as Ha Smith Richard White Joseph Harris Daniel Spencer and John Smith, were found at 713 Palm street and taken to the station. Magistrate Wilhere held a hearing and jailed Harry Smith Richard White and Daniel Spencer without bail on Pocket-picking testimony. Harris and Jim Smith were discharged.
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Lsburger
Eighth District
Kessler
Gilbert
Allburger
Palm Street
Sarah Simmons
Ha Smith
Richard White
Lynn Street
Joseph Harris
Warnock Street
Daniel Spencer
Alder Street
John Smith
Charles M. Kearchner
Gilbert Street
Wilhere
Nwo
Jim" Smith
Kearchner
Harry Smith
Harris
Jimmy Smith
Nineteen Years for Green Lancaster Case
Jerry Green a Welsh Mountain colored man was sentenced for murder in the second degree for killing his step-brother Abe Henseon on Christmas Day. Judge Livingston imposed nearly the maximum term, with Green to be moved to the Eastern Penitentiary after a brief court audience and prior county confinement.
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Lancaster
Jerry Green
Welsh Mountain
Abe Henseon
Livingston
Supreme Court
Sang Shin
Jens
Green
Binete Thre Ee
Penientiary
Myers
Reduced Rates by Pennsylvania Railroad for Fourth of July
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces holiday excursion tickets on its east line from Pittsburg to Erie. Tickets valid July 2 to 5 and for return by July 6, 1897. Excludes north or east of Philadelphia and north of Morrrsburg to Erie.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvanias Railroad Company
Pittsburg
Erie
Philadelphia
Morrsburg
Camden Board of Elections gains two new members
J Willard Morgan Camden county Republican chairman sent the names of Editor H L Bousall Camden and Edgar Coles Blackwood to Reveror Grigges for confirmation as members of the Camden County Board of Elections The two new Democratic members are Mayor John Beaston Gloucester and James M Fitzgerald Camden
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J. Willard Morgan
Camden County Republican Executive Committee
H. L. Bousall
Camden
Edgar Coles
Blackwood
Reveroer Grigges
Camden County Board of Elections
John Beaston
Gloucester
James M. Fitzgerald
A Passion for Investigation
Two humorous quotes describe the curious Westerner Pete Allus as an inquisitive person. The first Westerner calls him an inquisitive cuss while the second recalls his habit of testing things by drinking plain soda water to learn its taste.
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Pete Allus
Allus
Puck
Painfully Correct Principles
A humorous exchange features a speaker insisting on rare steak while another suggests the other party favors well done. Puck captions reflect a witty debate over culinary preferences.
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Puck
Valley Stream Inquest Into Tally-Ho Disaster
The Valley Stream inquest opened again on Decoration Day disaster that killed five and injured sixteen. Witnesses blame lack of warning signals and late sighting of the tally-ho on the Merrick road as horses were on the track before the locomotive whistle.
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New York
Valley Stream
L. A
Henry McCormick
Richard Griffin
Edward Kenney
Alin
J. C.endrickson
Merrick Road
N’s
Personally Conducted Tours Through Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers easily arranged pleasure travel with low rates and an accompanying tourist agent. Tours include the North trip to Watkins Glen Niagara Falls and Montreal July 27 and August 17 at $100 round trip from Philadelphia, a Yellowstone Park special train on September 2 at $235, Niagara Falls excursion tickets from Philadelphia for ten days at $10, and two ten day tours to Gettysburg Luray Caverns Virginia Hot Springs Richmond and Washington on September 28 and October 12.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Watkins Glen
Niagara Falls
Thousand Islands
Montreal
Quebec
Au Sable Chasm
Champlain
George
Saratoga
the Hudson
Philadelphia
Yellowstone Park
Wonderland
Buffalo
Rochester and
Watkins
Gettysburg
Luray Caverns
Natural Bridge
Virginia Hot Springs
Richmond
Washington
Arrest of Charles Milligan in $300 theft case
Charles alias Splint Milligan, who fled six months ago after a $300 theft from Stagedriver Connell in Middletown township, was arrested today by Constable States of Bristol township. He will be remanded to Doylestown for trial.
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the Times
Bristol
Charles
Tramps Foil Robbery Attempt as Justice Sends Suspect to Jail
Justice Wilson of Pensauken committed John Haggerty to Camden County Jail on a larceny charge. A Camden man reported two tramps attempted a hold up near Kaighn Avenue bridge over Cooper Creek while he drove with his wife.
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Justice Wilson
Pensauken
John Haggerty
Camden County
William Lang
Florence Street
Camden
Kaighn Avenue
Cooper Creek
Bust of Beethoven Unveiled in Lincoln Park Chicago
A bronze bust of Beethoven was unveiled in Lincoln Park Chicago in a ceremony with a large audience. The event featured the German Maenner chor of sixty voices and speeches by donor Professor Carl Wolfsohn Beethoven Society leader John G Shortall and Park Commissioner Hand. The sculpture stands three feet high on a five foot pedestalled stone near the Schiller statue, depicting Beethoven looking upward. sculptor Gelert created the work.
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Curiaco
Beethoven
Lincoln Park
Carl Wolfsohn
John G. Shortall
Beethoven Society
Hand
Schiller
Gelert
Miss Blight to Wed William Page Thompson
Newport announces the engagement of Miss Blight, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Atherton Blight of Philadelphia, to William Page Thompson who operates Brookdale Stables at Red Bank. Miss Blight, famed society belle at Newport, is connected to architect Richard Greenough, now in Rome.
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Mrs. Atherton Blight
William Page Thompson
Newport
R. I
Atherton Blight
Philadelphia
Miss Blight
Red Bank
Bellevue Avenue
Richard Greenough
Rome
Senate Confirms Multiple Nominations in Washington
The Senate confirmed Stewart L. Woodford of New York as Minister to Spain Maurice D. OConnell of Iowa as Solicitor of the Treasury Daniel A Grosvenor of Maryland as Deputy Auditor for the War Department Clarence L. Chaffee of Omaha as a Missouri River Mission member and several minor promotions in the Navy.
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Washington
Senate
Stewart L. Woodford
New York
Spain
Maurice D. O'Connell
Iowa
Treasury
Daniel A. Grosvenor
Maryland
War Department
Clarence L. Chaffee
Omaha
Missouri River Mission
Navy
Fall May Prove Fatal For Local Street Fall Victim
Daniel Goettzell was taken to Hahnemann Hospital after falling at the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad station area near Ninth and Spring Garden streets. He sustained injuries believed to include a concussion of the brain and his condition is described as serious.
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Daniel Goettzell
Hahnemann Hospital
Franklin Street
Philadelphia and
Reading
Ninth and
Spring Garden Streets
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Albany
The
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Vanderbilt
Seward Webb
Winfield Scott Hoyt
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Morrison
Valiant
Ninth Street
Mediterranean
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
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Herreshoffs’ Yard
City Island
Ilderim
Howard Carroll
Glen Island Starin
New York Recorder
Sons of Mars
Bacchus
Venus
Mars
George E. Wells
Hackensack
N. J
Gorham Manufacturing Company
Nineteenth Street
Broadway
Bell
Wells
New York Hospital
Fifteenth Street
William H. Cotton
Greene Avenue
Brooklyn
Union Square
Harry
Tiffany's
Cotton
Joseph Howard, Jr
Elizabeth Rowell
Kate French
John French
Old Guard
Harlem
Crmel
French
Cornell
van Cott
Cornelius van Cott
Mulberry Street
Police
Harley
Lillian Russell
Harry Lehr
Baltimore
Bailey's Beach
Otho Cushing
Falconer
Mr. Cushing
Cushing
Rhode Island Avenue
Empire
Miss Blank
Paris
la Champagne
Pier 42
Havre
Florence Fox
Spruce Street
Aix Les Baines
Nevada
Palmer
John Russell Young
Kitty Harris
Little Kitty Harris
Sidney Harris
Garden City
L. I
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Rutledge
Mia Harris
the Waldorf
John Drew
Chicago
Ethel Barrymore
Rosemary
Harrises
Decatur, Ill
Duncan Pell
Anna Ogden Pell
Francis Fischer Powers
New York City
Rose Coghlan
Thirty-fourth Street
William Pendleton
Staten Island
Flaneur
Hood
Carr
Farm School
Doyles
Weymann & Son
Mary Rodgers
Ethel
Pennsylvania Conservatory
New Century Drawing Room
Morrow
Wood, Harmon & Co
Warwick Annex
Broad Street
Pennsylvania Railway
Falcroft
Life Insurance
Eekly
Ft.a
Chestnut St
Rarbre
Valley Stream Inquest
Tally-Ho
Across the Delaware
Daniel S. Dengler &Son
Mennerchor
Hoskins
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