City hosts diverse professional gathering at Saengerfest week
Philadelphia’s Saengerbund festival draws boards of trade doctors librarians and German singers to Eleventh and York with a large hall and multiple conventions. The piece notes demand for a permanent venue and mentions librarians meetings and a Horticultural Hall reception alongside the Saengerfest concert. It ends by hinting at Tillman remarks on a wool schedule and Senatorial black sheep.
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Philadelphia
Saengerbund
Eleventh
York
Horticultural Hall
Tillman
New York Plans Rapid Public Improvements and Extensions
A New York letter to the Public Ledger outlines swift city projects including a Riverside drive viaduct linking to Boulevard Lafayette, widening Ann Street, and major dock and museum expansions. Officials also approve plans for a new hall of records, Harlem bridge, Bronx Park gardens, and new high schools, with bond issues and library construction amid rapid growth.
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Philadelphia
New York
Public Ledger
Riverside Drive
Lafayette
Board of Street
Public Works
Collis
Ann Street
Broadway
Gold Street
Park Commissioners
Bronx Park
Hall of Records
Harlem
Museum of Natural History
City College
E. Pp Sweerie Necti
Philadelphia politics and municipal reform rhetoric
Opinion pieces argue city government is a business affair and call Philadelphia to wake up, end petty politics, curb debt and waste, and pursue practical governance beyond loans and factionalism. It contrasts New York’s approach with Philadelphia’s political environment and urges reform.
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New York
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Port Shows Unusually Prosperous Five Months
Imports totaled 23783984 for the first five months of the year, rising 4953270 from 1896. Exports reached 19962964, up 4544814, while duties climbed 2283314. The piece urges continued expansion and notes sugar shipments and staple exports as main drivers despite harbor work still ahead. It ends with a critique of Debs' socialistic vision.
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Philadelphia
Statewide schooling appropriations may face cuts
The article notes that potential reductions in school funding come from fiscal decisions at the state level rather than bias against any single group. It frames the issue as a budgetary constraint affecting education rather than targeting a specific demographic.
Memorial for Jacob C. Bomberger Obituary
The Harrisburg banker and longtime confidant of state administrations, Jacob C. Bomberger, dies at age four score. He shaped his fortune through banking, served a Senate clerk term, and was lauded as a moral exemplar while his political secrets and treasury matters linger in memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob C. Bomberger
the Silent
Harrisburg
Bomberger
Senate
Mr. Bomberger
A Generous Friend Remembered In Poetic Tribute
A obituary tribute praises a man of sincere friendship, genial generosity, and unselfish aid. The piece recalls his life as a poem of humanity and notes memories of his final resting place. It also mentions England’s mood and a festival delayed by a past preoccupation with the Fourth of next month.
Bicycle independence challenges steam and electric railways
An essay observes growing bicycle use cutting rail receipts, noting many prefer bikes for local trips from Atlantic City to suburbs. It highlights road building as key, urges safe riding, and compares impact to farmers shifting from horse transport. Greece and Turkey referenced in a light geographical aside.
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Atlantic City
Lancaster Turnpike
Old York Road
Senate Tariff Clash Threatens Ingrain Carpet Industry
The editorial attacks Senate moves placing Japanese and Chinese mattings on the free list while taxing carpet wool. It argues this harms American ingrain carpets, especially in Philadelphia, urging a protective tax on Chinese mattings and restoration of wool duties to prevent industry collapse.
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Senate
House
Philadelphia
Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Day Enthralls London
The monarch enjoyed a sunny holiday atmosphere yesterday as ambassadors were received and crowds prepared for a grand public pageant. Dispatches reveal rare nervous excitement among Britons, though the sovereign’s mood remained steady and ceremonial. Weather may bless today’s official and public displays.
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Ueen
Victoria
Ohio Republican State Convention Eyes Bushnell Hanna Tickets
Toledo whispers of factions vie for control of the State committee as Foraker Bushnell and McKinley Hanna camps contend to prove loyalty. Analysts expect Marcus Aurelius Hanna to secure a place unless the Foraker faction disrupts the lineup at the convention.
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Toledo
Bushnell
Hanna
United States
State Committee
Foraker- Bushnell
McKinley-Hanna
Ohio
Marcus Aurelius Hanna
Foraker
Spitter Faces Jail After City Crackdown in San Francisco
An SF ordinance banned streetcar spitting and millionaire W B Bradbury defied it. After two offenses he faced a 24 hour jail term. the Supreme Court denied habeas corpus, promising continued enforcement. The piece suggests a statewide clash over public decency and transit etiquette.
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AN Francisco
W. B. Bradbury
Supreme Court
Massachusetts passes bill to forbid possession of song bird parts
The Massachusetts General Court, urged by the Board of Health, approves a bill making possession of the skin and feathers of song birds illegal. Supporters say bird destruction raises insects and harms crops, outweighing cruelty or fashion concerns. Opponents call it an overreach into private rights.
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Massachusetts
Wolcott
General Court
Not Available
The fragment discusses caution for a young woman grad touting ambitious plans to impact the world, advising she to settle for a simpler start and avoid reckless boldness. It reflects a cautionary tone about youth and ambition.
Suburban highways failings draw public demand for action
The piece argues that personal redress by Mr F Mr Fow will spur better highway care. It warns that fallen trees, rain gullies, rotten culverts, weeded ditches, and neglected roads endanger both horses and travelers. It calls for contractor and official accountability and citizen involvement to improve suburban roads.
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Fow
Pennsylvanians At the Capital Submit Petitions
Washington dispatch notes Representative Young presents a Philadelphia Letter Carriers petition to amend postal laws for fundraising excursions. Other actions include Pitney pushing sea wall funding for Sandy Hook and petitions from shoe manufacturers, Wellsport residents, and Little Falls immigrants supporters. Nesbit, a senator Penrose visitor, spent time in Philadelphia.
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Washington
Quay
Senate
Finance
House
Pitney
Secretary of War
Sandy Hook
New Jersey
Committee On Rules For
Ermentraut
Pennlvania
Morocco
Young
Letter Carriers’ Association
Philadelphia
Kirkpatrick
Wellsport
Stewart
Little Falls
Passaic County
W. L. Nesbit
Northumberland County
Penrose
Colonel Huff Weds Eleanor Moorehead in Greensburg
The June 21 wedding linked Colonel Lloyd B. Huff on Governor Hastings' staff to Eleanor Warren Moorehead, daughter of James Moorehead. Guests included Frank Thomson of the Pennsylvania Railroad and EB Sheppard, with the couple planning a European honeymoon.
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Greensburg
Lloyd B. Huff
Hastings
George W. Huff
Eleanor Warren Moorehead
James 8. Moorehead
Frank Thomson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Postlethwaite
EB. L. Sheppard
Altoona
Y. Trump
J. Handy Smith
J. K. Reeves
David R. Williams
Philadelphia
Mrs. Huff
Europe
Window Glass Workers Vote On Return To Knights Of Labor
PittssurG June 21 The Window Glass Workers will vote on returning to the Knights of Labor after the executive board read and passed a Marion Indiana preceptory resolution asking member approval for reorganizing L. A. 300 and affiliating with the Knights of Labor The resolution requires three readings before ballots are mailed and will be finalized at the next board meeting.
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Pittssurg
Knights of Labor
Association
Marion
Ind
L. A. 300
Editorial quips on Cuban policy and American politics
A compilation of editorial quips from several papers lampoons on Weyler's Cuba policy and U S politics. It notes Weyler's boast about Cuba's soil and mocks McKinley blindness rumors. It also references Foraker Hanna and tariff debate among Democratic Senators.
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John Sherman
Washington Post
Hanna
St. Louis Republic
McKinley
Chicago Tribune
Savannah News
Weyler
Spain
Chicago Post
Foraker
Ohio
Gimbel Toet Wedding Tops Social Season in Rodef Shalom
The Gimbel of the Philadelphia mercantile firm marries Miss Birdie Loeb at Rodef Shalom Synagogue in a ceremony at 6 pm attended by prominent families, with Benedict Gimbel described as a leading young business figure. Rabbis, attendants, and a long list of dignitaries fill the program, reflecting a high society event of the era.
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Gimbel
Wercantile
Philadelphia
United States
Birdie Loeb
Rodef Shalom
Broad and
Mt. Vernon Streets
Benedict Gimbel
Bella Loeb
Rabbi Berkowitz
Nathan Hamburger
Milwaukee
Frank Espen
D. Frank Greenewald
Daniel Gimbel
Bertram Green
Elite Milwaukee Philadelphia wedding draped in flowers and guests
A lavish wedding reported with Milwaukee and New York connections filled with elaborate floral displays and candlelit arrangements. Notables from the Loeb, Gimbel, and Fraser circles attended along with many local and out of town guests, creating a grand, society event.
Notable Americans and European Figures in Brief Snippets
Personal Senator Chandler logs nearly 5 000 miles bicycling through New Hampshire roads. Governor Pingree’s waist prompts clerical humor during a Lans ing visit as he seeks a vest. Dr James Hall 85, NY State Geologist, sails for Europe to attend the International Geological Congress in St Petersburg. A monument soon rises in Alton Illinois for Elijah Mountjoy shot by a mob in 1887 over slavery. Illinois Legislature budgets 25 000 for the monument with 5 000 more raised locally. A French Academy member crafting a third republic history notes presidents with playful epithets. Senator Foraker’s humble childhood features and coarse trousers from coffee sacks. Frank Van Roden returns from a European trip via Fuerst Bismarck visiting potteries for Wright Tyndall Van Roden.
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Chandler
New Hampshire
Pingree
Michigan
Lansing
James Hall
New York
Europe
International Geological Congress
St. Petersburg
Hall
Alton
Ill
Elijah Mountjoy
Illinois
French Academy
Thiers le Bref
MacMahon le Preux
Grevy le Gaigneur
Carnot le Tactturne
Casimir-Perler le Sage
Faure le Bel
Foraker
Ohio
Frank van Roden
Fuerst Bismarck
van Roden
Continent
England
Wright, Tyndall, & van Roden
South Eleventh Street
Various Notices and Short News From Philadelphia Ledger
A collection of brief items includes moral verse excerpt by Clements and family moves to Spring Lake New Jersey Mr William Boyle and wife and daughter occupying a cottage there health update for publisher Frank McLaughlin of Tom Times from Hot Springs Virginia violinist Leonora Jackson at German festival in Cothen and Dessau Bucknell University graduates address by Judge Ashman marriage of Miss Ruby Lambert and John J O Neil of Waterbury Conn and their Montreal St Lawrence trip after the ceremony they plan to reside in Waterbury Conn
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William Boyle
Spring Lake, N. J
Philadelphia
Frank McLaughlin
Tom Times
Hot Springs
Leonora Jackson
Cothen
Germany
August Klughardt
Dessau
Klughardt
Ruby Lambert
John J. O'Neil
Waterbury
Conn
Lambert
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Water purification schemes debated by city councils panel
City councils' water committee considers multiple filtration plans. The Schuylkill Valley Water Company proposes a 75 million gallon daily plant near Wentz Farm with city intakes, while Electric Rectifying and Refining Co plans a Belmont works plant for 30 million gallons daily. Committees defer decisions, study terms, and await subcommittee review.
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Morrow
Schuylkill Valley Water Company
Wentz Farm
Electric Rectifying and Refining Company
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Belmont Works
Bureau of Water
Bureau of Water Oe Tee Works
Ere Vnalle Company
William A. Mears
Schuylkill
Houseman
Firth
Raff
Smith
Water Bureau
Dr. Batt
Messrs. Allen, Brookes, Short, Balburnie and Miller
Philadelphia Water and Filter Company
Philadelphia Sanitation Company
Philadelphia Water Supply Company
Schuylkill Valley
McLean Seeks Ohio Senate Amid Cautious Campaign
The Washington residence of John R. McLean is closed for summer as he shifts to Cincinnati to pursue Ohio's Senate bid. He rents a house, brings Washington correspondents, and is closely watched by Mark Hanna and Republican managers. Bryan Keen Clarke join to appeal to rural voters while Hanna travels to Cleveland to meet McLean.
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the Times
Washington
John R. McLean
McLean
Ohio
Washington City
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Ennquirer
Mark Hanna
William Jennings Bryan
Jerry Keen
Kansas
Champ Clarke
Laspurs
Senate
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Chestnut and
Eighth Streets
Times New Building
Sansom Street
Eighth
Spruce Street
THE
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Sunday Times
Mall
the Times Philadelphia
Barnato
Debs
Thessaly
Greece
Turkey
San Francisco
Board of Health
L. B. Huff
Editorial
Bondons
Mercantile Club
Leah Heller
Alice Bamberger
Laura Elsner
David Ettinger
Sarah Ettinger
Joseph Thomas
Minnie Gerber
T. Freldman
Julius Goodman
Gerber
William B. Hackenberg
Joseph Krauskopf
Henry Berkowitz
Morris Jastrow
Leonard Levy
William Lowenberg
Armhold
J. Friedenwald
Pauline Friedman
John Nusbaum
Fried
Morris Pfaelser
E. Held
Frank
M. Levy
Charles Levy
J. Manche
Leo Loeb
Lou Saller
M. Bocharoch
Sam Jacobs
Heinze
Mastbaum
Jacob Phillip
Louis Phillip
Buchenbach
Sophia Phillip
Loeb
Pauline Loeb
Moses Levy
Henry Levy
Abraham Levy
S. Smith
Joseph Herman
P. Hofheimer
Ben Greenwald
Greenwald
Oscar Greenwald
Will Greenwald
Aaron Greenwald
D. Frank Greenwald
Clarence Milhiser
Ben Labe
Jacob Labe
Sidney Labe
Irving Labe
Gus Wolfe
Noah Dillenberg
Dillenberg
Jake Gimbel
Dan Gimbel
Ellis Gimbel
Edward Goldstein
Ben Mayer
Amelia Mayer
Nirdlinger
Selina Walker
Fridolius Mayer
Ross Mayer
Howard Loeb
J. Kaufmann
Morris Kaufmann
Margaret Kaufmann
Herbert Kaufmann
Eugene Kaufmann
Ernest Kaufmann
Barney Selig
Morris Liveright
I. Langsdorf
Jacob Langsdorf
Hortense Langsdorf
Mason Hirsh
Alfred Hirsh
Harry Hirsh
Will Hirsh
Edward Hirsh
Walter Berg
Beulah Berg
Otto Long
Minette Long
Eugene Long
Bertha Fleisher
Alfred Fleisher
Herman A. Loeb
Sophie Loeb
Helen Loeb
Ada Loeb
Dan Loeb
Myna Loeb
Jacob Loeb
Horace Loeb
I. Silberman
Benjamin Teller
Joseph Teller
Dave Hirsh
Morris Newburger
Samuel Newburger
Alfred Newburger
Frank Newburger
B. Langsdorf
Minnie Langsdorf
Henry Langsdorf
Moses Krauss
Blanch Krauss
Meta Krauss
Sidney Krauss
Gertrude Berg
Jacob
Albert Goldman
Harry Goldman
Goldman
Otto Hirshberg
Daisy Hirshberg
Harry Friend
Harry Landauer
George Pick
H. L. Mack
Bert Mack
Edwin Mack
Aimee Mack
Belle Baer
Lottie Markwell
Addie Wolf
Eleanor Schackman
Rose Benjamin
Charles Wirth
Alex Dusty
Jonas Cohen
Sidney Cohen
Herman Katz
Sophie Katz
Benjamin Rice
Joseph Schloss
Henry Samstag
Walter Terhune
Charles
Frankel
Abe Frisch
Selig
Isaac Lewis
Joseph Goldsmith
Cora Goldsmit
Stella Goldsmith
Guy McDowell
Samuel Friend
Henry Bamberger
Caesar Guggenheimer
Edward Dannenbaum
Oey Gineee Nee
MR. and
Mrs
Ben Gimbel
Clements
Ashman
Bucknell University
M’lean
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