Father recalls dying words at Rosenblatt factory fire
Coroner's jury finds Katherine Schiedel died from accidental burns after a June 18 blaze at Rosenblatt's novelty factory on Second and Oxford. Witnesses recount attempts to rescue, with foreman Edward Plumb admitting he pushed another girl back to escape. Fire inspectors discuss ignition of celluloid and safety concerns prompting calls for exterior fire escapes and inspectors.
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Papa
Rosenblatt
Second
Oxford Streets
Henry Schiedel
Mervine Street
City Hall
St. Mary’s Hospital
Katherine Schiedel
Edward Plumb
Sam Thauberman
Frank Duffy
Robert Barr
James Gallagher
William McDevitt
Board of Fire Underwriters
Harry Palmer
Board of Fire
Department of Building Inspection
Sidebottom
William J. Walsh
George W. Parsons
William L. Ford
James Rose
August Swanson
Thad. J. Walker
Mother to the Rescue: Kaufman & Sipps Closes
The clothing firm Kaufman & Sipps, run by Gilbert Kaufman and Thomas Sipps, collapsed after debts of about 11,500. Their mother provided 10,000 capital and will pay 50 percent settlement to 30 creditors. The business failed within two years after moving to 926 Chestnut Street.
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Kaufman & Sipps, Clothiers
Emanuel Furth
Kaufman & Sipps
Kaufman
Gilbert Kaufman
Thomas Sipps
Thirteenth Street
Chestnut
Chestnut Street
Young Kaufman and Sipps
Girl Denued by a Train Near Milford
Miss Mary Lewis daughter of Deacon George Lewis was stripped of her clothing by a New York express train in Milford. Four tracks run past the depot with two fences for through tracks. She clung to the fence as the train roared by and was grazed, suffering only scratches while her dress and hat were damaged.
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Philadelphia Times
Derby
Conn
Mary Lewis
George Lewis
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Milford
Lewis
New York
Woman spreads false story of King's health
A London report claims a fashionably connected woman spread word that the King suffered a stroke. Authorities deny the tale as unlikely and claim its origin lies in malice and disappointment over Abbey tickets.
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London
Windsor
Erie Democratic State Convention Opens In 1890s Style Fight Over Philadelphia Delegates
Erie prepares for a lively second Democratic State convention in twenty seven years with 3 000 to 4 000 expected visitors. Philadelphia arrives with Kerr support and demands 60 delegates while Creasy maintains 29. Tension grows between Kerr and Pattison camps as Guffey leadership looms and a potential compromise is floated.
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Erie
Pattison
Creasy
Reed House
Kerr
Philadelphia
Ite
Country Democrats
James M. Guffey
Guffey
J. Burrwood Daly
State Committee
Lehigh Favors Pattison for Democratic Nomination
Lehigh eight delegates to the Erie Democratic State Convention are expected to back Ex Governor Pattison for the gubernatorial nomination. Local leaders favor Pattison over ex-Congressman James Kerr, with Pattison likely to capture the entire delegation. The six week primary campaign centers on Congress State Senator and county offices with two congressional hopefuls Marcus C. L. Kline and William H. Sowden. The campaign prohibits beer and money under a county rule. Prize amounts for party officers were set by the county committee.
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Erie
Chamber of Commerce Bureau of Information
Philadelphia
J. Burrwood Daly
James Kerr
Clearfield
Commonwealth
Reed House
Philadelphia Times
Allentown
Lehigh
Pattison
Congress
Register of Wills
Marcus C. L. Kline
William H. Sowden
Berks County
Kline
Lowden
Fusion in Dauphin Harrisburg Democrats hold primaries
Democratic primaries were held across Dauphin county for county committee and delegates to the county convention to be held Monday. Candidates for County Commissioners include P. H. Weehan William Lauman D W Schaffner and James Novinger. Charles E Mattis and Jeremiah Kelley seek County Auditor. Fusion talks stall nominations on other offices.
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Harrisburg
Dauphin County
P. H. Weehan
William Lauman
D. W. Schaffner
James Novinger
Charles E. Mattis
Jeremiah Kelley
Thomas
B. F. Meyers
Senatorial Nomination Conceded to Adams by Delegates
In Carlisle on June 21 the Democratic standing committee elected George W. Hefleman county chairman and resolved that Adams receive the senatorial nomination. County delegates were instructed for Pattison and J. E. Barnitz, J. W. Wetzel, and Herman Berg named as congressional conferees with broad powers. Harrisburg notes report Mork Howe of Wellsboro appointed deputy factory inspector replacing William M. Carrey.
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PuiLapecenia Timms
Carlisle
Democratic Standing Committee
George W. Hefleman
New Cumberland
Adams
J. E. Barnitz
J. W. Wetzel
Herman Berg
Robert E. Pattison
Cumberland
Pattison
Harrisburg
Mork Howe
Wellsboro
Tioga County
William M. Carrey
Pittsburg
Howe
Fighting Parson to Share His Platform Time
Dr Silas Swallow Prohibition candidate for governor will speak in Bradford on July 4. He sends a reply to Bradford Era editor defending his Harrisburg remarks about William McKinley and notes the editor will attend and hear his full address on July 31.
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Philadelphia Times
Harrisburg
Silas ©. Swallow
Bradford
Swallow
William McKinley
Era
Packers Deal Denied by Armour and Cudahy Officials
Arthur Meeler of Armour & Co and Michael Cudahy of Cudahy Packing Co denied forming a billion dollar trust under New Jersey laws. Cudahy said he had heard of no such combination among Armour Swift Morris Hammond and others and knew nothing of it.
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Chicago
Arthur Meeler
Armour & Co
Michael Cudahy
Cudahy Packing Company
New Jersey
Court halts three cent fare street railway plan
The Circuit Court granted a perpetual injunction against building the three cent fare street railway in Cleveland. It ruled the ordinance granted by the city council to promoters for routes on at least three of seventeen paths invalid and invalidated arbitration clauses in the franchise as unreasonable. The decision blocks the project and challenges the mayor and city officials cited in the ruling.
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Cleveland
Circuit Court
Oly Council
Weliare
Johnson
Missing Head of U3 Trust Go Had a Varied Career
Henry B. McDowell president of the United States Trust Company of Philadelphia is wanted for embezzling about 60000. He failed to appear at an adjourned hearing in New York and is believed to have fled to Europe. Police across Philadelphia Boston and New York maintain a lookout with cablegrams to European ports pending arrest.
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Trust GO
Henry B. McDowell
United States Trust Company
Trust Company
Liberty Street
New York
Hubbard & Rice
McDowell
Theodore F. White
Nelson
Easton
White
Philadelphia Times
Nelson S. Easton
John Brooks
Europe
Boston
State Bank
Bert Tabor
Charles L. Brown
Philadelphia
Brown
Life of a swindler impresario and his schemes across cities
The narrative traces a career of John McDowell a man once deemed persona non grata who bought the weekly Eogieside from Frank Pixley for 2000 dollars funded by a note payable if the venture succeeded. His ventures included theater ventures in Oakland and New York and stints with the San Francisco Examiner and a Los Angeles news bureau.
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Eogieside
Frank M. Pixley
Bill Nye
Philip H. Welch
Andrew J. Cluntie
McDowell
New York
Colosseum
Oakland
San Francisco
San Francisco Examiner
Los Angeles
California
McDowell's Checkered Career and Family Ties Highlighted
Henry Burden McDowell, son of General Irwin McDowell and sister of I Townsend Burden, rose as a famed schemer with a reputed eccentric streak. He faced trouble from his Harvard years in 1874, gambled away funds, and later returned to San Francisco to work in a law office while collaborating on a poorly received Baldwin Theatre play.
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Henry Burden McDowell
Irwin McDowell
I. Townsend Burden
McDowell
Harvard
San Francisco
W. H. L. Barnes
Field
United States Army
Baldwin Theatre
Mint Realty option deadline looms on old Mint land
Under the option with the Treasury, Mint Realty must pay 25 000 by tomorrow to keep the deal alive. If missed, the initial 25 000 paid becomes property of the United States and the option ends. Second payment is expected tomorrow. total balance 1 950 000 due by September 22. Incorporators include Jacob D Lit Samuel D Lit Felix Tsman Clarence K Arnold and Charlies A Wimpfheimer Abraham Levy.
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Mint Realty Company
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Juniper and
Chestnut Streets
Treasury Department
Treasury
Jacob D. Lit
Samuel D. Lit
Felix Tsman
Clarence K. Arnold
Charlies A. Wimpfheimer
Abraham Levy
New York
Mob Fears Prompt Removal of Suspects in Greensburg Jail
In New Kensington Pennsylvania a mob of about 500 gathered after an attack on David James and his son Frank. Dominic Sandos Tony Madron and Louis Madron, all Italians, were arrested and moved to Greensburg Jail with 100 armed deputies guarding them as the mob tried to storm the police station and wrecked part of the building.
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New Kensington
Dominick Sandos
Tony Madron
Louis Madron
David James
Frank James
Greensburg
Pittsburg
Atlantic City Beach Front Improvement Co Buys Ventnor Lands
The Atlantic City Beach Front Improvement Company has acquired eight blocks and ten partial blocks in Ventnor from the Camden and Atlantic and Ventnor Land Company for $400,000. Described as one of the city’s largest realty transactions, the deal closes the transfer of title.
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Atlantic City
Atlantic City Beach Front Improvement Company
Ventnor
Camden and
Atlantic and Ventnor Land Company
Striker's Wife Elopes With Boarder in Hazleton
In Hazleton on June 21 Mrs John Billie 50 mother of five elopes with boarder John Bellas about 30. Her husband alleges $2600 saved money missing. He had stored the cash in a drawer and wired police and nearby towns for the pair. A $600 reward is offered for their capture.
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Hazleton
John Billie
John Bellas
Billie
Bellas
Lattimer
Kate
Fiessemian Sabine
Henetics Soda
Elopers
Camden's Chinese Baby Dies in Camden
The first Chinese infant death in Camden was Wilbert Sing Kee, the son of Chin Sing Kee and her husband. The Kee family resides at 504 Broadway where the father runs a laundry.
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Camden
Wilbert Sing Kee
Chin Sing Kee
Broadway
Congressional Nominations in New Jersey Fifth District
Charles N. Fowler, a Republican nominee, is listed in the New Jersey Fifth District race. Arrivals of ocean liners are noted in a related item with a New York reference.
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New Jersey
Charles N. Fowler
Kk Baveie
New York
Cornell Scores Triple Triumph in Boat Races
Cornell dominates on the Hudson at Poughkeepsie, winning varsity eights, varsity fours, and freshmen races. Wisconsin, Columbia, and Pennsylvanian crews follow, with weather improving after morning rain and a large spectator turnout muted by showers.
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Cornell
Poughkeepsie
Corneil
Hudson River
University
Sons of
Ithaca
Pennsylvania
Syracuse
Georgetown
Wisconsin
Columbia
Pennnsylvania
Hudson
Poughkeepsie Bridge
Corsell
Ithacans
Corpell
Corneliians
Badgers
Willa Walla
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