Youth Confesses to Firing Church and Orphan School
An 18 year old, Joseph Crippo, confessed arson and robbery in Philadelphia incidents. He admitted burning Broad Street Methodist Church after stealing communion silver and attempted to destroy the Chester Springs Soldiers' Orphans School. Crippo, held without bail, linked to multiple fires along Broad Street and Washington Avenue. He told police of several lies and described his movements from Ontario Street to Logan Station where he was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Crippo
Moyamensing
Logan Station
City Hall
Young Crippo
Broad Street ‘Methodist Church
Crippo
Chester Springs
Broad Street Methodist
Rppo
Ontario Street
Scott
Germantown
Rippo
Sewa
Richmond
Reading Tilway
Wissahickon Lane
Crippo Confesses Fires For Fun, Fire Brigade Responds
Crippo describes starting the blazes for amusement and to hear the engines. Mr Parkhill extinguished the fire. He is presented as a good looking, intelligent young man who spoke plainly about his crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Parkhill
Crippo
Directory Agents Enjoined In Boyd's Philadelphia Directory Case
Judge Davis granted a preliminary injunction in Court No. 5 restraining George S. Boudi and Alfred Billup from soliciting ads and names for Boyd's Philadelphia Business Directory. William G. Torchiana, trading as C. E. Howe Company, claims exclusive publishing rights due to a succession from William H. Boyd. A further hearing will decide which Boyd branch owns the directory business with $5,000 security set.
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Davis
Boyd
Philadelphia
George 8. Boudinot
Alfred Billup
Boyd Directory Company
W. A. Boyd
William G. Torchiana
C. E. Howe
William H. Boyd
Directory
Record Seaside Rush Breaks Sunday Travel Footnote
A rainy longest day in the year spurred a massive crowds pour to Atlantic shores. Ferries of the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia and Reading Lines carried throngs all day. sun reappeared late, lifting spirits and driving a late evening surge. Suburban parks suffered with rain delaying trips until dusk.
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St. Aloysius
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Reading
Atlantic
Camden Ferry House
Gala Day for Old Ladies at Belmont Hill
The Baptist Home on Seventeenth and Norris hosts its twenty sixth annual Huber day for 107 senior residents. They travel by carriage to Belmont Hill for a luncheon a nine mile park tour by chartered cars a musical ventriloquism show by Professor Morphet and assistants Park Band performances and a supper with souvenir candy boxes. The day ends with return carriage rides and fond memories until next year’s event.
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Morphet
Friends' Picnic Postponed by Rain at Merion Meeting
The Philadelphia Friends prefile event at Merion Meeting House was disrupted by rain and postponed to next fall. The gathering initially planned for yesterday will not take place until autumn.
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Philadelphia Friends
Merion Meeting House
Missing Children Report From Allentown
Annie Patterson aged four of 4019 Ludlow Street has been missing since June 19. Christian Johnson aged eighteen of 330 Percilla Street South Allentown has been missing since June 15.
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Annie Patterson
Ludlow Street
Christian Johnson
Percillla Street
Allentown
Great Boulevard project started and debated in Philadelphia
A proposed Great Boulevard from City Hall to Fairmount reservoir was approved in a meeting led by Mayor Ashbridge. Plans call for a 160 to 300 foot wide route costing eight to twenty million dollars, avoiding Logan Square and linking Broad to Arch streets while impacting specific properties and the Keystone Telephone Company site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Fairmount Reservoir
Green Street
Fairmount Park
Ashbridge
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Broad Street Station
William M. Bunn
Idaho
City Beautiful
A. J. Cassatt
John H. Converse
James M. Beck
William F. Harrity
Albert Kelsey
James Elverson
Mr. Bunn
Haddock
Chief Welsh
Bureau of Survey
Thomas Dolan
Samuel Gustine Thompson
P. A. B. Widener
Justus C. Strawbridge
William J. McAuley
Art Federation
City Hall Tower
Logan Square
McAuley
Medico-Chirurgical College
Duhring
Filbert Street
Keystone Telephone Company
Foerderer
Keystone Company
Arch Streets
Royalty Letters Show Queen Alexandra Kindness to Dear Respondents
A tea‑paper letter to Queen Alexandra led her to visit a Hackney family child in hospital and gift a rose daily for a week. The six year old girl, hurt after a carriage incident, received ongoing care from the queen who also looked after the mother’s welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Household Words
London
Alexandra
Charing Hospital
Mary
Hackney
Queen Alexandra
Smallpox Cases Rise Amid Misdiagnosis Concerns
Public health reports show increases in smallpox and scarlet fever while diphtheria declines. Typhoid remains sporadic with ward-by-ward variation. Last week 178 contagious disease cases produced 26 deaths, up from 170 cases and 33 deaths the prior week.
Ancient Egyptian relics and papyrus on display at University of Chicago
Relics dating to 3200 B C and 190 B C plus a papyrus complaint from Nechtemates are showcased at the Has dell Museum. The exhibit, by the Chicago Society of Egyptian Research, includes a gold bar bearing King Menes symbol and a Demetrius letter to Heracleides about not sending fodder baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hasdell Museum
University of Chicago
Chicago Society of Egyptian Research
Menes
Nechtemates
Demetrius
Heracleides
Court lets trolley lay tracks through Valley Forge park
In Norristown on June 21 the court refused an injunction against the Bridgeport and Valley Forge Railway Company and dismissed the Valley Forge Park Commission's demurrer. The commission argued title to the grounds and potential damage to the breastworks, but the court allowed track laying through the historic battlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Norristown
Bridgeport and
Valley Forge Railway Company
Valley Forge Park Commission
Historic Battle Grounds
Pennsylvania
Valley Forge
Trolley
Supreme Court hears capias quash bid for Arthur F. Kohn
Justice Hendrickson in Camden heard arguments to quash the capias against Arthur F. Kohn and admit him to bail. Kohn, arrested in Atlantic City on June 13, held two days, and admitted to 70 000 capias bonds issued by Jacques Kra Co. of New York in a diamond deal involving 31 000 in gems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Hendrickson
Camden
Arthur F. Kohn
Kohn
Atlantic City
Jacques
Kryn Co
Maiden Lane
New York
Leer Saud Ek
Maine to sail July 4 speed trial for new battleship Maine
The battleship Maine to be launched last spring will leave Cramp Shipyard on July 3 and anchor at the capes before a Independence Day speed trial. Built at Cramp, keel laid February 15 1899, it weighs 12500 tons and carries four 12 inch guns and a full rapid fire battery. The vessel will test engines steering and propulsion over a twelve hour north northeast run to meet government requirements.
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The
Capes
Maine
Cramps
Shipbuilding Company
International Navigation Company
Kroonland
Finnland
Havana Harbor
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Gus Clampitt
Ashbridge Denounced Over Picket Interference
The Allied Building Trades Council passes resolutions denouncing Mayor Ashbridge Director English and the local police for blocking pickets of the United Housesmiths Bridge and Structural Iron Workers Union No 18. The strike against American Bridge and Pennsylvania Steel on May 1 sought higher wages for two bridge projects at Gray's Ferry and Filbert Street Die Schuylkill river area. Nonunion workers were hired to restart work as police guarded the sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Building Trades Council
Ashbridge
English
United Housesmiths’ Bridge and Structural Iron Workers’ Union
No. 18
American Bridge
Pennsylvania Steel Companies
Gray's Ferry
Filbert Street
Schuylkill River
Gimbel Brothers Store Forms Club for Progress
The buyers managers and assistant executive officials of Gimbel Brothers department store organize a club to study store success. Members will report from branches at monthly meetings and entertainments will accompany business talks. Officers include A. A. Christian president James M. Rodgers vice president and Robert H. Preston secretary and treasurer.
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Gimbel Brothers
A. A. Christian
James M. Rodgers
Robert H. Preston
Park Concerts Open in Fairmount Park Under Rain
Despite rain the Fairmount Park concerts began at Belmont Mansion with the Fairmount Park Band led by Adam Jakob. Afternoon attendance was light due to the storm, but a large crowd gathered for the evening program and a schedule for future concerts was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmount Park
Belmont Mansion
Adam Jakob
SONS OF BENJAMIN TO MEET IN PHILADELPHIA JULY
The triennial convention of the Independent Order of Sons of Benjamin will be held at Odd Fellows Temple July 6 to 9 with over 600 lodge representatives. Philadelphia lodges stage a banquet July 7 at Industrial Hall for 1,000 guests. Attending officials include Grand Lodge officers, Pennsylvania deputies, Judge Samuel W. Pennepacker, Judge Mayer Sulzberger, DA John Weaver, City Treasurer J Hampton Moore, Gustavus Bacharach. Rev Dr M M Eichler will open with prayer and speak at the banquet.
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Independent Order of Sons of Benjamin
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Union
Philadelphia
Industrial Hall
Grand Lodge
Pennsylvania
Sons of Benjamin
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Mayer Sulzberger
John Weaver
J. Hampton Moore
Gustavus Bacharach
Board of Mercantile Appraisers
M. M. Eichler
Beth Israel Synagogue
Mark Hanna the Fox Hound and a Two Year Trial
A Kansas City Star retells the Vernon county case of Mark Hanna a fox hound who led hunts by day and burglarized at night. Neighbors W S Fisher and A H Badger battled in four trials with a final verdict for Fisher 20 dollars. Judge Broaddus commented dogs look alike while noting the dog’s double life and the ongoing legal saga.
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Mark Hanna
The
Kansas City Star
Missouri
Broaddus
Court of Appeals
Vernon County
England
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
W. S. Fisher
A. H. Badger
Mr. Fisher
George Welsh
Badger
Captain Fisher
John T. Harding
Mark
Mr. Harding
Welsh
Fisher
Frost Damages Crops Across Nebraska and South Dakota
A late June frost in Nebraska and southern South Dakota caused widespread damage to fruit and vegetable crops. Severe effects were reported in Keya Paha, Boyd, Cherry, and adjacent counties, with additional losses in the southern Dakotas.
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Omaha
Neb
Bock, Keya
Pababs
Boyd and
Cherry
South Dakota
City officials to supervise auto tests for speed limit plan
The law committee will hold a special meeting to consider an ordinance restricting auto speeds within the city. The Automobile Club of Philadelphia will conduct a control test Tuesday at 3 pm in West Park to aid drafting a law setting a five mph limit in a central zone and eight mph elsewhere.
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Law Committee of
Automobile Club
Philadelphia
West Park
Edward W. Patton
Thomas S. Wilbank
Public Safety
English
Public Works
Haddock
Henry G. Morris
Automobile Club of America
Law Committee
Winton
Searchmont
Peerles Panhard
Mars
Oldsmobile
Packard
Auto Car
Electric
Pennsylvania Electric Vehicle Company
Baker Electric Vehicle Company
Steam—Locomobile Company
Lewis Clark
The
Auto Car Company
Ardmore
H. H. Small
Locomobilempany of America
E. B. Gallaher
Searchmont Motor Company
J/ 8
Bunting
John Wanamaker
Frank C. Lewin
Ivania Electric
Winslow
Ohio Automobile Company
Packard Motor
Albert B. Maltby
Winton Motor Carriage Company
Percy Neil
Oldsmobile Company
George Banker
Peerless Motor Carriage Company
Vine
South Streets
Delaware and Schuylkill
Protests Over Sunday Park Amusements In Philadelphia
Churchgoers near Willo Grove Park urge closing Sunday amusements as petitions signed by numerous residents are sent to President Parsons of Union Traction Company. Petitions to be considered at the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company board meeting next month.
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Johnny Ward
P. S
Arbor
Duke of York
Prince of Wales
Rom
Duk
York
Billy Evans
Navy
Becos
Billy
Tommy Smith
Willow Grove Park
Parsons
Union Traction Company
New Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Western Train Wreck Claims One Life at Thompson Neb
One man was killed and two others buried believed dead when a Rock Island freight derailed near Thompson six miles west of Fairbury Nebraska. Eighteen freight cars plunged into the ditch blocking the track for eight hours. three trainmen were injured.
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Fairbury
Neb
Rock Island Road
Thompson
Do We Need a Thrashing
An excerpt argues war defeats can yield later growth for nations. It cites France after 1871, Germany after Bonaparte, and claims defeat can unify and strengthen, while observing the Boers’ moral victory in defeat. The piece reflects on national character, humility, and resilience through humiliation.
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France
Europe
Bonaparte
Mexico
United States of America
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Broad Street
Washington Aveue
Philadelia
Oenixville
Ester Springs
Phoenixville
Ned
Heim
Srippo
Franklutty
Chambersburg
Feast
C. H. Parkhill
North
Carlisle Street
H. Schultz & Sons
Parkhill
Baptist Home
Great Boulevard
Old McAuley
M’auley
Royalty
Health Bureau
Capias
New Maine
Building Trades Council
the Park
Belmont
Benjamin
Nebraska
Philadelphia Club
Fram
City Limits
Patton
Willow Grove
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