Saengers Parade and Volks Fest Highlight Saengerfest
Thousands of Saengers paraded to Washington Park in heat then gathered for a German style picnic and Volks Fest. The event drew visitors from groups including the German-American Volksfest Society and Swiss National Society as weather improved and crowds cheered performances. Governor Hastings did not attend the parade review.
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Saengers
Jack
Lierz
Washington Park
Eleventh
York
Maennercher Hall
Hastings
Warwick
Arno Leonhardt
Lentz
Volksfest Society
Swiss National Society
Apollo Society
Maenneree Society
United Akers
Gesangverein
Riebwand
Trent
Edward Strampfeir
Prize Winners Highlight Newark Singing Fest Prize Awards
Ten thousand spectators gathered around the judges stand as Carl Lentz announced prizes for the two day singing event. Brooklyn won first class city federations with 14314 points, Arion Newark led single societies with 139, and numerous New York and New Jersey groups took prizes or diplomas across classes and categories.
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Newark
Carl Lentz
Mozart
Brooklyn
Hudson County
N. Y
Trenton
Frederick Hegar
Arion
Hegar
Harmonie
Orpheus
Buffalo
Maennerchor
New York
A. Dregert
Hicherkranz
Dregert
Franz Shhubert Maennerchor
Liberty
Jersey City
Accees
Carl Attenhofer
Attenhofer
Delaware Saengerbund
Wilmington
Brewer Gesangverein
Caecelia
Brooke
Arbeiter Maennercher
Baltimore
Concordia
Pheinfaelzer Maennercher
West Newark Quartette
Schwaebiecher Saengerbund
Ehrenritter
Lyra. Maennerch
Siegfried Benrene
Enaee Ee
Leefson
Great Open Air Saengerfest Picnic Draws Tens of Thousands
Crowds of German and German American residents plus thousands of visitors filled Washington Park at Twelfth Street and Allegheny Avenue for the Saengerfest picnic. The 50 000 strong crowd enjoyed games rides lights banners and a fireworks display at 10 o clock amid lively, good natured revelry without disorder or intoxication.
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Philadelphia
Washington Park
Twenty-sixth Street
Allegheny Avenue
Washington
Saengerfest finances look bright after successful festival
Managers report the eighteenth National Saengerfest as a musical and financial success. Building and decorations cost about 35000 dollars with 25000 dollars more planned, totaling 60000 dollars. Currently 50000 dollars cash is on hand and picnic proceeds expected to cover the deficit and yield a substantial surplus.
Woman reports assault by three men in unknown barn
A woman identifying herself as Josephine Birch of 342 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington DC went to the Twenty fifth police district station early Thursday claiming she was assaulted around 11 PM by three unknown young men who overpowered her and carried her off to a barn she could not locate. Sergeant H J Logan sent her to St Agnes Hospital and the case is under police investigation.
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Josephine Birch
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D. C
Twenty-fifth Police District
H. J. Logan
Politicians as Temperance Men Change at Saengerfest
Report notes a shift in Philadelphia politics toward abstinence from alcohol during the Saengerfest. Ward leaders and party figures increasingly eschew wine and beer, with leaders like David Martin and Senator Durham cited as early abstainers guiding a temperate trend among Republicans and Democrats alike.
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David Martin
Republican Party
Philadelphia
Quay
Senator Durham
Hackett
Register of Wills
Commutation Lets Alphonse Cutalar Escape Death Penalty
The Pennsylvania Board of Pardons commuted Philadelphia resident Alphonse Cutalar's murder sentence to life in prison. Cutalar, nephew of famed burglar Jimmy Logue, was linked to the 16 yearold disappearance and murder of Johanna Logue, whose skeleton was found beneath a kitchen floor after investigators linked him to the crime.
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Board of Pardons
Johanna Logue
Harrisburg
Alphonse Cutalar
Philadelphia
Cutalar
Jimmy’ Logue
Logue
Eleventh Street
Thompson
Catalar
New York
Carter
Local notes report injuries fines and robberies in city
City notes record Chris Wagner 57 living at 1902 Elizabeth street injured by a ladder fall. Theodore Johnson 19 at 1624 Richard street fined for riding without a light. Premises at 1603 Girard avenue sold for 5500. Exler home at 1825 Mascher Street robbed of clothing and a child’s bank. William Crossman fined 5 for riding without a light. Thomas Morley injured after a fall at Broad and Chestnut. hospitalized at Hahnemann. Mercantile taxes due by tomorrow with delinquent list after July 10. James Cravin assaulted a Florida man after a petty grievance.
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Chris Wagner
Elizabeth Street
Theodore Johnson
Richard Street
Jermon
Daniel A. Minnick
Girard Avenue
Mary J. Scarlett Dixon
Charles P. Westerbood
Gottleib Exler
Mascher Street
William Crossman
Hanover Street
Gillespie
Thomas Morley
Tasker Street
Broad and
Chestnut Streets
Hahnemann Hospital
James Cravin
North Nineteenth
Rae Seers
Robert
Ome
Florida
Young Woman Fatally Burned In Stove Fire
Ellen Longlin aged 24 of 242 North Fifty-fifth Street was fatally burned last night while trying to kindle a stove with coal oil at her boarding house. Her dress caught fire and she ran into the street where nearby workmen and Mary Alexander who wrapped a carpet extinguished the flames. She died at Pennsylvania Hospital after becoming unconscious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Longlin
Fifty-fifth Street
Ellen
Mary Alexander
Pennsylvania Hospital
Fatal Dye Shop Blast Kills Woman and Hurts Two Men
A ten pound can of naphtha exploded at 418 Fourth avenue in a dyeing shop, killing Mrs Julia Marten instantly and fatally injuring a workman Ernest Lowrie while badly burning Alfred Dunkel and injuring others. The blast blew a dog through a front window and damaged surrounding properties. firefighters saved the stock worth 4000 dollars and limited the fire to the cellar with total damages around 650 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fourth Avenue
Julia Marten
Alfred Dunkel
Ernest Lowrie
Madge Deans Divorce Suit Heads to Special Term
Madge Dean, an actress, sues Francis W. Brown in Supreme Court Special Term for annulment of a Delaware marriage on August 15, 1894. Brown, a Washington broker, denies knowledge of the ceremony, claiming he was unaware at the time. Justice Nash arranged to take Dean’s testimony at her home as she is ill.
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New York
Francis W. Brown
Washington
The
Supreme Court
Justice Nash
Madge Dean
Brown
National Capital
Miss Dean
Nash
Black
Otto Irying Wise
Meyer
Over Apeee
West Fifty-seventh Street
Insurgents Routed By Spanish in Sierra de Guille
Colonel Aguileras and local forces attacked insurgents led by Aranguren in the Sierra de Guille near Magruga. After a four hour engagement from 3 PM to 7 PM, the government troops pushed the entrenched fighters from Abro Del Cafe and destroyed their camp. One Spanish captain and 183 soldiers were wounded, with ten insurgents killed.
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Havana
Aguileras
Guerrila
Madruga
Aranguren
Sierra de Guille
Magruga
Abro del Cafe
Morristown? Morrisville Rioting Feared Under Martial Law
Riot conditions erupt in Morrisville as 250 armed Italian laborers guard F G Wheeler jailed at Hoagland Hotel over May wages. Sheriff mobilizes 200 deputies, calls for help from Trenton Bristol and possibly militia as crowds watch and lanterns illuminate the yard. Wheeler remains inside awaiting action at dawn while foremen stockpile revolvers for protection.
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Tims
Morrisville
East Penn Traction Company
F. G. Wheeler
Philadelphia
Wheeler
Hoagland Hotel
Aaron
Doylestown
Bristol
Trenton
Hastings
Friday regional forecast for the mid Atlantic area
For Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware showers occur with a cooler air mass. Southerly winds shift to northwesterly later. Yesterday's high reached 78 and low around 68.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Swallowed an Iron Jack Four Year Old to Undergo Operation
Portstown June 24 Ruskel Miller four year old son of Warren Miller Linfield near this place swallowed a playing iron jack. It lodged in the throat and the obstruction passed into the stomach during efforts to remove it. Dr Dismant the family physician accompanied the parents and child to Philadelphia where an operation will be performed to save the life.
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the Times
Portstown
Ruskel Miller
Warren Miller
Linfield
Dismant
Philadelphia
Ife
Central American Union Treaty Signed in Guatemala
A provisional union treaty for the five Central American republics was signed in Guatemala. The ceremony is reported from Tegucigalpa noting the pact aims to unify the region despite ongoing regional tensions.
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Central America
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
da Galveston
Texas
Guatemala
Flags at Half Staff for Late Collector Kilbreth
The Sub-Treasury and Custom House emblems flew at half staff in memory of Collector James T. Kilbreth who died in Southampton L I yesterday. Deputy Collector Couch and department heads met to plan formal action and expect Kilbreth’s successor to be nominated by President McKinley and confirmed. Kilbreth’s term would have ended next August.
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Treasury
Custom House
Kilbreth
The
Times
New York
Sub- Treasury
James T. Kilbreth
Southampton
L. I
J. J. Couch
Couch
Customs Service
Chester A. Arthur
McKinley
Washington
Harry D. Clauser Found After Disappearance
Harry D. Clauser the young assistant postmaster of Seldersville was found wandering in South Bethlehem and brought back by a constable. He says his memory ends after leaving home Sunday night and believes a letter signed A Robber threatened his life. A previous post office burglary at Seldersville had involved him in gunfire and fear of revenge.
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South Bethlehem
Harry D. Clauser
Seldersville
Whitehaven
Young Clauser
Allentown
Clauser
Twelve Hours of Hustling For South American Tourists
Pittsburg June 24. South American merchant tourists spend twelve hours visiting industrial plants from 7 am to 9 30 pm. They toured Carnegie works at Homestead United States Tin Plate at Demmler Station Coke products and United States Glass Co. They planned more plant visits including Westinghouse in East Pittsburg and Wilmerding then a Duquesne Club banquet before a 1 10 A M train to Dayton Ohio.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Works
Homestead
United States Tin Plate Company
Demmiler Station
Coke
Valley Stream Crossing Jury Finds LIRR Negligent
The coroner's jury at Inwood Long Island on Long Island found the Long Island Railroad criminally negligent for not keeping the signal bell at the Merrick road crossing in working order, in the Decoration Day collision that killed five people.
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Long Island
New York
Inwood
L. I
Merrick Road
Valley Stream
Militia Ordered Out to Guard Suspected Murderer
Jackson Mississippi June 24 The Capitol Life Guards have been ordered to Crystal Springs to protect a Black man jailed there for the murder of a farmer. The action reflects high tension in the race crisis era and authorities fear for the prisoner’s safety.
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Jackson, Miss
Capitol
Crystal Springs
Miss
Heat Wave Breaks City Temperature Record
The season’s heat pushed thermometers into the nineties with an official 88 at the Post Office and a 78 average. One man died and many others collapsed from heat. Dozens were prostrated across Philadelphia, with hospitals and parks crowded as cooling showers were forecast.
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Thomas D. Beatty
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Fernon Street
Second and
Tasker Streets
Beatty
Government to Sell Steamer Laurada in Neutrality Case
In Wilmington on June 24 Judge Bradford presides as U S District Attorney Vandegrift says the government will seek a court order at 10 o clock next Tuesday to sell the steamer Laurada seized for alleged neutrality law violations. Libels against the boat are pending and proceeds go to court to satisfy court decrees. libellants are ordered to appear Friday morning July 2 to show why the libels should not be stayed pending forfeiture settlement.
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WilmingTon
United States
Bradford
Vandegrift
Diamonds Bargains at Mitchell's on Chestnut Street
A diamond stud weighing nearly 2 percent carats and flawless is offered for 140 dollars at Mitchell's 836 Chestnut Street. The listing advertises bargain diamonds appealing to shoppers seeking value and quality.
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Mitchell's
Chestnut Street
Bargains in Spring and Summer Clothes Offered
Our German guests enjoyed themselves while residents and visitors hunt bargains at Perry and Co. The firm advertises handsome suits selling lower than ever before with wonderful values for seven fifty and upwards at 1520 Chestnut Street.
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Uncle Sam
Russia
Sherman
Cushman K. Davis
Hawaiian
Federa
Liers
Samstag
Breife
Das Weitfingen
Dmiehr
Garl Lens
Mordefiliden Sdngerbundes
Die
Siegreichen Vereine Ausrief
Gabrich der
Enthusiasmus Fund
Park
Mit Feuerwerk
Tag
Sieger Bet
Dem
Breiswett-Gefang Waren
Criter Klafse Stadte-Bereinigungen
Erster Preis
Brootlyn
Pun Weite
Klaffe der Stichtevereinigungen
Erster Breis
Mit
Trenten Gweiter Preis
Erfte Kaffe
Gerster
Bweite Kaffe
Minnerdorf
Erfter Preis
Bunfte
Cidenfrang
Gweiter Preis
Puntte
Franz Shhubert Mannerdor
Newar~und
Avion
Ssuntte
Dritte Kiaffe
Singerbund
Buntte
Bremer
Gee Fangverein
Gweiter Breis
Cacilia
Dritier Preis
Arbeiter Mannerdor
Baltismore
Quart
Itheinpfaler Mannerdor
New Dorf
Memnart Ouartett Club
Schbilder Sangerbund
Bunkte
Hrenvitter
Punkte
Porta Dannerdor
Newarf
Dermonie
Reading
Clichterer Ouartett
Harlem Mannerdor
New Dore
Warten
Maurits Leeffen
Whittie
Select Council
Belmont Mansion
Joseph H. Paist
Chamber
Dunkel
Broker Brown
Havana Province
Theotel
Boody
Weeeeee
Trature
Provisional Union
James T. Killreth
Seidersville
Drexel Institute
Luther League of Pennsylvania
First Lutheran Church
Altoona
City Hall
Amelia Jackson
North Sixth Street
Broad Street
Columbia Avenue
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ewald Scheimer
East One Hundred and Seventeenth Street
Lehigh Avenue
Samaritan Hospital
William Accor
Harold Street
Twenty-second Street
Walter Anderson
South Street
Eugene Eichenweiner
West York Street
North Broad Street
James Jones
Juniata Street
Richmond
Courtland Streets
Fairmount Park
Charlotte Yonder
Poplar Street
John Bischoff
Herman Wolf
Winton Street
Spreckels
Abilene
Memphis
Kansas City
Ohio
Mississippi
Atlantic City
Cape May
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Boston
Cleveland
St. Paul
Dey
Weather Bureau
Perry & Co
Cheatnut Street
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