Postmaster General Delegates Meet in Washington Postal Congress
Special correspondence notes the Universal Postal Congress in Washington with 62 nations and 104 delegates. The article highlights the U S role, language, secrecy, committees, notable figures, and the forthcoming 1899 effect date while detailing post office nomenclature and global postal income.
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Washington
Hungary
Belgium
Bulgaria
Chile
Denmark
Egypt
Cape Colony
Austria
India
Mexico
Norway
Holland
Transvaal
Sweden
Universal Postal Congress
United States
Montgomery Blair
Berne
Paris
Lisbon
Vienna
Rome
Corcoran
United States Senate Chamber
Senate
Letter Carriers' Troubles Told Before Senate Panel
William M. Butcher testified before the Senate civil service committee about 82 Philadelphia letter carriers affected by political affiliation during the last administration. He cited 72 Republicans and 16 Union veterans, urging prioritization of veterans and noting salary reductions and humiliations for Democrats. He criticized investigations as superficial and described ongoing discrimination and uniform costs faced by carriers.
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Washington
Congressman Young
William M. Butcher
Senate Committee On Civil Service
Philadelphia
Machen
Wilson
Jones
Civil Service Mission
Butcher
House of Representatives
Washington Park Describes Delaware Resort Attractions
Washington Park offers steamboat and ferry services from Arch and South streets with cheap fares. A 845 PM electric fountain, Loven erg's Boston Concert Band, and river rides lure families. William J. Thompson plans a free day for Philadelphia children with 50 000 tickets and a Camden event for poor children.
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Washington Park
Delaware
Arch Street
South Street
Lovenerg
Boston
William J. Thompson
Philadelphia
Camden
Chester County Delegation Faces Raging Struggle for Next Term
The Chester County political scene outlines a likely shift in the next Legislative delegation with Major McCauley aiming for Auditor General and plans to back the Stalwart faction aligned with Senator Quay. John Henry Marshall appears secure for another term. Moore, Jefferis, and Philips face opposition as factions realign, while Eyre and Snyder weigh risks.
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Tom Timms
Weer Cuneter
Major McCauley
Auditor General
Chester County
Quay
United States Senate
Senator Quay
John Henry Marshall
Colonel Moore
Plummer E. Jefferis
Tom” Philips
Tom
76Ers
Larry Eyre
Dr. Snyder
Johnny Stott
Mr. Quay
Eyre
Levi B. Kalen
Phoenixville
Snyder
Moore
Harrison Ross
Philips
Phillips
Jerry
McCauley
Tom’s
Jefferis
Joseph H. Baldwin
D. Smith Talbot
Ed Bingham
Court notes in Orphans' Court actions
Judge Hanna set aside the Inquest in partition in the estate of Henry Korn. Judge Ferguson dismissed Rosa Schwitters petition for $300 exemption from Christian Selttenspinner estate. Adjudication in Mary S. Volans estate directed distribution of 75,830.87 with private and charitable bequests and remainder 46,241.42 to George H. North as residuary legatee.
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Hanna
Orphans’ Court
Henry Korn
Ferguson
Rosa Schwitters
Rosa Selttenspinner
Christian Selttenspinner
Mary S. Volans
George H. North
Lansdowne Post Office appointment eyed for Isaac Garrett
Special Telegram reports Lansdowne controversy over the post office to be settled by Isaac P. Garrett of Upper Darby. Garrett, connected to Tom Garrett and Tom Cooper, previously served in Harrisburg and as a cashier for Read, now backed by Butler for the post. Local talk centers on Clayton and possible Collector roles, with further chatter about Hayes, Reid, and other county figures shaping the March to November political terrain.
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Italy
Norway
Sweden
Chile
Russia
Japan
United States
Germany
Great Britain
France
Congress
Post Office Department
House Committee On
Post Offices
Skeedunk
Skeetersville
Arkansas
Arizona
Florida
Kentucky
Jimtown
Indian Territory
Trilby
St. Sebastian River
Pineapple Country
A. P. Reid
William Butler
William M. Hayes
Hayes
Mepta
Lansdowne
Isaac P. Garrett
Upper Darby
Isaac Or
Ike” Garrett
Tommy" Garrett
Passmore Williamson
Ike’ Garrett
Tom” Cooper
Harrisburg
Garrett
United States Customs
Cooper
Read
Congressman Butler
Lavnadowne
Butler
Judge Clayton
Philadelphia
Washington
C. Wesley Thomas
McKinley
Clayton
Times
Robinson
Jack
Grapevine
Chester County
Judge Waddell
Cornwell
Darlington
Hays
George Butler
A P. Reid
House Cleaning at the Mint Delays Operations
The Mint will close from yesterday noon until July 19 for annual cleaning. Visitors banned, coinage machinery shut, workers take a vacation. A Mint Bureau committee and a New York Assayer’s office representative will inspect coins and bars, test fineness, and count stock. General repairs, whitewash, and new rolling mills will be installed to reduce labor.
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Kretz
Mint Bureau
Assayer
New York
Dalaig
Krets
Northwest Battalion heads to second annual encampment
Two hundred twenty five members of the Northwest Battalion First Pennsylvania Regiment United Boys' Brigade under Colonel William D Ferguson left the city for Wildwood New Jersey where they will hold their second annual encampment. They started from City Hall and marched through Chestnut Street to Fifth and to the West Jersey ferry.
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Northwest Battalion
First Pennsylvania Regiment
United Boys' Brigade
William D. Ferguson
Wildwood
N. J
City Hall
Chestnut Street
Fifth
West Jersey Ferry
The Theatres of New York from a Times Correspondent
A Times correspondent reviews New York summer theatre, noting cool evenings boost attendance and profits for Daly and various shows. He discusses actors’ reputations versus young businesspeople, cites Peter De Lacy and his controversial family, and compares salaries in vaudeville and dramatic companies with examples like Ned Harrigan Maurice Barrymore and Clara Morris.
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New York
Daly
Paris
Herald Square
Casino
Devoe
Edward J. Ratcliffe
Rat
Peter de Lacey
Peter de Lacy
Gotham
Ratliffe
Ned Harrigan
Maurice Barrymore
Clara Morris
Irigan
Auditorium Ends Season With Innovations In Vaudeville
Gilmore's Auditorium closes a record season with strong summer prospects and plans a vaudeville heavy next season. Improvements include lavish scenery lighting and an orchestra while avoiding time wasting schemes. Manager Gilmore touts top reviews and continued high standards for 1807 1898 offerings.
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Gilmore
Reece
CAUGHT THE TAPPERS
A Detroit Free Press report recounts an admitted stock swindle with two brokers in New York and Chicago who used cipher telegraphs to trade tips. They profited by exploiting outside readers and unloaded sixty thousand dollars of worthless stock before a false alarm halted the scheme.
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Detroit Free Press
New York
Chicago
Pit
Zor
Ephraim Simpson Emerges as Doctor in Latin for Doctors
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip jokes about Ephraim Simpson being called M. D. Latin explanation highlights doctors' title. The dialogue notes his medical knowledge and signs over his doorway.
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Eph Simpson
Ephraim Simpson
M. D
Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Hand in Hand by Maurice Thompson
Poem excerpt from Maurice Thompson printed in the Independent. The verse trace a yearly cycle of love through spring, summer, autumn, and winter, ending with a refrain that love is life and breath. The speaker reflects on partners walking hand in hand through changing seasons and worlds.
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Maurice Thompson
The
Independent
Saved Two Lives at Richmond Hill Station Heroic Sequel
Albert M. Bunn Jr a 19 year old Trinity School alumnus who now works in a broker's office in New York City acted with speed to push Mortimer Foster and Mrs Vernon to safety as a belated express sped toward the platform. The crowd watched the daring rescue and the woman survived with bruises while Foster recovered.
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New York
Albert M. Bunn, Jr
Richmond Hill
Long Island Railroad
Bunn
Trinity School
Foster
T Bunn
Mortimer Foster
Oldest Marshfield resident recalls Webster's voice a mile away
Mrs Sally Baker aged 98 lives on a Marshfield farm she has tended 61 years. Born in Kingston June 9 1799 to Oliver and Sally Sampson she married Captain Otis Baker in 1819. She remembers Daniel Webster's voice carrying a mile and the town’s early church life and public worship.
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Marshfield
Sally Baker
Baker
Kingston
Oliver
Sally
Magiathiin) Sampson
Sally Sampson
Otis Baker
Duxbury
Zephaniah Willis
Captain Baker
Green Harbor River
Daniel Webster
Little Congregations
South Marshfield
King of
Episcopalians
His Way Out in Meeting with Critics
Reverend Lyman Abbott faces critics much like a country minister who voiced odd views on hell and the flood. A deacon teased him before services asking his plan for the morning. Abbott replied he was "somewhere betwixt hell an' high water" and then jokingly said he’d be “in swimmin’.”
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Spencer Walpole
Great Britain
England
Emldio Chiaradia
House of Representatives
Senate
Signor Chiaradia
Count Brazza
Trans- Vaal
Dom Paul
Fortress Monroe
Pretoria
China
Corea
Orange Free State
Postal Union
Persia
Shah
McKinley
Washington
United States
Germany
France
el Oa
Lyman Abbott
Hell
Brother Jones
Dea Ae
Atlanta Constitution
Irishman confronts poachers over orchard damage
An Irishman parking his orchard complains fiercely as picnickers intrude. One peeroffering compensation triggers Pat to retort with a comic line about being paid. The brief scene captures a lively exchange and local color.
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Pat
Garre
Richmond
Suited Him Says Sandwich Island Climate Temptation
A humorous exchange cites the Sandwich Islands as a place for freedom from temptation due to the climate being enervating and supposedly inhibiting work, as quoted from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Cleveland Plain-Dealer
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