Four Months of Luncheon Business in Chelsea Site
Four months after opening 404 Library Street for a middle of the day luncheon business, the operator reports crowds at the former Stone Cottage on 8 M Ave in aristocratic Chelsea. The firm has taken the adjoining cottage and plans a hotel at the location next season, aiming to expand services for town dwellers.
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Ryerson W. Jennings Co’y
Chestnut Street
Library Street
South Penn Square
Chelsea
Machine Boss Plans Blocked in Local Senate Race
Long passage describes factional maneuvers in the Fifth Senatorial district with Berklebach Walton Reed and Linton figures. It notes real estate assessor post shifts, ward clashlines, and a Republican league push for conventions after primaries, signaling contested nominations and reform pledges.
ITS FATE IN HANDS OF GOV ROOSEVELT
Oyster Bay on June 26 Governor Roosevelt will decide tonight on the Ice Trust issue. He lounges at Cove Neck awaiting Attorney General Davies who is said to have a prepared opinion. The governor expects to issue a statement tomorrow outlining his planned action regarding Mayor Van Wyck.
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the Times
Oyster Bay
L. I
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Cove Neck
Davies
van Wyck
Republicans Are Ready for the Fight in New Jersey
Franklin Murphy, New Jersey Republican State chairman, announces appointments to the executive and finance committees. The executive group includes John Kean and Mahlon Pitney among others. the finance committee lists Charles N. Fowler and William Hapacock. The new headquarters formally assume upon session. Murphy departs for Soretum tomorrow.
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New Jersey
THE
Times
Newark
Franklin Murphy
Republican State Committee
Edward C. Stokes
William Riker, Jr
United States
John Kean
E. J. Anderson
William Bettle
Samuel D. Dickinson
C. E. Breckenridge
David Baird
Mahlon Pitney
Richard B. Reading
Charles N. Fowler
Henry A. Potter
William Hapacock
William Barbour
Murphy
Sor Setepe Tomorow
Approaching Nuptials for Belknap and Dumont Couple
Louisville on June 26 reports Col. Morris B. Belknap of Louisville will wed Miss Marion Dumont of Plainfield New Jersey on July 16 at 5 PM in Plainfield. After the ceremony the couple sail for Europe for a three month stay abroad.
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Louisville
Col
Morris B. Belknap
Marion & Dumont
Plainfeld
N. J
Plainfield
Europe
Louieville
Belknap
Political Notes From the Thirteenth Ward and City
The Ahern Association plans to move from Eighth and Fairmount to 717 Fairmount avenue. E A Anderson contemplates a run for Common Pleas Judge. Donnelly will name three men per election division to drum up support for November. Sergeant Magee is urged for lieutenant of the Thirty‑first district. station house construction is pending. Reyburn may pause Fifth district bid. Kansas City delegates finalize trip arrangements. Whitney as VP candidate possible. Burk favored for Third district Congress. Hoffman preferred by Republicans though McAleer expected to win.
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Berklebach
Walton
TIMES
Gransbach
Eleventh Ward
State Senate
Harry J. Trainer
Third Ward
William Reed
John R. Lloyd
Fifth Ward
Lloyd
James B. Anderson
Robert A. Linton
Webster
Thomas J. Powers
Linton
Joe” Nobre
John Nobre
Reed
Powers
The
Ahern Association
Thirteenth Ward
Eighth and Fairmount Avenue
Fairmount Avenue
Charles P. Donnelly
Magee
New School Proposed for Manual Training Plan
City and school boards opened bids for a new eighteen division manual training building at Fifteenth and Race streets with a base of 75 000 and discounts for iron fire escapes. Low bids covered floors desks and specialized work areas from McManus and Potter Wolf with Atlas Paving for curb work and McCoy for water closets. Councilman Lamond urged reusing the old Fairhill property for the new manual training ground, but the committee stopped short of action.
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Board of Education
Fifteenth and
Race Streets
W. J. Smith
Central High School
McManus Contracting Company
Bore
High School
Potter & Wolf
Esdison
Meanus Contracting Company
New_curb
Se Fughan
Atlas Paving
Tartrantt School
McCoy
Lamond
Fairhill
Wedded in Tioga at Miss Scargie's Home
Miss Lydia G. Scargie married John H. Jones last evening in a Tioga street home ceremony at 8 o clock. Rev Raymond Davis officiated. The bride wore a white ogee de sole gown trimmed with chiffon and satin ribbon and carried a bouquet of roses. Attendant details follow in the report.
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Lydia G. Scargie
William H. Scargie
Tioga Street
John H. Jones
Raymond Davis
Wissahickon
Powers Arrested as Accessory in Goebel Murder
Captain John L Powers was arrested in Louisville Kentucky charged as an accessory to Governor Goebel's murder He immediately filed habeas corpus proceedings from Harlem Court House Kentucky The report notes authorities prepared to pursue legal action in the case
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John L. Powers
Goebel
First on the ground New York Democrats arrive for convention
June 26 Kansas City reports the first arrivals for the Democratic national convention John J Fitzgerald delegate from Kings County New York and Jacob Ruppert Jr New York City alternate at large say they oppose the free silver plank Ruppert cites other issues as more important Sterling Price of Paris Texas arrives to arrange headquarters for Congressman William Sulzer New York and promotes Sulzer as vice presidential pick Prices remark that the East must supply the VP candidate as Hill is out Sulzer is favored by elements needed to carry New York The Democratic committee will meet Monday to choose temporary officers while a convention hall is readied and decorators work on the interior Charles A Towne Populist VP candidate and silver Republican committee head plans to arrive Friday General E S Corser silver Republican officer arrives tomorrow to prepare for the concurrent conventions
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Kansas City
John J. Fitzgerald
Kings County
New York
Jacob Ruppert, Jr
New York City
Ruppert
East
Sterling Price
Paris
Texas
Willam Sulzer
Price
New Yorker
Hill
Ques
Tion
Sulzer
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Charles A. Towne
Silver Republican National Committee
E. 8. Corser
Silver Republican Committee
Graduates Honored At Deaf and Dumb Institute Exercises
The Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb held commencement in Wissinoming Hall with fourteen diplomas awarded. Students read essays, delivered orations, and demonstrated speech methods. In Overbrook the Institute for the Blind conferred diplomas on Eva Landis and others, with Mil ton Hart receiving a special diploma and Annie Ward delivering the valedictory. There are now 174 pupils enrolled.
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Pennsylvania Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
Wissinoming Hall
John F. Lewis
Louis Wagner
Carrie Brown
Charles Clark
Michael Driscoll
James Enwright
Effie Foster
Annie Hall
Joseph McAndrews
Elizabeth Peiffer
Josephine Asepuahae Richman
Clement Sticker
Shepherd
Dollie Shaffer
David Speece
Pennsylvania Institution For the Instruction of the Blind
Overbrook
George Harrison Fisher
Eva
Un Speakable Turk Is Not Forgotten
Washington reports say the American charge Griscom has pressed for a definite final settlement of American claims from Constantinople. No imperative action has been taken and no clear course exists if Turkish diplomacy fails to meet the demands.
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Washington
Constantinople
Griscom
Germantown Fourth of July Celebrations Planned
Germantown plans a grand Fourth of July with a 9 30 parade led by Company M and local groups, a Vernon Park address by F Hughes at 10 36, patriotic songs, a balloon ascent at 3 20, band music, and fireworks to end the day. Forty thousand silver certificates of the 1899 design arrived at the United States Sub Treasury here, with banks exhausting the supply. more are expected as quota fills.
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Germantown
United States Sub- Treasury
Bub Treasury
Pennsylvania Postmasters Appointments Listed
Washington June 24 the following fourth class postmasters were appointed from Pennsylvania today Evitte W P Zembower Spa Mirkpatrick
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Pennsylvania
Washington
Evitte
W. P. Zembower
Spa
Mirkpatrick
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Pure Blood Cure
Purports pimples signal impure blood and warns of health risk from impurities. Claims Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood, cures pimples and eruptions, improves complexion and is the best medicine money can buy.
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Hood
Chums to wed sisters in St Columba’s double wedding
In St Columba's Church, Rev Father Walter P. Gough will celebrate a double wedding for machinists Edward F. Gorman and Michael J. Farrell to sisters Catharine and Estelle Purcell. The pair have been life companions since childhood and live on Hilton Street. the Purcell sisters reside near North Twentieth Street.
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St. Columba’s Church
Twenty-fourth Street
Lehigh Avenue
Walter P. Gough
Catharine
Estelle Purcell
Edward F. Gorman
Michael J. Farrell
Gorman
Farrell
Hilton Street
Purcell
North Twentieth Street
Court rules against Pennsylvania Railroad in City of Augusta collision
Judge Addison Brown in the federal court awarded damages against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah for the City of Augusta collision with the ferry Chicago. Drowned passengers included John Bryson, Alexander Weir, and Charles Macready. administratrices were paid sums of 5000 and 7500 dollars. Further damage claims may be determined by a commissioner if needed.
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New York
Addison Brown
United States District Court Today
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Augusta
Ocean Steamship Company
Savannah
City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
Jane Bryson
John Bryson
Mary E. Weir
Alexander Weir
Elizabeth Macready
Charles ©. Macready
Enumerators Will Receive Their Pay
Washington reports Director Merriam of the Census Bureau denying delays in enumerator pay. He says payments are issued promptly once reports are received and certified by supervisors. Only about one to one thousand two hundred of fifty two thousand enumerators have submitted portfolios.
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Washington
Merriam
Census Bureau
Ees
Naval Policy Board Meets at Newport with Admiral Dewey
The Naval Policy Board led by Admiral Dewey convened at the Naval War College in Newport R I The admiral arrived aboard the torpedo boat Porter and was greeted with ship and shore honors The sessions are described as secret and likely to continue through the week with Dewey returning to Narragansett Pier each day.
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Newport
R. I
Naval Policy Board
Admiral Dewey
Naval War College
Narraganset Pier
North Atlantic
Naval Training Station
War College
Narragansett Pier
Wilmington Club Plans House on Washington Street Lot
Delaware News notes the Wilmington Bicycle Club directors vote to build a clubhouse on Washington street above Nioth. The Delaware Saengerband will travel Sunday to Brooklyn for the National Saengerfest. R Haddock returns from the Klondike and plans another gold prospecting trip in August. Doctor of Divinity degree conferred by Dickinson College on Rev. Robert Todd, Wilmington minister. Street and Sewer Department updates appear amid scattered local items.
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Wilmington
Wimington
Rata Cooma
Lea
Taylor
Havi Nocknaears
Bassone
Wilmington Street and Sewer
Summer Corsets The Nemo Self-reducing Corset
The Nemo Self-reducing Corset is moulded on hygienic lines and offers a stout figure with a straight-front look. Made of durable ventilating netting, it strengthens and supports the physically weak. Price $2.50. East Store, Second Floor.
Cotton Waists at Great Reductions at Centre Store
White Lawn waists feature sheer quality with lace front and flare cuffs at reduced prices. Colored waists in Madras and Percale with striped and figured effects offered from 75 cents to 1 dollar, down from 1 dollar to 1.50, Centre Store second floor.
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San Remo
Centre Store
Market Street
Madras
Printed Cambric Sale Offering 20000 Yards Marked Down
A newspaper item notes 20,000 yards of soft finished Cambric 31 inches wide. It has been selling at 12 percent cents but is now marked down. The notice implies a temporary sale price without listing final figures.
Huber Day Enjoyed by Ancient Dames at Belmont
Seventy five residents of the Baptist Home at Seventeenth and Norris streets, all at least seventy, joined the annual Huber day outing to Belmont Mansion. John Y. Huber funded the excursion, with luncheon, a trolley ride along the Park line, vaudeville, park band music, and a supper, ending at 6 30 p.m. The event, held since 1876, was the highlight of the year for the home’s elderly residents.
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Baptist Home
Seventeenth
Norris Streets
Belmont Mansion
Gracie Graycdtt
John Y. Huber
Park
Cate
Cape May
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Ice Trust
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Common Pleas
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Fifteenth Ward Union Republican Club
William C. Whitney
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Henry Burk
Congress
George Hoffman
Congressman McAleer
Fairhill Reservoir
Tioga
NEW York State
Misses Purcell
Census
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Velox
East Store
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Russia
Co West Store
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