Rejoicing and royal recovery fill London streets
Crowds cheered nationwide as King Edward VII showed marked improvement. Buckingham Palace and Westminster buzzed with visitors and diplomats while debates swirled about a quietly staged coronation. Telegrams of support from Aberdonians and Emperor William underscored the hopeful mood.
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Portsmouth
Buckingham Palace
Prince of Wales
Edward
Queen Victoria
Duke of Connaught
Victoria
Francis Henry Laking
Dighton Probyn
Privy Purse
William
Prince Henry
Prussia
London
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Prince
Princess Henry
Duke of Cambridge
Strand
Westminster Abbey
Edward VII
Chances for Recovery of King Edward VII
Dr John B Murphy, dean of the faculty of medicine, telegraphs from New York that bulletin reports are vague while he cannot confirm the cause of King Edward VII's abdominal illness. He notes uncertainty over whether the pH abscess arose from appendicitis or another condition and cites five days of clinical course before the operation.
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New York
John B. Mor
Faculty of A Lege
York Egies Journal
King Theoffcini
Abcess Seen As Good Sign In King Edward Case
Vienna reports a disease expert deems an abscess a promising sign for King Edward and doubts a dangerous growth exists, while Prof Rothna gel cautions prognosis remains uncertain but notes he is under top surgeons.
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Philadelphia Times
Vienna
Edward
Rothnagel
Pope Sends Sympathy Over King Edward Illness
The Pope expressed distress upon learning of King Edward's illness and telegraphed Mgr. Merry Del Val to convey sorrow to the king and keep the Pontiff informed about the condition.
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Edward
Rome
Mgr
Merry del Val
Pennsylvan ia State Bankers Convention Planned Here
The annual Pennsylvania State Bankers Association convention will be held in this city on September 24 and 25. Group 1 executives met at Franklin National Bank to plan details with no meeting site chosen. Prominent financiers and bankers will be invited to speak. Attendees included Grier Hersh Fopevst of First National Bank of Pittsburgh D B Close of First National Tyrone J R McAllister of Franklin National B M Faries Fourth Street National Edward Miller GermanTown Real Estate and Trust FE Reininger Lehigh Valley Trust Allentown.
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Pennsylvania State Bankers’ Association
Group 1
Philadelphia
Association
Franklin National Bank
Grier_ Hersh
Fopevst
First Na Orktional Bank
Close
First National of
Tyrone
J. R. McAllister
B. M. Faries
Fourth Street National Bank
Joseph Wayne, Jr
Girard National Bank
Edward Miller
Germantown Real Estate and Trust Company
H. Reininger
Lehigh Valley Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Allentown
Boy Killed in Rush to See Free Washington Park Ticket
Police recount a tragic Camden incident where seven year old William Hart of East Side begged for a single park excursion ticket. He raced home to show it and was struck by an outbound train while crossing a railroad track, suffering fatal injuries before reaching Cooper Hospital.
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Alberts
East Side
Camden
State Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington Park
William Hart
South Twenty-fourth Street
Hart
Cooper Hospital
Knights of St. John Elects New Officers
At the Knights of St. John convention the officers were elected with Henry J. Fries of Erie as president and Thomas McFarland of Philadelphia named first vice president. Edward C. Gansier of Reading becomes second vice president, M. J. Kane of Buffalo remains secretary, Caspar H. Schulte of Detroit treasurer, with trustees Thomas J. Lally and John P. Smith. The next convention is set for Columbus, Ohio.
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Rochester
N. Y
Knights of St. John
Henry J. Fries
Erie
Thomas McFarland
Philadelphia
Edward C. Gansier
Reading
M. J. Kane
Buffalo
Caspar H. Schulte
Detroit
Thomas J. Lally
Cleveland
John P. Smith
Bishop Heart L. Moeller
Columbus
Local Society Folk Leave London Town
Keen disappointment grips Philadelphians in London as King Edward’s coronation is postponed. Many planned to stay in London for ceremonies now cancelled, with departures redirected to the Continent. Notables attended the coronation stretch in London hotels, including P. A. Widener party aboard the Josephine en route to Copenhagen Cronstadt and St. Petersburg.
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London
Edward
England
Josephine
Copenhagen
Cronstadt
St.burg
Rodman Griscom
Nat
A Royal Joshua in Toasts Past and Present
The passage recalls Lord Stair as Ambassador to Holland hosting foreign ministers. Abbe de Ville, French ambassador, toasted Louis XV with “the rising sun.” Baron de Relsbach toasted the moon for the Empress Queen. Earl of Stair drank to King William, “in the name of Joshua, son of Nun,” who made sun and moon stand still, as cited in July Smart Set.
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Lord Stair
Holland
Abbe de Ville
Louis XV
Baron de Relsbach
Earl of Stair
William
Joshua
Nun
Duchess of Somerset
Smart Set
Finest hotel in the world says Astor backer for St. Regis
R M Haan, proprietor of John Jacob Astor's St. Regis in New York, promises the hotel and furnishings will be the finest in the world. A $700,000 furniture contract with W & J Sloane covers main floors. plans include a 12 story, 375 room hotel on Fifty Fifth Street with $200,000 in rare chateau contents eyed for purchase.
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R. M. Haan
John Jacob Astor
St. Sige
Fifty-ffth Street
Fifth Avenue
New York
New York Herald
Jude
W. & J. Sloane
St. Regis
England
United States
Astor
Clothier Buys Electric Line to Sevierville
Knoxville June 26 Jobo B Clothier of Philadelphia has bought an interest in a new electric line planned from Knoxville to Sevierville, twenty seven miles, through a rich plantation region. The deal terms are not public. Construction will start soon and the road will unlock valuable farming land.
Postmaster Appointments Reported in Washington Listing
Washington reports the appointment of postmasters to Maryland Woodstock M F Quill Pennsylvania framing 1.0¢rone C A Richey Newtonmare R B Rickabaugh Unamis and related changes as of June 26 with names and locations noted in the official notice.
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Washington
Toryland
Woodstock
M. F. Quill
Peanee Sraming
C. A. Richey
Newtonmare
R. B. Rickabaugh
Unamis
St. Joachim's School Entertainment Draws Crowded Theatre
Pupils at St. Joachim's School presented an annual entertainment in the Em re Theatre. The clown’s barn drill impressed the audience as the theatre full of attendees filled with cheers and enjoyment.
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St. Joachim’s
St. Joachim's School
Emre
Secretary directs weather net station relocation amid ceremonies
The Secretary of Agriculture ordered that Weather Net station status be changed to a different station, while attending commencement exercises at Hamilton College and Harvard University. The Navy Department authorized vessel movements toward Acilia near Norfolk, with torpedo exercises noted and a planned transformation of Colifer Arcellus.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Em de
Reet
Hamilton College
N.os
Harvard University
Navy Department
Norfaed
Abipe
Ety
Avy Department
Norfolk
Fire record: overheated range ignites home of Mrs Sara Oosmian
Fire damaged a residence on Eee Street yesterday when an overheated kitchen range caused a conflagration in the home of Mrs Sara Oosmian. No injuries were reported and local firefighters contained the blaze.
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Sara Oosmian
Eee Street
Richmond
What a Young Man Should Read Today
Secretary Moody urges every man to build a library of the best books and to read one good newspaper daily. He favors weekly and monthly reviews for current history and cautions that they supplement but do not replace daily papers. News should be selected and read attentively for instruction and value.
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Moody
William H. Moody
United States Navy
Russian Opera Singer Wins Damages Over Train Crash
Mile. Sarkisova, a Russian opera singer, sued the Trans-Caucasian Railway after a crash knocked out five front teeth, hindering her singing. The St. Petersburg civil court awarded £10,000 in damages to the claimant.
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Mile. Sarkisova
St. Petersburg
London
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