Publication and circulation rates and offices of The Times
The notice lists weekly and yearly subscription prices for Daily Times and Sunday Times, including six cents a week by carrier and three dollars a year by mail. It also provides mailing rates per month and identifies offices in Philadelphia and Washington for publication and mechanical work. The Times Building at Chestnut and Eighth Streets is named as the main office with addresses for Sansom Street and 509 14th Northwest.
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Daily Times
Sunday Times
the Times
Philadelphia
Chestnut and
Eighth Streets
Tines New
Sansom Street
Eighth
Washington
14Th
Movement of the People in Philadelphia Demands Reform
A June 28, 1901 Philadelphia mass meeting at the Academy of Music frames a nonpartisan push for better municipal government. Leaders from law, business and religion vow organized action against corruption led by current officials, aiming for a long fight to defend civil rights and public integrity.
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Committee of One Hundred
Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Rothermel
Legislative Failures End Another Tumultuous Pennsylvania Session
The General Assembly of Pennsylvania closed its long session after failing to perform basic duties and enacting laws violating constitutional principles. Critics say many members did not represent the people but were controlled by political masters, producing a despotism unseen in recent history.
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General Assembly of
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Governor Stone Urged to Trim State Appropriations
The Governor, backed by Supreme Court authority, is urged to veto or pare down items in the Legislature’s appropriation bills. The piece warns of waste and jobs, estimating $400,000 may be cut, with potential for greater savings and eradicating patronage. It calls on Governor Stone to fulfill his duty and make amends.
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Stone
Supreme Court
Committee On
Apportionment Redraws Pennsylvania Congressional Map
The reapportionment creates 32 districts, moving Philadelphia to six seats and shifting wards across districts. It highlights gerrymandering worries as Eastern regions gain only one new seat while Berks Lehigh hold a large district, and overall fairness is questioned despite the new layout.
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House of Representatives
Galusha A. Grow
Robert H. Foerderer
Philadelphia
Bingham's
Robert Adams, Jr
Burk
James Rankin Young
Morrell
Young
Acomgefice Focks
Chester
Delaware
Montgomery
Bucks
Lancaster
Lackawanna
Luzerne
Schuylkill
Perry
Juniata
Mifflin
Huntingdon
Fulton
Franklin
Snyder
Union
Cumberland
Lebanon
Cambria
Blair
Bedford
Somerset
York
Adams Counties
Berks
Lehigh
Pennsylvania Democrats Could Carry Over Six Hundred Thousand Votes
The piece notes Pennsylvania's 1892 results where Cleveland won 452,264 votes, with 28 counties giving pluralities. It argues the state’s population rise and shifting independents suggest over 600,000 Democratic votes possible with a strong ticket and cross-party support.
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Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Bryan
Abuse of Public Charity in Pennsylvania Grants
An article argues that Pennsylvania Hospital and Episcopal Hospital provided free care with no state aid while the Medico-Chirurgical College received a $190,000 state appropriation. It condemns the misallocation as a taxpayer outrage and political favoritism, urging an end to unequal grants.
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Pennsylvania Hospital
Episcopal Hospital
Medico-Chirurgical College
Sickles and the Pension Office Controversy
The piece questions General Sickles while he may act as attorney for pension interests against Commissioner Evans. It recalls his 1880 letter praising Evans and now his stance as a critic, arguing the reasons are unworthy and tied to a promised nonreappointment and alleged feeding times.
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General Sickles
Evans
Yoni
Veen
President McKinley On Trial By Pension Controversy
A political clash pits veterans against cormorants and questions the conduct of President McKinley over a Pension Commissioner. The piece warns that wavering support could bring infamy to his administration and indicts Commissioner Evans.
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Cormorants
Commissioner Evans
McKinley
Sickles
City Hall costs and public works notes amid era of prosperity
The column argues City Hall total cost near twenty four million with eighteen million spent on construction and six million on maintenance over thirty years. It warns annual upkeep may approach a million with traffic taxes on Broad and Market. It notes Belmont filtration bids and public competition, plus donations to Harvard Yale and Kenyon. It ends with remarks on Wu Tingfang speaking in Philadelphia.
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Broad Street
Market Street
King Edward Aims to Ban Tile as Fashion Headgear
The article notes King Edward seeks to abolish the tile as fashionable headgear and questions whether the world will react to royal stance. It highlights a potential shift in public perception when royalty weighs in on style.
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Edward
Honest Clean and Reliable Times Elevates Philadelphia Paper
The Philadelphia Times announces a new management era with improved honest government stance and clean news. It pledges reliable reporting, avoidance of sensationalism, and dedication to the interests of the people.
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Reformed Church Record
Philadelphia Times
Times
Letters To The Editor In The Philadelphia Times
Readers respond to topics of public interest in The Philadelphia Times letters page. Writers may sign their name or remain anonymous, with emphasis on free expression and diverse viewpoints.
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The
Philadelphia Times
Suggestion for Mayor Ashbridge in Philadelphia Times
A letter to the editor from June 1901 proposes Mayor Ashbridge speak at Independence Square on the Fourth of July. It suggests avoiding references to the Revolutionary Fathers and focuses on "Value of Public Franchises" while including six random 12 year old questions to test wisdom.
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Ashbridge
Philadelphia Times
Aareeet
Wu Ting-fang
McVicker
Independence Square
Why We Celebrate the Fourth
A reader urges printing the Declaration of Independence to educate Americans about the meaning of Independence Day. The letter, dated June 21, 1901, notes many people cannot answer why the Fourth is celebrated.
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Philadelphia Times
America
Lawn Fete by Art Students at Fort Washington Studio
A lawn fete will be given by the students of the Darby School of Painting at Fort Washington this evening on the studio grounds. The students will be in costume and all the dance features will be a light part of the program.
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Darby School of Painting
Fort Washington
End of Pennsylvania Legislature and pensions debate echoed
The column blasts the Pennsylvania Legislature as corrupt and extravagant while defending Pension Commissioner Evans for strict reforms. It notes massive pension increases, defends accountability, and critiques travel and social satire as the season begins, ending with light anecdotes on summer pleasures and Newport.
Philadelphia crowds rally to oust the Durham Ashbridge rule
A massive public meeting at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia denounces the Durham McNichol Ashbridge machine. Citizens vow to organize a complete reform ticket and vote against the ruling group in upcoming ballots, signaling a potential political upheaval.
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Philadelphia
Durham- McNichol-Ashbridge
Ashbridge
Academy of Music
Academy
A Bad Banking Practice
The Philadelphia Record warns about over certification by banks for stock broker checks. It cites the Seventh National Bank failure in New York and argues banks must back large day’s trades with collateral, urging reforms to protect banks and curb disaster from overstated credits.
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Philadelphia
Seventh National Bank
New York City
Movement for Rothermel Attacked as Personal Interest Plot
The piece dismisses the Rothermel movement as a cloak for political manipulators. It accuses prominent attendees of being unknowingly used as catspaws by hidden interests and predicts a stampede once the truth is exposed.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Rothermel
Appropriations for Charity Draw Scrutiny in Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Ledger notes the Pennsylvania Legislature in its closing hours approved large increases in charitable appropriations. City and country members allied to boost funds for the University of Pennsylvania Hospital and State College, while other institutions received favored treatment. The piece charges an unfair, inflated distribution of public funds as lawmakers acted like attorneys for various charities.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Pennsylvania
State College
University of Pennsylvania
Park Contract Awarded For Schuylkill Drive Masonry Project
Bids opened by the Fairmount Park Commission for the Thirty-fourth Street drive on the Schuylkill river. The committee awarded the masonry work to the lowest bidder after a single bid for the project. William R. Dougherty submitted the only bid for new wolf cages at the Zoological Gardens, priced at $2,349.
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Thirty-fourth Street Drive
Schuylkill River
Spring Garden Street Bridge
Fairmount Park Commission
Zoological Gardens
William R. Dougherty
Biw
The Fugitive in the Garden of Dawn
A hunted man returns to his ancestral home under moonless nights and briars. He glimpses a beloved figure with another, then slips away before dawn as his old hound named Arthur Stringer lingers at his side in July Century.
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Song
Lighta
Crawted Beck
Arthur Stringer
School budget estimates set near two million dollars
The Board of Education’s estimates committee apportioned nearly 2,000,000 dollars for public school expenses for 1902 excluding teachers and janitors. The largest item is about 1,300,000 dollars for permanent improvements and new buildings in wards, plus 80,000 dollars for night schools. Minor increases include 20,000 dollars for compulsory education enforcement and a new special school for backward children.
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Board of Education
Weecacoe
Taskereee
Washington
Lyons
Fagen
Mein
Paxson School
Hancock
Btevens
Ixteenth
Jefferson
Vaughn
Douglass School
Chase
Lynn
BR Notyaret
Ie Laveune
Chestnut
Pastorius Schooling
Ee Elwood Sc
Isuadeocev
Whiteart
Iia Ee Overford
Warren School
Pew
Echo
Senoce
Nichols
West End
Powers
Oakale
James Forten
Canon Hobson arrives in New York to boost Police man’s Christian Association
The founder of the Police man’s Christian Association arrives in New York, noting the group began eighteen years ago in a Liverpool cellar with three members and now claims over 100,000 supporters. Separate items report Kansas City farmers clash over a farmhand idler,Onderground insurance mandates in Germany, Miss Lilavati Singh translating Book er T. Washington, and a classroom joke about green apples.
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Canon Hobson
Policeman’s Christian Association
New York
Liverpool
Almshouse Site Favorable on Petty's Island Visit
Superintendent Geary of the Philadelphia Hospital welcomes the inspection by city officials and Bureau of Charities and Correction for a potential Almshouse and insane department complex on Petty's Island. He believes the site suits the hospital and aims to separate hospital from the insane and almshouse, promising top facilities for hospital work.
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Geary
Philadelphia Hospital
Bureau of Charities and Correction
Petty’s Island
Summer Home for Children Opens in Gwynedd Mont Co Pa
The Alberta Home at Gwynedd Montgomery county Pennsylvania opened yesterday as a charity providing summer recreation for indigent children from crowded tenements. It began from the savings of Alberta Cavin the only child of Mr and Mrs B D Cavin of 1524 North Broad Street who died at age four. The present home is a trial establishment with plans for a continuing organization.
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Alberta
Gwynedd
Montmery County
Alberta Cavin
B. D. Cavin
North Broad Street
Exhibition model of 1876 opened at Memorial Hall
A model of the 1876 New York exhibition, prepared years ago, is placed in Memorial Hall at Pesneenkark and opened to the public yesterday. The model claims exact proportion to the original Centennia Fabibition details.
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Memorial Hall
Pesneenkark
Tower to Attend Royal Christenings in St Petersburg
Charle magne Tower United States ambassador to Russia and Mrs Tower will arrive in St Petersburg from a royal christening on Sunday. They will attend the ceremony for the Granesa Anastasia fourth daughter of the Czar becoming godmother and guest at the event.
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Royal Christeninn
ST. Petersburg
Charlemagne Tower
United States
Russia
Tower
Anastasia
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