Fusion Probable With Union Party In State Politics
The Union Party plan to meet next Tuesday to discuss fusion with the Democratic ticket and independent voters. Leaders weigh appointing a subcommittee to call a state convention and consider indorsing Pattison and ballot reform while gauging Citizens’ party potential in Allegheny County.
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Frank Riter
Union Party
Pennypacker
Harrisburg
Pattison
Guthrie
Northwest
Erie
Citizens’ Party
Allegheny County
Citizens’ Movement
Dr Beatty Named Assistant Inspector in Bureau of Health
Dr Thomas J Beatty of the 17th ward was appointed assistant medical inspector of the Bureau of Health by Director English to fill the vacancy caused by Dr W M Angneys resignation. Beatty has served two years as acting inspector and will earn 1200 dollars yearly commencing July 1. He is a Jefferson Medical College graduate and a member of the County Medical Society and the Philadelphia Medico Legal Society.
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Thomas J. Beatty
Bureau of Health
English
W. M. Angney
Beatty
Boys’ High School
Jefferson Medical College
County Medical Society
Philadelphia Medico-Legal Society
Angelus
Mr. Wanamaker
Jason Sexton
H. L. Kriebel
North Wales
John A. Wentz
Montgomery County
M. D. Learned
University of Pennsylvania
J. M. Anders
Medico-Chirurgical College
W. H. Kriebler
N. B. Grubb
Philadelphia
Anna Post
New York
Dauphin County Union party nominates full county ticket
Harrisburg June 27 The county convention of the Union party nominated a full county ticket with the exception of the Legislative nominees. Sheriff James E. Carpenter of the Carpenters' Union and Recorder B. G. Rapp were named.
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Philadelphia Times
Harrisburg
Union Party
James E. Carpenter
The
Carpenters’ Union
B. G. Rapp
Labor unions unite to condemn Quay machine platform
The Typographical Union and legislative city district leaders join Harrisburg unions including C H Spotts and Patrick Ryan to draft a platform denouncing the Quay machine and its stance on the Chinese exclusion act. County legislative nominees will be chosen by regional union men and finalized at the July convention.
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Typographical Union
C. H. Spotts
Harrisburg
Brotherhood of Railroad
Patrick Ryan
The
Miners Union
K. Henry
Carmen of America
C. L. Wallower
Painters’ Union
Quay
City Democrats to indorse state ticket at Erie convention
The Democratic City Committee plans Monday July 7 meeting to indorse the State ticket from Erie. Ward committees will follow, aligning city organization with the party. Governor candidate Robert E Pattison returns home with congratulatory notes and hints at a statewide campaign, possibly starting at the Pittsburgh Fourth of July event with President Roosevelt present.
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Erie
Acord
Donnelly
Robert E. Pattison
Pattison
Creasy
Robert E. Wright
Allentown
Pittsburg
Roosevelt
Camden residents oppose Petty's Island pest house plan
Residents of the 25th and 18th wards near the Delaware River front protest a proposed city purchase of 150 acres on Petty's Island for a municipal hospital and other buildings. Camden officials and Dr. Henry H. Davis oppose the plan, arguing it would dump paupers and disease patients on New Jersey soil.
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Petty’s
Delaware River
Camden
Philadelphia
Jersey
New Jersey
Island
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Times
Land Tracts On Petty Island Sold To Various Owners
A year after the Petty's Island land sale to Philip J. Ross the plots are listed with owners including James Manderson M C Cope Morris Andrew Manderson Elizabeth Collins estate of Dr Joseph Pancoast J J Hatch J Rilot American Dredging Company John Manderson and New York Dredging Co for plots 1 17.
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Petty's Island
Philip J. Ross
James Manderson
M. C. Cope
M. A. Cope Morris
Andrew Manderson
Elizabeth Collins
Joseph Pancoast
J. J. Hatch
J. Rilot
The
American Dredging Company
John Manderson
New York Dredging Co
Wanamaker Talks to Graduates at Perkiomen Seminary
Perkiomen Seminary held its tenth annual commencement in the chapel with 34 graduates including 22 young men and 12 young women. The speaker Rev. H A Bomberger urged perseverance, debt avoidance, and temperance, citing a London peace story and a parable of a ploughman praying.
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Perkiomen Seminary
Philadelphia Times
Pennsburg
Campana
H. A. Bomberger
D.D
Kowalski
Schultz
Bacon
Oswin S. Frantz
Guthrie May Decline to Run for Lieutenant Governor
Pittsburg, June 27. Guthrie mulls a July 4 visit by Pattison and a possible conference with Pattison on July 3. Sources say Guthrie may decline the lieutenant governor nomination, seek Recorder on the Citizens ticket, or stay to oppose the Quay machine.
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Philadelphia Times
Pittsburg
Robert E. Pattison
Judge Pennypacker
George T. Oliver
Pattison
George W. Guthrie
Guthrie
Citizens
Citizens’ Party
Olivers
Citizens’ Organation
Pennypacker
Citizens’ Organization
Allegheny County
Quay
Mellor accuses Mayor Nowrey of party power move in Camden
Camden Councilman Benjamin A Mellor told a Philadelphia paper the city council stripped mayoral powers to replace Republican appointees with Democrats. Police committee members defend curtailment saying capable officers should not be dismissed for minor indiscretions.
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Benjamin A. Mellor
Camden
Philadelphia
Nowrey
Camden Assessors Break Deadlock With Appointed Distributors
The Camden City Assessors and the finance committee remain in stalemate. Despite a contrary notice from the committee, the Assessors yesterday issued many tax statements to distributors appointed by the board to serve and they pledge to ensure those appointees are paid for their services.
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Finance Committee
Camden
Dye Company Creditors to Meet Over Assignment
Creditors of the Quaker City Dye Company will meet next week to decide the firm’s future after an assignment made Wednesday. President Solomon declined to publicly disclose the reasons for the company’s failure.
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Dye Company
Quaker City Dye Company
Solomon
Inquest Finds Accidental Poisoning of Lillian Hoffman
Evidence from the inquest into the death of Lillian Hoffman aged 18 of 333 Leverington Street Brookrough shows she swallowed corrosive sublimate on June 18 by mistake for lime juice, not a self inflicted act. The poison caused her death at St Timothy’s Hospital.
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Lillian Hoffman
Leverington Street
Boxrough
St. Timothy’s Hostal
Found Dead in Room at Vine Street Address
Charles Kennedy aged 32 was found dead on the floor of a room he occupied at 1126 Vine Street yesterday. Police activities and preliminary inquiries are ongoing as investigators await autopsy results.
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Charles Kennedy
Vine Street
Missing Persons List Spurs Local Concern
A fragmentary notice lists multiple missing individuals with ages and street addresses including John J. Welch aged 45 of Albany Seasloce May and Mary Stuart aged 42 of 1959 North Ninth Street last seen June 25, along with James Condon Edward Stern George Strock Moble Gordon Sans Michael Boyder Michael Gerardy and others.
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John J. Welch
Myrtle Avenue
Albany
James Condon
South Twentieth Street
Bk Edward Stern
North Front Street
George Strock
Franklin Street
Mary Stuart
North Ninth Street
Moble Gordon
North Street
Sans
Michael Boyder
Michael Gerardy
Bo Ninth Street
Rence Street
City weighs island purchase amid fears of wasteful spend
Real estate firms push a $480,000 plan to buy Petty's Island amid opposition in City Councils. Advocates claim the site is marshy and unhealthy and warn a pest house could depress riverfront values. Critics cite legal concerns and potential misuse of taxpayers funds. The deal traces to 325 acres sold a year earlier to Philip J. Ross and involves multiple trustees and deeds filed in Camden County.
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New Jersey
Allegheny Avenue
Susquehanna Avenue
Otis Street
Petty’s Island
Cabinet Opens First Private White House Session
President Roosevelt arrived in Washington from New London to attend the first regular Cabinet meeting held outside the White House in eighty eight years. Senator Kean of New Jersey became the first official visitor to the new executive mansion in Lafayette Square, with others stopping by to inspect the premises.
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White House
Roosevelt
New London
Postal contract moves toward Postal Telegraph control
A first conference between Pennsylvania Railroad officials and Postal Telegraph leaders at Broad Street Station outlined July 1 handover of telegraph offices in New York, Jersey City, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Pittsburg and other points. Full transfer over a year, with wires and poles updated. Western Union unlikely to resist. leases and legal work to adjust, no court actions expected.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Postal Telegraph
Western Union Company
Broad Street Station
Pennsylvania
C. M. Shaeffer
EB. G. Cochran
L. Lemon
E. E. Kimmney
Postal
Western Union
Railroad
Ee Ae
Ennsylvania
Wanamaker Delivers Commencement Address at Montgomery College
The excerpt captures John Wanamaker as commencement speaker at Montgomery County. It presents his tribute to Dutch heritage, praise for education, and three cautions for graduates focusing on fidelity integrity and self-discipline amid broad civic ideals.
Railway Surgeons Elect Officers at Atlantic City
At the Railway Surgeons of the United States session in Atlantic City officers were elected. J. W. McDonald of Fairmont West Virginia was named president, H. Hedges of Brunswick Maryland first vice president, Brown of MacConnelleville Pennsylvania second vice president. G. A. Davis Summit Point West Virginia was secretary and treasurer with Buchanan Philadelphia as assistant secretary and treasurer. Executive committee includes F. L. Marsh A. Fepeant and J. F. Thomson of Gar Indiana.
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Gloucester
Philadelphia Times
Gloucester City
Gloucester High School
City Hall
Elsie Caster
Grace L. Barnard
William F. Evans
Helen G. Cheesman
Florence M. Kenyon
Mabel R. Franks
Agnes B. McInness
Mary Anderson
Iva Black
Atlantic City
United States
J. W. McDonald
Fairmont
W. Va
H. & Hedges
Brunswick
Dr. Brown
MacConnelleville
G. A. Davis
Summit Point
A. Buchanan
Philadelphia
F. L. Marsh
A. Fepeant
J. F. Thomson
Gar. Ind
Variety and Extravaganse at Area Theaters Tonight
Entertainment listings show performances at Lyceum and Chestnut Hill Park with times around 12.30 to 10.50 PM and 2.20, 4.90 prices. Victor Herbert's Orchestra scheduled at Woodside Park with 6.00 and 6.80 prices.
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Lyceum
Chestnut Hill Park
Willow Grove Park
Victor Herbert
Woodside
Prisoners Attempt to Fire City Hall at Camden Jail
William Dale and Harry O Neill, jailed for drunkenness, tried to set fire to City Hall by igniting newspapers near a framework. A fellow prisoner in an adjacent cell woke crying for help, and Sergeant Schregler arrived to quell the blaze after a hard struggle.
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William Dale
Harry O'Neill
Camden
Schregler
Heads or Tails Phrase Through the Ages Mentioned
A vintage discussion notes that the coin toss cry heads or tails predates the queens era and predates Victoria’s accession. It cites older usage from as early as 1684 and contrasts differing modern attributions about royal heads influencing common phrases.
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Queen Victoria
Pickwick
Otway
Agriculture as a Standby and U S Food Policy
J D Whelpley argues in the North American Review that American strength stems from raw material exports rather than manufactured goods. He urges expanding agricultural productivity, preserving farmland for tillage, and promoting rural homes to keep pace with world demand and maintain control of the food supply.
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J. D. Whelpley
North American Review
United States
Diamond Miner Salzmann Dies At 82 In South Africa
West F. W. Salzmann oldest colonist in South Africa died of lung inflammation aged 82 Born in Saxony and became a physician He arrived in 1834 as a missionary with the British Society in the Sandilio district Recalled as Bloemfontein resident and twice mayor He once declined a diamond field farm offer for a waistcoat story persists of failed wealth pursuit
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F. W. Salzmann
South Africa
Saxony
British Society
Sandilio
Bloemfontein
England
Griqualand
Diamond Fields
Mr. Salzmann
Excha
Salzemann
J. Salzmann
Execu
John Brand
London Chronicle
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Darby
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R. H. Hood
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Bellefonte
Europe
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Arthur Brown
Ilsdan
Thomas M. Montgomery
Lukens & Montgomery
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Cole
Camden County
West Jersey Title and Guarantee Company
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Boston
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Hauck
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Dividing Creek
Mary Ziegler Bean
Ome
Venusee Bortz
Easterly
John Wright Caswell
Lime bin
James de K
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Frantz
Cressman
Ringoes
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Cape May City
Mary Schuler
Elsie Shaner Renninger
Perkiomenville
Stella Fry Rennaioger
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R. D
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Woodland
William Henry Ae
Leipstown
Henry Nathaniel Scholl
Speeaee
Chester Kriebel Schulta
Bally
Elta Gerhard Schultz
Clayton
Raymond Anders Schultz
William Smith Shelly
Milford Square
Jeidy Benner Sterner
Richlandtown
Townsend, Jr
Linwood
Hen L.trumbower
Passer, Pa
William M. Wentzel
Jacksonwald
Graham Wilson
Lobachsville
Kriebel
John Wanamaker
Holland
Matthew Stanley Quay
George Washington
William McKinley
Canton
Hle
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Persia
Entertainments Today
Camden City Hall
Serge
William Hanamaker
DR. Tobias
Murray 81
Penn Mutual Life
Chestnut Street
Estminster Cemetery
N. E. Cor
Keeley Care
Keeley Institute
North Broad Street
Ireland
London Globe
Sultan
Turkey
Pais
M. Anmeghian
Het
London Express
Benedict Arnold
Arnold
Boston Transcript
Diamond Mines
Rset
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