State aid policy eyed as prey to party perks
Harrisburg reports quote a governor ally arguing that charity funding for hospitals and other institutions fuels primary and general election trading. The piece notes pending vetoes on 1901 appropriations, potential cuts of about a million dollars, and calls for a new economy in state charities amid widespread concerns about misused funds and profligate spending.
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Philadelphia Times
Harrisburg
Stone
Pennsylatia
Commonwealth
Pike County
House
Pennsylvania
Trustees know little about hospital appropriation
Yesterday it emerged that Medico Chirurgical trustees, appointed January, knew little of the $190,000 state grant for the Cherry Street hospital. Most had attended at most two meetings and all pointed to Judge Paxson as the knowledgeable figure, with continued emphasis on his expertise.
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Cherry Street
Judge Paxson
Judge Logan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Theodore Voorhees
Reading Railway
Judge Pax
Lttle
Joseph II
Caven
Eestate Title Building
Chestnut Street
Mr. Caven
Trustees stumble over hospital funds and Paxson links
In a Philadelphia inquiry, four trustees could not account for a $190,000 appropriation to a hospital. Judge Paxson, founder of the board, is sought for explanation while critics note the high per bed cost and low free-patient share. Hutchinson, worn pink shirt, observed at the scene.
Struck Dead on Ball Field at Monroe Center
In a semi pro game between Monroe Center and Rockford teams at Monroe Center yester day lightning killed Morris Carlson first baseman as a brilliant flash swept the field. The bolt knocked down several players and spectators but most recovered. Carlson died instantly struck on the head his cap splintered and hair singed.
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Rockford
Monroe Center
Morris Carlson
Carlson
Prominent Swindle Involved Pigs Sold For-High Prices
Joseph F. Morris of Ercldoun Chester county is accused of swindling by sending two small Berkshire pigs instead of the 355 high bred hogs demanded in a buyer’s letter. Beyer of Paducah Ky paid 55 dollars for 355 animals and received two piglets worth 13 dollars. Morris was held on 800 dollars bail by United States Commissioner Craig after Post Office Inspector Wardie testified.
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Joseph F. Morris
Ercldoun
Chester County
Henry T. Beyer
Paducah
Morris
United States
Craig
Beyer
Post Office
J. N. Wardie
Beyers
Johnson on monopoly cure via equal taxation in Cleveland remarks
Detroit June 28 Mayor Tom L Johnson of Cleveland says private monopoly is the greatest current evil. He argues taxation equality will curb monopolies and that universal tax rates will enable the nation to control these abuses.
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Detroit
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Pope Illness Report Denied in Rome
Rome reports deny rumors of the Pope's serious illness saying His Holiness is in good health and received the Austrian Ambassador and others yesterday confirming normal conditions.
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Rome
City Notes Brightens Local Crime and Incident Report
Reports from William Jordan who left his mother's home on North Fairhill Street after an incident with Mrs. Mason. Aged 69, Mrs. Maryer died after lamp explosion injuries at St Agnes Hospital. Carrie Jordan stabbed, bail set for Bessie Davis and Maggie Edward with arrest near Sixteenth and Wallace. Nellie Price jailed for injury accusations.
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Stedeu
Wiliam
Jordan
Maryer
Mildred Street
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Annlynee
Bessie Davis
Camden
Carrie Jordan
North Sixth Street
Ladner
South Water Street
Philadelphia
Frank Duffy
South Eleventh Street
Ridge Avenue
Main Street
Wissahickon
St. Timothy's Hospital
Abraham Pertatell
Twenty-eighth Street
Twenty Ninth
Cumberland Streets
Women's Homoeopathic Hospital
John Frank
North Leithgrow Street
Sixteenth
Cuthbert Streets
Hahnemann Hospital
Wilson Batir
South
Nineteenth Street
Medico-Chi Hospital
Fifty-second
Lancaster Avenue
Presbyterian Hospital
John Prossin
Pennsylvania Hospital
Thomas Davis
Amber Street
Trenton Avenue
Auburn Street
Episcopal Hospital
Harry Conway
East York Street
Cramps’ Shipyard
Anthony Derrick
Church Street
Frankford
Peter Frank
Gerees Avenue
Episcopal
Atlantic City Ban on Sunday Liquor Sales Enforced
Mayor Stoy orders Atlantic City police to close all liquor businesses from Saturday midnight to Sunday night starting June 30. Officers must report each visit in writing, notify proprietors, and enforce the ban while preserving lawful exceptions.
Cape May Questions Sunday Saloon Order And Police
Cape May residents discuss a Supreme Court order on Sunday saloon activity. Mayor Miller denies receiving the order while noting police have long acted under council backing and city charter control.
Sunday liquor sale bans alarm Sea Isle hotel keepers
Consternation grips Sea Isle City as Justice Hendrickson orders liquor sales banned on Sundays. Hotels fear losses if the closure is enforced, while Sondayris Stores may still obtain liquor despite the ruling, affecting patrons and resort traffic.
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Philadelphia Times
Sea Isle City
Philadelphia Times Book Review Adds Twelve Pages
The Philadelphia Times presents a twelve page book review supplement this Saturday expanding its coverage with critical essays author profiles and feature narratives highlighting new works and established authors.
Closed Sunday liquor bars to stay shut in Long Branch
LONG BRANCH June 28 Judge Heisler of Monmouth County Court, who last spring ordered closing clubs with gambling, will enforce Justice Hendrickson's order banning liquor sales on Sundays. Local police ordered to ensure bars remain closed.
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Philadelphia Times
Long Branch
Heisler
Monmouth County Court
Saloons Might Be Closed Here in Egg Harbor
Egg Harbor hotel men fear Sunday saloon closures will be enforced following Judge Hendrickson's letter to Mayor Stoy of Atlantic City. Saloons have remained open since the town's founding, and proprietors say they cannot cover expenses if enforcement begins.
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Philadelphia Times
Egg Harbor
Hendrickson
Stoy
Atlantic City
Will the law be enforced
Railroad officials in Philadelphia doubt the impact of Atlantic City’s new prohibitory Sunday liquor law on traffic. The Pennsylvania Railroad says the effect is entirely problematical and unknown. Reading Railroad expects no immediate changes to its summer schedule despite uncertainty.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading Railroad Company
Heat Kills Two As City Battles Severe Scorching Weather
Intense heat causes two deaths and many prostrations across the city as a scorching wave continues. Forecaster Townsend predicts local rains and cooler conditions today with fresh southerly winds coming Sunday.
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Rocky Mountains
Townsend
Philadelphia
Millionaires Sail for America on Liner Deutschland
Aboard the Hamburg American liner Deutschland departing Southampton for New York are J Pierpont Morgan and a group of prominent financiers including Peter A B Widener William L Elkins Clement A Griscom Clinton E Dawkins William K Vanderbilt Harry Payne Whitney Pierre Lorillard Timothy L Woodruff C A Spreckels Shekib Bey and others. The travelers chartered a private train and plan no business discussions aboard the voyage.
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London
Southampton
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Peter A. B. Widener
Philadelphia
United States
Atlantic
William L. Elkins
Mr. Widener
Chicago
William K. Vanderbilt
Harry Payne Whitney
Pierre Lorillard
Continents
Timothy L. Woodruff
C. A Spreckels
San Francisco
Shekib Bey
Constantinople
Deutschland
Croesuses
Mr. Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr
Messrs
J. S. Waterbury
Charles Lanier
Seventh National Bank
J. R. Carter
Joseph H. Choate, Jr
Dawkins
Griscom
Elkins
Robbery Suspects Held, Furniture Van Driver and Dealer
George W. Gregg a second hand dealer of 1611 Federal street and John Tierney a furniture van driver were held on $600 bail by Magistrate Cunning ham for a hearing on robbery at Mrs. Anna Tolliver’s home 1814 Garret street last Wednesday. A negro named Henry Walker is believed to own and pass the goods through Gregg who acted for Walker and sent the furniture to a planned destination.
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George W. Gregg
Federal Street
John Tierney
Cunningham
Anna Tolliver
Garret, Street
Clothing found on Noble Street wharf prompts death by drowning theory
A suit of men’s clothing was recovered at Noble Street wharf on the Delaware River. Authorities suspect the owner jumped to death, with extensive river dragging above and below the wharf yet no body recovered. The salvage includes a brown sack coat a pair of brown shoes green negligee and white socks wrapped together.
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Noble Street Wharf
Delaware River
Noble Street Geomness
Deputy Coroner Probes Foreign Labor Fatality Inquest
In a coroner's inquest held yesterday for Joseph Pesche of 453 West Jefferson Street the case examined fatal injuries sustained at work in a Pencoyd plant. The inquiry focused on foreign labor involvement and the circumstances leading to the death.
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Joseph Pesche
West
Jefferson Street
Wo - Tae
Mmondik
Ted Big Beattie
Buffalo Exposition Impresses Visiting Teachers and Pupils
Timely lake breeze cools a Buffalo day as teachers and students tour the Exposition grounds. They register at the Pennsylvania Building, inspect the Government Building, view a park lake life-saving display, enjoy the Sousa Band, and end with fireworks. The group calls Buffalo's Exposition truly great.
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Philadelphia Times
Buffalo
N. Y
Tur Times
Exposition Grounds
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Delaware Park
Pennsylvania
Park Lake
Fortune if She Weds M Coy A Nurse In Line For Dublin Benefactor
Miss Veronica McDermott of Mount Savage Md stands to inherit up to 500000 from James Leary of Dublin Ireland if she marries Dr Elroy McCoy of Cripple Creek Colorado within a year. If she declines she gets 10000 while the rest funds an asylum for homeless boys in Los Angeles. Dr McCoy receives 100000. The bulk of the estate goes to charitable institutions.
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Mount Savage
Veronica McDermott
James 8. Leary
Dublin
Ireland
Elroy McCoy
Colorado
McCoy
McDermott
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Baltimore
Leary
Miss McDermott
Mr. Leary
Elray McCoy
Cripple Creek
Dr. McCoy
Los Angeles
Delaware Deepening Prompts Haverford and Merion Call Philadelphia Port
Waiting for the Delaware to deepen, Haverford and Merion would join International Navigation's New York Southampton and Antwerp service. They were planned for Philadelphia but shallow river channels forced abandonment. Officials say Philadelphia rises as a world port and needs a deeper channel to rival New York.
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International Navigation Company
New York
Southampton
Antwerp
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Haverford
Merion
Local forecast a week end weather update for regions
Weather report from the United States Weather Bureau Philadelphia provides Saturday and Sunday conditions across Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware and New York Western Pennsylvania and Western New York. Forecast calls for rains and thunderstorms Saturday cooler Sunday with fresh southerly or southeasterly winds and squalls.
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Pernnesylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
New York
Pennsylvania
Weather note on July Atlantic conditions and storm activity
July brings a quiet Atlantic with mid latitude storms rarely severe. Hurricanes begin later, with greatest fog in July and August over the Banks of Newfoundland. Arctic ice remains offshore but does not push far south this month. Chief U S Weather Bureau notes.
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Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
North Atlantic
Atlantic
Neand
Newfoundland
U. S
Barean
Steamship Eee Ba Pale Oe Aoe Pre York
In a fragmentary notice a steamship named EEE is referenced alongside ports and dates under unclear context. The readable portion hints at a maritime shipping item involving York as a destination or origin but lacks complete details.
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York
Nomination of P F Rothermel for District Attorney
Town meeting at the Academy of Music nominates P F Rothermel Jr for Philadelphia District Attorney. He accepts, pledging service to end corruption. An executive committee of nine will lead the campaign with union of Municipal League Allied organizations and a new Democratic ticket.
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Academy of Music
P. F. Rothermel, Jr
Rothermel
Philadelphia
P. F. RorHer Me
Epwarp Shippen
Rotherme
Shippen
P. F. Rotrermel, JR
Independent Movement
Municipal League
Organizations
For Good Government
Citizens’ Union
New Democratic
Recorder of Deeds
John Virdin
John M. Walton
Simon Gratz
Rinaldo A. Lukens
Board of Revision
Eritic
Ryan
Donnelly
John M. O'Brien
Bl Okee
Smith
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Afnu Alty
George Long
Emery D. Irelan
Louis Kuehnle
Kuehnle
Edward
Lee
Nquor
Sims and
Darnell
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Lcense
Jalil
Cape May
Supreme Court
Miller
THE
Saturday Book Review
Ludlam
August Fisher
Brown Street
James McGrath
South Howard Street
America
J. P., Morgan and the Rest
United States Weather Bureau
Aeaus
Eastport
New York City
Jackson
Norfolk
P.oldy Tine
Tex
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Rothermen
Charles Emory Smith
Rudolh Blankenburg
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