Leaders Favor the Petty Island Land Purchase
Residents of the 25th and 18th wards oppose a proposed $480,000 purchase of 150 acres of malarial swamp on Petty's Island in the Delaware River for a municipal hospital and pest house. A Citizens Association meeting will push resolutions to block the acquisition, citing health risks to nearby communities. Despite opposition, officials appear set to move forward, with discussions of other sites and a recent NJ bill allowing foreign corporations to hold property in the state cited as context.
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Citizens’ Association of
25Th Ward
Petty’s Island
Delaware River
Petty's Island
Camden
New Jersey
R. H. McCarter
McCarter
Assemblyman Champion
Atlantic Highlands
Champion
Philadelphia
35Th Ward
Olney
Burglars Visit R M Bache Home and Theft Report
Philadelphia police seek family of Richard M. Bache after a Friday burglary at 4400 Sansom Street. Entry was by forced window and authorities are notifying the Bache family. In a separate case, a gold watch valued at 60 dollars was stolen from Mrs. E Stone at 2300 Smedley Street by a sneak thief Thursday.
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Thirty-seventh Street
Woodland Avenue
Richard M. Bache
Sansom Street
Mr. Bache
BE. Stone
Smedley Street
Senate confirmations list of inspectors and postmasters
A record of confirmations by the Senate includes William H. Code Mesa Ariz Indian inspector irrigation engineer Willian H. Smead Montana agent at Flathead F Matthews Oregon district F Ss Elgin western district Tennessee collector of customs Smalls Boochet William Mahone Petersburg Va Wilam ette Oregon D kectivers of public money E B Hyde Spokane Frank Bacon North Platte land offices H V Hinman Yakima G E French North Platte and postmasters J E Karns Springdale 2ckey Waynesburg L T Claybaugh Donora A S Warner Tarentum
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Senate
William H. Code
Mesa
Ariz
Willian H. Smead
Montana
Flathead Agency
Marshall
F. Matthews
Oregon
F. Ss. Elgin
Tennessee
Abet Smalls
District of
Boochet
William Mahone
Petersburg
Yes
Wilamette
E. B. Hyde
Spokane
Wash
Frank Bacon
North Platte
Neb
Ware
H. V. Hinman
Yakima
G. E. French
Pennsylvania
J. E. Karns
Springdale
2Ckey
Waynesburg
L. T. Claybaugh
Donora
A. 8. Warner
Tarentum
Merchants to Benefit From July 1 Tax Reduction Act
The act repeals war revenue taxes on various businesses starting July 1, cutting government income by about ten billion dollars annually. In Philadelphia First Pennsylvania district taxes contribute roughly 12,000 annually to federal receipts, with war tobacco revenue around 1,000,000 yearly. many taxes on theaters circuses pawnbrokers and others are abolished while stamp duties on instruments and stock transfers are simplified. A rebate is offered on existing tobacco and snuff factory packages, with stamp taxes on other items unchanged. Stamps may be redeemed at the Treasury within two years, and final returns date remains uncertain.
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Internal Revenue Department
Treasury Department
Washington
William McCoach
Treasury
Striking Weavers to Confer Over Demands
Several representatives of the weavers from the Fries Breslin Rug Works in Camden said yesterday they would confer with the company unless their demands for an increase in wages and better working conditions are met. The strike has stretched for several weeks.
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Fries-Breslin Rug Works
Camden
Camden and Gloucester City Mills Weavers Strike Meeting
Nearly all of the 500 strikers have found other jobs. A conference of Camden strikers and Gloucester City Mills weavers will meet next Tuesday evening at the new headquarters 575 Division Street Camden to discuss the pay increase and strike continuation.
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Camden
Gloucester City
Division Street
National Guard Inspections Set for Gettysburg Encampment
Harrisburg June 28 General orders from the National Guard of Pennsylvania announce the annual inspection at the Gettysburg division encampment in July 1949. The Third Brigade is to be inspected July 15 starting at 7 AM with regiments at two hour intervals. Second Brigade July 16. First Brigade July 17. Artillery and cavalry inspection date to be fixed. Inspector General Sweeney leads with Col Ezra H Ripple and division and brigade inspectors. a review will precede the inspection.
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Harrisburg
National Guard of Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
General Sweeney
Ezra H. Ripple
Two Men Charged in Fraudulent Note Redeeming Case
Two men appeared before United States Commissioner Craig in Philadelphia charged with sending fraudulent affidavits to the Treasury to redeem three mutilated bills of identical denomination and numbers. George Day and Charles K. Williams claimed separate, conflicting stories about how the notes were obtained. bail was set at 1000 dollars for each for a further hearing. Secret Service Agent Griffin traced Day and Williams amid accounts of fire damage and a dropped envelope with mutilated currency.
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United States
Craig
Federal
Treasury Department
Washington
Secret Service
Griffin
George Day
Union Traction Company
Fitzwater Street
Day
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Charles K. Williams
East Dakota Street
Williams
District Attorney's Office
Railroads Holding Coal for Higher Prices
A report claims the Philadelphia and Reading Railway shipped three long trains of anthracite coal to Port Richmond yards. Dealers see scarcity in districts, while Reading officials deny knowledge of such shipments.
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Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Port Richmond
Reading
Congress Extends Thanks to Rear Admiral Kempff
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs unanimously approved a resolution expressing the thanks of Congress to Rear Admiral Kempff for his service. The action, announced in Washington, reflects broad bipartisan support for his contributions to national defense and foreign affairs.
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Washington
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Penereee
Congress
Girls Show Nerve At A Factory Fire
A five story upholstery mill owned by Stead Miller & Co at Fourth and Cambria caught fire. 210 women and girls calmly evacuated as flames and smoke filled the shop. Damage totaled 2500 by fire and about 60000 by water. insurance carried was 500000.
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Stead, Miller & Co
Fourth
Cambria
Foreman Schultz
Endorsements for Baldwin steel beds from Philadelphia clients
WM B Godfrey music teacher 1520 Chestnut St Philadelphia endorses the Baldwin all steel bed after months of use. Dr H E James 1240 S Bold St Philadelphia calls it the only bed for space use and far superior to folding beds. Charlotte A Evans 1826 Girard Ave Philadelphia adds her own testimonial.
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Baldwin
WM. B. Godfrey
Ewn
Chestnut St
Phila
Narberth
H. EF. James
Old St., Philo
Charlotte A. Evans
Girard Ave
Philo
Mrs. Krueger
Locust St
B. L. Whitman
Corinthian Ave
Todd
S. 11Th St
Kila
William Henry Koons Obituary a Prominent New Jersey Journalist
William Henry Koons, one of New Jersey’s oldest newspaper men, died at his Trenton home from pulmonary apoplexy. Born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, he studied at a Moravian college and a theological seminary before turning from the priesthood and moving to Burlington and then Trenton in 1888 to represent Philadelphia and New York papers.
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William Henry Koons
New Jersey
Trenton
Bethlehem
Burlington
N. J
Philadelphia
New York
Notice the Difference in Glasses Comfort and Fit
An ad from FOX OPTICAL CO. Philadelphia promotes Lasso nose-pieces for eye glasses. It claims the Lasso guard improves comfort, is skin friendly, and requires minimal time to attach to existing frames without need for new glasses.
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FOX Optical CO
Chestnut St
Philadelphia
Mrs. J. Wade
1627
Dauphin St
Local Forecast Rain and Winds for Mid-Atlantic
Rain with fresh southeast winds in Far Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware. Rain Sunday and Monday with fair skies and increasing southeast winds Sunday.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Weather Report for Philadelphia June 28 1902
United States Weather Bureau report from Philadelphia for Saturday June 28 1902 notes cloudy conditions with a maximum temperature of 40 degrees in the afternoon and mean temperatures around 72.3 degrees. It records a rainfall deficit since June 1 of 1.63 inches and an accumulated excess since January 1 of 3.10 inches.
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United States Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
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Holly Beach
Lewis T. Brooke & Son
Penn Square
Charles Harbert
The
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R. W. Brown
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Paschall Ave
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Seattle
Cameron
Zia
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Ecoff
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West 32Nd Pt
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Local Weather Report
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Orris Cooper
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Edwin Forrest
Springbrook
Holmesburg
G. Emlen
Stod.dard
N. Llth St
J. E. Pereyra
Heed
Filbert St
Miss J. Jones
N. 19Th St
A. Smith
Cleveland Ave
J. A. Koch
Camden, N. J
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N. Std St
A. Berg
Poplar St
Hila
F. F. Bird
West Washington Square
Geo. T. Graham
Bor
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Cunningham
Cunningham Piano Co
Chestnut Street
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