Rapid Transit Co to Take Charge of Philadelphia Rails
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company will take over operations from Union Traction Company tomorrow under a 999 year lease. Officers and directors largely swap with the old board, and the new entity will begin with 0 miles of lines and a $900,000 annual rent plus fixed charges of about $6.5 million. Net earnings are projected around $1,000,000 after expenses, with car orders and subway funding underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Union Traction Company
John B. Parsons
George D. Widener
Charles O. Kruger
John B. Tredidle
Peter A. B. Widener
William L. Elkins
William H. Shelmerdine
J. J. Sullivan
John M. Mack
Michael Murphy
Mack and Murphy
Union Company
Treasury
J. G. Brill Company
Shall Public Schools Teach Consciences of Their Pupils
A Brooklyn Eagle editorial urges that conscience is learned, not taught, and questions who educates youth in right and wrong. It cites moral decline, failures in schools and families, and calls for public schooling to take a stronger role in basic ethics or for religious teachers to align on a common public ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Eagle
Eagle
Indianapolis Journal
Burns
Viethm
Brooklyn
the Eagle
Clvb
Ife
Tick bite death may test accidental death insurance in court
A Tennessee man died of blood poisoning after a tick bite while traveling in Arkansas, prompting a lawsuit by his beneficiaries against an accident policy. The case questions whether the death qualifies as accidental under the policy and details a disputed reasoning path with insect references and unresolved species notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Tennessee
New Orleans Times- Democrat
West Tennessee
Arkansas
Wilds
Supreme Court remand sought over unclear ticket type
The piece notes the case should be remanded to clarify the ticket type involved, urging the pleadings show its kind and character. It argues insurers may require a tick clause in policies to prevent future misunderstandings, while lawyers await a Tennessee court ruling on the tick’s legal status as a Dipterous insect potentially Ixodes albipictus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Insurance Company
Tennessee
Pension Effort For Calamity Jane Highlighted
The Anaconda Standard reports an effort to obtain a government pension for Calamity Jane, famed pioneer scout and Indian fighter. Mrs. Josephine Brake, of Buffalo, now in Chicago, gathers evidence to support the claim, noting Jane’s fifty years of hardship and service to her country.
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Jane
Anaconda Standard
Josephine Brake
Buffalo
Calamity
Butte
Brake
Chicago
Jong Hill
Camden Board to Oppose Philadelphia Pest House Plan
The Camden Board of Health meets this afternoon to oppose Philadelphia plans to buy Petty's Island for a pest house and alms hospital complex near Camden. Mayor Nowrey and local officials back removal of the Municipal Hospital, with injunctions discussed if needed, amid ties to a Petty's Island syndicate and real estate interests nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden Health Board
Petty’s Island
Board of Health of
Camden
Philadelphia
Petty's Island
Henry H. Davis
Nowrey
Board of Health
Petty's
E. G. C. Bleakly
South Jersey
Municipal Hospital
Samuel P. Town
Ashbridge
Philip J. Ross
Albert A. Dingee
Board of Charities and Correction
Frank S. Hastings
John V. Shoemaker
Dingee
Twenty
Anthony M. Zane
South Fifteenth Street
Mr. Zane
Petty’s Island Syndicate
Philadelphia Times
Petty
Dwarf Hippopotamus Found in Cyprus Caves
Miss D. Bate reports a tiny hippopotamus remains from Cyprus limestone caves. Describer Forsyth Major links it to a true hippopotamus minita and notes affinities with West African pygmy hippos and an extinct Italian relative. The discovery fuels debate on whether Cypriot fauna include late survivors of earlier hippo species.
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D. Bate
Cyprus
Forsyth Major
West Africa
Malejaud
Death notices from Long Branch and surrounding areas
Multiple obituary notices dated 1902 reference interment plans for Agnes Frances Barnes Dolly Amn, and John Brows, with services announced at private Mount Vernon Cemetery and Holy Cross Cemetery. Requests for mourners to attend at family residences and churches. interment to follow at specified cemeteries.
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A. B. Society
Faparte Beneficials
Earl Street
18Th Ward
Church of
Francis
William
Margaret Darra
South Forty-sixth Street
Holy Cross Cemetery
Davis
Elenore May
John and Catharine M. Davis
Churchville
Philadelphia
Washington Lane
Germantown
Twelfth and Market
Hallworth
Harold Nelson
George W
Martha Hallworth
East
Columbia Avenue
Sauk
North Cemetery
Henry
Patrick
Margaret
Patrick Henry
Greenlough
County Derry
Ireland
Francis B. Mullin
West
Lehigh Avenue
St. Edward's Church
New Cathedral Cemetery
Hermann
Mary J
Frinz Hermann
Frederick Hermann
North
Thirty-third Street
Fernwood Cemetery
Hetzel
Charles
Mary Catherine
Mary
Jacob Hetzel
Philadelphia Fire Department
Philadelphia Fire Relief Association
Thirty-eighth Ward Republican Club
North Sydenham Street
Cedar Hill Cemetery
South Sixth Street
Odd Fellows
Mccafferty
Martha
Cornelius
Martha McCafferty
Joseph
Livingston Street
Bevan Street
St. Ann's Cemetery
McDonald
Samuel J
Ellen McDonald
South Mildred Street
Jennie McEloo
James McElroy
Pearl Street
Mount Moriah
Martin
Mary Martin
Joseph Martin
Beach Street
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Nesbort
Bessie J
Maurice
Victoria A. Newport
North Eighth Street
Green Mount Cemetery
Paul
Cape May
N. J
Harry B
David
Rebecca Paul
First Presbyterian Church
Fifth and Venu
Camden
Ramsey
George K
John
Annie Ramsey
Twentysixth Street
Mt. Moriah
Rankins
Membranous Group
Stewart
Jacob and
Rose H. Rankins
Charles and
Rosanna Stewart
Sigel Street
Schrack
Henry Schrack
George Street
Monument Cemetery
Wanner
Ernest
Charlotta Wanner
Lehigh
No. 171
Lehigh Arbiter Unterstutzen Verein
Frankilinvillie Maennereber Society
North 11Th Street
Northwood Cemetery
Weikel
Cadwalader Street
Annie
Frank Welker
Annie E
Winfield Scott
Oakland Cemetery
Wise
John Wise
Ellan Wise
Comley
Ottawa Tribe
Tully
Peartreet
Evergreen
Frederick
Coeur de Lion Castle
Union
William Schwensberg
Young
Elizabeth
Mones
RY Wuster
Bambe
Eec
Barnum
Agnes Frances
John J
Agnes E. Bar
Echo
Wharton
Cress
Rethea Pracentives
Asttena
Mount Vernon Cemetery
John Brows
Dyhaness Street
Oveph
New Cathedral
Come- EL
Contagious Disease Report Noted in Washington Resident
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a contagious disease case linked to a person named Jennie Annie, residence 1611 Colwainder, with reference to Becks 3 in Washington. Details are incomplete but suggest a public health record entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permis
Becks
Washington
Jennie Annie
Colwainder
Beths Fro nth Byechest's 1020 & ti '31 A.M. near BM.
Transportation schedules and times listed include various departures and arrivals with coded locations such as Cape May and Booth Street. The fragmentary OCR shows a sequence of times like 3 AM, 24 PM, and 11.58 PM with route references to City R. R. St. and nearby stations, indicating a partial transit notice.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Broad Street
Ettanars
Chicago
Cinela
Louisville
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Ni ‘Limited
Clevelans Ledo
Cincinnati
Pi ‘ M. Dally
Tolédo
Indianapolis
Aily
Pittsba
Columbus
Louisvile
Toledo
Knoxville
Shenandoah Valley
Cevennoerr
Ack Haven Express
Kane Express
Vigeen
Elmira
Renovo
Williamsport Express
Erie
Eriessre Valles
Canandaigua
Schuylkill
Phoenixville
Pottstown
Reafling
de Ppottseille
AL i
Ie Pr
Hazleton
Wilkesbarre
Scranton
New York
Boston
Aaa
Aont Paar
Sea Girt
Asbury Ark Ocean Grove
Long Branch
Interlaken
Asbury Park
Lambertville
Easton
Buffalo
Mount Pocono
Washington
Washin
Bai
Baltimore
Atlantic Coast Line
Ee Ailway
Seaboart Air Line Railway
Florida and Metroton Limited
Express
Norfolk and Western Railway
Memphis
New Orleans
Chesapeake and Ohio Railwa
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Atlantic
Broad Street Station Via 1, Op Ware River
K E'S Ress
Pandas
Market Street
Wharf
Seaside Park
Beach Haven
Barnegat City
R Tuckerton
Island Height
Point Pleasant
Anglesea
Wildwood
Holly Beach
Sea
Ocean City
Avalon
Stone Harbor
Somers Point
Union Transfer Company
J.B Allinson
J. R. Woopd
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Union Traction
Robert B. Selfridge
Alexander Rennick
John B. Barsons
George W. Elkins
Alexander Balfour
Alexander M. Fox
Jeremiah J. Sullivan
Alfred Smith
Building of
Nowre
Pest House
Hinson
North Thompson Street
Margaret B
Washington Hinson
Hurlock
William P
Mary E
North Fifty-third Street
Undertakers
Telephone
J. Lewis Good & Son
Spruce Street
Laurel Hill Seah
Lliards, Pool
Sgh
Bana Tehies Champ
Sth
Charles L. Davis
Anvassers
Ransom Street
Pennsylvania
W. Fleisher
Hamilton Streets
Postal Telegraph Cable
United States
Europe
Acta
Ross
Mae
Entoun
N. 9Th Street
D. Cooper Bros
Girard Ave
Hart's Cafe
Onset
Sansom
Emiaphere Ceatitee Teins
Walcut
Lancaster
Germantown Ave
Wilson Tea House
Passyunk Ave
Bet
Wharton & Reed Sts
SRLOM
Iske Co
RVI & Josephs
Opticians
Satan
Chestnut Street
Gimbel Bros
Mortcades
Dan Mulholland
Witherspoon
Lancaster Ave
W. Fred. Snyder, Jr
Walnut St
Ss. M. Shelly
Guutomatic Co
Iree
Knickerbocker
Bel, Girard Ave
Snyder
15Th
Dauphin Sts
Wallace
Sap
St. W
HAW
Howard A. Pedrick
Charles A. Smith
Pedrick & Smith
East Girard Avenue
Keystone
Peuth
Saknes
Flavell's
Springarden
J. . Times
Americas Line
RED Star
Southampton -Leadenington
Palla
Teeland
Neca Vederland
Neca
Peslend Swig
Pea Pentland
Fox Chase
W. H. Hood
Norris
TIVGA
Erie Ave
Pacific
East 18Th St
N. E. Cor
Padhe
Frankford Road
Westmoreland
Coral
Chas
M. Lentz
BE. Dauphin St
Penna. R. R
Aech
LE Gaul
P T. Freon
Westmoreland American
Belgrade
Geisler and
Livingston
Wyoming Ave
Ae ST
Clear Farm
Centre County
Alto
Ottsville
Bucks County
A. Richardson
North Front Street
Benjamin Alexander
North 401 St
Fairmount Park
A. E. Lowry
North Fortieth Street
Overbrook
ST. Tey
Scott
Beaglesmere
Ah. S. Li
Maguire
Penn _Square
Hos
R. Smith
Yea
Tasker Streets
REXEL
Bingle
Rome
Als
D. Williams
Drexel
Feent
Mapth
Theo Knapp
I Areb
Columbia
Rorci
Charles McGlade
Malvern
M. BE. Leach
Serra Cave Marae
Cosmopolitan Room
Cosmopolitan
W. H. Lewis
East Girard Ave
Din
State of
Alfred E. Francis
Joseph H. Stark
Fidward Stern
Maurice N. Weyl
Julius 8
David Werner Ameam
Agnes Hewitt
Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia
S Hewitt
Hewitt
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
James F. Campbell
Franklin Building
TATES
Louis Kru
Cupp
Kopp
Taceinewesaith
Fanges Campbell
Frankiiding
Court OF Common Pleas
County of
Ohn B. Conway
D. Conway & Sons
Francis J. Lingg
Liacourt
William A A. Waves
Bridget Harkins
Mees
Chestnut Streets
Margaret P Brooke
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Thaails WestTw Agp
Royal Blue Line
Warrington
Aoe
Pat
Phil A
Reading BY
Beths
Bethlehem
Easton & Scranton
Bethlehen
Buffal
Easto
Buffalo & Niag
Beth'o
Meh
Bethlehem & Allentown
Heth'm
Buffalo & Ning
Ning. Fils
Buffalo Ao
Perkiomen Valley
Bore
Pottav
Treville & Williamsport Express
tPotts
Gettys
Barto
Mottstown
Reading
Pottaville
Romans
tPottetewn Loca
Rele
Bee Ly
Ein
iPerkierten Valley Sd
Abstreet
Lel
Shamokin
Harrisburg
Ss. Ce Estar
Wervisborg
TIC City
R. R
St. and
Booth St
Cheernut
Atlantic City
Sea Isle
South St
Market St
Readin
Ehem
Ieee Soe
Snes
Ciad L. Gsc
Elect
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