100 years in the past, 1923: St. Paul’s Day can be celebrated subsequent Thursday with a dinner and mass assembly for the parishioners of the Chester Convention, at the side of the 220th anniversary of the founding of St. Paul’s Church, embracing Chester, Delaware and a part of Philadelphia County. Parish, this city. Distinguished audio … Read more
100 years in the past, 1923: Former city clerk and former proprietor of the Imperial Resort, Frank W. Harrison died at his dwelling in Glenolden on Saturday after an extended sickness. Mr. Harrison was born in Montreal, Canada and eliminated to England after his father’s dying in Toronto, Canada. Mr. Harrison was for a few … Read more
100 years in the past, 1923: Automotive thieves stole a motor truck loaded with $25,000 value of silk on Chester Pike close to Crum Lynn final evening. The robbers certain and gagged the motive force in his automobile for 3 hours earlier than throwing him out, nonetheless certain, on West River Drive in Fairmount Park. … Read more