Fire destroys four apartments in Pittsburgh area blaze
A massive fire on Federal Street in Northside, Pittsburgh, leaves one resident believed dead and several injured or near death. The blaze caused an estimated 300000 in damage, with tenants rescued by ladders as flames compromised the building. Firemen found an elderly grocer, Joseph, bedridden for years, unable to move and dying from the heat as icy water drenched him.
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Pittsburg
John
Taylor ‘Oil
Fourraty
Federal Y Streets
Northside
Ossis
Joseph
Old Tale and a Mew One in a Bank Yard
A fragment from a old tale shows a thrifty boy who earns a job by polishing a pin in a worn jacket. An observer notes the boy’s industry while a tired mother works late and the hopeful youth dreams of future leadership. The scene appears in a New York Globe excerpt.
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Bank
Uthfi Beatblack
Bootblacking Trust
Gentle
Bay Trust
New York Globe
Wanted Girl for General Business Help
Help wanted ads show a girl sought for general business tasks at 187 North Seventy Street Indiana. Classified text appears damaged with misspellings and unclear details about driving, coal stove, and employer expectations.
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General Buss Ik Apply
North Seventy St
Tndiana
Holiday trade brakes record sales in New York
Dun's Review reports a record holiday retail trade driven by agricultural and industrial prosperity with full employment. Production in coal and steel runs at capacity, deliveries lag in merchant bars sheets and shapes, and a pig iron price rise is anticipated as labor shortages ease.
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Dun
New York
Roy and Steel
Tax collector threats spark jail risk for mining towns
Greensburg Pa December 14 Tax Collector John F Baum of Hempfield township warns he may depopulate several mining towns and swell the county jail if coal firms do not aid in collecting taxes due from foreign workers. The school board demands personal taxes be collected or delinquents be arrested while coal companies say jailed workers hinder operations. Foreigners, in a free country, resist paying many taxes.
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Greensburg
John FF. Baum
Hempfield Township
Bedty
Record of Panama Canal Labor Force Reaches Peak
In late November a record 40,159 workers were employed on the Panama canal project in Panama Coton Pec. 14 with 4,816 American citizens among them. At least 4,000 men were engaged on the lock gates as the largest single workforce reported to date.
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Panama
Coton
Pec
Panama Canal
Pittsburg
Hoerao
Saeed
Grain and Livestock Prices Report from Pittsburg Market
Commercial live stock figures from Cleveland show butter creamery products, eggs, potatoes, poultry and cattle prices with varied grades and sales totals. Wheat and corn futures mention gains as buyers resist a soft market, with December closes showing wheat at 84 1/2, corn 47, oats 33.
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Cleveland
Chence
Pit Oferinga
Exciting Escape From Fortress Prison In St Petersburg
Prince Kropotkin, famed Russian revolutionary, escaped from a fortress prison in St Petersburg after two years. While in a jail hospital he coordinated signals from a line of apses to alert allies, fled during a violin cue from a kiosk opposite the gate, dodged bayonets and a pursuing guard, and eluded capture in a carriage with a racing horse. He shaved his beard, changed clothes, and hid first in a top cafe.
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Prince Kropotkin
St Petersburg
Towin
Called For 14 Years Then Quit Pittsburg Engagement Suit
Miss Jennie Park of Knoxville sues George Ehrmann for breach of promise after a fourteen year engagement. The case was heard by Judge Reid with a jury in common pleas court, Park described as a mature woman and Ehrmann as about fifty, seeking damages for alleged marriage refusal.
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Pittsburg
Pec
Jennie Park
Knoxville
Tudge Reid
Common Pleas Court
George Ehrmann
Park
Ehrmann
Substitute for Rubber from Soya and Bean Sources
A substitute for rubber is being developed from the soya or Manchurian bean and is similar to the kidney bean. It is being introduced from Japan and the East Indies to other countries. A rubber-like product that can be vulcanized is obtained by treating the bean with nitric acid and alkali, and then processing.
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Japan
East Indies
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