Library records show record checkouts and fines totals
A Blaine era item lists patrons and towns such as Indiana, Blairsville, and Cook ports with names like Curtis Ted and Bennett Alex. It reports that 6140 adults and 1890 juniors borrowed from the Free Library with 190 books checked out in one night on January 16 1901 5.02 in fines collected and a balance of 0.86. Public Interest Committee chaired by Mrs J W Clements notes ephemera about expenses and repairs.
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Notable Pittsburgh Visitors and Local Notices
Cunningham of Wayne Avenue traveled to Pittsburgh on business with A S Cunningham and daughter Miss Erma Cunningham. Samuel Blitz of Pittsburgh Central High School Orchestra, age 15, visits his father Mr A Blitz of Strand theatre and is hailed as a prodigy by critics. Also mention of a quirk in a committment paper by Squire Crawford and misdated paperwork. Gas Company leases filed by T W Phillips Gas and Oil Co of Butler with Recorder J Blair Sutton covering various land tracts.
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Samuel Blitz
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Central High School Orchestra
A. Blitz
Strand Theatre
Elderidge Woman Dead After Short Illness
In Canoe and Armstrong townships the interment at Ridge View cemetery followed a brief illness. She lived most of her life in Eldersridge and was the last of her family. A member of the Eldersridge Presbyterian church her husband served as ruling elder for many years.
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Eldersridge
Ground Taken and Retake Near Soissons Warfront
London dispatch reports French communiques detailing a near Craonne engagement west of Soissons. The battle, the war’s most violent on the western front, saw initial German gains before a French counterattack recapturing most trenches. German losses cited at 1,000 on one sector, with 3,500 more in attacks near La Bassée and Ypres. The German staff claimed overall success elsewhere while Russian reports noted progress in the east.
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German and Austro German moves tide World War I reports
Reports note increased German repulses west of Warsaw and Austro German offensive steps in the Carpathians. Russian attacks in East Prussia are claimed repulsed with heavy losses, while Poland's situation is unchanged. The piece then shifts to a public health argument urging women to gain nursing knowledge to safeguard household health and support Florence Nightingale.
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Warsaw
Carpathians
East Prussia
Poland
Mystery In War Munitions In San Diego
Ten car loads of pistols and ammunition arrived in San Diego on January 28 and five more carloads were reported, stirring curiosity among government officials and locals.
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