Disputed Pittsburg Street Bridge Plan Reaches Agreement
County commissioners and city council reached a final agreement to approve plans for a new Pittsburg street bridge. The city will pay for condemned property, the county for removing the old bridge and building the new one, with the railway company potentially contributing for necessary strengthening due to streetcars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Pittsburg Street
McMillin
Pitts
McConahy
A. W. Gardner
R. L. Wallace
W. H. Chambers
Louis Genkinger
James A. Gardner
Mahoning and Shenango Valley Railway and Light Company
Devlin
Neshannock
Croton Hill
Third Ward
Cunningham Street
Water Street
Rohrer
Barry Hurls Defi at Al Kaufman
Jim Barry, an emerging heavyweight, challenges Al Kaufman to a winner take all bout with a side bet of 3000 to 10000 dollars. Barry claims John Sullivan will back him financially and vows to post the money within 48 hours of Kaufman signaling readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Angeles
Cal
Jim Barry
al Kaufman
John . Sullivan
Kaufmann
Odd Fellows Plan Social Evening in Lawrence Encampment
Arrangements are made for a banquet and social session after the regular meeting of Lawrence encampment No. 861 0 0 F tonight. The royal purple degree will be exemplified at the lodge meeting and speeches are planned during the social hour in the Odd Fellows building dining hall on Neshannock avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Odd Fellows
Neshannock Avenue
Order
Stolen Bricklayer's Tool Grip Reported at Vendome Hotel
Joseph Kipling reported a theft of a bricklayer's tool grip from his bag at the Vendome hotel in New Castle. The bag contained a bricklayer's kit and other items valued at 40 dollars. No clues were found after Kipling arrived Wednesday and checked in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kipling
Vendome
Kipling
New Castle
Prisoners Plead Guilty to Save County Trial Costs
Most county jail inmates charged with serious offenses seek guilty pleas under a new act to receive immediate sentences. Notables include Harry and Martin Cargill, arrested for horse theft, and Rosario Serge, condemned for murder, who faces sentencing as others plan pleas. Serge is despondent after a failed bid for a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waddington
Harry
Martin Cargill
James McKissick
8. L. MecCracken
William Butler
Logan
Jack Stewart
Mike Conner
Don Boyles
Sam Trax
Rosario Serge
Tony Conti
S. P. Emery
Supreme Court
Serge
Three Per Cent Dividend Declared by Masonic Stockholders
Finances of the Masonic association of New Castle were reported sound as stockholders met and declared a 3 percent dividend on capital stock. Directors for the coming year were elected and then organized with Charles Matthews as president, John P. H. Cunningham as vice president, Charles P. Shaw as treasurer, and George K. Welch as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Association of
New Castle
M. H. Henderson
Charles Matthews
Edgar E. Leavy
Clare P. DuShane
George K. Welch
James C. Fleming
W. Edwin Jackson
John P. H. Cunningham
Charles P. Shaw
John C. Wallace
Harry K. Gregory
Walter D. Clark
George IK. Welch
Temple Committee
K. Gregory
John C. Walace
Measles Epidemic Closes 500 Pittsburg Homes
Pittsburg health authorities report over a thousand measles cases with rapid contagion. Five hundred homes are closed today to curb spread and prevent a pneumonia epidemic deemed especially dangerous this year. Dr. James Edwards, health superintendent, terms the situation alarming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Pittsburg
Health Bureau
James Edwards
Cruelty Charged in Divorces Filed at Court
Mary Jane Loftus seeks divorce from John Loftus on cruel and barbarous treatment. They married November 18, 1901 and lived together until May 1907. Maria Difonzo petitions divorce from Antonio Difonzo on similar charges, married May 1907 and lived together about five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Loftus
John Loftus
Maria Difonzo
Antonio Difonzo
Death Record Notice for Mrs. R E Wallace and Others
Jamestown North Dakota reports death notices for Mrs R E Wallace and for Anna M Hanna age 20 of 33 Franklin Avenue and Clifford Dunbar age 28 of Evans City. The record lists these individuals with no further biographical details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna M. Hanna
Franklin Avenue
Clifford Dunbar
Evans City
Four State Delegate Candidates Oppose Penrose for Local Option
Four men announced as Republican delegates to the state convention in Harrisburg on April 29 opposing Senator Penrose and urging a local option plank. The nominees are Judson C. Norris Thomas M. Eckles Charles F. Ball Joseph E. Ligo all from Lawrence County seeking four delegates at large for the national convention in Chicago June 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penrose
Harrisburg
Judson C. Norris
New Castle
Thomas M. Eckles
Ellwood City
Charles F. Ball
Volant
Joseph E. Ligo
Lawrence County
Chicago
Republican Party
Beatty Declares Anti-Caucus Bid For State Legislature
Almatrim Beatty of Big Beaver township announces Republican nomination bid for the state legislature. He pledges not to join any caucus to nominate Boies Penrose for another term and backs a strong local option law. Beatty, lifelong Republican and current justice of the peace, cites farmer interests and support from the Dairy Farmers' Association of Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almatrim Beatty
Big Beaver Township
Beatty
United States
Boies Penrose
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Lawrence County
Beaver County
Dairy Farmers’ Company of
Pittsburg
Steel mill and furnaces planned on Mahoning river south of Seventh ward
Cleveland investors have bought about 30 acres of riverfront farms near Mahoningtown to build a large manufacturing complex. The plan, kept secret, shows a grid of flood prone land laid out for development and welded to railroads including the Pennsylvania yards in Mahoningtown. Local brokers expect vast industrial growth as farm owners hold out for high prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahoning River
Seventh Ward
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania Yards
Mahoningtown
Cardilf Boys Linked to Horse Theft and Stolen Violin
Pittsburg police say the Cardilf brothers arrested for stealing Attorney McCracken's horse also stole James Bonner's violin. The instrument valued at 75 dollars was recovered, found in a second hand store sold for one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
SS. L. McCracken
James Bonner
Crawford Family Plans Pasadena Winter Visit
Mr and Mrs Louis N Crawford of North Jefferson street Miss Carrie Crawford of the Hoyt block and Mrs Lilian Westlake of North Jefferson street will leave Thursday evening for Pasadena California to spend the remainder of the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis N. Crawford
North Jefferson Street
Carrie Crawford
Hoyt Block
Lilian Westlake
Pasadena
Cal
Labor 10 Fight for Congress Sparks Labor Candidacy
In a surprise move workers in Lawrence Beaver and Washington counties plan to back a labor candidate against John Tener and Ernest Acheson. The New Brighton meeting of Central Labor unions will decide whether to field a workingman for Congress, with strong local support and potential shifts in voter blocs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tener
Acheson
Congress
Lawrence
Beaver
Washington Counties
New Brighton
John K. Tener
Ernest Acheson
New Castle
Little Washington
Charleroi
American Federation of Labor
Norfolk
Hodge
England
American Federation
Amalgamated Association
Tin Workers
Washington
Penrose
Lawrence County
Stewart Leicht Marriage Today
Miss Gula Stewart of Spruce street marries Mr. William Leicht of Court street in a Thursday morning ceremony at Rev. J. C. Worner’s home on Albert street. Witnesses were sisters of the couple. a wedding dinner followed at Spruce street, after which they travel to Port Huron before settling at 75 Spruce street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gula BE. Stewart
Spruce Street
William Leicht
Court Street
J. C. Worner
Albert Street
Samuel Wilkinson
Morris Pitzer
Port Huron
Mich
John Stewart
Leicht
Mary A. Lei
State Board Probes Buhl Hospital Dismissal Policy
Harrisburg reports the state board of charities released findings on the Christian H. Buhl hospital at Sharon. They note conflicting testimony and decline to say discrimination excluded Dr. Elliott from hospital privileges, while urging a general rule governing surgeon and doctor relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Board of Charities
Christian H. Buhl
Sharon
Elliott
Y W C A committee meeting rescheduled to Saturday
The YWCA social committee will meet Saturday at 7 20 p m at headquarters on Washington street to finalize plans for Miss Erhardt's reception next Tuesday. Fruit donations are requested Friday and Saturday afternoons between 11 and 4, and a silver offering is sought to cover reception expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman's Christian Association
Washington Street
Miss Erhardt
Man Offers to Take Thaw’s Place for 3 Million
An Ohio man offers to substitute himself for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in the current jury trial, agreeing to take Thaw’s place for 3 million dollars whether the sentence is death at the electric chair or commitment to Matteawan asylum. The claim is published by the New York Globe in New York on January 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Matteawan Asylum
Ohio
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
New York Globe
Junior BYPW Girls Meeting Set for Friday Evening
The Miss Broadhead class at the Jr BYP W of First Baptist will meet Friday at 7:30 PM with Miss Opal Ramley of Craton Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Broadhead
The
First Baptist Church
Opal Ramley
Craton Avanua
Insanity Plea Grounds in Thaws Defense
The Thaw case outlines a strategy to plead insanity to avoid the electric chair. A former Thaw household servant described Thaw as nervous and irrational at times, with odd behavior following his waking, and testimony from a New York Whist club member questioned. The article notes the trial continuing, with details from witnesses and a page continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Harry Thaw
Thaw
Harry
August Weber
Jerome
Weber
Washington
Pittsburg
Christopher Biggin
New York Whist Club
Death toll in Boyertown Holocaust rising with 173 dead
At noon today fewer than one third of the 173 victims have been identified. Coroner Strausser struggles with identifications as Burgess Kohler mediates a compromise to allow removal of positively identified bodies. Mass burials and temporary morgues spread through Boyertown as funeral services face delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyertown
United, Press
Strausser
Burgess Kohler
Burgess Kobler
Union Cemetery
Uni
State Board of Education
Adam Weber
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Amateur sleuth fails to pin charge on Bojan
John Bojan was discharged at a hearing before Alderman Mayne after an alleged shooting incident. Steve Oral reported a bullet from a .38 revolver pierced his house on New Year’s, but the amateur detective work could not substantiate the information against Bojan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bojan
Steve Oral
Mayne
Weather Update For Western Pennsylvania Tonight And Friday
Western Pennsylvania will turn decidedly colder tonight with a risk of flurries near Lake Erie and no major snowfall expected elsewhere. Friday’s outlook remains cold with continued below normal temperatures across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barry Hurls
Defiat
AL. Kaufmann
Cargill Brothers
R. E. Wallace
Jamestown, N
Senator Penrose
Joseph EB. Ligo
Iron Interest
Cation
California
LABOR
Stewart-Leicht
Stewart
Buhl Hospital
Arry
Daffy
Littleton
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!