Litigation closes in Silsby Amoskeag fire engine case
City Attorney Moreland argues the city is under pressure from syndicates as final verdict nears in the long Silsby Amoskeag purchase suit. Plaintiffs claim Chief Brown lacked authority to bind the city without ordinances, while Moreland defends councils and boards as legally empowered to award contracts under city law.
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George P. Hamilton
George W. Guthrie
H. E. Safford
W. C. Moreland
Dispatch
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Fire Department
Silsby Company
Safford
White
Supreme Court
Yale
Moreland
Hamilton
Delias
Guthrie
Manchester Engine Company
Merelanil
Pittsburg
Manchester Locomotive Works
Board of Awards
Lom
Department of Public Safety
Amoskeag
Amoskeag Company
Magee Fores Gies
Pittsburzr
Bridegroom Mysteriously Absent After Brief Marriage
Baltimore April 5 Rev Dr J J G Webster a leading Methodist cleric and presiding elder disappeared last night leaving his young wife Birdie Skinner waiting at her mother's house. He had recently wed and returned from a brief wedding tour but went to visit Mrs Skinner then left for Waverly station believed to take a train out of town. His mental and physical strain may have contributed to the disappearance and his wife seeks him by all means.
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Webster
Cancrd
Baltimore
J. J. G. Webster
Birdie Skinner
Dr. Webster
Camden
Washington
Oysters Stolen by Pirates Spark Tangier Island Vowed Revenge
Norfolk reports Tangier Island residents marching to sea after learning pirates swiped thousands of bushels from Tangier Sound. They captured a sloop with about 50 bushels, two men from Smith's Island jailed after Tasley trial, while locals vow to exterminate pirates and demand a Virginia oyster navy.
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Tangier
Accomac Court
Tangier Sound
Thomas Tyler
George Raans
Edward Tyler
Smith’s Island
Onancock
Tasley
Nelson
Accomac County
Virginia
Virginia Oyster Navy
Bigamy Case Shocks Bradford Wife in Bradford
In Bradford Pa a woman learns her husband William E Ryder already has a wife and child. Ryder, living in Richmond W Va, married Carrie Abbott in Putnam’s Theater Comique March 22 and fled as police pursued a warrant. Abbott calls him a fugitive, while his lawful Bradford wife recalls her fidelity. A local telegram exposes Arder as a possible alias in a broad bigamy case and the escape to New York. A common scam ad for Dr Greene’s Nervura follows.
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Richmond
W. Va
William E. Ryder
Carrie Abbott
Putnam’s
Theater Comique
Bradford
New York
Abbott
W. E. Arder
Wild West
School Street
Faust
Greene
West Fourteenth Street
Bargains in Wall Paper and Millinery Offers
Pro retirement sale at 508 Market street marks down wall paper and house wares. New lines of ladies and misses waists at cloak room entrance. Custom-made suits at Saller & Co. and sale at 225 and 27 Smith Held and Diamond streets. Auction sale of horse gear for $10 and $12 on Ohio street Allegheny. Easter millinery opening at Gised Millinery and tannery shop today.
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Market Street
Beneft
Saller & Co
Smith- Held and
Diamond Streets
Wasa
Ohio Street
Allegheny
Fifth Sand Dusters and Oil Output Rise Record
Oilfield activity climbs with two dry holes in the McDonald field, both in the fifth sand, while production surges to about 29 000 barrels. Wells along McMurray, Wettengel, and nearby farms show higher hourly outputs. several new locations and shots planned as operators push to tap the fifth sand. Market reports note steady trading, with National Transit and related shipments detailed for early April.
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Noblestown
Forest Oil Company
Jane Stewart
J. M. Guffey
Russell & McMullen
Oakdaale
Seeensee & Forst
McMurray
Potter Lot
Gordon Sander
Greenlee & Forst
McGrady
Storey & Co
Ofth
Guffey & Queen’s
H. H. Wetmore
Oakdale
Oakdale Gas Company
Mercer & McClurg
Gordon
Brown Bros
Robison & Co
Mai Sing Ae
The
Creek Refining Company
Campbell Farm
Wettengzel Wall
Guy
Wettengel
Marshall Farm
Devela Nts
Forest of Company
Stirling Farm
New York Oil Company
Fife Farm
Fife Pool
Sistersville
Southwestern Pennsylvania Pipe Line Company
Matthews
Jennings, Guffey & Co
Herron
Devonian Oil Company
Boyce
Oakdale Oil Company
Baldwin
M. Wright
Russell, McMullen & Co
Wettencel
National Coal Company
Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe Line Company
National Transitians
Southern Pipe Line
New York Transit
Eureka
Macksburg Division
Buckeye P. L. Co
Orn Crry
Runa
Buanrorp
New York
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Opening the Spring Season at P. C. C. C. Clothiers
Open day special at P. C. C. C. clothiers in Pittsburg offers a $250,000 stock with suits and spring coats at 15 dollars for one day only. The event emphasizes no flowers or music and promises direct benefit to customers with heavy discounts on fine dress suits, overcoats, and fabrics, including tailored items worth much more.
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Prince Alberts
West of England
Grant
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