The Family Secret Drives a Fatal Threat in Drama
A dramatic tale unfolds as a estranged brother reveals a buried secret of their father and a foreign partner. The younger Wallholm approaches a violent confrontation under pressure to restore family honor. Harris Walholm improvises a modernist twist, while the group faces a grim outcome and questions the truth behind Andrew’s theatrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovder
Andrew
Johann Schelm
Wallholm
Gabel
Johann Schelun
Walholm
Youlone
Johann Schlem
Harris
Gibb
Fogg
Harris Waliholm
Johann Scheim
Harris Oor
Race Track Frauds At Monmouth Park Prompt Demands
The Monmouth Park racing scandal probes widespread alleged frauds and unfair practices. Critics cite track management, judges, and bookmakers amid claims of biased starts, hidden records, and deliberate manipulation. Calls grow for decisive reforms to restore public confidence and fair competition.
Little Jim scandal shows public harmed at Monmouth Park
The Little Jim episode at Monmouth Park reveals bookmaker manipulation and race fixing. Horses were listed to start with bets placed by thousands including women at the crowd, while Little Jim finished far behind the others. Officials confronted owner Jimmy Shields and stable boy Camp as the crowd demanded action and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth Park
Monmouth
Denmark
Europe
Cassatt
Long Branch
Philadelphia Times
Withers
Ealing
Shields’ Camp
Little Jim
Jim
Crondstand
Association
Jimmy Shields
Camp
Shields
Time to Calle Halt at Monmouth Park Exposes Racing Flaws
A damning critique notes a disastrous policy at Monmouth Park harming attendance betting and privileges. It blames lax management and “air” race restrictions, cites losses to the public and internal fixing, and calls for action to restore trust in Cassatt Belmont and the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepshead Bay
Monmouth Park
Mr. Cassatt
Association
Cassatt
Mr. Belmont
Calls for Clean Races at Monmouth Meet
The piece argues for strict race regulation at Monmouth with investigations into Senti Ment and Captain Brown's Reporter. It urges clear rules that horses must win, owners declare only one entry per two horses, no maker ownership in a race, and universal run play elimination to restore a fair atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senti Ment
Captain Brown
Monmouth
Mafias Threaten Two Boston Italians to Silence Informers
Special telegram from Boston reports Italian mafias mark two Boston Italians for assassination. Policeman John Rosatto, credited with aiding justice against Italian criminals, and Gonchinni Cocchiara, linked to the De Lucca case, face murder orders. Authorities note Cocchiara warned to flee as mafias press for vengeance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosroys
Boston
John Rosstto
Station 1
Italy
Donato
Cain
Rosatto
Cocchiara
Giuseppe de Lucca
Cunningham
de Lucca
Coccchiara
Peculiar Disease Turns Pastors and Members Toward Rest
Summer heat and camp meetings reduce church attendance as pastors take rest and congregations stay away. The Church Messenger discusses Sunday sickness, a joke on spiritual lethargy bridged by prayer and devotion. plus notes on forthcoming services, ordination, and the American Board meeting in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna K. Davis
First Presbyterian Church
Japan
Dubuque
Iowa
Wessel
San Francisco
Peking
Valley Camp
Bishop Andrews
M. E. Church
J.T. Headland
North China
Drr. Headland
Colorado
Pittsburg
Efence
American Board of Commissioners For
Plymouth Church
Minneapolis
Minn
Arthur Little
New Power House by Pittsburg and Birmingham Traction
The Pittsburg and Birmingham Traction Company is building a new brick power house at Carson and Thirtieth streets Southside. It features stone trim, extensive car sheds and boiler rooms, an overhead electric system, and will supply Agaloat gas shoringe. General Manager Mr Verner travels East to secure engines and components.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Pittsburg and Birmingham Traction Company
Carson and
Thirtieth Streets
Carson Street
Verner
The Seat of Power and Road Built for Change
The plan includes a power storage system with undetermined exact technology. A boiler house of 116 by 50 feet will sit behind the power house, with a 100 by 100 foot machine shop behind it and a 50 by 100 foot coal shed as a contingency for gas shortages. To the left rises a Mammoth new car shed 60 by 59 feet, offices flanking the entrance, and a bridge with two spans already in place. The road should be finished in about two months, with ample cars promised for all patrons.
Clergy on Summer Trips and Sunday Services Roundup
Methodists and other denominations report pastors and visiting preachers on vacation and away from Pittsburgh churches. Several congregations list morning sermons, no evening services, and upcoming union or special services across Allegheny and East End churches with names of pastors and topics like kindness to dumb animals and meditation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon
G. M. Beep
Newville
U. P
Collins Avenue
Reed
Weabington County
Market Street
Cardinal Gibbons
D. Jones
Casren
Luke
Allegheny Theological Seminary
William H. Foster
Morning Sun
Foster
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church
Grant Street
Arthur D. Brown
W. KR. Mackay
Europe
de. Ewina
Wilkinsburg
First
Third Presbyterian
Dr. Jeffers
Albeny Seminary
J. W. Bell
DuBris
Jeffers
Rev
E R. Done
Eighth Presbyterian Church
West End
Seventh Avenue
Dr. Reid
Wyliie Avenue
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Congress Street
J. B. Kochrie
Beazell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Sharpsburg
Pittsburg
Asbury Park
C. A. Holmes
T. N. Boyle
U.P. Coreen
Penn Avenue
Seventeenth Street
J. D. Turner
English Lutheran Church
Edmona Belfour
D. D
de. Kumite
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
W. J. Ledwith
Philadelphia
Ridge Avenue
Allegheny
J. A. Douthill
McKitrich
Canada
Emory M
Arch Street
Montgomery Avenue
George McCormick
California
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Taggart Street
Donaldson
Minnesota
Central Christian Church
Pride and
Colwell Streets
H. W. Talmage
Forty-third Street Presbyterian Church
H. H. Stiles
Stiles
Sincox
Congregational Church
North and
Grant Avenues
Christ
Bible School
Cenraai Reformed Presbyterian Church
J. W. Sproul
Riverside M. E. Church
W.G. Mead
J. H. Lancaster
Bellevue
Pastor Mead
Tarentum Camp
Grace Reformed Church
Webster Avenue
John H. Prugh
Smithfield Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles Edward Locke
Ginian Hetiell
Young Peony
Pretty Lasses At The Helm In New Political Headquarters
New York reports the People's Municipal League opened its headquarters in the Victoria Hotel annex. Oliver Sumner Teall leads a staff of 35 young women, praised for efficiency and dress. The operation, aimed at boosting ballot reform, claims 75 000 enrolled names and no political favoritism or candidates named yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
People’s Municipal League
Victoria Hotel
Oliver Sumner Teall
Mr. Teall
Isbor
Victoria Annex
Pneumatic Fire Alarm Tested in Baltimore Fire Alarm System
The Salvage Corps tested Albert Goldstein’s Pneumatic Fire Alarm Telegraph System in Baltimore. Thermostats five feet apart on ceilings trigger air pressure alarms to identify building and floor, enabling instant dispatch without forcing doors. The test, conducted via the American District wires, sounded quickly when a ceiling wire broke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balttimore
Albert Goldstein
Baltimore
Goldstein
Weaf American District
Salvage Corps
Ninety-Two Deaths In Mortuary Report For Week
The week ending July 26 recorded 92 deaths with leading causes typhoid fever and choleraic diarrhea. Of the deceased 87 were white and 5 colored, 56 natives of Pittsburgh and 14 from the United States, Ireland or others. Deaths by area totaled 34 in the old city, 25 East End, 23 South Side, 10 Anatis. The annual death rate per thousand was 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United States
Ireland
England
Germany
Italy
Russia
Old City
East End
South Ride
Essex County Witches Haunt Night Run Through Nearby Woods
In Essex county tales speak of witches after midnight roams through dark woods and along lakesides. Beldams recall old cat companions as they ride broomsticks, stirring fear in towns like Swampscott Danvers Beverly Pride's. Panic spreads as strange omens and blight touch crops and nets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex County
Brown
Essex Woods
Ee River
Andover
Indian Ridge
Marblehead
Essex
Swampscott
Danvers
Wilmington
Pride's
Beverly Farms
Notable East End Resident Recalls Whooping Cough Battle
Joseph Marsh of 303 Renfrew Street shares a remarkable eight year struggle with lingering after effects of whooping cough. He describes repeated colds, a persistent head and nose congestion, dull forehead pain, and roaring noises in his ears that hindered daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Marsh
Renfrew Street
Marsh
East End
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New York Sporting World
Wendaway
Itulwaya
Silver Lake Grove
the Grove
White
Homewood M. E
Ouitt
Buack Faille Francaise
Hpaus v.Hacks
Foss
Hurst and Warren
First Christian Church
W. F. Richardson
Simpson Chapel
Allegheny City
Ie Msciaces
City of
Dr. Holmes
Atlantic Monthly
Wenham
Earth
New
Graybeard Tornkey
Tommy
Jacky
Benny
Bean
Joe
Alleen
Chelses Beach
Misery Isles
Granny
Hustlers’ Club
Hugh Beatty
Beatty
Gray
Jobn Scholler
P. J. Lavell
Montooth Band
Renfrew Streat
Copeland
Blair
Symptons
Sixth Avenue
Pittsbur
Ark Pa
Glenbane
Cop Blair
Pittsburn
Liebig Company
Justus von Liebig
Frageee
Liebig
Exter OF Beef Co., Limited
London
van Hourens
Aasenal
Hite Star
FUE Queenstown
Liverpool
Royal
Teutonic
Britannic
Majestic
Germanic
Germannic
Stardock
Footal West Tenth St
Servia
Umbria
Ilam Aurania
Gallia
Verkun
Cwtins Green
J.J. McCoumick
Smithfeld Street
Royal Mail
Glasgow
Londonderry
Galway
Senger
Tate
Smanenan
ISR Ahsatbuicdt A.D. Scorer Aest
Pitsburg
American Line
Barling
Aarom Great Bri
Norway
Sweden
General Axentn
Motor Mick
Fourth Avenue
Jd Street
Lomoeser
Smithfield Street
Belfast
Dublin
Londondente
40Sdin Baldwin & Co
Sinrroadway
J. McCormick
Smithfield St
Pittebara
Inhison
Burgoon
SP. A
J. A. Burgoon
Ohio Street
Medical
Whittier
Penns Avenue
Laxky
Penn Ave
4Th St
Wood’s
Istoirhea
Pittebor Son
Diamond and
Wood
Let
al Co
Joseph Flemings
C. West
Emil G. Stucky
Wand
Betes Wyle
Fulton St
Pattie Baer
Uass & Plm
Benette
Erie Medical CO
Buffalo
N.Y
myth-Assa
Peru Chemical Ot CO
Milwaukee
San den LE
Jo&, Fleming & Totes
Chichester
ED Cross Diamond
Wilcox
Neave
Ges Aeges & Co
Hox
Ieaewee
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