Farmers Encampment Opens at Mt Gretna with Speeches
Mt Gretna August 17 The Farmers encampment opened with President McSparren urging combining brain and muscle for higher profits. Hiram Youn of York attacked Alliance sub treasury moves. Three hundred exhibitors show farming machinery, fruits, grain, and vegetables with Florida products in a separate car. Governor Pattison set to speak tomorrow in a crowded program with General Gobin and other figures.
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Mt. Gretna
McSparren
Hiram Youn
York
Alliance
Florida
Bic
Pattison
Gobin
Harrisburg
General Gregg
J. T. Ailan
Pennsylvania State Grange
Brown
Hastings
Chauncey
Binck
Potter
Jerry Simpson
Simpson
Prohibitionists Target Cameron County Officials
Local officials in Cameron County face pressure as officers offer to resign and let Prohibitionists take all county offices. Prohibitionists press for a ban on liquor amid ongoing liquor sales and police enforcement struggles.
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Cameron County
Umeron
Trainwreck Fatal Crash Severs Engineer McCutcheon
The Youngstown express southbound derailed after hitting a sandstone pile at Hunker station. Engineer McCutcheon was killed instantly. several cars were wrecked and passengers suffered bruises. The crane crew had left ten stones on the siding. McCutcheon tried to warn others before jumping off.
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SeoTrpare
Youngstown
Hunker'’s
McCutcheon
Pittsburg
Yireman
Teer
Perineer McCutcheon
Engineer's Bash Ends in Suicide at Kane Baseball Ground
Louis Fogle a locomotive engineer shot himself after a game at Kane. He fired twice then blew out his brains, leaving a wife and seven children. A bystander named Thom witnessed the incident and reported no stated motive.
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Bratpoon
Louis Fogle
Kane
Fogle
Thom Wis
Prof Bratkiewicz Bail Sparks Johns town Scandal
Judge Barker denied lowering bail set at 3 and A. W. Lockhart D. M. Ker and G. W. Osborne became the professor's sureties. The case links other prominent citizens, causing a sensation, while an official denies involvement of a YMCA officer who is absent from the city.
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Jeeretons
Barker
Brutkiewicz
A. W. Lockhart
D. M.ker
G. W. Osborne
Ootramport
Oficis
Y. MC. A
Cltr
Cause of Church Fire Scrutinized by Braddock Chens
Braddock Chhens challenge the ruling of Fire Marshal McFadden from Mitteburg who arrived to investigate the church blaze. Local observers say flames were visible before any lightning strike, disputing the lightning theory of the fire’s origin.
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Braddock Chhens
Marshal McFadden
Posamice
Ang
McFadden
Mitteburg
Riot in Tarentum as Belgians attack American workers
In Tarentum August 17 four Americans including Hollinger brothers and Davis confront four Belgian glassworkers after drinking sprees on Fourth street. A brawl with stones knives and clubs injures both sides. two Belgians are hospitalized while Americans suffer lighter injuries and plan to press self defense claims.
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Weorkmen
Taxentum
Fourth Street
Hollinger
Davis
BR. MccGearey
Pittsburg
Bollinger
Young Bollinger
Bogus Franklin Beneficial Association Preys on Newark Professionals
Newark reports many victims of a wildcat benefit scheme led by the Franklin Beneficial Association based in Cleveland. Members paid upfront fees and weekly dues with promises of $100 after six months, plus extra charges. Certificates matured only to reveal no funds to liquidate. Most victims were local professionals drawn into the scheme.
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Newark
Wildcat Beneficial Association
Franklin Beneficial Association
Cleveland
Supreme Council
Birth Celebration Ends in Brutal Chicken Throwing Game
The Italian settlement at the Pear son limestone quarries near New Castix faces mass arrest after two days of a birth celebration that featured a brutal game. People paid a nickel for three throws at tethered chickens. birds were killed if they moved, with scores of chickens disposed of.
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New Castix
Pearson Limestone
Marshall
Millerstown renamed Chicora amid local petition
Aug 17 Millerstown residents report a sudden name change to Chicora for the town and its post office, sparked by Mr Wansmaker and a petition. Railroad officials also moved the Pittsburg and Western station to Chicora, a shift welcomed by some and dismaying others.
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Chicora
Millerstown
Wansmaker
Branchart's Mills
Pittsburg and Western Railroad
Water Main Bursts Flood Turtle Creek Town
A large water main serving the Westinghouse Air Brake works at Wilmerding burst early this morning in Turtle Creek. The pressure overwhelmed the pipes flooding several houses and forcing suspension of operations at the Wilmerding works. The break has since been repaired at Port Perry.
Burglars Rob the Standard Oil Office
In Newane Ohio on August 17, robbers entered the Standard Oil Company office near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and blew the safe. They carried away about in cash, indicating professional thieves carried out the burglary.
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Standard Oil Company
Newane, O
Standard Oil Com. Peer
Baltimore and Ohio
Rai
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Funeral of Hon Charles Wolfe Held in Lewisburg
A funeral for Hon Charles Wolfe was held in Lewisburg yesterday. Several local notices mention a Vigilant Republican Club election in Beaver Falls, and various accidents and incidents in Youngstown, McKeesport, Sewickley, and Wheeling with several injuries and deaths reported.
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Charles Wolfe
Lewisburg
Republican Club
Beaver Falls
Robinson
Gorgernon Hart
Breakfast Vanities from Mrs Dearborn Boston Cooking School
A 1891 recipe by Mrs Dearborn of the Boston Cooking School explains making hollow fried pastries from pastry flour salt and Cleveland's Baking Powder. The method uses warm fat to puff, drains on paper, and serves with maple syrup. It notes Cleveland's powder as the sole wholesome leaven.
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Dearborn
Boston Cooking School
Cleveland
Silk bargains and harvest excurs ions promotions
Various advertisements describe silk goods at five cents, framed photos by Hendricks Co at 68 Federal Street Allegheny, and carfare or travel deals with Gleason's office at 99 Fifth Avenue Pittsburg. Also listed are numerous death notices and obituaries with funeral details for residents of Pittsburgh area.
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Gleason
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburg
Hendricks & Co
Federal Street
Allegheny
Bennett & Co
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Allegheny, Pa
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J. G. Bennett & CO
Cor. Wood ST
Fifth Ave
TOTEL
Vendome
Broadway
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New York
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Market Street
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Penn Ave
Sixth ST
Pennsylvania
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