Talk With Teachers Miss Coffin Lectures on Rights of Children
The Allegheny County Teachers Institute at Pittsburg High School featured Miss Mathilde B Coffin presenting reading methods and Prof Emory P Russell outlining musical instruction. County Superintendent Hamilton opened the event with four instructional divisions and a session on child rights led by Hon A Draper.
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Allegheny County Teachers’ Institute
Pittsburg High School
Mathilde B. Coffin
Detroit
Emory P. Russell
Tar Dispatch
Hamilton
Russell
Miss Coffin
Deane
Shr
Maltby
A. S. Racer
New York
Mr Draper
E B R. McRoberts
Prof. Reoks
G B. Cook
W. D. Brightwell
J. W. Thomas
Meeting on pupil welfare adjourns to morning session
An audience heard Dr. Maltby discuss food and clothing for pupils and the role of material education alongside mental learning. The meeting adjourned and will reconvene at 9 30 this morning.
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Maltby
Love tragedy rocks Cievetano as ex mayor’s home gunfire
At 9 30 this morning at 327 Franklin Avenue ex mayor Stephen Bubrer's house George Talcott, coachman, died after Ed Hutchinson drew a revolver and shot him in the neck and mouth. Hutchinson fled the scene and then shot himself, later taken to St Vincent's Hospital in precarious condition with Mrs Bahrer present.
Indiana Contractor Eases Widows and Orphans Hardship
At Hawthorn City glass works accident four of five men killed were married. Contractor J. W. Smith, away at the time, returned to find the bereaved cared for. He supplied each widow with £1,000, paid all cases, and placed them on the payroll. Coroner calls it unforeseen and unavoidable. Public praise follows his act of humanity toward employees.
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Hawtrorp
Smith
Sammy
Devonshire Way
Sam
Bones
Jack
Roanoke Flood Destroys Docks and Drowns Worker
A cloud burst hit Roanoke Virginia on August 23 around 11 PM causing over 100000 dollars in damage and at least one death. Salem Avenue and Jefferson Street business blocks flooded with water filling the low area and washing away sidewalks. Barney Smith a blacksmith at Roanoke Machine Works drowned after falling into a flooded trench. Reports say two more bodies found, verification pending as the city grapples with the floodwaters and a flooded electric plant.
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Roarone
Roanoke
Salem Avenue
Jefferson
Barney Smith
Roanoke Machine Works
Sister
War Office
Cal Capellen
Marvin Bakery Creates Grandfather’s Hat Cake
Bakers show progress in business with a popular new confection. The Marvin bakery of this city introduces a "Grandfather's Hat" cake, praised for its delightful taste and public appeal, appearing in recent days in local stores.
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Marvin
Arahelm Live Stock Auction Promises Unreserved Sale
The Arahelm Live Stock Company of Pittsburg invites buyers to an August 25 auction at 9 a.m. featuring 37 driving horses including pacers and trotters, plus 10 Percheron colts, six bus horses and mares, all sold without reserve. Stock is guaranteed and bidding is by highest bidder only.
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Arahelm Live Stock Company
Limi
Second Avenue
Pittsburg
Kentucky
Arnheim Live Stock Couny, Limited
Trouble in a Firm Receiver Sought for Lewis Foundry and Machine
Hearing before Judge Collier on appointment of a receiver for the Lewis Foundry and Machine Company filed by Isaac W. Frank and Edward Kneeland. Plaintiffs allege John L. Lewis used family stock to oust them, seek dissolution, and an accounting of assets. Decision reserved.
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Mary Richards
Foundry and Machine Company
John L. Lewis
Frank
Kneeland
Mer
W. A. Richards
Lewis
Richards
Schoyer, Jr
Major A. M. Brown
J. Ferguson
Sued for Looking Upward in Accident Case
Andrew Hanretty filed suit on behalf of himself and nine year old Margaret against Allegheny County Light Co for damages after Inspector Rutledge allegedly drove recklessly while looking up at lamps and wires. Hanretty seeks 10000 for the girl and 5000 for himself. A habeas corpus petition sought release of Charles Miller from the workhouse. Judge McClung ordered his discharge after a July 15 disorderly conduct sentence.
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Andrew Hanretty
Margaret
Allegheny County Light Company
Rutledge
Hanretty
Charles Miller
McKenna
McClung
Executions Issued Against Brewers and Butter Company
Executions were issued yesterday against George Tann for 5273 dollars and Charles Manning for 3195 dollars by receiver Wm. & Pier of the William Tann Brewing Company. The Pittabure Beef Company issued an execution against W. F. Scott and Blanche K. Scott doing business as the Union Butter Company for 55422 dollars.
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Wm. & Pier
William Tann Brewing Company
George Tann
Charles Manning
Pittabure Beef Company
W. F. Scott
Blanche K. Scott
Union Butter Company
Viewers Appraise Beaver Falls Bank Property for Post Office
United States District Attorney Lyon announced the appraisal of the Economy Savings Bank property at Beaver Falls. Viewers set the value for condemnation as a site for a Government post office.
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United States
Lyon
Economy Savings Bank
Beaver Falls
Foreclosure Suit Against Allegheny and Kinsoln Railroad
In the U S Circuit Court yesterday Woodle and Moulton filed a bill in equity to foreclose a mortgage against the Allegheny and Kinsoln Railroad Company for 50000 with a year’s interest. The court approved 11000 as part of the proceedings.
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United States Circuit Court
Woodle & Moulton
Allegheny and Kinsoln Railroad
Embezzlement Probe Ties to Missing G. Herbert Lee
St John New Brunswick August 24 townspeople discuss finances tied to the disappearance of G Herbert Lee a trusted church vestryman and former employee now detained in Boston. Estates including the Drury and Joss holdings reportedly face heavy losses while lawyers weigh embezzlement charges.
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St. John
N. B
G. Herbert Lee
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Drury
Joss
Hagen
Lee
Boston
Theft of Ivory Billiard Balls Alarms City
Proprieties report theft of costly ivory billiard balls. Suspects Abe Rummel and Harry Gill, seen loafing around halls, fled the city Monday and were captured in Rochester by Detective Lazarus. Detective Robinson brought them back on warrants for larceny with police linking them to all reported thefts.
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Fifth Avenue
Abe Rummel
Harry Gill
Rochester
Lazarus
Beaver County
Robinson
Messiah Dance Alarm Among Western Settlers
Deputy Lily reports the Otoe tribe near Pones dancing the Messiah dance with Powcas Ouages and other tribes joining. Whites in the area show considerable anxiety as the ritual continues. Excursion for Poor Children planned on Friday on the steamboat J M Gusky for 500 Foo family children with free service from Captain Gould and board given by Marvin. Monongahela Navigation offers no rock tolls. seeking music from a band in return. Coroner's jury censures the Pittsburg Virginia and Charleston Railroad Company over Katie Johannes 11 killed crossing tracks on South Twenty sixth street. Safety gates and a watchman urged at that crossing.
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Gurarre
C. T
Lily
Otoe
Pones
Association For the Improvement of
J. M. Gusky
Monongahela River
Harry Gould
Marvin
Monongahea Navigation Company
Pittsburg, Virginia
Charleston
Katie Johannes
South Twenty-sixth Street
Wide-ranging late news briefs from Belton to Boston
Disjointed notices cover hangings in Belton Texas, wine yields and forecasts, Russian protest replies, a major mine strike in Jimtown Colorado, a Louisville arrest of a claimed Zulu prince, a Perry County Indiana murder, fatal Kenned y Texas and Kansas City fights, Rev John Jayne's career arc, mutiny aboard the Northern Light, actor W S Cabell's death, and a promo for DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills.
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Buck Wikerson
Rayetecen
Belton
Tex
Ustrian
Baden
London Standard
Shanghai
Russia
Jimtown
Creek
Auton
Louisvilley
Perry County
Ind
Derby
Jim Carr
Cal Bryant
Carr
Kennedy
John Pace
Ambrose Collins
Collins
Kames City
Felix Burris
Sam Henton
Burris
Will
Henton
John Jayne
Cincinnati
Northern Light
Dun
Alaska
San Francisco
Abe
Cabell
Jule i Olson
G. W. Slocum
Holliston
Mass
Tremont Theater
Boston
Simple Remedy Recalled Syrup Claim From California Fig Co
Advertisement promotes Syrup of Firs as a gentle remedy. It emphasizes the product from the California Fig Syrup Co as the best simple option.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Chamberlain's Colic Remedy Saves Justice of the Peace
M. J. Griner of Print Michigan, a Justice of the Peace, credits one bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy with saving his life after three weeks of bloody flux. He claims it also saved the lives of three nearby railroad workers and vouches for the product's reliability and availability at druggists.
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M. J. Griner
Print
Mich
Saya
Chamberlain
Squire Griner
Anle
Favorite Pants Sale at Facksons Home-Made Clothing
Local retailer touts new Alt-wool Cheviot Pants named The Favorite at 2.25, claiming savings versus elsewhere. Advertises home-made Suits with one-year repair guarantee and $3 to $5 off per suit, plus advance styles in the Hat Department.
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Facksons
War Memory in the Desert Front
A narrator doctor recalls wartime service with a field hospital near a desert front. Nurse Sister Manny tends a wounded Naval Brigade officer FitzWarrener, whose mind falters as he touches her hair and face, mistaking her for a lover. The scene reveals loss, duty, and a quiet, intimate sacrifice amid disaster and retreat.
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Manny
Abarpin
Smirl
Piles Cure Promise Market Street Ad
An advertisement claims cure for piles using a topical ointment sold by Josept Fleming at Market Street. It promises a guarantee and offers a two guaran?ed axes sale.
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Josept Fleming
Market Street
Advertising your vacant room in The Distatch ad column
The Distatch cent a word advertising pages last week saw advertisers report satisfaction with results from listing a vacant room.
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Distatch
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