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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1889

Page

5

Grangers Picnic Drafts Prominent Speakers at Williams Grove

At Williams Grove Grangers Inter-State Exhibition 15,000 arrive by Cumberland Valley line as Mortimer Whitehead and Honce Boyer address farmers. Governor Beaver and W A Armstrong also speak on farming needs. adjutant general Hastings to close program tomorrow with main speech.

Williams Grove Grangers Cumberland Valley Road Mortimer Whitehead Washington National Grange Honce Boyer House of Sentatives Beaver W. A. Armstrong New York State Grange Victor E. Piollet Bradford Hastings

Last day of Garlitz set for execution at dawn

Cumberland Missouri reports Melvin Garlitz the wife killer to be calm and jovial in his cell. Relatives bid him farewell as 8 religious services precede the reading of the death warrant and the gallows procession. The drop is scheduled between 9 and 10 o'clock.

Cumberland Melvin E. Garlits Garlitz Basil T.litz Basil T. Garlitz Alonzo Garlitz John Listen Unc Betsy Hawkins Cola Butts Miller

Delegates urged to back Humes for State Treasurer

Crawford county Democratic committee met in this city with 39 districts represented. Andrew Gundaker was chosen as county chair for the current term and F W Ellsworth for the year starting January. Delegates John Fertig B J Logan George B Luper John O Sherred and Dan T Nash were elected to the State Convention and instructed to support Hon H J Humes for State Treasurer.

H. J. Humes Humes Crawford

Aged Traveler Jane Clark 96 Crosses Ocean to Shamokin

Mrs Jane Clark aged 96 arrived in Shamokin from England and is noted as one of the oldest women to cross the Atlantic. Born in County Durham she traveled steerage on the City of Rome with her niece Jane Foster. She remained active aboard and never seasick during the voyage.

Shamokin Jane Clark England Atlantic Ocean Houghtonle Springs County Durham United States Jane Foster Rome

Child’s fainting saves farmer from swindle near Dillingersville

Abraham Bechtel, a well-to-do farmer near Dillingersville, escaped a three-card monte confidence game after a child fainted in his carriage. A well-dressed trio lured him to a pretend farm purchase and tried to extract money, but Bechtel’s family crisis halted the scam and the swindlers fled.

Allentows Abraham Bechtel Dillingersville Bechtel

Ferry Boat Bottom Drops as Horses Fall Into River

A Susquehanna ferry crossing at Port Blanchard ends in disaster when the boat’s bottom drops out and a team of horses a wagon iron and three men plunge into the water. The ferryman and the driver escape with difficulty while one horse drowns in the accident dated August 20.

Susquehanna Port Blanchard

Barn Fire Ravages Seibert Farm In Wheeling County

In Wheeling county the Seibert farm barn burned overnight destroying about 500 bushels of wheat and farm machinery. Loss estimated at $3,000. Local fire crews battled the blaze but could not save the structure.

Wheeling W. VA Henry Seibert

Evictions in New York Tenement Cigar Factory Turmoil

The Rosenthal Bros. factory at 351 East Seventy-third Street faces eviction actions as 92 workers, all nonunion, refuse to smoke and demand a 5 cent per thousand raise promised earlier. Some tenants have moved. others plan to quit paying rent beyond September 1. The firm insists on a 50 cent per thousand raise and cites no trouble with labor.

New York Rosenthal Bros East Seventy-third Street Jones’ Wood Rosenthal Cao K. of L. Fight

Strange motive alleged in Lawrence murder

On August 25 Ben Leonard a colored man killed his wife in Lawrence county by slashing her throat. Inquest evidence from Harvey Woods owner of the plantation showed the wife had sought protection after Leonard threatened to kill her because she would not allow him to join the church while she was married to two husbands. Leonard killed her so he could join the church.

Diefatceh CoLumaBia Ben Leonard Lawrence County Leonard Harvey Woods Ben Woods

Ex-Sheriff Upton Hayes Stabs Man in Quarrel in Missouri

Kansas City report says ex sheriff Upton Hayes fatally wounded Monroe Sligor, a stone cutter, with a small blade that broke in the brain during a quarrel. Hayes escaped, Sligor near death.

Kansas City, Mo Upton Hayes This County Monroe Sligor Sligor Hayes

Jenkins and Matthews Wed at Fourth Avenue Baptist Church

On Thursday evening August 29 at Fourth Avenue Baptist Church Rev William West united William Jenkins and Lou Matthews in marriage. Another notice records Morrow and Fisher nuptials on Thursday evening August 20 1658 with Ernest W Monnow of Pittsburg and Annie Les Fison of Memphis.

Jenkins —Matthews Fourth Avenue Baptist Church William West William Jenkins Lou Matthews Morrow—Fisher Koehne Ernest W. Monnow Pittsburg Annie Les Fisnon Memphis Emge Agust Charles Ef T Lithgow Avenue Allegheny Gauter Florence E.J Nettie Gauter Fifth Avenue Boguet Street Oakland Eel Friends of the Cereer Saichail Hensebio St. Paul's Cathedral Henry Angel Atwood and Bates Streets Elizabeth Henry Franklis G Sob Manat Fiona

Obituary notices from a Pittsburgh area paper 1880s

A compilation of death notices and funeral announcements. Entries name children and adults by surname such as Asthalter Boren Bebout Earp Gauter Henry Jones Kramer Mussen Musler Quarts Thaw Williams with ages and addresses across Allegheny and surrounding towns. Funeral details include dates times and local churches or residences.

Yesterday Today and Tomorrow Fall Opening Sale

A local retailer promotes a quick end to summer stock with a fall opening soon. All departments see heavy markdowns from dress goods to silks and wash goods. Customer calls urge shopping today and tomorrow to clear remaining summer inventory at deep discounts.

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