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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1892
Page
8
The 1892 annual pension report shows 876,068 pensioners on June 30, up 109,008 from the prior year. 222,937 new pensioners were added, 2,477 restored. 25,306 dropped. Expenditures reached $159,085,612. a deficiency of $10,058,621 is forecast for next year.
Annie Love an 81 year old girl is at the Eleventh ward police station after her parents moved to the city from Braddock Tuesday. She wandered the East End area all day while seeking her aunt Mrs John Tucker, not knowing her parents’ address or her aunt’s street. She will be kept at the station until claimed. ASE YOUR NEIGHBOR ad urges readers to place ads in the cent a word Dispatch. Readiness and expansion of West End Car Company electric streetcar system set for Monday with miles of road planned. Pittsburg residents seek the latest music, instruments from Alex Ross Allegheny. one price piano policy praised with easy terms.
Nice dishes and bricea-bract patterns excite shoppers at Evans and Co Market Street corner Third Avenue. Direct importers offer bottom prices on dinner sets chamber sets and Caen ornaments. See bordered aprons linens outing cloths and black sateens in Henrietta finish at 10 20 and 25 cents per yard.
An OCR fragment shows a piano and organ dealer pitch at 77 Fifth Avenue with mentions of "Marvin's bread" and "Ora policy" for honest prices. The text lists many personal names and places in Allegheny and Pittsburgh regions, including Kees Rocks and Duquesne, with unclear dates or events.
This ad promotes fur trimmed jackets and coats in various furs including Persian and astrakhan with silk linings and decorative buttons. It highlights a price drop from 45.00 to 35.00 and 33.00 to 28.00 with a carry one over policy and emphasis on Christmas season purchases.
A sturdy teaching desk offered as a valuable educational gift. The ad notes its enduring motto and compares past pricing to the current sale price of $16, with a $20 benchmarked cost three years earlier. It highlights musical instrument lessons and a matching music stand as decorative, functional items, with stock varying from $5 upward.
Franx L Hooff and Miss Eccason J Douthitt were married at St Mark's Episcopal Church Pittsburgh on Tuesday November 29, 183. The Rev James G Cameron of the Church of the Evangelists Philadelphia officiated, with both parties residing in the city.
A collection of death notices and funeral details listing names such as AlwildA Beck Cyrus Beck Burns Callahan Campbell Corcoran Enderlein Heisel Hare Jennings Maddle Mellos Mellon Mittenzwey McCall McDonald Neily Osmond Potter Reagan Truter and others. Notices give residences streets and times with funeral services at local churches and private homes, announcing forthcoming arrangements.
The latest style for the baby’s mother showcases a white enameled iron bedstead with brass trimming. It measures 3 feet by 5 feet and is offered at a price of $14.
Specials in equestrian underwear and hosiery list merino vests and drawers at sale price. Children’s equestrian drawers in all sizes 75c, better grade at 1 and 1 1 25. Ladies black cotton drawers 50c. Boys heavy ribbed cotton hose 25c. Women and children wool hose 25c and 35c. Navy and seal brown cashmere hose 50c. Silk hose in white cream sky pink 75c and 1.00.
An ad-style notice from a Pittsburg Allegheny shop stresses personalized fit and fashion, declaring customers own shape is respected while offering shapely suits and overcoats. It promises value and fair pricing with no pressure to buy, urging inspection of stock and prices first.
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