Leaving the Farm and the Allegheny Area Growth
Ex newspaper man Mr. Harry E. Armstrong argues farm depopulation over a decade. He traces migration from rural districts along the Allegheny and Ohio rivers to villages and small boroughs, noting boardwalk growth, expansion of industry, and potential electric rail parallels. He predicts census shifts toward cityward population concentration within ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Armstrong
Common Pleas Court No. 2
Simer
Pennsylvania Company Eyes Herdscrabble Site for Freight Depot
A year of negotiation shows the Pennsylvania Company seeking the Herdscrabble ground for a freight depot. Rufus Herron notes the price mirrors the initial valuation as the land is surveyed and eminent domain questions arise. Some tenants at the Point face quit notices but may renew leases if improvements are preserved and rents maintained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Herron
Chayze
Schenler
Pennsylvania Company
Hias
Propety
Sjecres
Porbrs Avenue
Imitation Stone Seeks to Replace Natural Kinds in Building
A Boston firm claims to produce artificial stone resembling various natural stones with durability hardness and high pressure resistance. The piece notes the broader era of bonding ages and hints at market interest, referencing past county officials and financier practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Warner
Elt
Louis XIV
France
Nowr
Boston
Feark
Cooperhes
New Composite Building Material Claims Cost and Weight Benefits
Mr. Cooper introduces a composite base using 13 stone types including granite with fast colors at 66 percent the cost of granite. The mix, mainly fine clay with various earths, aims to imitate different stones, offering beauty and durability suitable for city buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Poorer People Remembering Friends Across the Sea
Captain J J McCormick reports a two week surge in draft business for the poor sending funds home. He has forwarded at least 2500 drafts totaling up to £2-5 each, aiming for about $25000 by mid next week to reach relatives before Christmas. The Teutonic carried 1440 passengers from New York, a record for departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. McCormick
Pittsboro
New York
Metropolis
The Value of Angleworms in Farming
A farmer at the market extols angleworms as soil makers, noting mound trails and moist habitat. He cites Darwin on worm activity transforming stony fields into fallow ground, carrying soil to the surface and enriching the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin
Poor Critter Seeks Aid From Charities
A homeless woman asked for admission to the Poor Farm for one week in a letter to the Poor Board. An elderly charitable woman described the petitioner as weak minded and among the "poor critters" and arranged transport to the County Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliot
Department of Charities
S&s
Theatrical Groups Leave Baltimore and Ohio Line
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad attracted attention as shows moved through town last week. The Bostonians 50 left the Cincinnati express for Wheeling and Columbus, Lotta and her 20 went to Cincinnati and St. Louis, W. S. Clevelands Minstrels 40 to Brooklyn, Reilly & Woods Combination 17 to Cincinnati, and 12 from the Worlds and Davis Museums set out for Eastern and Western points. A sale of diamonds will be held daily from 3 to 4 PM at 533 Smithfield Street. Thompson's New York grocery advertises Christmas bargains with extensive lists of foods and goods, and delivery covers both cities with prepayment for long-distance orders. M. R. Thompson, 301 Market Street and 69 Third Avenue, opposite Gusky's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Bostonians
Cincinnati Express
Wheeling
Columbus
Lotta
Cincinnati
St. Louis
W.S. Cleveland
Minstrels
Brooklyn
Reilly & Wood
World's
Davis
Thompson
New York
Columbia River
New Orleans
Butter
Pittsburg
M. R. Thompson
Market Street
Third Avenue
Gusky’s
Christmas Book Promotion and Mixed Goods Pricing
A market note describes Christmas books sold in bookstores for $1 and given free with boy or girl clothing purchases. It also mentions fabrics priced at 125 and 150, now reduced to 75 and 1 per yard, and references mild sedatives labeled Tissu Hops. Iron City Brewing Co offers direct family supplies by phone.
Cabinets for Christmas at Hendricks & Co
A local ad from 68 Federal Street Allegheny promotes Hendricks and Company offering cabinets at a sale price of one dollar per dozen with a promise they never disappoint. The note also playfully asks if you want a crayon for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendricks & Co
Federal Street
Allegheny
Those Free Picture Books Are Beauties
A readable snippet notes pleasant effects from Iron City Brewing Co. beer and mentions Dow missing Groetzinger's carpet sale. The fragment preserves local advertising tone and names two entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron City Brewing Co
Propping Up Prices for Plate Glass Dealers
Plate glass jobbers wrap up a two day meeting with hints of a price fixing agreement. They aim to keep current scale and a thirty percent advance, seeking Western participation to match Eastern terms. Reports note rising costs, strong demand, and low stock as imports stay constrained. New York and Boston executives, including W. W. Heron and J. E. Holbrook, helped shape the pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mononcahela House
New York
Boston
Metropolitan
W. W. Heron
J. E. Holbrook
Ohio Vein Bricks Show Superior Refractory Quality
A Steubenville test of Roger vein clay bricks placed before furnace flames yielded no surface deterioration, proving the material’s exceptional refractory strength. The results suggest Pittsburg manufacturers may adopt the new fireclay, leveraging Steubenville’s natural deposits to form a regional market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Steubenville
Reger
Ohio River
A Welshmak views on American tin plate effort
Sir John Jenkins, among British visitors, says small capitalists cannot start two to six tin plate mills in America. He argues only large capitalists like Carnegie or Jones & Laughlin of Pittsburgh could invest and endure losses for years to compete, while smaller capitalists would fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir John Jenkins
America
Carnegie
Jones & Laughlins
Pittsburg
Inter-State December series offered with installments
Building and Loan Association announces the Inter State December series with $100 shares payable in 60 per month and semi annual dividends. Stockholders may withdraw anytime with interest to withdrawal. borrower pays 7 percent and gains dividends on own stock. Paid up stock drawing 6 and 8 percent and withdrawable on demand with interest to withdrawal. E. L. Hawley, Gen’l Agent, 606 Penn building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nere
E. L. Hawley
Gen'l Ac
Penn Building
Christmas Gifts From City Stores
Feather. Publisher's price 300 dollars our price 150 pounds. Durrsumas & Co 504 506 608 Market St. Clapper bones and bones in rosewood cocoa ebony. Tin brass nickel whistles ocarinas jew sharps mouth harmonicas and many similar articles. GEO.EK APPEL 77 Fifth Ave. Boys suits and overcoats from 190 to 33. Purspure Comb CioTaixG Company corner Grant and Diamond streets strong bound large size ristmes books sold for 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Stanley
A. G. Feather
Furrsamax & Co
Market Street
Africa
Durrsumas & Co
Geo
EK Appel
Fifth Avenue
Purspure ComBixaTiox Ciotaixg Company
Grant and
Diamond Streets
Court House
Holiday gift eyecatcher catalog spread from Mayer's and more
A cluttered early 20th century catalog page lists Mayer's Art Store offerings at 18 Sixth Avenue and related shops. It highlights gifts, pictures, infant goods, holiday line dresses, cabinet photos, life size portraits, glassware, wines, gloves, flowers, and assorted furniture items with various prices and brands. It reads as a bustling promotional collage urging shoppers to order catalogs and visit multiple downtown retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayer's Art Store
Ayer's Art Store
Sixth Avenue
Sixth St Usu
Glenwood yards report shows 409 workers and no further trouble
The Glenwood yards now have about 409 men, five above usual. Officials deny Yardmaster Dietrich was discharged, saying he is home recovering from injuries from a prior wreck. Claims of resumed smooth operation are echoed by Claim Agent Howell as it returns to business with no further difficulty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Dietrich
Howell
Nevin Argyle
Tuloet Avenue
Braddock
Groetzinger Offers Hearth Rugs at Great Sale
Gratis by Kaufmann accompanies each boys purchase as Groetzinger hosts a notable sale of hearth rugs and carpet semnasia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow
Groetzinger
Don
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East Deer
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Harmer
O'Hara
Peon
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Esplen
Nimick
Chartiers
Ivanho
Coraopulis
Stoors’ Ferry
West Economy
Shonsetown
Parhandle
Craddock
Mifflin
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Homestead
Smost
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Mgr. Armstrong
Tirouch
Smithfield Street
Kaufmanns
TED Ny
Hvers & Hacks
Tissu
Ohio
Building and Loan Association
Kappel
T. D. Casry & Co
Liberty Street
Tenth
Via
Stanley
Brause
EOD
Louvre
Sixth Street
Bijou Theater
STA
Laird’s
W. M. Laird
Wood & ST
Wood Street
Dell-Irsia
Liberty St Star Corner
A. G. Campnell & Sons
Max Klein
Kravuse
Ramsay
Ioslay
Fiske, Clark & Flagg’s
Hauch’s
Wfsu
Haven & & Kenway
Water Street
Hucus & Hacks
Fitzhave
Lilse
Lilly-of-the
Cheristmas
Mores
Corkworkers’ Fair
Corkworkers’ Assembly
Knights of Labor
Journal of Building Publishing Company
Philadelphia Company
Byers & Co.’s Mill
Monongahela Incline Company
Monroe Street
Baltimore
Carnegie, Phipps & Co
Twenty-finth Street
United States
Europe
W. C. Crosxemren
Tinned P Association
District No. S
Srcre.taryy Knox
The
Builders’ Exchange
Liberty ST
Cor. Eighth
Head of
Wood St
P.C. Schoeneck & Son
Liberty Avenue
DE Byers
Argyle
Borria
BE. F. Randall
Sew Castle, PA
Kaufmann
Household Credit Company
Cor
Eighth
Ed. Richardson
Weeoun
Kansas City
Denver
Anr
Yeau
City Hall
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