Allegheny City council debates bonds and street cars
The Select Council discussed finance reports on renewal bonds of 117000 at 8 percent and 35 percent, plus 24000 park bonds for Monument Hill, with unanimous passage. A street rights ordinance for the Pittsburg Allegheny and Manchester Traction Company was referred after debate. no final decision recorded.
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Select Council of
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Finance Committee
Seaman
Snaman
Monument Hill
Walther
Pittsburg, Allegheny and Manchester Traction Company
Pittsburg
Allegheny and Paseage
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Wrights
Twenty-sixth Street
Barryball Street
Commonwealth of
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Geo. L. Holliday
Common Council
Booth
Cleary
Nes Book
Electric plant to power city with new arc lamps
An article describes a Willamette company planning an electric plant for city lighting. The facility will use high arc lamps and machinery introduced two weeks earlier and aims to provide sufficient capacity once completed and connected to the grid.
Missing Cotton Shipment Ties to 10,000 Dollar Damage Case
Commercial agent P Kennedy of the St Louis Arkansas and Texas line flies to New York to settle a 20000 dollar damage suit. Four loaded cotton cars vanished after shipping through Danver and Worth roads. Cargo believed sent to robbers in Liverpool but traced to New York with Star Line steamers. ship remains missing with no further lead.
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St. Louis
Arkansas
Texas
New York
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Caneen
Danver
Far Worth
St Louis
L. A. Well & Co
Liverpool
England
Pennsylvania
Caicaro
Star Line
Toys for the Poor: Clarke Donates $100 in Toys
Charles J. Clarke contributes $100 in toys to aid 1,900 to 2,200 local families. The store plans to distribute seasonable clothing and offers a blue kersey box overcoat at $13, stating similar coats would cost $40 to $50 from tailors. Sale is at P. Cc C. C., Grant and Diamond streets, near the new Court House, open until 9 PM.
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Pittsburg
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Cor. Grant and Diamond Sis
New Court House
Charles J. Clarke
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C. C
Grant
Diamond Sts
Holiday Table Delicacies and Jewelry Offers
Holiday table delicacies featured with large price lines from Wm Hastace & Son Pittsburg and Haach's Jewelry Store. Store hours extend to 9 p.m. through Christmas. Advertisements tout discounts on watches and umbrellas with bold claims of lower prices than larger houses. No. 295 Fifth Ave offered silver and gold watches and a wide stock of silk umbrellas.
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Wm. Hastace & Son
Diamond Square
Pittsburg
Haach
Fifth Ave
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Christmas and holiday goods advertised by local stores
An assortment of shop ads promotes wall coverings at Bane & Bassett and Joseph Homye Co. Penn Avenue Stores, fruit cake and plum pudding from Marvin’s, facial hair removal services, Christmas linens and towels, and Festive beverages from Frauenheim & Vilsack, all pointing to December shopping and gifts.
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Houxz & Co
Penn Avenue
Debates Over Building and Loan Associations Stir Local Discourse
The discussion centers on the merits and demerits of building and loan associations vs savings banks. Proponents say these associations offer cheaper mortgages to the poor, while others argue banks remain essential. A cautious adviser warns against buying stock in certain associations, and a banker critiques the tax treatment and usefulness to the very poor.
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Cbear Money
Pennsylvania
The
Inquirer
J. ©. Robinson
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Wholesale grocery and furniture ads with banking notices
A scattered 19th century page lists sugar prices and food items, coffee and canned goods, peaches, corn, peas, and dried fruits, mixed with piano ads, black cashmeres, and cloths. It includes a New Year gift push for Hardman pianos and Holtzman blankets, plus a bank notice about the election of nine directors at First National Bank and a segregated tax and license-related item.
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First National Bank
Pirasure
Ittsburg
Paces
Wood Stand
Fifth Avenue
Tay
P.M. Deléaip D. Scully
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