Teed Prophecy Claims Stir Economy Robe Plot Revival
Detectives follow hints of Teed’s 11 year old prophecy within the Economy group as Duss and Chicago operatives push to install Teed as a spiritual leader. Relics including a silk robe and scarf are discussed, with accusations of money flows and spying among Economites.
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Teed
Ecoramite Society
Sinene
Leon Soch
Duss
House of the Fathers
Father Rapp
Heaven
Chicago
Dropped Dead in Church During Morning Mass
William Patrick Conway died on his knees during morning services at St James Church in the West End. The coroner ruled death by stroke of apoplexy after an inquest. He was 56, survived by a widow and two children, and the funeral was set for 1 PM at his brother-in-law’s residence on Wabash Avenue.
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William Patrick Conway
St. James
William Reed
Wabash Avenue
Conway
The
Pittsburghes
Press Club
Lsa
Pr. Me
Investigators Seek Source of Allegheny Water Contamination
Chief Bigelow reports two investigators have patrolled the Allegheny river banks to locate the sediment source. They suspect oil tanks at Standard Oil Company lands about 60 miles upriver released poisonous sediment into a creek feeding the river. A report due by early next week may guide council actions in January.
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Bigelow
Allegheny
Standard Ol Company
Snk
Oldest Tarentum Resident Joan Laity Dies
The longtime Tarentum area resident Joan Laity died Saturday night from old age. Born in Berne Switzerland in 1811 he came to America in 1837 and worked as a contractor building many early Dutchtown houses. He lived on a Deer township farm near Tarentom and left relatives in Deer township and Allegheny.
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Tarentum
Joan Laity
Berne
Switzerland
America
Iss
Dutchtown
Allegheny
Deer Township
Turentom
Murphy Seeks 250000 for Public Safety Next Year
Chief Murphy of Allegheny outlines provincial plans to fund Public Safety, aiming about £250,000 for next year with limited expansions. He proposes an engine house in the Eleventh Ward, overhaul of the fire alarm and police wires, and minor bureau improvements while preserving existing structures and staffing.
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Murphy
Allegheny
Department of Public Safety
Public Safety Department
Bureau of Electricity
Tok
Chief Murphy
City Hall
Californian Avenue
Woods’ Run
Central Station
Dead Scrub Woman Found In Attic in Diamond Street
Mrs. Mary Foley, about 45, living alone in the attic behind No 6 Diamond Street, was found dead with a broken neck. A hard worker with a bank book showing a few thousand, she allegedly saved money while fearing the Diamond market and keeping liquor company. Coroner and local residents reported no children, a husband in a county poorhouse, and a raid for a speakeasy on the second floor weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Foley
No. 6
Diamond Street
Cher O'Hara
McDowell
John Nee
St. Mary's Cemetery
Nee
Railroad Improvements on Monongahela Division Propose Double Track
Pennsylvania Railroad plans to double track to Monongahela City, 31 miles from Pittsburgh, this spring and summer. New division offices, depot on the Southside, and move of Ormsby shops to Monongahela City aim to expand yard space and speed. Five new passenger trains and a larger round house are planned as coal traffic rises with mines shipping 80 to 100 cars daily.
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Monongahela
Pennsylvania Railroad
Monongahela City
Pittsburg
Fourth
Bular_ streets
Southside
Webb
Rular Street
Panhandle Bridge
Birmingham
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Fourteenth Street
Ormsby
Wall
Ormsh
Pionengebels City
Prosperous Mt Union Trustees Elect New Board Members
Alliance Ohio December 27 special report trustees of Mt Union College closed their annual meeting. Bishop Vincent Phil A Knox Major McKinley attended briefly with local members. The report praised internal improvements including Morgan Gymnasium and Observatory costing 18000 dollars. New trustees for three years include Bishop Vincent John H Vincent William McKinley C Aultman J D Taylor T N Boyle Louis Payne A G Croft and J M Stull. The new catalogue lists 587 students for the year.
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Morgan
John H. Vincent
Buffalo
William McKinley
Canton
C. Aultman
J. D. Taylor
Cambridge
T. N. Boyle
Braddock
Louis Payne
Warren
A. G. Croft
Cleveland
John 3. Stull
Baptism Party Ends in Assault and Arrests
Last night John Trien ski hosted a christening at Forty eighth and Harrison where beer flowed and several guests became drunk. A melee pounded mill worker John Dempski leaving injuries. he was treated by Dr Sands and sent to West Penn Hospital. Rienski and five others were jailed.
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John Trienski
Forty-eighth
Harrison Streets
John Dempski
Dempski
Seventeenth Ward
Sands
West Penn Hospital
Rienski
Judge Young Forecasts Sherman Victory in Ohio Race
Judge Young of New Lisbon, in Pittsburg after private business in East Liverpool, believes Sherman will win Ohio senatorial race by a small margin. He notes Foraker’s strong effort, doubts Hamilton county delegation split, and expects Ben Butterworth’s nephew to vote Foraker.
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Judge Young
New Lisbon
Anderson
East Liverpool
Pittsburg
Sherman
Ohio
Foraker
Hamilton County
Ben Butterworth
James C Gibney Visits Bradford Oil Field
James C Gibney, longtime Bradford oilman and manager of the Colorado Coal and Mining Company oil department, discusses the state’s oil field. He notes the Colorado field is elusive, with wells reaching 3000 feet without breakthrough, and production averages 6 to 200 barrels per well daily.
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James C. Gibney
Bradford
Schlosser
Colorado Coal and Mining Company
Continental Oil Company
Standard
Colorado
McDonald
Pennsylvania
Judge White Favored for Indiana and Nearby Counties
Senator Robbins of Greensburg worked for Judge Harry White’s supreme bench bid. He believes White will secure endorsements from Indiana Armstrong Jefferson and Westmoreland counties, opposes Allegheny, cites land law expertise, and notes Judge Williams supports White in the Northwest. Robbins also sees Joseph Coffington succeeding Judge Reed.
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White
Robbins
Greensburg
Harry White
Indiana
Armstrong
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Allegheny County
Sterritt
Supreme Court
Williams
Northwest
Joseph Coffington
Reed
Dresden Detective Recovers Suspect In Jewelry Theft Case
Detective McTighe returned from Dres del last night with Charles Kaine who confesses to stealing two watches and jewelry from Mr Joyce's Old avenue store about five weeks ago. Kaine plans to plead guilty, saying he deserves punishment for the small value items. He is 23 and lives in Dresden, where the Town Marshal arrested him.
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McTighe
Dresdel
Charles Kaine
Joyce
Old Avenue
Dresden
Grand Jury to Hear County Building Question
The January 7 grand jury session will review a proposal by county commissioners to demolish the old Criminal Court Building opposite the jail and build a boiler and dynamo plant to heat and light the jail. The law requires two grand jury approvals and court order. The matter goes to the current jury next month and to the March session.
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Criminal Court
Morris Samuels Falls Through Plate Glass Window
Morris Samuels fell through a plate glass window at 79 Wylie Avenue last night injuring his right hand which was badly cut.
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Morris Samuels
Wylie Avenue
Gallinger Jeweler Keeps Old Stand on Penn Avenue
Gallinger remains at the same location at 1200 Penn avenue inviting customers to call and see his jewelry offerings.
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Gallinger
Penn Avenue
German Cemetery Worker Brutally Attacked in East End Robbery
Martin Gerster, a German employee at the Evangelical German Lutheran Cemetery on Dallas Avenue, was beaten and robbed by a tall large colored man late Saturday night. He lies in critical condition. police seek the assailant, linked by a bloody three foot club found at the scene and earlier robberies in the neighborhood.
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Martin Gerster
Evangelical German Lutheran Cemetery
Dallas Avenue
Gerster
East Liberty
Nursuer
Richmond
William Richmond
Mr. Walker
Sexton
Nineteenth Ward
Mahan
Penn Avenue
Corean Customs and Climate Review in London News
The article describes Corea's temperate climate with hot and cold extremes, and advises travel between summer and winter. It portrays natives as courteous and brave, notes nobles wield power, and comments on women’s status as honored yet restricted by law, with polygamy avoided.
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London
Corea
Stabbing Fight At Tremont House In Cumberland
William A Dalbaugh and two companions, intoxicated, fought with Don Wilson at Tremont House in Cumberland. Wilson was stabbed in the hand, artery severed, and not expected to live. Dalbaugh fled into a creek, was captured after over an hour, brought to the station house in a near frozen state, bailed for a thousand dollars, and remained in critical condition.
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Cumberland
William
Dalbaugh
Tremont House
Midiiy
Don Wilson
Wilson
Despondent Canton Worker Soothes Suicide Attempt
Frank E. Garves of the Hampton works drank a spoonful of aconite in a personal crisis. He awoke his wife and said he had attempted to end his life. a physician was summoned and he is expected to recover. Once in the saloon business, he lost savings and job, believing his wife would be better off with his life insured.
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Th. Teed
Kootomite Society
Teed
Father Happ
Economites
Christ
Dus
Koreshean Pee
Luss
Chicago
The
Economite Society
Canton, O
Frank E. Garves
Hampton Works
Light Sunday police hearings at Central and wards
Quiet after Christmas reduced cases across stations. At Central 16 cases before Magistrate Gripp mostly liquor offenses. several fined or sent to workhouse or jail. Ward stations reports feature insubordination, drunkenness, assaults and a few fines, with one man hospitalized after an attempted escape.
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Central Station
Gripp
Succop
Twenty-eighth Ward
John Meyers
Carson Street
John Dougherty
Miller
Dougherty
Andrew Engzlinh
McKenns
Twelfth Ward
Mike Mills
Fran Fink
Peon Avenue
James Donahue
D. White
J. M. Evans
Eleventh Street
Donahue
White
Evans
Alonzo Duffy
Penn Avenue
John Hess
First Avenue
Hyndman
Second
Nineteenth Ward
John Hanley
Leslie
Seventeenth Word
Theodore Guoillic
Fred Miller
Pearl Street
Costa
H. McLaughlin
John Carroll
Allegheny General Hospital
Moorish wedding procession in London graphic account
An evening Moorish wedding described with details of customs and attire. The 14 year old bride Ayesha, lavish red and gold khaftan, henna dyed extremities, is paraded to the husband’s house on a mule as Riffian guards and a powder play accompany the cortege amid torches and bystanders.
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London
Ayesha
The Hook of the Dead
Professor Renouf discussed the Book of the Dead and the slow, disputed process of translating Egyptian inscriptions. He warned that differing interpretations and manuscript collations could occupy decades, leaving translations contested for generations.
Gas shutoff dispute hits Johnstown churches
In Johnstown on December 27 a local dispute erupts as Westmoreland and Cambria Gas Company suspends gas to two new church buildings and threatens to turn off gas to all churches, claiming contract terms. Churches prepare to sue to enforce the franchise agreement dating from the flood era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanstown
Westmoreland and Cambria Gas Company
Chaurches
A GRADED FARE PLAN Proposed to reduce street car crowding
Mr G K Flower proposes a patent plan to curb crowding by making it a misdemeanor to collect more than 3 cents from standing passengers. A Dallas resident says 15 neighbors will switch to Pennsylvania Railroad monthly tickets to avoid crowded cars. Chief Murphy notes limited options beyond adding cars, as electric lines cannot safely increase voltage.
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G. K. Flower
Dallas
Pennsylvania Railroad
T. R Marcell
New York
Dispatch
Pittsburg
Broadway
East End
Murphy
Allegheny Department of Public Safety
Allegheny
Chicago
Latimer Moores & Co Coal Offer
Panhandle and Youghinghenr coal dealer features all sizes and grades including lignite lump and crushed coal. Promotes broken sizes for stoves or routes with no waste. Yards at Liberty Avenue Thirtieth Street and Fourth Avenue Try Street. Phone 226 and 1465-3.
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Beat Panhandle
Youghinghenr
Fourth Avenue
Try Street
Liberty Avenue
Thirtieth Street
Latimer, Moores & Co
Missing 9 year old Willie Johnston since Christmas
Willie Johnston a colored boy aged 9 has been missing from 228 Welie avenue since Christmas morning. His parents and police have searched both cities. He is about four feet tall weighs around 75 pounds and wore a light shirt dark pants a cap and coat.
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Willie Johnston
Welie Avenue
Mr. Johnston
Eleventh Ward
Jett
French chintzes and flannels sale offer bargains
Two lots extra fine printed French flannels at reduced prices. Remnants of flannels marked down with yard prices 35 cents and 48 cents. Come early to secure choice of styles in these great gains.
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WIS
Sik
United States
Congress
Rapp
Ve. Henrici
Payor Lapp
Tyre
Serward
Cemnan
Christ's Comleg
Napoleon
Partie
Tr. Teed
Hart
Esnintene
Teel
House of Dusa
H. D. Silverstein
Silverstein
Glass House
Mr. Duss
Dr. Teed
the Prophet
C. Miller
Deak Sra
Howe
Maischine
Ivary
Inas
Pather Henrici
Srear
Prosperous MT. Union
Vincent
McKinley
Gailty
Allegheny Branch Office
Federal ST
Fire and
Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
M. Renouf
Society of Biblical Archeology
Dr. Birch
Johnstown
Market ST
BE. P. Roberts & Sons
JOS. Horne & Go.’S
Penn Avinue Stores
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FLAN
JOS. Horne & CO
Penn Ave
Cor
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