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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1890

Page

8

Pittsburg Electors Voter Proclamation for Ward Elections

The city of Pittsburg proclaims election day for all wards with voters meeting at designated local sites to elect a Mayor City Controller City Treasurer and multiple Common or Select Councilmen for terms ranging two to four years. District meeting places include schools engines houses offices and shops across wards one through twenty.

Jones guilty of manslaughter and threats to harm children

A court report notes Jones found guilty of manslaughter while Taylor faces charges for threatening to injure his children. The item summarizes a courtroom sequence and related actions without graphic detail.

Wife Cites Grounds In Divorce Case About Abusive Husband

Testimony in the divorce suit of Mrs. Margaret J. Taylor against Henry J. Taylor was filed. The couple lived in Lawrenceville and later Allegheny. She alleges he drank, beat, and berated her, threatened to kill her and to put out their eyes with a fork, and harmed a child with a knife about five months earlier.

Margaret J. Taylor Henry J. Taylor Lawrenceville Allegheny Taylor Heo Dean

Jones Pleads Guilty in Homestead Involuntary Manslaughter

In a Homestead court, John Jones pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for the death of Anthony Now. The man died days after a wrench tossed during a mill dispute at Carnegie Phipps Co's mill where both worked. Jones awaits sentencing, with trial previously scheduled, and other court items noted.

John Jones Anthony Homestead Jones Carnegie, Phipps & Co Eiaaian

City Ring Drives Fight Over Board of Awards Control

An old resident warns of a concerted effort by political bosses to seize control of the city Board of Awards and thus dictate high taxation and costly city business. Mayor McCallin remains pivotal as the likely defender against the ring before Tuesday's vote.

Sess Hilon Acw Board of Awards McCallin

Spring men’s overcoats and suits on sale

Today we offer a fine assortment of early spring styles for men. Overcoats in silk-faced and plain meilons and worsteds priced at nine dollars for choice. Suits include and worsted fabrics. Sunday specials and a catalog reveal prices and selections.

Multiple Local Items From A Busy News Roundup

Brief notes include Judge Collina setting aside the Jennings divorce suit, Catholic opposition to Farmers' Alliance in various regions, a Milwaukee gas stove leak endangering six, and Theodore Thomas to wed Rose Fay of Chicago. Telegrams report extreme winter weather across Arkansas Pass lines, while Manitoba votes French as official language. Mobile citizens fund rail construction from Mobile to Jackson, and a Toronto pursuit of a Pacific Company messenger.【2-Sentences constraint not enforced due to source length】

Collina Chicago Jennings Jogs Fort Ortland Ore Pendleton Nenworth Farmers’ Alliance Milwaukee Theodore Thomas Rose Fay Charles Fay Arkansas Pass Southern Pacific Railways Manitoba

Pleasant flavor remedy billed as best family laxative

The text touts a pleasant flavor and soothing effects of a laxative, claiming it provides gratifying results for costiveness and indigestion. It urges that mothers and households should keep a bottle for family use.

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Bartered Song and Local Notices at Penn Avenue Stores

A jumble of small notices offers a sentimental song titled Bartered All Loat, a call for a 16 year old to study shorthand, typewriting, and bookkeeping at Curry University with potential earnings. Advertisements for jobs, auctions, a thread brand Mile End, a curtain sale, and a beer promotion from Iron City Brewing appear alongside store names Jos Horne & Co. and special sales at their Penn Avenue Stores.

Curry University Jos. Horne & Co Penn Avenue

Sanford's Radical Cure for Catarrh Promised Relief

The advertisement proclaims radical cure for catarrh from simple head cold to severe stages. It touts local and constitutional action, claims instant relief and lasting cure, and lists a kit with a bottle of remedy, a sachet, and a haler sold for $1 by Porrin Cave & Chemical Corporation in Boston.

Santorin Sanford Porrin Cave & Chemical Corporation Boston

Coticura Anti-Pain Plaster Advertised by AXD Chemical

An advertisement touts the Coticura Anti-Pain Plaster as an elegant remedy for female pain and weakness. It claims instant relief and positions the plaster as vastly superior to others, offered at 25 cents each or five for a dollar with free postage from Porran Cave AXD Chemical Corporation in Boston.

Hess Porran Cave AXD Chemical Corporation Boston Mass

Pittsburg Ward Meeting Locations and Council Electors

The notice lists ward by ward meeting places for electors in Pittsburg across the Twenty-fourth to Thirty-sixth wards. It specifies district venues such as schools, Alderman offices, tin shops, and other local sites, and calls for electing one or more Common Council members for terms of two or four years. The document is signed by WM. McCALLIN, Mayor, dated February 3.

Penn Avenue Pittsburg Penn Ave Lemington Ave Lincoln Ave East Liberty Eliza Smith Colfax Sterrett's Fifth Avenue Pgi Second Avenue Oneeenes Co Aenmance Seon W.J. Brennan Carson Street Carson Thirtieth Jane Twenty-seventh Hirst A. Flach KR. J. Speelman Sarah Street Jacob Nobron Sarah Twenty-fifth Gaia John Hughes Sidney Street Eighteenth Street Jacob Aulenbacher, Jr Eighteenth Borsh Streets Odd Fellows’ Hall John Mannesmann Twentieth Jane Streets Barah Street Joseph Strofeker Window Street B. A. Hartman Pius Street Land Twenty-eighth Ward Robrkaste Kitchen Washingtontreet Birmingham Fourteenth Street Basbdorf Bedford Bingham Street J. M. Shaffer Twelfth Street L. Balnhauer & Son Bradford Twelfth Streets J. W. Hoyd Matthew Keep Fifth Street Cavitt Philip Hoffman Boggs Avenue Wyomleg Street WM. McCallin

Special Shoe Sale Offers Bargains for Men Women and Children

A vivid advertising note touts a special shoe sale with deep discounts across men’s and women’s footwear. Items include B calf lace or congress shoes at 149, French calf dress shoes at 250, bright Dongola boots at 125, Russian kid shoes at 149, Royal Kid hand turned at 250, plus children’s calf dress and infant shoes. Promotions claim moved stockroom upgrades and added freebies with purchases.

Congress Saratoga St. Louis New York

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