President Harrison Visits Pittsburg Amid Public Reception
The Chief Magistrate arrives in Pittsburg to help open the Allegheny Free Library. A public reception at the Court House draws crowds, with about 2000 handshakes and a display of decorations. Governor Beaver and Congressmen Bayne and Dalsell join the president in brief formalities and meet local officials and citizens.
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United States
George
Ben
Andrew Jackson
Harrison
Pittsboro
Carnegie
Allegheny Free Library
Court Hoan
Temple of Justice
Court House
Mr. Harrison
Keane
Fifth Avenue
Inspector McAleese
Big Roger O'Mara
Bayne and
Dalsell
Enoch Pratt
Baltimore
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Barrisom
Lunch at Noon With the Allegheny Library Commission
A brief note recalls a noon gathering at the Allegheny Library Commission with President Harrison, describing a civic event in a period tone and noting discussions or remarks associated with the library and national leadership.
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Allegheny Library
Commineton
Harrison
President Harrison's Homestead Visit Amid Mill Tour
President Harrison tours Carnegie steel mills at Homestead with Andrew Carnegie guiding a party. He views a 15 ton molten ingot, the bloom mill, and other departments while crowds watch and workers share remarks about railroads, libraries, and policy discussions during the visit.
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Homestead
Potter
Harrison
Ver
Bloom Mill
Andrew Carnegie
Bell
Carnegie Host Hints at Democratic Spirit at Duquesne Club
Yesterday at the Duquesne Club Mr. Carnegie attended a late dinner with Col. Schoyer Jr. and John Chalfant among others. He then left for a library commission meeting at 1:30 in the morning with Frick and other friends. The event featured a quiet luncheon and no formal toasts.
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Patch
Duquesne Claphouse
Carnegie
Colonel Schoyer, Jr
John Chalfant
Painter
Library Commission
Mr. Carnegie
Mr. Frick
Harrison at Homestead a Morning Quiet Presidential Visit
President Harrison undertook a brief early morning trip not on the bills. At the Duquesne Club a small group gathered as Carnegie hosted a morning reception with guests including Governor Beaver and Smithsonian Prof Langley before the party moved to Union Station.
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Harrison
Duquesne Club
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Bayne
John Dalsell
Beaver and
Mesers
Mesers. ©. H. Childs
George Lauder
Alex. King
New York
A. BR. Peacock
L. Taylor
E. 8. Utley
Prof
Langley
Smithsonian Institution
Robert Pitcairn
J. G. A. Lieshman
D. M. Watt
B. M. Curry
John Walker
W. L. Abpott
Enoch Prat
Mr. Carnegie
Pract Library
Union Station
Brief reference to Carnegie and Duquesne Club visit
The passage notes a visitor arriving at the station and the party moving immediately to the Duquesne Club. It mentions a Mr. Carnegie in a strange comparison to Bonwieldyan tagging work now on at the eee.
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Chitect
Eee
Carnegie
Duquesne Club
Clubhouse Guards Patrol As President Visits
Police and detectives provide tight security at the Duquesne Clubhouse during a presidential visit. A white glove officer paced the street while Chief Brown dispatched officers and guards to monitor movements. The post office area was flagged off. other buildings showed little unusual activity.
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Duquesne
John Moore
John Maas
O'Mara
Sol Couleen
President Barrison’s Escort to Allegheny Bridge
Police from Pittsburgh and Allegheny coordinate security as President Barrison is driven to the Allegheny library and escorted by Captain Silvis to the bridge area where Allegheny officers take over from Pittsburgh guards.
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Barrison
Allegheny Library
Silvis
Pitwborg Oficers
Allegheny
A Chat With Mr Pratt The Baltimore Philanthropist
A portrait of Pratt an elderly Baltimore philanthropist who accompanied the President and admired Carnegie He describes founding a city library decades ago and the librarys impact noting 450000 books borrowed in the recent year and expressing satisfaction with his choice and Mr Carnegie.
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Harrison
Enoch Pratt
Baltimore Library
Pnat
Ooh Pratt
Baltimore
Mr. Carnegie
Coats
Alleghbony Library
Siemon
Sean
Carnegie
President Harrison Leaves Pittsburg After Pleasant Visit
The President and party including Prof. Langley Mr. Pratt and Governor Beaver left Pittsburg last night about 10 3 over the Pennsylvanian railroad in General Superintendent Pettit's private car. He goes directly to the Capital and again expressed pleasure at the city noting its unique characteristics and the many remarkable ideas of mechanism born and developed nearby.
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Harrison
Langley
Pratt
Beaver
Pennaylada Railroad
Pettit
Carnegie Library
Allegheny
Death Warrant Looms for W H Smith In Allegheny Jail
An inmate at Allegheny County Jail faces execution after Governor Beaver signed his death warrant. W. H. Smith, a Black man who shot his wife last summer and then attempted suicide, awaits a possible commuting or delay as legal authorities contend with the fraught case. Sheriff and Governor are central figures in possible appeals or stay actions.
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Allegheny County
Imsere
Rena
W. H. Smith
Weat Penn Hospital
Central Station
County Democracy Club Hosts Music and Lecture Night
A County Democracy gathering featured entertainment and a lecture in their clubroom on Renee A. The program highlighted organ music and attracted several invited guests, described as a lively and well received event.
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County Democracy
Renee A
Rey Peeen
Strikes, Arrests Stir At Shoenberger Mill Riot fears rise
Police guarded the Shoenberger & Co mill as six strikers were arrested on assault charges. Thomas McCann Michael Beatty Patrick Rockford Samuel McKinley Frank Seigfield and John Sullivan were taken to Twelfth ward station. President Weihe faces potential charges as the union backs his actions.
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Shoenberger & Co
Twelfth Ward
Alderman McKenna
Thomas McCann
Michael Beatty
Patrick Rockford
Samuel McKinley
Frank Seigfield
John Sullivan
Amalgamated Association
Police and Public Telephone System Report Growth and Upgrades
Superintendent Morris Mead submitted the annual report of the Bureau of Electricity detailing extensive fire alarm expansion and police patrol booths. The document highlights new alarm boxes, improved boxes, central office telegraph instruments, and proposed upgrades including anti induction telephone wires and undergrounding lines to improve service.
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Morris Mead
Morris Mest
Bureau of Electricity
Department of Public Safety
Meadoe
Mead
Oral Street
Market Alley
Ferry Street
Short Street
Water Street
One Avenue
Second Avenue
Third Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Diamond Street
Fifth Avenue
Virgin Alley
Sixth Avenue
Seventh Avenue
Liboxy Street
Caie Penn Avenue
Nesne Way
Third Street
Boorth Street
Cecil Ales
Sixth Street
Seventh Street
Ninth Street
Garrison Alley
Street
Eleventh Street
Cable line work on Castle Shannon incline reaches Allentown
Ground must be removed as 0,000 cubic feet of earth shift for the Castle Shannon incline cable route from the top to the horseshoe bend. The roadbed is set and machinery rests in the power house at the hilltop. contract aims for completion by July.
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Castle Shannon
Horseshoe Bend
Allentown
Colored men organize auxiliary to Civil Rights group
The local American Civil Rights Association of America was organized last night at the Franklin school house with J. A. Moases elected president, John B. Rakin vice president, John Roy treasurer, B. H. A. Clay recording secretary, and John Wasler corresponding secretary as the new officers.
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American Civil Rights Association of America
Franklin School House
J. A. Moases
John 8. Rakin
John Roy
A Clay
John Wasler
City Finance Deficit Doubles Earlier Projections
City figures show a growing deficit for the year with estimates near 200 thousand to 300 thousand dollars. Pat Foley cites Chief Clerk data as official, while Controller Morrow tempers figures and hints at a millage rise to cover the shortfall. Magee explains license and assessment misses and argues a tax increase may reflect city growth and park funding.
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Magee
Finance Committee of Councils
Pat Foley
Democratic City Committee
Morrow
Foley
Finance Committee
Ivan
C. L. Magee
Tims
Bigelow
Mr. Magee
Blind Chaplain's Paris Tour Captures Richer Sight
Rev. Dr. W. H. Milburn, the blind chaplain to Congress, spoke at Second Presbyterian about what a blind man sees in Paris. He described sights from the Place de la Concorde to the Bastille and discussed Parisian manners, churches, palaces, and cafés. He promised a final lecture on Paris forty years ago and his observations.
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Congress
Second Presbyterian Church
Paris
Babylon
Jerusalem
Athens
Rome
France
Local items reveal thefts, fires, and court actions in McKeesport notes
Stolen goods found at a residence linked to Mrs Jiles and others, a $1,000 haul case, and a battery charge. The McKeesport lecture circuit includes Rev Mills Miller Boyle and a temperance talk by Will J McConnell. A notable Erie hotel fire caused nearly $1,000 in losses. A railroad accident near Hiram Station killed John Hzacoce. Preliminary election contest papers for Patterson proceed. Center Avenue lodge marks 12th anniversary with a dance. An Allegheny chimney fire prompts an alarm. City tax and water revenue figures are reported. Book agents barred from municipal limits. several local appointments noted.
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Thomas Wilson
Neaday
Shopliung
Danseath
Collins
Coursin Street
M. E
McKeesport
J. W. Mills
T. M. Miller
Jouxw
Hiram Station
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohie
Joux Castres
Gibbon Street
Frank Perkin
Danniels
Patterson
Center Avenue
Lopge No. 12
U.W
Aes EB. Miller
Oenter Avenue
Tf Og Tamme
Aupee
T. B. Demanee
West End
Gunnae
Kentucky
Main
Walnut Streets
Allegheny
W. B. Ford
Spang’s Eteal Works
MaxwWent
Trinity Gepyantcieet
G. W. Ralph
W. G. Tiles
Porsmaster McKean
Hidden Wire Rod Trust Deliberations Rise After Steel Collapse
After the Federal Steel Company failed, Pittsburgh reports a embryonic plan to form a wire rod syndicate to hold prices. Meetings in progress target a stock company with $2 million capital, pooling 15 mills including Oliver and Roberts and Braddock Wire, aiming to control wire rod and wire markets as foreign competition grows.
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United States
Chicago
Dispatch
Com
Roce Ae
Beng
Oeetons
Oliver & Roberts
Braddock Wire
New Castle Nail Company
Uarnemie, Phipps & Co
Carneil
Beaver Falls
Ee Coenenese
Prominent Union Leader Visits City Over Strike
John B. Rae president of the United Miners' Association passed through town en route to Columbus for a conference. He had been at Punxsutawney seeking an agreement with operators and stayed hopeful the dispute would end satisfactorily. Secretary Waterman also pressed to settle the strike as officials warned against outbreak.
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the Trowble
John B. Rae
United Miners’ Association
Columbus
Ponxsutawney
Waterborn
North American Construction Wins Wilmerding Light Plant Contract
The North American Construction Company closes a contract to erect an electric light plant in Wilmerding. It will soar 100 feet high with 60 arches, and house a capacity of 1,500 incandescent lights.
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North American Construction Company
Wilmerding
Window Glass House Planned for Anderson Indiana
Word reached this city of a new window glass plant to be built in Anderson Indiana. The facility will feature a 10 pot furnace and be owned by Harper and Cragen of Findlay Ohio. Gas supply was the key factor in the site selection.
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Anderson
Ind
Harper & Cragen
Findlay
Missed in a Moment Peculiar Disappearance Near Lake Erie Depot
Christina Mills an elderly woman arrived by Lake Erie Railroad from Cleveland en route to Homestead to visit daughter Mrs Thomas H Baynes. Baynes reached depot ten minutes late and Mills could not be found. She reportedly went to Schaefer's Hotel for supper then vanished. Police notified by ward station house.
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Christina Mills
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Thomas H. Baynes
Baynes
Schaefer
Su Ape
Sokopany
Arcuvery
Washington Observer editor may seek 24th district GOP nomination
K F Acheson editor of the Washington Observer in the city is expected to be the Republican candidate for the Twenty fourth district. General A W Jones and Lloyd Booth of Youngstown stay at the Hotel Duquesne. Private telegrams report a Pittsburg ministerial tour bound for the Holy Land. Dr C P Carey of Mercy Hospital leaves for two weeks vacation. Dr J L Shields will fill in. Ex Senator J W Lee of Franklin is also at the Hotel Duquesne.
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K. F. Acheson
Washington, Pa
Observer
Acheson
Republica Hunt
A. W. Jones
Lloyd Booth
Youngstown
Dauguesne
Jones
Ohio
Boots
England
Pittsburg
Sinetron
Bon’ Ey
Holy Land
C. P. Careay
Mercy Hospital
Iivermors
J. L. Shields
William G. Steinmetz, Jr
New One
Bonesay
Stoppin Hotel Duqueame
Ralph W. Carroll
The
American Iron and Tube Company
W. F. Forrester
Marpeene Ymca
J. W. Lee
Franklin
Hotel Duquesne
Carnegie to Return to Scotland for Summer Visit
Andrew Carnegie plans another summer trip to Scotland taking his wife and a few intimates from Pittsburg and New York. His Scotch valet Thomas Irvine, a tall intelligent man with red hair, accompanies him. The party toured Russia and remains watched. Carnegie keeps New York staff in his household, hiring young Scots and providing travel and holiday opportunities for his servants and their families.
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Andrew Carnegie
Diany Custis
Pittsburs
Ives Manter
Dle
Scotland
Pittsburg
New York
Irvine
Shetland
Domferline
Russia
Mr. Carnegie
Bistiang
Jock Boreata
How Gaither Met Ben A Pittsburg Newspaper Man
A dramatic encounter on a train to Homestead shows Mr Carnegie banning reporters yet greeting Harry Gaither, a Pittsburgh newspaper man known to fame. Gaither, identified as a nephew of Alfred Gaither, impresses President Harrison by recalling Glasgow meetings and a past friendship with Gaither’s uncle, Alfred Gaither.
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Pittsburg
Alfred Gaither
Harrison
Carnegie
Homestead
Harry Gaibter
Steinway and Conover Pianos Promoted by Kleber Bros
The advertisement touts Steinway pianos as unsurpassed and highlights the O piano as highly popular. It notes a fresh stock arrival at H. Kleber & Bro 506 Wood Street in Pittsburgh offered at small cost margins with easy terms. Old instruments and organs are accepted in trade.
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Pittsburg
H. Kleber & Bro
Wood Street
Kleber Bros
Hormwe & Co Offer Bargains at Peon Avenue Stores
Surplus goods include sideboards washstands and tables with prices ranging from 135 to 195. Special clothing bargains feature men suits at 10 and overcoats in wool cheviots and worsteds. A millinery sale at The People's Store offers a rose color hat with a large bird ornament once valued at 1200 now 300. Campbell & Pics advertise.
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Isg
Hormwe & Co
Peon Avenue
Cor
Grant
Diamond
Court House
People’s Store
Cammpbell & Pics
What a Blind Man Saw In Washington Lecture Tonight
Rev Dr Milburn presents a lecture on experiences in Washington from four decades ago and current observations at the Second Presbyterian Church Penn Ave. Tickets available at H Watts Co 451 Wood Ave. A display of French wool challies and American dress fabrics is advertised nearby with multiple shops listed.
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Washington
Milburn
Penn Ave
H. Watts & Co.s
Wood
FIGHTING WITH FIRE Prorog Ability In the Art Wf Linko
Unclear report describes a planned event at the Monongahela wharf involving rival Pittsburg and Allegheny engines. Weather and water conditions affect timing as engines are weighed and moved, with authorities approving postponement and ongoing correspondence after midnight.
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Monongahela
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Junior Mechanics Progress and Order Meetings Report
Junior Mechanics progress reported by W H L Stook Grand Councilor of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. He returns from the west to attend Saturny ceremonies. Many councils joined since last June. The Funeral Benefit Association plans a Lafayette Hall meeting. Was Birthday demonstration to involve 15 000 men.
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Junior Mechanics Progress
W. H L. Stook
Order of United American Mechanics
West
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Lafayette Hall
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