Johnstown to be Connected with Pittsburg by Telephone
Solomon Stroup and William M McCartney faced hearings before U S Commissioner Ambrose on counterfeiting charges. Both held without bail for Circuit Court at Scranton on March 4. Stroup admitted guilt. McCartney claimed five years of counterfeit coin production. Others held for trial. Detective Bonnolia led the five year investigation.
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Altoona
Solomon Stroup
William M. McCartney
United States
Ambrose
Tral
Circuit Court
Scranton
Stroup
McCartney
John Howser
John Sipes
Frank McConnell
Bonnolia
Stre Rae
Nefis Ap
Connells
Board of Viewers
Pittsburg
Two Men Jailed After Sixth Avenue Liquor and Gambling Charge
Charles Ed tearas and Reddy Dobbs were jailed after a hearing before Squire Hollman on charges of selling liquor without a license and operating a gambling place on Sixth Avenue. Officer Aerd filed the charges. The item notes Post 151 settled their 19 nights entertainment with a surprising balance. The Presbyterian Sunday school elected pew officers including Superintendent Coffey and Treasurer Frankhn ee. Ex Constable William Shearer plans to run for Braddock constable and Will J. Dible for Council Second Ward.
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Distatch
Frappecx
Charles Edtearas
Reddy” Dobbs
Squire Flolrman
Aerd
Post 151
Presbyterian Sunday School
D. Coffey
John Rinard
George A. Smith
Frankhnee
Will Big
Hassan Atline
William Shearer
Braddock
Will J. Dible
Rianitestoning Teined
Novelty Plant Prospects Muddy in McKeesport
The Novelty Steel Wheel Company plant location is uncertain as stock subscriptions lag and wealthy subscribers in Bissell fail to join. The Union Encaustic Tile Works will start full operation Monday after Grndley machinery completion. Mrs. Captain C Mies injured by a car collision shows side injuries and shock. May suffer further trouble due to frailty. Neel & Wa pier planing mill adopts the mine-hour system.
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Fernctal
McKeesport
Novelty Steel Wheel Company
Bissell
Nee Bissell
Moxers
Neel & Wa Pier
Telephones to Reach Johnstown Exchange From Pittsburg
Superintendent Mengar of the Pittsburg District Printing and Telegraph Company visited the city to supervise pole erection and wire stringing for the Johnstown exchange. Metzgar leased the second floor front room of Low Green's building for the exchange as forces from Pittsburg prepare to install lines and equipment. The plan includes a line from Pittsburg through Greensburg Latrobe Blairsville to Ebensburg, aiming for early operation.
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Phiteburg
Pyron
Pittsburg
Metzgar
Greensburg
Latrobe
Blairsville
Ebensburg
New Castle Hearing on Gas Company Injunction Request
Judge Mc Michaels heard the request to continue the preliminary injunction against the Natural Gas Company. The case seeks to prevent rate increases or gas shutoffs for nonpayment while a plan ties rates to Pittsburgh averages. The judge reserved decision.
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New Castle
James Smith Tries to End Life on Train Near Lima
James Smith of Dehler on a Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton line near Lima attempted suicide by cutting his throat after becoming insane on a moving train. Fellow passengers stopped him. he was wounded, jumped from the car near the city, and remains in a precarious condition.
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Atch
Lima
Ismary S
James Smith
Deehler
Cincinnati
Hamilton and
Dayton
Node
Dennison Passes Local Option Ordinance For Saloons
Two Baker brothers were involved in a shooting incident as Dennison's council votes a local option ordinance closing saloons. The measure passed amid a tense session and awaits court review.
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Dennison
Ferecia
Dexsimox
Baker
Sat
Saten
Fatal stabbing at New Year dance in Cabell County
At a dance on Union Binge in Cabell County West Virginia, Lee Cornell attacked John Brewer during a dispute and stabbed him in the neck. Brewer died shortly after. Cornell fled and has not been located.
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Diefatch
Caan Leston
W. Va
William Gebhardt
Union
Cabell County
Lee Cornell
John Brewer
Curnell
Brewer
Jegular Brewer
Eines
Beavers Falls Burgess Hearing Ends In Scuffle
In Beaver Falls Pennsylvania during a hearing on broker 8 K Mellon charged with embezzlement, John Graham accused Mellon of theft and Mellon attacked. The Burgess had Mellon bound over for court with a 2000 dollar bail while police kept order.
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Seaver
Burgess
Beaver Fall
K. Mellon
Mellon
Edward
John Graham
Graham
John Buchanan
Beaver
White Caps Threat Warning and Fire Strikes New Castle
A Mahoney township farmer Patrick Scanlon reports receiving a warning from a group signed White Caps to avoid Petersburg. He was fired upon as he left the borough. Early morning a fire destroyed about 1000 dollars worth of goods behind Kirk's hardware on Washington street. Cause unknown but insured.
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New Castle
Patrick Scanlon
Mahoney Township
Petersburg
Kirk
Washington Street
Williams Arrested in Fairchance Case
Special telegram to The Dispatch reports John F Williams colored arrested at Fairchance and jailed for a September injury to Rusco’s eye during a whisky incident. Williams claims Hawaii ties and that he was al
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Assoxtons
John F. Williams
Reece Rusco
Electric street railway projected for Wellsville
The item notes a planned electric street railway for Wellsville. It also lists events and incidents including a Beaver County teachers institute ending, a hotel sale in Beaver, a suffrage convention in Columbus on the 15th and 16th insts, a shooting accident at East Liverpool, a gubernatorial motion delaying execution, and a note on a woman from St Louis linked to Beaver history.
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Wellsville
Beaver County Teachers’ Institute
National
Beaver
Mans
C. H. Lew
St. Louis
Vendetta after West Virginia feud ends in murder
Logan county reports Floyd Dingess shot by William Hale at Heart Creek Lincoln county. The men, brothers in law, quarreled over a married woman. Hale shot Dingess in the mouth. the bullet lodged in his brain. Dingess kin threaten revenge. moonshine distilleries nearby stir local tension.
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Charleston
W. VA
Logan County
Floyd Dingess
William Hale
Heart Creek
Lincoln County
Dingess
Hale
Henderson Dingess
Floyd
Marrowbone Creek
Huntington urges repeal of Chinese exclusion act to protect trade
Collins P. Huntington and A A Law urge the New York Chamber of Commerce to amend or repeal the Chinese exclusion bill. They argue the act harms commercial relations with China and could provoke retaliation, risking loss of U S trade to other powers. He accuses partisan pressure and notes strong anti Chinese sentiment is concentrated in California.
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C. P. Huntington
Isecia
New York
Collins P. Huntington
A. A. Law
Chamber of Commerce
Huntington
America
China
California
Loss of the J. F. Horton After Fire Near Cape of Good Hope
New York dispatch reports slow details on the ship J. F. Horton missing after spontaneous combustion in the hold while en route from Oslentia with hemp and jute. The captain and most crew escaped in small boats. two seamen perished. Ship valued at 75 000 dollars and cargo at 100 000 dollars.
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Dispatch
New York
J. F. Horton
Maritime Exchange
Horton
Oslentia
Cape of Good Hope
Horion
Marriages Recorded at Trinity Church and Monongahela House
Two marriage notices listed: William M. Bropie to Florence M. Huntington at Trinity Church on January 3 1830, all residents of Pittsburg, and Hraam F Jordan to Annie G Greenawalt at the Monongahela House on January 3 1889 at 11 AM in Fayette and Westmoreland counties respectively.
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Biddle — Huntington
Trinity Church
A. Maxwell
William M. Bropie
Florence M. Huxthrox
Huntington
Pittsburg
Jordan—Greenawalt
Monongahela House
Hraam F, Jordan
Fayette County
Annie G. Greenawalt
Westmoreland County
C. A. Gardner
Death notices from Cincinnati and Allegheny area
Obituary notices list Agnes Blackmore Henry Becker Joan Cowan Downey Carlettes Dimling James Faer Nettie Graham Gascoine John Graham Haworth Caroline Jackson George McCandless Annie Riggs Elizabeth Williams John Wrigley with funeral details and times across January 1880s in Allegheny and Cincinnati including church and residence references.
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St. John's Society
Cowan
Joan Cowax
Ann Street
Ninth Ward
Allegheny
Frmay
Downey
Ijan
Earns
Joan Downey
Alice M. Alex. Downey
Dimling
Carletes
George —_ i
Carletta
Diamond Square
Faer
James Faer
Thomas Facr
McDonald Street
Ees
N. Y
Jane
Thomas Gane Seavene
Boho
Gano
Cheyenn Wyo. T
Nettie Grahrow
Joserx L. Gasscorns
Liberty Avenue
Graham
John Graham
Kirkpatrick Avenue
Haemef
Ti Race Street
Wits
Jackson
Caroline
Porter Jackson
River Avenues
McCarrrell
eCarrell
Bidwell Street
McCandless
George McCandless
Penn Avenue
St. James P. E. Church
Riggs
Zorn
Annie B
Robert Iges
J J. F. Deffner
Fifth Avenue
City
Kansas City
Williams
Wash
Arene Adeeneny City
Eliza Tuliame
William Williams
Wrigley
John Wriglet
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Eagner
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M'Kkeesport Notes
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Shennnge Company
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Presceed Ram
Wimdameport
Robert H. Pierson
Saltadusburg
George Carnell
Join Brewer
Neighborhood Notes
Hood
H. Dixon
Rossville
Staten Island
N.Y
N. EB
C.L Hood & CO
Lowell
Mass
Wame
Saux
Michael Rehak
Anna Czemlezky
Alexander C. See
Riets
Isabella Burkhart
Hiram F. Jordan
Anna Greenawaldt
Jeligen
Silos
Anna Komies
Wultass Schulte
Annie Schiriey
Fies E. McClure
Maggie J. Lamont
Payette County
McCune
Pittebure
MiMin
Alifflin Township
Allegheny Maria Naegely
Federal Street
Allegheny City
Canton
Anthony Meyer
Meyer, Arnold & Co
Lim
James M. Fullerton
Seventh Street
A. M
J. B. Murdoch
Fern
John R. & A. Murdoch
Smithfield Sr
Insurance Co
North America
Bibee
the Mercantile Agency
R. G. Dun & Co
Germania Bank
Wood Street
Diamond
North American
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Jewelers
Rani
Abova
Deak-Uwwr
Market ST. Deal
Duncan ‘ White
Diamond Street
Bmithil
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Fifteenth Street
City of
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Allegheny County
Spring Alley
Sai City
Commonwealth of
Pitusburg
Conshervesa Cascoe
Fusher F. CO
North Side
John Schreiber
Esther Conway
Cree
Susanna Kearns
Enisyns
James Wilson Et al
Samuel R. Sloan
John Herron
Knights of Sr. Ae Hall Associatae Go. K
Lorenz Selzer
Louis Debedest
Presbytery
Ite Ié Fest
Henry J. Weber
Sarah E. McKee
Seeeae
Eb Dwardiay
AL Allen
IL Wenke
Timothy O'Leary, JR
Selb Alley
South Eighth Street
Nin Atreed
City of Pitta
Alleghens County
Selby Alley
South Ninth Street
Assembly
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Ereyee Elit Eid Oeds
Fisher F. & M
Doyle & Co
Psead Eskofier
Morris Walsh
Sie Gererenen JH
Borg Hannah Robson
Cornelia Hiller
Jon Adams
Adams & Co
Trustee
Franz J. Kankle
Allen
BeNiEe Wenke
Timothy O'Leary
Viewers
Center Avenue
Barton Street
Wallingford Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ae Pereceneiens
Penners
Inccine
Pittsb
Fisher M. Demarack
Eater Engineering
Tim
Wallinees Street
Two Mile Run
Henry M. Biscoll
Sarah L. Hitchcock
Tees
Alex. Bradley
Ord Street
Bidwell
Barton
E. A. King
L. King
HOGG
Ccctsnaccne
Charles E. Jones
E. A
Pittsby
Safe It Company
Salle Eocewnioen
Ste
Bella A. Kuhn
Jay Allen
Daniel Wen
Yrrisnone
Fleishman & CO
Market Street
Federal St., Allegheny
Mrs
C. Weisser
Market St
Abs-Harked
Exon
Drapony
Weiies
Atents
D. Lewis
Solicitor of Patents
Roe
E. EC H . Penn
London
Z& Hartford
Conn
Edwards& Kenney
Fourth Avenue
A. Garrison Foundry Co
Semple
Faille Francaise
Sores
Grand Clearing
Henriett
Modijes
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