Local option temperance project gains nonpartisan support
Pennsylvania women form the Women's Christian Temperance Alliance to focus on nonpartisan Christian temperance work, aiming for total abstinence and liquor prohibition. The state group, led by Mrs. H C Campbell, intends county and local alliances, with a October annual meeting and a pledge to abstain from alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Gampbdell
Ellen M. Watson
Joseph D. Weeks
BR. Dbd. Bowman
B. C. Christy
Philadelphia
Temperance Women
Dispatch
New State Organization
Pennsylvania
Cristian
Women's Christian Temperance Alliance of Pennsylvania
Cleveland Conference
State Alliance
W.C.T.U
Ees
H.C. Campbell
Allegheny
Praess
W. C
John B. Gough
Scotand
Children’ S Aid
Western Pennsylvania
Allegheny Day Nursery
U. P. Women's Association
U. P. Or's Home
News
Jobstown
What Is Man Says Dr Townsend at Unitarian Service
Dr Tewssend reports that man surpasses animals in faculties though shares physical ties. He argues consciousness, self, moral sense, and creativity define humanity, with an evolving brain and an enduring soul as potentialities, while noting immortality remains possible through a higher life. Townsend then outlines lines of true human development.
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Townsend
Unitarian Church
Ajil
Hamid
Emerson
Mr. Townsend
Wells and Farm Work Halted by Nightwatch on Moon Row
Reported disturbances delay work on Union No. 1 at Burns farm near Moon Row. A midnight shutdown followed a watch meeting amid tensions with local authorities. Tools remain stuck on the Schmid farm while Dorrington and Ewing operate on Schmid and Kuopt farms. temporary detention is expected due to shallow depth.
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Burns Farm
Moon Row
Union No
Schmid
Dorrington & Ewing
Kuopt
Mount Washington Gymnasium Adds Reading Hall Extension
A substantial addition to Mount Washington's reading hall features a complete gym nasium with two classes, male and female, instructed by a professional teacher. The young ladies show strong interest in their manual of exercises.
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Mount Washington
Runaway youths from Steubenville in custody at Central station
Hugh Wimms an eight year old white boy and Eddie Westbrook a seven year old colored boy ran away from home in Steubenville and were brought to Central station. Inspector Mc Aleese saw the Steuben Chief of Police to notify the parents to send after the urchins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Wimms
Eddie Westbrook
Steubenville
Central Station
McAleese
Steuben
Unusual Ohio Couple Wed by Presbyterian Minister
A rural Ohio couple sought marriage at Trinity P E Church but rector Rev Samuel Maxwell declined citing church canons. After delays they went to Dr McClelland at Western Theological Seminary who married Jacob C Merryman and Miss Lorinda Mason despite unclear identities and past marriages. The groom’s prior wives and details remained unnamed.
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Trinity P. E
Ohio
Samuel Maxwell
Amis Oneeke
Maxwell
Smithfield Street
E. P. Cowan
Allegheny Avenue
Pittsburg
Sermon on Sacrament at St Philomena's Church
The Rt. Rev. Richard Phelan preached a strong sermon yesterday before administering the sacrament of confirmation to about 300 children at St. Philomena's Church. He urged proper reception of the sacrament to implant divine grace in the heart and shield believers from worldly perils, insisting worthy reception makes better citizens for church and nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Phelan
St. Philomena’s Church
Fire at Knoxville Home Suspected Arson
A Saturday night blaze at Bernard Krugh’s Knoxville residence is believed incendiary. The family was away three days and Brugh says he turned off gas in all fireplaces before leaving. Gas burned where the stove stood as the fire was found. losses not to exceed $200 and residents fear local incendiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Krugh
Knoxville
Brugh
Hill
Assa
Destrey Chautauqua Emer
German-Austrian Beneficial Society Initiates New Member
The Society met yesterday in the Flour and Grain Exchange building at Liberty street and Garrison alley with Peter Holder presiding. Only routine business was handled aside from the initiation of Joseph Schreiner as a member. The next meeting is set for February 9.
Self-inflicted death at Western Penitentiary
John Evans alias James Fulton, 23, from Westmoreland County, hanged himself yesterday by tearing a towel into strips and tying it to a cell bar. Prison staff found his body after alarms and electricity at the facility failed to revive him. Coroner’s inquest to be held early, relatives in Ninth Ward Allegheny to claim the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Evans
Western Penitentiary
James Fulton
Westmoreland County
Wright
Fulton
Allegheny
Penny Returned in Lawrenceville Church Collection
The Rev Father Tobin discussed a published account claiming he threw pennies from a basket during St Marys Church monthly collection. He said Swift gave a cent, Tobin returned it to him, and denied any rule requiring at least 25 cents. McBride supported that Swift’s statement mixed truth with misrepresentation.
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Swift
Father Tobin
St. Mary’s Church
Lawrenceville
McBride
Jealousy Leads to Brutal Cutting in Pittsburgh Home
Roland Maltby attacked his wife Elis with a razor at their 3009 Smallman Street home after jealousy eruptions. She suffered a two‑inch facial slash and a neck cut before Maltby was arrested at a Spruce Alley house. He worked as a roller at Black Diamond Works and faces felonious cutting charges.
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Roland
Ells Maltby
Smallman Street
Second Avenue
Chartiers
Spruce Alley
Twelfth Ward
Elis
Fire at Allen Kirkpatrick Stable Endangers Horses
At 10 PM yesterday Officer James Burk discovered a blaze in the iron-clad stable at Ninth and Duquesne. He alerted Box 23 and, with effort, freed five of seven horses while firemen rescued the remaining two. The blaze burned the loft forage and was considered dangerous at times. No ignition source was found and losses are under $800, fully insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Burk
Allen Kirkpatrick
Ninth
Duquesne
Bricklayer Dies After Epileptic Collapse Outside Smithfield
Joseph J. Johnson aged 31 a bricklayer collapsed in an epileptic fit near 10 Smithfield street. An onlooker mistook him for drunk and a passerby alerted Officer Frank Yerger. Johnson was moved to a nearby alley then to Homeopathic Hospital where he died at 5 Pr. x. He said he came from Hartford Connecticut and lived at 10 Roberts street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Johnson
Smithfield Street
Frank Yerger
Homeopathic Hospital
Hartford
Conn
Roberts Street
Local Day Shows Arrests and Accidents in Two Cities
Barbara Mangus was arrested on liquor license charges and posted 1000 bail for a Wednesday hearing. Jimmy Tough and James Fox were arrested for robbing a fellow newsboy of 40 papers. both face charges. Ten year old John Connelly injured after falling into an excavation on Forty-eighth Street. Services were held at prison for Milligan. John Unger’s body moved from morgue to Youngstown home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Mangus
Fitzgerald
Gripp
No. Center Avenue
Eleventh Ward
James Cuff
Jimmy Tough
James Fox
Coff
Morganza
Fox
JoHux Connelly
Forty-eighth Street
Butler Street
Forty-eighth
Forty-ninth Streets
von Milligan
Riverside Nntentiary
Slack
John Unger
Lake Erie
Youngstown
Ice Plant Planned by Chautauqua Lake Ice Company
The Chautauqua Lake Ice Company announces a new artificial ice plant project on property between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. The $150000 plant will use compression refrigeration to produce about 100 tons daily and may expand after a trial period.
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Chautauqua Lake Ice Company
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
Owensburg
Miners to Amalgamate Unions at Columbus Meetings
Chris Evans and Samuel Gompers depart for Columbus for two conventions. About 200 delegates will discuss consolidating Knights of Labor and the federation, with a price raise from 73 to 90 cents in the Pittsburg district. If unionized, 10,000 miners may join the new federation.
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Chris Evans
Ohio Miners
Gompers
Federation
Columbus
Ohio State
Knights of Labor
Arsa
Pittsburg
Evans
President Morenus Leaves for Cleveland Amid Uncertain Return
President Morenus of the Window Glass Workers Association departed for Cleveland on Saturday night. Reports from the South Side suggested he might not return, citing a tiresome presidency and conflicting hints. Friends and colleagues, however, believed he was simply visiting family. Further verification failed to settle the matter.
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President Morenus
Window Glass Workers’ Association
Cleveland
Southside
John Marsh
Morenus
Scoom
President Morenus Signals Short Pittsburg Visit
President Morenus told a Dispatch reporter after his installation that he does not plan to make Pittsburg his home and may return home for a few days each month, denying rumors of an extended stay.
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Pany
Campbell
Washington
Hin Oocis Et Vent Gieparture
Morenus
Dispatch
Pittsburg
Labor talks set with Allegheny County Light officials
A federation of labor leaders led by President Samuel Gompers plans a Monday meeting with Allegheny County Light Company officials at the Hotel Duquesne to resolve a dispute. Strikers are optimistic of a possible victory as a conference is arranged to address misunderstandings and propose a joint committee to move forward.
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Gompers
Allegheny Country Light Company
Federation of Labor
Allegheny County Light Company
New York
Labor Hall
Vida
Executive Council
Federation
Blatter
the Dispatch
Council
Blaxter
Hotel Duquesne
Armstrong Brothers to Close Coke Works for Manager’s Funeral
Armstrong Bros. and Co. will close their coke works next Tuesday so employees may attend the funeral of their late manager Samuel B. Patterson, who died last Saturday. Several of the deceased’s colleagues will be at the service. The interment will be at Uniondale Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Bros. & Co
Samuel B. Patterson
Uniondale Cemetery
Japanese Engineers Inspect American Railways Study Trip
Kikkawa and Sengoku, two Tokio railway construction engineers for the Japanese government, visit New York to study American railway gradients and curves. They plan three to four days in the city, then tour Philadelphia, Altoona, and return east to San Francisco for home on February 4.
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Kikkawa
Sengoku
Tokio
Japan
Hotel Duquesne
Europe
England
New York
Baltimore and Ohio
Denver & Rio Grande
Rocky Mountains
Pitestra
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pelvania
Altoous
San Francisco
Plainsfield Addition Company Property Giveaway
Ace GOOD AS GOLD. Two Hundred Lot Near Denver Colorado free. Plainfield, a Fort Worth and Denver Railroad suburb, offers lots with wide streets and a park. One per person, no contract to improve, postage four cents. Mail full name and address to Castle Rock Castle.
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Denver
Col
Plainfield
Fort Worth
Union Depos
Petbeae
Plainfield Addition Company
Castle Rock
January Clearance Sale at Jos Honne & Co Penn Avenue Stores
A newspaper note advertises January clearance at Jos Honn e Co Penn Avenue Stores praising demand for Iron City Brewing Co draughts and listing specials. It mentions English style saltings and imported goods offered at reduced prices and invites parents to have children photographed at Amfrecht 616 Market Street Pittsburg.
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Jos. Honne & Co
Penn Avenue
Os. Honge & Co
Avenue
Amfrecht
Market St
Pittsburg
Jos. Hons & Co
German inspector Clo ss visits Pittsburg post office plans
Adolf Clauss, veteran U S Buildings inspector and Washington architect, arrived in Pittsburg from Detroit and will stay two or three days. He will meet Superintendent Malone, review both old and new post office buildings, and assess crowding and possible expansions.
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Adolf Closu
United States
Hotel Central
Detroit
Pittsburg
Class
Washington City
Windrim
Treasury Department
Clauss
Glass
the DisPaTon
Supervising Architect’s Bureau
Cosmo
Poe
Malone
Sale prices sharpen dress goods and silks across the store
The store touts drastic reductions on dress goods and black silks, with items like all wool stripes and broadcloths discounted from high prices to $1 and under. Black silks, brocades, and cashmere silks see substantial cuts, including $2 pieces down to 25 cents for some exports, all labeled as clearance bargains.
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John L. Falton
Johnstown
Butler
Chester
Hand Lanecaster
Beery
Moree
Secs
Women's Era Healperance Association of
Ias
First
Nate On
Allegheny County
Swift Union
Sterrett Union
Sproull Union
Covenanter Church
Himel
New Movement
White
Arge
St. Louis
Stmis
Union
Mrs. Bryce
A. F. Bryce
National Convention of the Union
He Lealenn
Treasury
Tewssend
Lower Moon Row
MR. Maxwell
DR. McClelland
Somerville
Wife No. 1
Wife No. 2
Wife No.1
Wife No
Phelan
Bernard Kreghk
Sinshee
The
Chautauqua Co
Mr. Morenus
Ace
Iron City Brewing Co
Adolf Closs
United States Buildings
M. L. Malons
Department
Merning
Aepeenee
Pittsby
Nevada
Chicago
Micago
Itoo
Bell
DR. C. McLane
Horne & CO
Mospar
Musiin Underwear
Beotch
India
Sands
Ures
Llot
Jack Frost
Svery Departments
the Cloak Department
Penn Ave
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