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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1891
Page
5
River scenes along the Monongahela show coal movement rising hopes for fall revival. Exposition grounds near the Point Inch by progress with broom and hammer as crews prepare and river traffic eases under bridge arches.
The meeting is expected to be highly animated as Republicans debate the judiciary nomination. Ex Judge Fetterman and Senator Neeb push a straight Republican ticket while Flinn allies seek governor appointees, risking party division and potential Democrat gains.
The weekly list covers patents granted in Western Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio and West Virginia for the week ending July. Inventors include Henry Aiken Pittsburg crane A B Bonneville Allentown cooling apparatus for calcined material J D Chandler Allegheny footwear Jesse Childs West Deer patent for potato digger F D Cook Allegheny Me F C Damm Findlay ball trap with flexible throwing arm J N Dick Millville C traction wheel C Furman Washington Pa sand reel W F Gaul Myersdale ballot box O F Grant Pittsburg cradle for bath tubs James R B Griffiths Allegheny trolley pole stand J M Harmes Port Clinton O clothes drier P F Jones Allegheny combined ticket case and cash box a Luking Findley beef area McKensie Wauseon C pump Bowland Nessup (?) for continuing a…
William Sprole of Kirkpatrick and Arch streets was arrested by Officer Terry on a disorderly conduct charge after allegedly threatening to kill his wife with a hatchet during a drunken confrontation. Neighbors heard Mrs. Sprole cry for help. Sprole was restrained and the hatchet taken. A hearing is set for this morning.
The Chester A. Arthur Republican Club of the Fourteenth ward held a night meeting with four members. Officers elected were President Hon. W. H. Ford, Vice President Rev. David Jones, Secretary G. B. Moore. Delegates to the State League were J. P. Andrews W. H. Ford and Henry C. Wolf with alternates A. P Moore William McAdams and C. B. Howell. The club endorsed Hon. John Dalzell for State League Presidency.
The divorce case of Rose H Ward against Frank R Ward includes testimony on his disappearance after a trip to Cincinnati and Washington Pa and alleged elopement with Sadie K Martin. An affidavit from Martin describes a pattern of travel with Ward, while Mrs Ward reports hearing of the affair and later saw him only briefly in 1890.
Fannie Williams, a colored woman, jailed on larceny charges after switching money in a letter for David Anderson, a blind man who travels with musicians. The letter was altered to cover the theft before Alderman Richards. The case follows a claim that the letter misled about a payment to Anderson’s Philadelphia wife.
A compilation of death notices and funeral details dated July 1891. Entries include MatiLp Anjer wife of Jerome B. Anjer with July 6 1591 date line, and others such as AMELIA G. Buck, Macore Lexa LACKSMITH, Sanaa E Hoover, Norma Ke, Francis W J Mayer, MAGGIE Sankey, and John Zimmerly with family residence details and interment or funeral timings.
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