Pittsboro Iron and Steel Center Indicates Superior Quality
Pittsboro is hailed as the greatest iron and steel manufacturing city in the United States by industry leaders. American Tube and Iron Company’s B W Carroll touts direct open hearth steel as best, while U.S. armor plate programs push for American construction of ships. Plates to be tested include Camell Co compound plate, Creast Company steel plate, and nickel steel alloy, to be fired at high velocities.
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Pittsboro
United States
Homestead
Pitwburg
B. W. Carroll
American Tube and Iron Companys
Americn
B. F. Jones
Jones & Laughlin
America
England
Cammell & Co
Creast Company
Crencot
Unwelcome Gallantry on Accommodation Trains Sparks Complaint
Pennsylvania rail passengers along the line from the city to Wilkinsburg report brakemen's familiar behavior toward female riders. A Wilkinsburg resident recounts an incident of arm grabbing and insulting smirks, saying railroad authorities must restrain such acts. The rider notes some brakemen are respectful, others assume improper contact, prompting many complaints among travelers between the city and Williamsburg.
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Possingore
Pennsylvania
Wilkinsburg
Williamsburg
Jewelers Prepare for Allegheny Semi Centennial Parade
The retail jewelers of Allegheny met in City Hall to plan participation in the semi centennial celebration next Thursday. August Loch chaired as committees were formed to notify all 40 city jewelers and arrange carriages and a float. A second meeting Monday will finalize details as old volunteers plan their turnout and some city groups with debts show waning interest.
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Allegheny
City Hall
August Loch
Common Council Chamber
City hospital needed in Pittsburg case of dying patient
A young German man dies while seeking charity medical care in Pittsburg. Doctors, unable to place him in a city hospital, direct him through several physicians to the Department of Public Charities and finally to the City Poor Farm. Dr Clark supports Chief Elliott’s push for a city hospital.
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Pittsburg
Joseph Hamberger
Seventeenth Street
Heber
Clark
Chief Elliott
Elliott
Female Crook Captured After Downtown Robberies
Officer Maxwell arrested Magpie Bankard, a young woman accused of stealing from several downtown houses. She allegedly targeted Third Avenue and Second Avenue locations, taking valuables including about $200 in plunder. Detectives traced her to Yellow Bow and suspect ties to Kansas City after Chicago paw tickets were found.
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Maxwell
Magpie Bankard
Third Avenue
Second Avenue
Offcer Maxwell
Coulesa
Yellow Bow
Kansse City
Hansay Ae
Chicago
The Deserter Takes to Colombia
Frank J. Reuber, alleged deserter from the United States army, arrested in the city last Sunday, was transported to Columbus barracks yesterday by Sergeant Edward Berbecht. Reuber lived at 72 South Twelfth Street.
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Frank J. Reuber
United States Army
Columbus Barracks
Edward Berbecht
Reuber
No. 72
South Twelfth Rect
Troubles Over Dog Muzzles Roil City Stores
A report details chaos as clerks and customers clash over dog muzzles in a Philadelphia store. Dogs pull cages and fight for muzzles while Humane Society officials warn of unnecessary suffering and potential prosecutions.
Come on Jack There Comes the Copper in the Store
A woman brings in a dog and insists the muzzle fits properly as she boasts the animal’s intelligence. She recounts watching dogs “morsied” in newspapers and claims the hound stole a parasite paper, smelled a cat from a distance, and caused a commotion in the yard before the muzzle is finally fitted.
Proposal on Handling Loose Dogs Sparks Public Debate
Citizens discuss creating a dog pound to allow owners to recover pets. The Anti Cruelty Society declines to take a stand, stating their focus is on children and infirm persons.
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Anti-Cruelty Society
Stoppage in Eastern Coal Trade At McKeesport
A labor stalemate erupts as National Tube Works Co refuses to sign the Amalgamated scale and workers at McKeesport vote unanimously to reject the offer and halt work. About 500 men attended Coates Hall meeting, backing the union's demand. President Weihe warned the dispute tests both sides, while signatory firms include Kirkpatrick & Co and Scottdale Iron and Steel. Scottdale works to resume next Monday.
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McKeesport
National Tube Works Company
Coates’ Hall
Weihe
Amalgamated Association
Kirkpatrick & Co., Limited
Leechburg
Scottdale Tron and Steel Company, Limited
Tageart & Howell
Eastern Scale
Northumberland
Layton appeals for Dunbar disaster widows and orphans
Immigrant Inspector R D Layton reports encouraging results in raising funds for the Dunbar victims families. Nearly $1,000 already collected and circulars sent to merchants bankers and business men in Pittsburgh on July 10 1890. Subscriptions to R D Layton Box 6H Pittsburgh. Aim to sustain distressed families for at least one year amid mental distress and inability to work.
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R. D. Layton
Dunbar
Neasrly
Custom Houser
Surveryor's
Pittsawag
R. D. Laytox
Pittsburg
Layton
Pad
Westmoreland Miners Strike Slows Eastern Shipping
Eastern papers report the Penn Gas Coal Company and Westmoreland Coal Company miners strike has slowed vessel carrying trade to Eastern ports. Vessels seek cargoes from Clearfield and Cumberland mines where there is no strike. Shippers note dull trade but expect revival and higher rates after the strike ends.
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Penn Gas Coal Company
Westmoreland Coal Company
Clearfield
Cumberland
Westmoreland
War on dogs set to begin next Tuesday
Chief Brown stated the dog war will start on the 15th inst. Public notice will appear in official papers. Police inspectors will order officers to shoot dogs running at large from Tuesday morning. Interfering with officers may incur a $50 fine.
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Brown
Dont be Afraid Pat I Know the Policeman
A shopper recalls a Newfoundland dog with a strap and requests softer muzzling. A stylish woman with a shawl and puppy critiques the cage and nose strap, desiring blue leather and gentler appearance for Vic Gip and the dog owner in a bustling store scene.
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Pat
Vic
Caan
Cath
Up and Down a Ladder in a Woman Chase Case
A constable pursued Katharine Salm at 62 Welsh Road after she hid upstairs and escaped via a window ladder during an assault information filed by Salm. After 40 minutes the officer desisted. later Katharine filed counter information and Salm was jailed for a hearing.
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Salm
Welsh Road
Katharine
Bernhauer
Longenbacher
Boiler makers’ union faces summer stalemate as firms concede
Jubilant boiler makers report Velte and Manchester firms have conceded demands after a meeting in the afternoon. Riter and Conley and another firm are expected to yield within a day or two. Mr. Riter stated his firm will stand out all summer against granting the demands, a stance echoed by other large companies.
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Velte & McDonald
Manchester & Son
Riter & Conley
Riter
Inhuman Father Arrested After Tussle at Home
Fred Tuefel a butcher of 1004 Carson Street was arrested after officers found him assaulting his wife and two daughters on South Tenth Street. The 14 year old daughter was dragged by the hair and choked an older daughter before Mrs Tuefel Intervened. Tuefel struggled with officers and was jailed awaiting a magistrate hearing.
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South Tenth Street
Fred Tuefel
Carson Street
Offcers Smith
Cochran
Tuefel
Norfolk Coal and Goke Company expands with 200 ovens
The Norfolk Coal and Goke Company of Elkhorn West Virginia will add 200 Adams ovens after Stuart M. Bock ordered five. If satisfactory, all 200 ovens will be installed. Steam fitters in the city secure nine hours work and ten hours pay. Firms including Atwood McCaffrey Shook Anderson and Best Fox and Co show interest.
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Norfolk Coal and Goke Company
Elkhorn
W. Va
Stuart M. Bock
Way
Adams
Atwood & McCaffrey
Shook-Anderson Manuacturing Company
Best, Fox & Co
Sebold Huck Grants 25 Cent Advance for Tobies
Sebold Huck the cigar maker at 619 Fifth Avenue granted tobymakers a voluntary 25 cent per thousand advance yesterday. He now pays the highest price in the city for tobies in the order.
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Sebold Huck
Fifth Avenue
Toby Makers
Half Beggar and Bandit Terrorizes Allegheny
In Woods Run yesterday afternoon Thomas Hanlon, described as a bold mendicant with a revolver, solicited alms from pedestrians and threatened to shoot when refused. Officer McDonough tried to arrest him, but bystander John Wilson intervened and was struck in the wagon, with a charge preferred against him.
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Terasop
Woods
Thomas Hanlon
Hanlon
Alma
Fifth Avenue M E Church Seeks Charter Dissolution
The Board of Trustees of the Fifth Avenue M E Church petitions the court to annul the old Pennsylvania Avenue M E Church charter to prevent transactional confusion. W F Edmunson and W A Murphy, officers of the board, file the petition requesting transfer of the charter to the Fifth Avenue church.
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Fifth Avenue M. FE
Pennsylvania Avenue M. BE
W. F. Edmunson
W. A. Murphy
Board of Tustees
Renee
Fith Avenue M
Prisoner Arrested in Hill Area Shooting Case
Richard Nelson, about 40, colored, was arrested by Officer Webb on suspicion of involvement in the Wednesday night shooting of Edward Cramer on the hill above Twenty-eighth Street. Cramer survived but remains in peril as doctors avoid probing the bullet wound. Police, led by Inspector McAleese, continue to press for arrests of the assailants. several suspects including Peter Robinson, William Smith, Alice Russell, and James Holmes were taken into custody or released, with details on motive and weaponage still emerging.
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Richard Nelson
Webb
Twelfth Ward
Edward Cramer
Twenty-eighth Street
Nelson
Booth & Filton
Thirty-third Street
Jones Avenue
Inspector McAleese
Cramer
Peter Robinson
William Smith
Robinson
Alice Russell
James Holmes
Kate Staley
Sweeney
Samuel Dawson
Crushed and mangled man among day’s railroad deaths
Remains of a man possibly John Connell of Allegheny were found on the Pittsburg and Western track six miles below New Castle. He fell from the top of cars while employed as a brakeman. An 8 year old boy, Francis Erling, had his foot crushed by an electric car at Liberty and Sixth. Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers, 68, was struck by cable car No. 28 at Fifth and Ann, suffering a scalp wound and internal injuries. condition critical.
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John Connell
Allegheny
Pittsburg
Pleasant Valley Line
Elizabeth Rogers
Ann Street
Fifth Avenue
Period of Special Devotion to Regio in Pittsburgh Diocese
Vicar General Wall issues a diocesan circular during Bishop Phelan's absence in Europe. The annual secular clergy retreat will run July 21 and 28 at St Francis College Loretto. Clergy must attend unless dispensed, with attendance alternating between the first and second retreats each year. Priests should bring a cassock surplice atole and baretta.
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Regio
Phelan
Europe
Wall
Pittsburg
St. Francis’ College
Loretto
Atole
Baretta
Sharpsburg Advances Sewer and Lights Upgrade
The Sharpsburg borough council awarded the sewer contract to Wilkinson and Davison for 1350 dollars. They refused payment for the electric plant until tested by a specialist to prove the light reached 50 candle power.
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Sharpsburg
Wilkinson and Davison
Allegheny Society Men Arrested After Saloon Brawl
John Smith and Joe Brown, prominent Alleghenians, were arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after a saloon fight on Irwin avenue. Brown struck Smith in the face, and both men posted bail for their morning court appearance.
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John Smith
Joe Brown
Irwin Avenue
Brown
Smith
Man Charged With False Pretenses Over Baseball Tickets
John Gottman was accused by John F. Kline of taking $13 to buy baseball tickets and not returning money or tickets. Gottman posted $500 bail for Monday’s hearing after the information was filed with Alderman Richards. A separate item notes a fire at the Southside News office on Carson Street caused by a lamp explosion but no damage occurred.
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John F. Kline
No. 3
Diamond Street
Alderman Richards
John Gottman
Itma
Kline
Gottman
Southside News
Carson Street
South Seventeenth Street
Local incidents mark day in two cities
A hearing before Alderman Warner on an assault charge led to detention for court. In West End, Mrs. Dihow accuses Mrs. Robinson of knocking her down with a shoe on Twentieth street. Other items include a rooftop burglary at West Penn Hospital, a misreported robbery claim by James Conway, a Workhouse Board meeting, arrests for assault, a contested election hearing, and charges of neglect or cruelty to animals and family.
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Boyer
Board of Managers
Carrghan
Marshall
Kiitia Doran
West End
Katie Buckhart
Carr
Pfeifer
Besi
Frank Hughes
Ellsworth Avenues
Henry Stro
Eighteenth Street
Graterd Gisermas Warner
Wilmerding
Hoe
Potters
Jonn Scanlon
Barryman
Man alleges he was sent to workhouse instead of hospital
Robert Carlisle, an Englishman with epileptic fits, told Anti-Cruelty Society officials that in 1888 he was handcuffed and taken to the workhouse instead of Dixmont Hospital after appealing for care. He says the incident worsened his condition while his father defends sending him to the workhouse as necessary.
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Robert Carlisle
Dean
Anti-Cruelty Society
Carlisle
America
Samuel Carlisle
Ft. Wayne
Dixmont
Pleasing Valley wins street railway bid amid council clash
Allegheny Common Council last night saw a street railway fight as the Pleasant Valley Company pressed for a right of way down Irwin and North avenues to Monterey street. President James Hunter opposed rival routes, Amendment to allow other companies, and the vote ended with the amendment failing and the ordinance sent back for committee review.
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Hunter
Allegheny Common Council
Pleasant Valley Company
James Hunter
Allegheny Traction Company
Pittsburg
Allegheny & Manchester
North Avenue
Irwin Avenue
Kirkpatrick Avenue
Irwin and
North Avenues
John Hampton
John Thompson
R. H. Boggs
J. N. Davidson
A. J. Armstrong
Pleasant Valley Street Railway
Monterey Street
McGeary
Jackson Street
Fremont Street
New Brighton Road
Dahlmager
Febers
Allegheny
Street Railway Committee
New Brick School Building Advancing in Wilkinsburg
Contractors push Wilkinsburgs new school project toward December completion. Brickwork has begun and walls rise rapidly. September first marks the term start with church and other buildings used since the fire back in use until the edifice opens, with a larger attendance anticipated than last term.
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Wilkinsburg
Two Boys Held for Robbery and Assault on Miss Eva Smith
Thomas Strong Thomas Coslett Edward Simpson and C Ryan faced a magistrate after being charged with securing money in Fitzpatrick Wilsons restaurants using sticks with gum on the end. Simpson and Ryan were charged. Strong and Coslett were held on a separate charge of attempting to steal Miss Eva Smiths pocketbook on Second Avenue May 25. Miss Smith identified them as her assailants during the pocketbook theft attempt.
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Thomas Strong
Thomas Coslett
Edward Simpson
C. Ryan
Fitzpatrick & Wilson
Orig
Simpson
Ryan
Strong
Coslett
Miss Eva
Robbery spree by youths at Mt Washington stores
Three boys aged 13 to 16 robbed three Mt Washington stores Wednesday morning while proprietors were present. Each crime yielded only a small amount of money. The youths employed a systematic method, but owners did not realize it until later. No suspects identified yet.
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Mt Washington
Army of Applicants for Public School Certificates
Prof Byron Tornbaugh superintendent of public schools for Washington county said yesterday he had two more teacher examinations in the county bringing the total to about 600 after completion. About one third are expected to be rejected. Plucked Flowers and Broke Windows arrested on charge of malicious mischief at Bethel Home Center avenue for breaking windows and destroying shrubbery. Sharpsburg addition: O’Hara township adjoining Sharpsburg seeks borough inclusion. grand jury inspected the township and Sharpsburg and will report later.
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Byron Tornbaugh
Washington County
Charles Lambert
John Gillin
Charles Coyle
James Cummings
Frank Curn
Louis Vote
Frank Delaney
Bethel Home
Center Avenue
O’hara
Sharpsburg
Peculiar Dinner Order Stuns Downtown Waiter
A man at a downtown restaurant ordered iced clams a pint of beer ice cream a large watermelon slice and coffee then lit a cigarette after finishing the unusual meal. Many Catholic clergy and society members plan to attend the Sunday morning corner laying of the new St Mark's Church.
Local notables depart for business and leisure
Edwin J. Kirby of the Western Union Telegraph Company leaves for Minneapolis to join the Farmers and Manufacturers Loan and Trust Company as secretary. Miss Anne McKenna and Miss Annie Friel depart for an extended Brighton sojourn. H L Christy and family move to a summer cottage at Mt Sewickley for the season.
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Edwin J. Kirby
Western Union Telegraph Company
Minneapolis
Farmers and Manufacturem’ Loan and Trust Company
Anne McKenna
Judge McKenna
Annie Friel
Brighton
H. L. Christy, Esq
Mt. Sewickley
Water extension vote on Nine Mile Island planned
Allegheny Select Councils last night approved allowing residents to vote at the next municipal election on extending the water system to Nine Mile Island. They also moved to create an Assistant City Attorney and City Engineer. Ordinances for park walkway re paving were sent back for new plans, and the Pennsylvania Cooling Company ordinance faced a similar outcome. The Council concurred in asking the Board of Controllers to vacate the City Hall library room by October 1.
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Allegheny
Nine Mile Island
Pennsylvania Cooling Company
Common Council
Board of Controllers
City Hall
Third Ward Councilman Brown Announces Chief Public Safety Candidacy
Councilman Thomas Brown of Allegheny's Third ward announced last night his candidacy for Chief of the Department of Public Safety under the new regime.
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Thomas Brown
Allegheny
Department of Public Safety
Summer clothing bargains close stock quick at low prices
Bargains offered on 180 men's cheviot sack suits at 6, 210 men's cassimere and worsted salts at 10, and all $22 to $30 suits cleared for 15. Also notes on flour Table Belle, Orrville Milling 1200 barrels daily, A G Campbell & Sons July bargains, and Wainwright's beer for cooling heat.
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Cor. Grant
Diamond Sta
The
Court House
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Fleming ‘Hon
St. Louis
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Cool Stores
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