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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1890

Page

3

Braddock Street Railway Tangle Draws Five Firms and Lawyers

Braddock borough faces a heated street railway battle with at least five companies and as many lawyers engaged. The stakes center on routes from Braddock through Turtle Creek and toward Homestead, with proposals to bridge the Monongahela and run toward Turtle Creek, amid attorney William Yost and figures like Alexander Dempster, Andrew Mellon, Howard Childs, and C. C. Lee driving the contest.

Braddock Braddock Borough Braddock Township Monongahela Carrie Furnaces Turtle Creek William Yost Hraddock Street Railway Company Alexander Dempster B. L. Wood, Jr W. Scaife Arthur Kennedy Second Avenue Electric Railway Andrew Mellon Howard Childs Dempster Et al W. F. McCook Hazelwood Howestead George Miller Miller Pennsylvania Railroad Eesigrad Camp Copeland Kiel Data C. C. Lee Pittsburg Copeland Main Street Edgar Thomson Steel Works Carrie Home Company Biock and Turtle Creek Company Braddock and Municipal Corporation

Councilman Keating Pushes Funeral Procession Right of Way

Councilman A F Keating advocates an ordinance granting cable cars priority over funeral processions. He argues undertakers lack special rights to block tracks and that mourners would accept a courtesy rule. He cites leaders James Flannery and H Samson and notes small funeral parishes resist change. A Southside undertaker trains horses for the hearse, and Keating says rapid transit at funerals could become a public convenience.

A. F. Keating James Flannery H. Samson Keating

Fostoria Glass Man Discusses South American Trade

Otto Jaeger of Fostoria, Ohio, told Monongahela hotel listeners last night that U S glassmakers can undersell Europeans in many lines of goods in South America. He praised Blaine as a friend to American industries and urged subsidies for maritime service. Jaeger noted higher wages for American workers yet said South America already demands certain fine glassware that can be produced cheaper here than in Europe.

South America Otto Jaeger Fostoria Monongahela Blaine Europe

Deaths in City Weekly Mortuary Report Soar

The weekly mortuary report for the week ending July reveals 124 city deaths, up from 114 last year. Diarrhea caused 26 deaths, choleraic 21, typhoid 10, measles 5, pneumonia 7, and consumption 5. Of 124, 71 were under 5, including 49 under 1. East End had 52 deaths, Southside 32, old city 28.

East End Eity Southside Old City

Eighteenth Regiment Parades To Bluff Street

The Eighteenth Regiment assembled at the armory and marched to Bluff street led by the Second Brigade Band. A planned dress parade was deferred due to darkness and a dense crowd observing the procession.

Bluff Street

Bargain No 1 and 2 in summer stock sale at court house

Local ad proclaims closing out summer clothing with cheap prices. Bargain No 1 lists 180 men s fancy cheviot sack suits priced at 6, flagged as a steal at 12. Bargain No 2 offers 230 men s cassimere and worsted suits from sack to frock at 10 product value 20. Also notes other low price items and a miller advert for Table Belle flour from Orrville Milling Company with agent F L Rutledge.

C. C Our Court House Orrville Milling Company F. L Rutledge

Auction Sale of 80 Lots in Flowers Plan

Auction of eighty lots in a Flowers plan at Hazel Sat eathy on July 18 proceeds under SRO Ree. Sale details indicate a public auction with specific parcels to be offered to bidders.

SRO Ree Allegheny Fountain ST Boyle St Joba A. Legguae Iys Allegbour Lliott Nursery Babehnak Lennant Valley Smithfield St B.A. Elliott O Sixth St Charies Fort Pitt Land Co North Jeannette Withridge &Co Baxter Thompson & CO Fourth Ave Jyé Railroad Station JAS. W. PE #CO Pittsburg Public Works Wheeling Seventeenth Street Eald Bridge Morningside Eighteenth Ward Alleinhony River Hazelwood Twenty-third Ward Hazelwood Ave Emablia Olio Promenade Hill Top Parase Aveane E i Fountainsx Third Ward Alleghany Boyle A. Leggate & Sox Harvard Street Sbhetidan Street North Highland Avenue Herlin Alley Fries Streat Ealwell Street Miller Street Pride Street Combere “Alley Mond Street Torley' Sinebiddle Arenas Pearl Street Sarnon Street Aout Sixth Street South Eighth Street Snowden Peah Willow Street Valley Street Howe Pic Denniston Avenue Hows Street Mayo Na Street Festival Street Denniston Aaron Department of Public Works

Census woes and clarifications in ninth district

George T Oliver reports no omission in the census tally after a dispute with M Magee over household enrollment on Highland Avenue. Then Magee and Flinn are confirmed enrolled by Weaver with a total contribution of three to the city population. Rural districts await returns as Oliver plans to cover Southside. John Skobba, Hungarian, had a hearing and was discharged after answering questions. Oliver Wickline also faces a 3 PM hearing.

George T. Oliver Dean Sig Highland Avenue F. M. Magee Sim Washington Allegheny County Lewis Block Mr. Oliver John Skobba Diemer McCandless Oliver Wickline

False cholera scare ends. crowded tenements warned

Rumors of Asiatic cholera in Bloomfield prompted Dr. McCandless to inspect Rosa Weller of Pearl Street Sixteenth ward who was found to have only a slight cholera morbus. He urged immediate action on overcrowded houses in Pittsburg to prevent spread and cautioned on fruit and unripe watermelons during hot days and cool evenings.

Weisberger Rosa Weller Pearl Street Sixteenth Ward McCandless Pittsburg

Heart Disease Remedy Ad From Dr Flint's Treatise

An advertisement for Dr Flint's Remedy claims heart disease is driven by modern civilization and urges readers to obtain his treatise. The Mack Drug Co in New York offers the remedy on request.

On & Good Street W. E L. C. Fraer Butler Turco Baltensperger & Witla Procery Pennsylvania Shepard 4 CO Fourth Ave Jyin

Bargain Sale On Men's Suits At Corner Store

Checks and plaids at $1, cheap at 210. Men's fine cassimere and worsted suits cut sack or cutaway frock at $10, worth $20. Bargain No 3: $22 to $30 suits closed out for $14. Remember these are the greatest bargains ever offered. P. Co C C cor Grant and Diamond sts opposite Court House.

P. Co C C Cor Grant and Diamond Sts The Court House

Not 2 Headache in a Barrel

Not 2 Headache in a Barrel refers to Wainwrights beer and is described as exhilarating and wholesome, with a call to action that all dealers should stock the product and a contact number 5525.

Wainwright

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