Allegheny Centennial Parade Plans and Carnegie Library Highlight
Mayor Wyman proclaims a holiday for Allegheny’s semi centennial celebration. Parade commands and division structure outlined, with senior staff and bands named. Carnegie Library details praise Andrew Carnegie’s gifts and the library’s public funding and commission leaders noted.
Old Allegheny Ordinance Creates Fire Wardens and Bell Ringer
An 1858 ordinance from Allegheny establishes annually the election of four Fire Wardens per company to guard properties and direct crowds. It also appoints a Borough Bell Ringer to toll the bell and manage fire apparatus, with duties verified by the council and captains. The act, signed by Burgess Huon Davis and council, dates January 20 and seal affixed January 28, 1636.
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Borough of
Allegheny
Burgess and Council of
Counsell al Hatl
Meshalale
Jonn Tarry
Connell
Googe R. Riddle
Huon Davis
First Baseball Game in Allegheny 1860 Between Duquesne and Allegheny
In late June or early July 1860 the Duquesne club of Pittsburg played Allegheny club of Allegheny on West commons. Duquesne players included Darlington Woolman Mur dock Jenkins Phillips Def Bakewell McCormick Miller. Allegheny players included Blackstock Cutler Maxwell Moore Lockart Ewer Blair Elton Vic Brier. Duquesne led 27 outs 31 runs while Allegheny had 27 outs 82 runs in a close early game and a second match ended abruptly near Federal street as players failed to recover a ball.
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Allegheny
West Commons
Duquesne Club
Pittsburg
Allegheny Club
F. B. Darlington
W. G. Woolman
H. C. Murdock
George Jenkins
O. Phillips
L. B. Def
Thomas Bakewell
D. McCormick
George Miller
W. J. Blackstock
Charley Cutler
I. B. Maxwell
H. D. Moore
William Lockart
J. Ewer
T. M. Blair
BR. Elton
James Vic
Brier
Duquesne
Federal Street
Pride of Allegheny Introduces System of Time Distribution
The Allegheny Observatory founded 1860 by citizens and L Bradley, aided by William Thaw, funded to endow timekeeping. It inspired a nationwide standard linking Pittsburg and Allegheny via telegraph, tying City Hall turret clock to observatory time. Private railroad lines carried synchronous signals from New York to Chicago, Erie to Baltimore, enabling widespread astronomical precision.
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Allegheny Observatory
L. Bradley
William Thaw
Pittsburg
G. Woods
Western University of Pennsylvania
Aeow
Allegheny
Westo Union Telegraph Company
New Yorkfon
Chisago
Erie
Laken
Baltimore
Clarke
Fitz
New York
Bond
Simms
Green
Frodsham
Howard
Thie Ie
Observatories and Community Support in Pittsburgh History
Discussion on the practical results of science for an industrial community and the observatory at Allegheny. It notes long poverty traps and lack of local contributions, praises Langley and Very, and mentions the growing library of about 1,600 volumes as essential to the observatory’s mission.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Pioneer Plant Erected Rolling Mill in Alleghens
A pioneer industry story noting the first Tron rolling mill completed in Alleghens. The Juniata Rolling Mill was built on the site extending from Hobinson winding, signaling local industrial expansion.
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Alleghens
Juniata
Hobinson
Langley era Pittsburgh Allegheny Observatory detailed
In 1867 trustees invited B P Langley to direct, describing a large observatory on high Allegheny ground near the Ohio River with a 20 foot dome and a 13 inch equatorial. It details the equipment, time distribution system begun in 1868, and expansion across railroads, plus Langley’s notes on future solar research and the move toward pure atmospheric observations.
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B P. Langley
Allegheny
Ohio River
Ao Pgs
Conbalha
Brary
Maelesanta
William Thaw
CG. Hussy
Foucault
Clarke
Hilger
London
Langley
Old Deed Reveals 1772 Grant of Allegheny Lands
Fragmentary 1772 grant recorded in Bedord Court House shows a Six Nations deed to Garret Pendergrass for land north of the Allegheny River opposite Fort Pitt. The document grants liberty to build, improve, and cultivate a tract within a one and a half mile radius, with names and marks of chiefs and deputies appearing in the text.
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Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Bedord
Garret Pendergrass
Aligama River
Fort Pitt
Sid Aligana
Mabeat
Setilene
Withowe
Rene
Garrow
Tronte
Claan’ Rosendes
Reel Family Pioneers in Allegheny and Ross Townships
Historical notes trace Casper Reel and his descendants in Allegheny and Ross townships from 1785 and 1704 respectively. Conrad Reel built a Perrysville carding mill, moved to Allegheny in 1841, and occupied a woolen mill site on West Diamond street. The Reels settled for decades, with ties to the South Common Methodist Church later torn down in 1886 for a Buena Vista street church.
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Casper Reel
Allegheny County
Allegheny River
Row Township
Ross Township
Allegheny
Conrad Reel
Perrysville
Rample
West Diamond Street
Eichbaum & Gardner
Samyle
T. A,illiers
North Canal Street
Methodist Episcopal Church
South Common Methodist Church
Buena Vista Street
Riots at Allegheny Cotton Mills 1845 Watchful Yet Defiant Girls
An Allegheny labor riot in 1845 saw girls strike after the ten hour law with millowners arguing money and competition issues. Demonstrators forced entry, attacked machinery, captured an owner, and mud was used as a weapon. The crowd marched between mills while officials failed to intervene as banners and a parade followed.
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Eisstern
Penn Mills
Kennedy
Forsythe
Arbuckle
Anchor Mills
Wim. Brickstorck
Filisie
Buckyieland
Visthweg
Noted Brass Band Concert Attacked in Allegheny Riot
Frank Johnston and his celebrated brass band, touring for temperance, faced mob violence at the Ark in Allegheny on a Tuesday night. Despite arrests, two rioters were found not guilty. Johnston’s group played again the following Saturday without incident.
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Temperance Ark
Allegheny
Frank Johnston
Pittsburg
Ark
United States
Europe
Justioe
Cass
Johnston
the Ark
Allegheny Pension Board Established In 1943
The Aret Keomlaing Board for Pensione in Allegheny City was constituted in July 1943 by the appointment of Dra. W. By Haselton James McCann and O. I. King. The board includes Dr. W. Haselton president Dr. J. KK Sivatty secretary and Dr. W. J. Langit treasurer. Meetings for pension applicant examinations are held at No 40 Wat Diamond street each Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Carnegie Public Library
Third Ward
Diamond Square
Allegheny
United States
Carnegie Pene
Persoet
Thin Te
Andrew Carnage
Weg
Tron
Thin City
Dowfermline
Booblend
Fathar Wana
Allegheny City
Cade
Bellevue Hospital Medical College
Pitteburr
Edinburgh
Scotland
Engae
Britain
Carnegie
Corneile
R. C. Gray
Hugh 5. Fleming
Henry Phipps, Jr
Thomas A. Parka
Jobo Walker
Arthur Kennedy
James HB. Scott
George W. Seaman
Gray
Fleming
Adam Ammon, Esq
Allegheny Pension Board
Aret Keomlaing Board For Pensione In Allegheny Oity
Dra. W. By
Haselton
James McCann
0. I. King
Catarrh and Dyspepsia Institute Claims Wide Triumphs
Physicians at the Catarrh and Dyspepsia Institute on 2 Peon avenue report hundreds of permanent cures since starting two years ago. They specialize in exclusive treatment of catarrh with women specific remedies, claiming success and offering free examination to those seeking relief after costly detours with other doctors and medicines.
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Peonavenue
Medina
Catarrbh
Pens Avenue
Pittsbure
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Columbus J. Wilson
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