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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1889
Page
5
A shore resort keeper faced a waitress strike after locking the cottage door at 10 PM. Surviving a stairway escape, two sailors aided by a plank and rope entered, prompting protests and a mass walkout by mostly New York based waitresses calling for reopening of the cottage door.
Retail license hopefuls face postponement as Common Pleas No 2 adjourns without ruling. Judges Ewing and Magee may defer hearings to September, allowing Jo White’s vacation to end before any decision. Meanwhile license transfer at Inte A Bihlman Diamond Street transfers to sons Joseph and Emil under the will.
The body of George T. Jones, who died in Washington, D. C., arrives in Carlisle and will be buried tomorrow. Jones was a well known engraver and the first to use a United States Treasury note in W. He was a native of Bigeity and highly popular.
The notice promotes remnants and long dress lengths at remnant prices for tomorrow. It highlights a great semi annual remnant sale by PF. & B. and advertises Pilsner beer available on draught at first-class bars.
Cumberland Missouri July 17 report that the West Virginia Central Railroad will open to Elkins in Gart's Valley tomorrow. A coal fall at New Deswold mine Lonaconing killed Pat O'Halloran, leaving a wife and six children.
Mrs Ed Wiles returns home with husband after elopement report. She asserts innocence and her husband accepts her statement, while proceedings against Charles Collins reportedly begun.
Sheriff Barns departed tonight with requisition papers for the eloping couple Robert Smurthwaite and Anna Stephens. He will stop at Harrisburg for the writ and proceed to Philadelphia, likely returning Friday.
This afternoon Orrus Roth from Lock 17 Tuscarawas county and three men from Abriesville came to Steubenville in search of a colored man who attempted to assault all of Mr Ss yesterday about noon along the towpath of the river.
George Pickerel a prominent hardware merchant vanished from Firpiar July 17 taking with him Mrs George Keltzer as traveling companion leaving behind a wife and several children and Mrs Keltzer a husband and two minors. Local rumors say Pickerel and Mrs Keltzer departed for unknown parts amid questions of marital status and family distress.
Edison and partners after eight days complete magnetic survey of magnetite leases in Reading County. They unveil a new plant for separating ore by magnetic fields on Gilbert’s Hill near Bechtelsville. Plant costs about 35000 dollars, spans 120 by 34 feet, with engines dynamos and crushers, demonstrated by a brass needle device indicating ore depth.
A list of marriage licenses and obituaries appears including names such as Charles A. Larimer Lissie Wanamaker and James K. McCrady, with notices of forthcoming funerals and services from Pittsburgh area addresses. Also listed are BISHOP BOLLMAN POWELL QUIGLEY TINN SHANER VANBE WARD ZANHISER WILBERT and other individuals with residence details and dates in July 1880.
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