Exposition plans claimed for Chicago fair progress
James M. Guffey reports on progress toward the Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park. Builders estimate 25 000 horsepower needed, buildings to be enclosed by December 1, state spaces allocated, and admission likely around 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Slooum
Duquesne
Chicago
Slocum
McKeesport
Tube Works
Pennsylvania
New York
Guffy
Keystone State
Tlinois
Liberal Arts and Manufactures
Virginia trip notes mix of praise and decline
Dr George G Groff president of the State Board of Health recalls a Virginia journey describing once fertile plantations reduced to barren fields with dense undergrowth and wild hogs. He laments Jamestown’s decline and speaks of a largely Black local population in some counties while noting Washington and Lee University’s downturn and calls for renewal through industry and coal resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George G. Groff
State Board of Health
United States
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Virginia
John Smith
Jamestown
Washington and Lee University
Valued Gold Piece Prompts Talk of Luck and Superstition
A man shows a gold dollar dated 1864 as a talisman claiming it brings luck in business. He notes faith in small objects, from horse chestnuts to rabbits feet, yet stresses confidence and good judgment as keys to success. He cites Barnum starting shows on Friday to counter superstition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum
Railroads Grow Profits As Travel Shifts West
Traveling Passenger Agent John K. Patt reports rail revenues higher than last year despite tighter money markets. More travelers go West alone or in small groups, reducing tiger traffic while first class local trade remains strong. The industrial commission aids lumber districts in Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota to attract settlers and form new towns. Immigrant Inspector Layton notes German and Scandinavian migrants headed to these regions. Minnesota Swedish settlements noted as sturdy, independent communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John KR. Patt
Chicago, Milwauke and
St. Paul Road
Monongahela House
Ger
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Layton
Union Depot
Dalzell Favored In Republican State League Fight
Ex Sherf McCandless returns from tour endorsing Dalzell for President of the Republican State League. Robinson must back his resolution as the Executive Committee action is seen as aimed at Dalzell. Voters hear warnings that Quay forces and mushroom clubs threaten the league’s standing. Warmcastle argues clubs harm the league while Dalzell remains a strong contender.
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McCandless
John Cadwell
Republican State League
Dalzell
Robinson
League
Calsell Ia
Wormcastle
Dabell
Warmeasthe
Jock Robinson Magaimet Dabzell
Tom
Jack Robinson
Quay People
Warmcastle
Pushing His Theater Plans Reach Forward in Pittsburgh
Actor D. L. Davis reports progress on his new Pittsburgh theater to be ready this winter despite delays. He disputes Chicago reports of Wilkinsons Widow failing and notes Mandel Bros. drapings by W. B. McEnry on exhibition in Chicago. Davis delays worries about expenses as tapestries from France arrived aboard the steamer Burtr. scenery by Moses, Graham & Reed will be painted on the ground when the house is ready. drop curtain costs amount to 3000 pounds and chairs are being manufactured in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Do. L. Davis
The
Anderson
W. B. McEnry
Windy City
France
Burtr
Davis
Moses, Graham & Reed
Chicago
Allegheny Seeks Local Park Similar to Schenley’s Benefit
In Sunday events for the Twin Cities, Allegheny residents urge building a large park along the Perrysville road to rival Pittsburg’s Schenley. Prominent North Siders discuss funding and land acquisition to provide a nearby recreation ground for families, hoping for a benefactor to help secure acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
Schenley
Alleghenians
Pittsburg
Perrysville
Beating the Bridge-Keepers In Pittsburgh Tale
A man from Allegheny who works in Pittsburg devised a toll evasion ruse by dressing as his wife and using her cloak and bonnet. After years of success he slipped on a banana peel while returning from a concert crowd, was exposed, and fled. The disguise ruined, tolls rise by 2 cents daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
Pittsburg
Allegheny Park
Indy
Ideal Puritan Sunday Quiet Grips Allegheny City
Allegheny City officials report an unusually peaceful Sunday as police curtail Sunday activity. From 1:30 pm yesterday to midnight there were no arrests, and morning hearings moved quickly. Only a few incidents mention Hungarians at a speakeasy, a swimming boy, and beer explorations from rural visitors. Police credit vigilance and many clubs with beer for lowered demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
Math
Glenn
Wyman
Hunrian
Home wood races draw pickpockets and crowds
Special Agent Houghton reports pickpockets watched crowds at Home wood races. He notes many crooks nearby, though thefts were few, with the gang confined to betting amid vigilant guards. He mentions a station riot but little other trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homewood
Houghton
Pennsylvania Road
Man Rescued From River After Fall From Log Raft
While playing near moored log rafts yesterday a man fell into the water and could not swim. Andy Knott saw the incident, rushed to pull him out, and the man was revived and sent home to 14 Chestnut Street, Allegheny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Knott
Chestnut Street
Allegheny
New Chief Engineer Name To Be Delayed
Chief Brown announced the new Bureau of Fire Chief will not be named for days. He will confer with the Board of Fire Underwriters today or tomorrow and follow their wishes, delaying public announcement for one or two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Bureau of Fire
Board of Fire Underwriters
Dogs Fight at Seventeenth Ward Station During License Rush
Seven or eight men brought dogs to the Seventeenth ward police station around 10 pm after 103 licenses were issued earlier. A melee broke out as dogs—bulldog, Newfoundland, two yellow cars from Shaler reat, and a fierce spaniel—fought, chairs toppled, and officers fled via windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventeenth Ward
Logan
Shaler Reat
Sergeant Logan
Captain Brophy
Andy Orth
Former Pittsburg Residents Linked to Kennedys in Philadelphia Scandal
An obscure note recalls that the Kennedys tied to the Spring Garden Bank troubles once lived in Pittsburg. Their father Thomas Kennedy, a wealth producer in the jewelry and frame trade, died years ago. A schoolmate recalls the sons as typical boys, while wealth then meant substantial fortune by mid-century standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedys
Spring Garden Bank
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Thomas Kennedy
J. J. Gillespie
Kennedy
Fourth
Wood Streets
Laurel Ridge
Croesus
Speak-Easies Spiked Pittsburg Police Round Up
Police in Pittsburgh and Allegheny raided speak-easies on a Sunday led by Inspector McAleese. Proprieties were closed and suspects jailed at Central station including John Conley Michael Flaherty and Mary Burns with others at Kasgie Hiller’s venue and 599 East Ohio. Several arrests followed for gambling larceny and disruptive behavior as officers patrolled the district.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
McAleese
John Conley
Michael Flaherty
Anthony Mannion
Michael Burke
Central Station
Mary Burns
Liberty Street
Thornton
Boy Held With Uncle After Liquor-Driven Incident
Troy Hill resident Herman Burgell reported late at night that his six year old son was taken by his brother in law Layton from Blairsville and kept on the city streets after a drunken disturbance. Burgell sought help at Allegheny Central station as the search for father and boy continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Burgell
Troy Hill
Allegheny Central Station
Layton
Blairsville
Allegheny
Pittsburg
War for a Bit of Land Between Brushton and Wilkinsburg
A land strip between Brushton station and Penn avenue sparked a dispute as Brushton claims the parcel based on an agreement tied to Wilkinsburg’s incorporation. Wilkinsburg counters, and talks of amicably resolving the borough boundary with implications for taxes and access to Penn avenue continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brushton
Wilkinsburg
Brushton Station
Pennsylvania Railroad
Penn Avenue
Wikinsburg
Brush
Sunday Police Courts Report Mixed Summer City Calms
Police hearings Saturday and Sunday showed a light docket with about twenty cases at Central. Notable incidents included George Little’s 30 day workhouse sentence for assault and indentified suspects McCurdy and Richardson in Basin alley amid a mob incident. Several others received 3o day to 30 day terms for drunkenness disorderly conduct or petty theft.
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Central
Gripp
George Little
Water
Smithfield
Little
Salon Gambetto
Grant Street
McCurdy
Richardson
Morganza
Second Avenue
Bender
John McNulty
Patrick
Toole
Gibbon Street
Persecuted Missionary Arrested for Dispensing Spirit
Richard Devine, about 50, arrested by Captain Brophy in the Second district on Railroad Street near Thirty-fifth. Information to be filed for selling liquor without a license and on Sunday. He sold whisky and gin at 10 cents each, using a tin cup to serve customers. He has been seen selling liquor in the area for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brophy
Richard Devine
Railroad Street
Thirty-fifth Street
Devine
Best Crop in Twenty Years Prompts Political Talk
Nashville politician G. A. Carleton toured the city en route to New York claiming the wheat crop in Tennessee is the best in twenty years. He predicts the season’s yield will weaken the Alli ance and the People’s party and says Cleveland is the leading topic for the presidency in Tennessee. He believes the delegation will be instructed to vote Grover Cleveland and that he remains the strongest Democrat on the silver issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Carleton
Nashville
New York
Alliance
People's Party
Rover Cleveland
Tennessee
Carleton
Grover
Smarest Dog in the Country
George Graham, a hustling motorman on the Pleasant Valley line, travels all night with his dog Nellie running beside the front platform. Nellie reportedly watches for unlicensed dogs and hops off only after crossing the bridge into Allegheny, earning the nickname smartest dog in 17 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Graham
Pleasant Valley
George
Nellie
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Trio of Fatal Accidents Reported in One Day
Three fatalities occurred from separate accidents. Reilty-Thomas Reilly, 26, fell at his brother in law’s Wilkinsburg home and died hours later. Owen Reilly, a coal miner from Walker’s Mills, was crushed on Panhandle Railroad tracks and died. Stephen Robertson, a Greentree resident, was killed by falling slate at Saw Run Coal Company mine. Coroners to hold inquests today.
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Reilty
Thomas —Eilly
John Hetzel
Wilkinsburg
Reilly
Pittsburg
Owen "Reilly
Panhandle
Fort Pitt
O'Reilly
Walker's Mills
ST Rertson
Stephen Robertson
Greentree
Saw Run Coal Company
Attack on synagogue by youths at Third Avenue incident
At a meeting inside a synagogue on Third Avenue and Grant Street last evening a crowd of boys threw stones and watermelon fragments through windows. One stone broke a lamp, causing minor injuries to several attendees. Police arrested Robert Mellen, John Jones, and William Nuntha. they were released on forfeits as the other boys escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue
Grant Street
Spoigo
Robert Mellen
John Jones
William Nuntha
Central Station
McDonough Happy Over Extra City Detectives
Allegheny City adds two officers to the front office force without ordinance. The pair appeared yesterday at Detective Philip McDonoughs home and will serve on his private beat, leaving taxpayers satisfied with the quiet expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonough
Allegheny City
Philip McDonough
City leaders weigh police disability fund proposal
Mayor Gourley seeks more light on the disability ordinance as Chief Brown and he plan a morning conference. The measure, approved by Councils at the last meeting, would establish a police disability fund, though the mayor remains unsure about the ordinance provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gourley
Chief Brown
Brown
Fitzsimmons Faces Murder Trial for Detective Gilkinson
Fred C. Fitzsimmons alias A G Budd will be tried today in Pittsburgh for the killing of Detective Gilkinson. The case attracts keen interest, with burglary precedents having aroused public curiosity about the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzsimmons
Day
Gilkinson
Fred C. Fitzsimmons
A. G. Budd
Pittsburg
Rooms for rent in Diamond Street building complex
Light manufacturing rooms advertised at 74 77 and 79 Diamond with power electric light elevator and janitor service included. Listings include 100 by 60 feet 22500 dollars 60 by 30 28 by 18 2600 dollars and smaller spaces from 400 dollars with details and contact John T Shields Dispatch business office building corner Diamond and Smithfield between 11 and 4 P M.
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Diamond Street
John T. Shields
Dispatch Business
Corner Diamond
Smithfield
Public Safety Party Heads to Erie for Gamalli Trial
A team from public safety including Inspector McAleese, Sergeant Gray, and Detectives Robinson, Bendel, and Fitzgerald depart for Erie to witness the trial of James Gamalli. Gamalli, an Italian arrested weeks ago for desertion, was found with counterfeit greenbacks. The United States District Court in Erie opens today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAleese
Robert Gray
Robinson, Bendel
Fitzgerald
Erie
James Gamalli
United States District Court
Boy Rescued After River Fall By Andy Knott
Ten year old son of ex Councilman Victor Ziringer of Allegheny falls into the Allegheny River near Fifteenth Street and is saved by Andy Knott. The incident highlights quick action by bystanders and a successful rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Ziringer
Allegheny
Allegheny River
Fifteenth Street
Summer Dress Fabrics Sold at Great Clearance
Stores announce clearance on dress fabrics ranging 25c to 100c per yard, offering new travel and street dress options. Iron City Beer promoted as the season’s drink of choice, with availability at all dealers and outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boces & Bunt
Iron City Beer
Pennsylvania Railroad Sea Shore Excursion From Union Station
On Thursday July 28 the Pennsylvania Railroad offers a sea shore excursion with options to Cape May Atlantic City Sea Isle City or Ocean City. A special Pullman parlor car and day coach train departs Union Station at 8 50 AM with return windows on Pittsburg trains at 4 30 PM and 3 10 PM. Tickets including parlor car seats on day trains and berths in sleeping cars can be secured at 110 Fifth Avenue office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cape May
Atlantic City
Sea Isle City
Ocean City
Union Station
Pittsburg
Fifth Avenue
Cuantes Dr Vacxi Committed on Magistrate Warrant
A warrant issued by a magistrate led to the arrest and commitment of Cuantes Dr Vacxi to jail yesterday. The brief detention confirms ongoing legal action in the magistrate's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuantes
Vacxi
Rapid Transit Tunnel Idea Sparks Pittsburgh Southside Expansion
A Pittsburg observer touts a 1 800 foot underground tunnel from Mt Washington to Woodville and Virginia avenues as an outlet for growth. The plan would open Mt Washington Duquesne Heights and Southside areas to rapid transit with a park bridge and a 400 acre city tract for recreation. The concept aims to attract business and residents to a new heart of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Boyd's Hill
Mt. Washington
Oakland
Birmingham
Pamhandle
Smithfield Street
Woodville
Virnia Avenues
Grace
Belonda
Sap
Ron
Duquesne Heights
Knoxville
Allentown
Tzhoover
Blaine Town Promoted With Free Railroad Tickets
To Blaine on the Monongahela and return offers are advertised with maps price lists and full particulars about the new town now attracting attention at the office on 29 Fourth Ave. Iron City Beer is endorsed as pleasing patrons by local sanonians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine
Fourth Ave
Textiles Reduced in Price Across Fabrics and Chintzes
Retailers slash prices on a wide range of fabrics with dramatic falls from 55 to 65 cents to 35 to 50 cents a yard. 4-4 chintzes with colored figures drop from 18 and 20 cents to a rock bottom rate this week, while tennis suitings and washing fabrics drop from 25 cents to 1 cent per yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roc
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Mr. McCandless
Jack
Esilrands
Tod
Momer
Agricultural Administration
Unon
James M. Guffey
Mr. Davis
Twin Cities
Alleghenian
Toll
Louis Norris
Harvard Street
Fast End
Norris
Jackson
Brushton and
Louisville
Wright
Southside
Lake Erie
Twenty-eighth Ward
Thomas Lailey
Harry Warner
Cincinnati
Succop
Captain Stewart
Ffenders
Pat Lyons
Lions
Matilda Newell
Wey
Washcott
John Waco
Adam
James Kirby
Charles Barnes
John Reagan
George Weber
Geer
Henry Jordan
J K Lautner
Carrigan
West
Indiana
Steven Buttala
Mike Demmingens
John Long
Long
Leslie
James Silor
Forty-fifth Street
J. T. Wourl
Silor
MacNierney
Wourl
Forty-eighth Street
Hutchinson
America
Congress
Twelfth Ward
Andrew Wells
Golden Arnold
Thomas Waters
John Jack
Cole
Twenty-fourth Street
Hyndman
Fourteenth Ward
James Murphy
Owen Dickson
Bridget McCaffery
Antony McCaffery
Omcer Brennan
Samuel Dougherty
Mike Carrigan
John Lonstein
Soho
John Sweener
Joseph O'Donnell
Hanley
Thomas McAdams
Robert Conners
Frankstown
All Angels
Mr. Carleton
Tennessee Democrats
Cleveland
Gamalli
Public Safety
Monongahela
Iron City
Chuddah Serges
Fifth Ave
Market St
Syd
Market
S&t. Iy
Jos. Horne
Penn Avenue Stores
India
Sec
JOS. Horne & CO
C.weisser
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