Move to revive old fashioned Independence Day in Pittsburg
The Dispatch reports broad support for a revived Fourth of July observance in Pittsburg inspired by an old tradition. Mayors of Pittsburgh and Allegheny back the plan, with officials like Mayor Gourley and Ex-Sheriff McClure providing recollections and urging civic cooperation to foster patriotism and public celebration.
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Tue Disratcn
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Yore
Fair Land
Gourley
Philadelphia
Snowden Township
Miles
Epesk
General McCalmant
William B. McClure
John McFadden
Hiram Hultz
John Douglass
Smillona
Stars and Stripes
Morrie W. Mead
Bureau of Electricity
Ittal
Panche F Park
United States
B. C. Christy
Keosauqua
van Buren County
Samuel Davidson
Westerns Pennsylvania Humane Society
McKean
Tos
F. E. Randall
Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company
Dispatch
Fourth of July Ideen in Allegheny envisioned as citywide illumination
City leaders debate an all day Fourth of July celebration with a plan to string colorful lanterns from trees, costing 35 cents each, while balancing work duties for laborers and avoiding interference with the upcoming semicentennial celebrations. Local officials express varied views on leisure, beer consumption, and closing businesses.
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Scaife
Thousand Isles
St. Lawrence River
Allegheny
Colonel Stone
Marquette
C. Neeb
Allegheny Council
Pittsburg Lead in Assessment Reform Moves to Equalize Property Value
City Assessor Hoerr discusses Chicago plans to tax unimproved land at the same rate as improved lots. Pittsburg classifies property into full, rural, and agricultural, with rates based on use and development. Unimproved land is valued as if developed, while officials urge owners to improve to boost revenue.
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Hoerr
Chicago
Pittsburg
Fooled the Weather Man But Weather Proves Wrong
City Controller Morrow, away in the country, sought a forecast from the Signal Service Observer. The observer warned of clear weather until after 8 tomorrow morning. The Controller remained wary and stayed indoors as torrents fell at 7:30 p.m. He had trusted the forecast and was proved wrong.
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Morrow
Rumor of School Leadership Change Declared Baseless
Officials investigated a rumor that Prof. C B Wood would be displaced and Prof Jillison appointed to fill a vacancy after a postponed teachers election. Both gentlemen said no basis. committee dissatisfaction had occurred months earlier, but teachers were to be reelected.
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C. B. Wood
Jillison
Biaturo
ROT WANTED IN TWO CITIES Barry Howard Arrested
Barry Howard suspected in the Box Car murder case is arrested in Pittsburg at Smithfield and Water streets while loitering. He was previously questioned in Chicago two years earlier over Horan murder linked to a box car death. Chicago police released him for insufficient evidence.
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Harry Howard
Smithfield
Water Streets
Howard
Chicago
Horan
Beaver
Pittsburg
Allegheny Barbers Form 25 Cent Price Union
A group of Allegheny barbers declares a tensorial trust to raise hair cut prices to 25 cents, displays placards across shops, and claims non union shops must follow. Barber leaders defend the move citing high rents and costs while some workers doubt wage gains.
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Barbers of
Allegheny
J. G. Seibert
Dispatch
Seibert
Barbers’ Protective and Beneficial Association
Allegheny Haircut Prices Move to 25 Cents Citywide
Many principal shops in Allegheny have adopted a 25 cent rate for hair cuts and by Monday the price will be fixed citywide. The neat side leads, the east side and Federal street shops are expected to follow soon, though some will hold out to attract increased trade by charging the lowest price.
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Allegheny
Andrew Hueber
August Huether
Trautmann Bros
John Dailey
Peter Guibert
George Strobel
John Remlinger
Charles Zieg
Henry Mehrmann, Jr
Gustav Otto
H. J. Luebert
E. Heil
John M. Herreh
Fred Ford Manz
J. C. Alleback
J. H. Smallwood
George Reese
Federal Street
Protestive
Messia
Frank H. Kline
Charles Zeig
Charles Nunge
Nunge
Charles Lang
Jobn H. Stern
Emporium
Preacher Arrest Follows Daylight Robbery at Allegheny
A stranger robbed a shipping clerk at Lutz Bros. pickle makers on Main Street Allegheny after asking to use a telephone. The thief, identified as FE Foster, a U P Seminary student, was arrested at his boarding house and bailed for $1000. Foster admitted being in the office and using the phone.
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Joan McElron
Lutz Bros. Pickle Manufacturers
Main Street
Allegheny
McElrois
Murphy
McElron
FE. P. Foster
U. P. Theological Seminary
North Avenue
Buena Vista Street
Joseph F. Shramm
Luis Bros
Foster
Kornman and Steele
Arch Street
James Richey, Jr
Allegheny Gas Company
Sunnyside
Main Cherry
Traveling agents head to Denver for annual meeting
A. G. Robinson of the Chicago and Alton says rate wars are over and old prices return. The Wicket Agents International Association meets in Denver August 12 with a Pullman special from Chicago August 10. Side trips are set by other roads as agents seek to end the commission system.
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Pittsburg
A. G. Robinson
Chicago and Alton Road
Robinson
Alton
Wicket Agents International Association
Denver
Chicago and Alton
Union Pacific
Mexico
Chicago
Arrest of Ann Street Mother for Child Cruelty
Anti Cruelty Society Superintendent Dean arrested Mrs. Sarah J. Hallin of Ann street near Pride street for cruelty and neglect of six children. Three children remain at home while Mr. Hallin, a Hammond's mill watchman, says he feeds them at the mill because the mother provides no food.
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Dean
Anti-Cruelty Society
Sarah J. Hallin
Ann Street
Pride Street
Ms. Hallin
Mr. Hallin
Hammond's Mill
A RATHER STRANGE FRIENDSHIP IN CLEVELAND TALE
Charles O'Connor at his sister's home on Margaret street Allegheny after parting with friend J A Vincent who died by his own hand in Cleveland. Mrs Rowan said the two were close but Vincent was not a Lead companion for her brother and was sent away. Vincent allegedly told O'Connor he poisoned his stepfather mother two sisters and a brother in Kansas City. Mrs Rowan denied Charley O'Connor being a girl.
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Charles O'Connor
J. A. Vincent
Cleveland
Margaret Street
Allegheny
Thomas Rowan
Vincent
O'Connor
Kansas City
Raising Deer in Captivity at Homewood
Dr H De Puy at Homewood boasts a fawn born last week and notes four deer raised in four years. He captured the original pair in Wisconsin four years ago while hunting. Pennsylvania Railroad passengers admire his lawn and deer park near Homewood station. Grand Chapter Arch Masons of Philadelphia arrived, registered at Monongahela House, and began lodge inspections.
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H. de Puy
Homewood
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Homewood Station
Grand Chapter Arch Masons
Philadelphia
City
Monongahela House
Notable movements and political notes in the city
Congressmen and officials travel through the city with plans and duties. Hatch predicts McKinley bill approval in modified form and asserts Democrats favor Cleveland. General Wiley and others pass through on the Eastern express en route to duties, hospitals, or court.
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Hatch
Missouri
Senate
Cleveland
Delegates Tie Up Convention During Long Labor Meeting
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers delegates face uncertain return home as the convention drags on beyond the Fourth of July. Wage and scale disagreements linger after fines for absences and new rules for sheet mills are debated by officers and committees.
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Alabama
Weibe
Rolief and
Window Glass Plants to Idle as Blast Ends Early
The window glass industry in the city and several western and northern plants will close down tonight and stay idle until about September 1. Thirty two factories with 892 pots will idle, and about ten factories close by July 1 unless compelled by the Window Glass Workers Association. Officials had agreed to a two week early shutdown, but some manufacturers backtracked, fearing stock shortages. Pittsburg firms meet Monday to decide, with flint houses and bottle houses shutting down on the 28th.
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Window Glass Workers’ Association
Chicago
Workers' Association
Pittsburg
Flint
McGaw Case Probe With Settlement Offer Discussed
Central Trades Council special committee met in the Commoner office to review evidence on Homer L. McGaw alleged to have sought a 5000 dollar settlement for the Jeannette glassworkers' dispute. E E Cotton testified that McGaw proposed the settlement, but Blakely refused to put it in writing.
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Central Trades Council
Homer L. McGaw
Jeannette
E. E. Cotton
James Campbell
McGaw
Cotton
General Blakely
Laborers Seek Shorter Hours at Pittsburg Tube Plant
Laborers at the Pittsburg Tube Company plant on Second Avenue report to The Dispatch that they must work until 4 PM on Saturdays after others leave at 1 PM. They start at 6:40 AM with a half hour for dinner and, during the week, work until 6 PM, urging shorter hours.
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Pittsburg Tube Company
Second Avenue
Plate glass plant eyed at Ellwood near Rock Point
Henry W. Hartman led a Pittsburg party of capitalists to Ellwood to inspect the town for a new plate glass factory with James McCrea of the Pennsylvania Company as the prime mover. The visit notes several manufactories already locating at the town.
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Henry W. Hartman
Pittsburg
Ellwood
Rock Point
James McCrea
Pennsylvania Company
Scalding Accident at Glass Factory Endangers Teen Worker
Frank Chullit a 14 year old holding-mold boy at Macbeth Co glass works South Tenth and Carson streets was badly scalded when a tub of molten glass tipped spilling boiling water over him. Nearby incidents included a brakeman injuring a hand a streetcar axle break and a child struck by a moving trolley car but narrowly spared.
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Frank Chullit
Macbeth &Co
South Tenth
Carson Streets
Challit
Joseph F. Lewis
Dennison
Pittsburg
Port Wayne
Chicago
Eleventh
Liberty Streets
Pittsburg Traction Company
Fifth Avenue
Chatham Street
Swissvale Avenue
Wilkinsburg
Woodside
Baltimore and Ohio
George Henderson
Rosa Cochran
Wylie Avenue
Congress Street
Martin Costello
Butler Street
Thirty-fifth Street
Warner declines Congress bid in Twenty third district
Henry Warner superintendent of the workhouse announces he will not run for Congress leaving the field to Stone and Shiras. Stone pursues Bayne delegates while Shiras shifts support to former Bayne backers. County Central Committee faces a clash over early primaries, with timing debated between July and September.
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Henry Warner
Congress
Warner
Allegheny
Mesars
Stone
Shiras
Bayne
Sharpsburg
Colonel Bayne
Colonel Stone
Remblican County
Stone People
Plan and organ sales pitch at Hamilton's on Fifth Avenue
An advertisement urges buyers to visit Hamilton's at 91 and 93 Fifth Avenue to purchase pianos and organs at low prices with a focus on tone durability and long history. It claims customers will save money by buying from Hamilton's and emphasizes low margins, easy terms, and full warranties.
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Hamilton’s
Fifth Avenue
Hamilton
Grand Clearance Sale Halves Summer Clothing Prices
A two week sale offers half price on summer stock including men's custom suits boys suits and fine pantaloons. Suits from foreign fabrics normally $28 to $50 now $14 and $16 at GC corner Grant and Diamond streets opposite the Court House.
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Cor
Grant and
Diamond Streets
Court House
From Office to Jail Tradesman Arrest Over Check at Carr Bros
C C Lance a 29 year old furnace supplies broker with a stylish Lewis block office was jailed at Central station on a charge of being a suspicious person after attempting to cash a $15 check with no funds. He received three $5 notes from Carr Bros restaurant and his bank refused payment. A sister visited, drama ensued, and Lance, married with a wife hospitalized in Philadelphia, faces a potential charge of obtaining money on false pretenses. Police will hold a hearing before Police Judge Gripp. case possible by Carr’s decision to press.
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C.C. Lance
Lewis Block
Central Station
Carr Bros
Liberty Street
Tradesmen's National Bank
Lance
Mr. Carr
Mr. Lance
Peoples
No. 8
Eighth Street
Philadelphia
Saeholan
Carr
Hospital benefit programme prints rush to meet demand
Percy F. Smith near Virgin Alley issued a large illustrated programme for West Peon Hospital benefit performances this afternoon and evening. The work used three new cylinders at Smiths shop and included posters and small bills, with seven new machines speeding production.
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West Peon Hospital
Percy F. Smith
Virgin Alley
C. B. Cottrell & Bons
Woolen Cloth Sale Ad at 640 Per Yard
An old advertisement promotes wool challies at 640 per yard with a sales pitch to examine the fabric and price shows a 2 cent offer. The line hints at a bargain and invites buyers to inspect the goods.
Great Bargains and Fashion Gold Mines
Local merchants advertise heavily with sales on ladies flannel blazers hats silks flowers wreaths and vests. Offers include 250 blazers worth 375 1 sacks of hats at 1 and 90 cent silks. An excursion to Ohio is priced 150 round trip leaving at 8 00 morning from the depot.
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Ohio Pyle
A. Me
Campbell & Dice
Ohio
Ente
PENN AVE STORES Advertise Balbriggan Underwear
An ad touts French Balbriggan underwear claiming superior heat resistance and comfort. It highlights shirts and drawers priced at one dollar and up, praising English Balbriggan for cooling and serviceable wear in a compact, period-adriven sale notice.
Underwear and Hosiery Bargains At NAINSCOER Store
The store promotes lisle thread garments starting at 176 for the smallest and rising with size. Gauze undershirts at 25¢ and pure silk undershirts at low prices. It highlights worm’s best value underwear from Allen Solly Co. to gauze wool options, and a large selection of colored and black half hose at several price points, touting quality and low cost.
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Allen Solly & Co
Oxford and Madras Fabrics at Noted Prices
A catalog style list highlights Oxford at rH and Madras from 225 to 250 dollars, Pure Silk, New Black Silk, Matting Oxford, and imported Men's Tennis Suits at 12 to 14 dollars. It features Tennis Caps Belts Sashes Blazers and Bathing Suits and notes a replenished stock of Fisk Clark & Finge washable items and Windsor Ties at 96 cents. The note ends promising a complete assortment for THE STAR WAIST.
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Oxford
Madras
Chevoit
Fismai
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Wheeling
Edward Keil
Wgaw
New Town of
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Hacez
Balbrigzan
James H. Avery & Co
Fifth Ave
MR. Waenee
Hall
C. C. Lance
the Tradesmen's National Bank
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Lapres
Rosexpalm & Co
Market Street
the People's Store
Louvre
Sixth St
Bijou Theater
Milne
Jos. Horne & Co
Pence Avenue
Boces & Buhl
James H. Aiken & Co
Fish Ave
Jos, Hurse & Co
Penn Avenue
Witte
Ava
Prrtssole
Penn Ave
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Ita
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Edward
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