Raid on a religious site ends with arrests at Madison Ave location
A police raid disrupted a religious gathering noted as a pigeonist operation. Officers locked up Charles Mender, Mrs Mender, and August Phoda for safekeeping after the raid at their Millaller Road site. A second raid on Madison Avenue near Main Street led by Lieutenants Thornton and Revd resulted in arrests of Mike McGuire William Johnston George Wagner and Theodore Kerst. The proprietor escaped.
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Millaller
Mieer Zimmerman
Charles Mender
Mender
August Phoda
Roelowk Sto Honmse
Madison Avenue
Main Street
Stabbing by Italians in Berlin Alley Injures Three Men
A brutal attack by a mob of Italians in Berlin Alley near Fifty-second Street wounds three white men. Peter McClure is not expected to live. Joseph Breya and another victim are severely injured but may survive. Three Italian suspects are in custody as police investigate the assault and parallel arrests continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter McClure
Berlinaller
Peter McChure
Seresteenth Wand
Joseph Breya Woeves Smith
Berlin Alley
McClure
Mbc Lire
Fifty-second
Stoom
Offeer Smits
Seventeenth Ward
Ie Beaphy
Metere
Meitere
Et Eight
Opposition to Monopoly Platform to Be Adopted
Prohibitionists plan a Lafayette Hall meeting on June 25 to outline a platform opposing monopolies and saloons. Ahed Thon, secretary of the National Executive Committee, will preside and address delegates from all county offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Hall
Jame
Ahed Thon
Poe
Cincinnati
Mano
Mysterious Dedochats Stirs Local Political Fray
A delegation of Democrats led by ex-Poetamieter Larkin and W Leary protested secrecy in party moves last evening. Figures such as Patterson and Dreanen attended as others claimed confusion over plans to travel to East Liberty and the East End, while the discussions remained cryptic and unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poetamieter Larkin
Timothy
rLeary
Bremen
Architest Patterson
Tee
Dreanen
Orhers
B Mawes
Esree Crain
Lost Child Found in Union Depot Yards
A three year old girl named Bertha Peetley wandered into the Union depot yards while watching engines. Her father left her there to go to the Rut End, and she nearly was killed before a passerby helped locate her home on Washington Street. The incident highlights parental care issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Depot
Pen
Washington Street
Bertha Peetley
Arnold's Grove Weather Inspection Planned by Generals
General John A. Wiley arrived from Prenklin and registered at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. Major A. J. Logan and others plan to visit Arnold's Grove on the Miegheny Valley road to take weather forks on the grounds before a brigade encampment this summer. Wiley said he was favorably impressed though several issues remained under consideration. The area offers abundant water and nearby employment opportunities with development for riding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Wiley
Prenklin
Seventh Avenue
A. J. Logan
le wHl
Arnold's Grove
Miegheny Valley
Stumer
Wiley
Homeopathic Doctors Convene for Atlantic City Session
Bound for Atlantic City, doctors attend the forty fourth annual session of the Looreen Institute of Homeopathy and the fourth International Homeopathic Convention. Delegates include Mrs. Esdinandaen, W. Martin, J. H. Mee, and Ulelinodees. Social events feature active evenings, with many doctors bringing families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loeroen Institute of Homeopathy
Atlantic Ee Hiernehieteburg
Trs
W. rEsdinandaen
Martin
J. H. Mee
Ulelinodees
Kaurunieon
Troy Hill Quiet After Pilgrim Rush For Father Mollinger
The Troy Hill area returned to normal after a week of crowds as Father Mollinger prepared to depart for a health resort. Hundreds still seek an audience, with reports of cures and crowded masses at 7:30, 8:30 and 10 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Mollinger
Troy Hill
Father Schmidt
Sharpsburg
Playful boy loses leg after streetcar accident
Salvatore Weisa, nine, of 42 Grant street, was run over by Pittsburg and Birmingham car No 34 on the Smithfield street bridge. He lunged from the front end after a warning, fell under the wheels, and two legs were crushed with one amputated. Driver John Hughes was held in bail as doctors feared for the boy’s life. The injured child slept at the hospital last night, reported resting and improving slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvatore Weisa
Grant Street
Pittsburg
Birmingham
Smithfield Street Bridge
Johnughes
Sacha
Norway
Shouting for McKinley in Ohio Republicans
T B Coulter Sixth Auditor in the Post Office Department Major W Rennals of the Department of Justice and J H Fimble passed through the city for Columbus to attend the Republican State Convention. Coulter predicted McKinley would be unanimously nominated and elected by a larger majority than any Ohio governor. He expected Harrison to be renominated and successful a second time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. Coulter
Post Office Department
W. Rennals
Department of Justice
J. H. Fimple
Columbus
Driven to Death: Lochner and Carey Arrested Over Horse Cruelty
Louis Lochner and Thomas Carey, Southside residents, were arrested by Special Officer Richards on a cruelty charge from Samuel Miller of Miller Bros. & Co. The men allegedly abused a horse after hiring it last Wednesday, tearing off a hoof and causing its death. The horse valued at 90? The hearing is set for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Lochner
Thomas Carey
Southside
Richards
Samuel Miller
Miller Bros. & Co
Seamelrock Bros
Wounded Newsboy Incident at Central Station
Prisoner John Ryan arrested by Officer Grimes for slashing newsboy Destamonia who asked him to buy a paper. Ryan, seated on a step, lunged with a knife wounding the boy about three inches deep to the bone. Destamonia admitted to hospital at Homeopathic Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ryan
Temperance Meetings Reported In Moorhead And Allegheny
Last night Moorhead Hall hosted a large W C T U meeting with presiding Mrs J M Foster and addresses by John W Moreland A F Bryce and Mrs B A Harris. The Sons of Temperance held a session at 25 Federal Street Allegheny discussing Where Are We Now. Christian Flecker 629 East Ohio Street Allegheny died after a ladder accident at home. he was 59.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moorhead Hall
Christian Flecker
East
Ohio Street
Allegheny
Kirker
Mr. Flecker
Iron scale talks and nails debate at Amalgamated convention
The Amalgamated Association moves toward finalizing the new iron scale with little change from last year. Key items include muck mill, slab, and plate scales, labor wage concepts, and planned wages for bloom workers as the convention eyes a Wednesday completion and continued nailer scale discussion.
Pennsylvania Railway to illuminate line with electric light plants
A report states the Pennsylvania Railway Company plans to establish electric light plants to illuminate the entire line. Stations and towns will be lit first before extending to the line, bringing light to surrounding neighborhoods and benefiting patrons and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Company
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Wage Scale Committee to Equalize Eastern Western Wages
Glass manufacturers meet in Chicago to instruct the Wage Committee to harmonize the Eastern and Western wage scales. The conference aims for a conciliatory policy with both manufacturers and workers favoring peace. Fires burn June 30. furnaces to be lit in fall promising a steady season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Local items note gifts and church services amid city happenings
The Bijou stage saw Comrade C T Shepler receive a fine canteen from friends while Landis of Seaman Landis filled it to the brim. Office openings and resignations appear at Collins avenue and water office. Jail services featured Robert Marshall Miss Nellie McDonald and others reciting Bible passages. Grace Lutheran held final services before sale of the old church. William Makko hospitalized with foot injuries from the railroad. A man named Vogle fell on steps injuring a shoulder. Patrick Firesotwers, 50, died at the Ellis Hotel Braddock. coroner to investigate.
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Bijou
C.T. Shepler
Post 11
Negley
Robert Marshall
Nellie McDonald
Watson
Fourth Avenue Baptist
Second M. P
Grace Lutheran Church
Seventh
Carson Streets
William Makko
West Penn Hospital
Pittsburg
Virginia
Charleston
Vogle
South Fourth Street
Tailors Organize in Pittsburgh to Combat Imported Goods
Thirty three tailors linked to Lehman Bros. & King and M Oppenheimer & Co formed a union to affiliate with the Progressive Union of Tailors seeking protection against the import of ready made clothing. A pantsmakers movement will follow as 175 immigrants arrive, including 40 Italians, with most heading West or staying in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehman Bros. & Kingbaker
Liberty Street
M. Oppenheimer & Co
Penn Avenue
Our Alley
Logan Street
Progressive Union of Tailors
Theatrical Attaches Plan Moonlight Steamer Trip
Members of Theatrical Attaches Union No. 5371 A F of L will take a moonlight excursion on the steamer Mayflower tonight. The boat departs from the foot of Wood Street at 8 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union No. 5371
A. F. of L
Mayflower
Wood Street
Weeks Reports Western Mining Shift and Potential Iron Center
Joseph D. Weeks returns from six weeks in Kansas Colorado California Washington and Montana gathering census data on iron coal and petroleum for Uncle Sam. He notes West coast fuel and market constraints and near Gunnison Colorado finds a vein of iron ore and high grade ore. Pittsburg investors await a market to develop iron production. Southern California lacks fuel for manufacturing despite petroleum driven Los Angeles transit. Weeks sees Seattle as a future northwest industrial town, impressed by Portland and Tacoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph D. Weeks
Washington
United States
Weeks
Kansas
Colorado
California
Montana
Pittsburg
West
Gunnison
Connellsville
Los Angeles
Seattle
Northwest
Portland
Tacoma
Stuttgart Industrial School helps recruit for Chicago World Fair
A Stuttgart report praises the city’s Industrial Training School and notes Chicago World’s Fair committees seeking 12 workers for the Columbian Exposition. Offer includes 500 marks monthly, passage paid, and a two year term, raising questions about contract labor law and agency limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tagliart
Stuttgart
Wurtemberg
von Egle
Hugh McCoy
Chicago
Pittsburg
A. D. Wilkin
World's Fair Commission
Industrial items and labor notes from the region
Notes show idle Moorestort plumbers. a works house planned at Blairsville. locomotive firemen's picnic at Rock Point. ticket office opened at Elk Horn on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie road. Brakemen complain of insufficient rest. Flint glassworkers elect delegates in Steubenville. river conditions affect Union Paper Mill at Monongahela City. Various rail, factory, and construction updates across the area with new mills, tracks, and improvements in McKeesport Creighton Youngstown and nearby towns.
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Blairsville
Rock Point
Elkhorn
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Prrranone aAxp
Wearess
Flint
Steubenville
Prores
Monongahela
Mahoningtown
New Castle
Creighton
Odd Apples and Cherries in Local Orchards
In Robinson township an orchard on a high hill shows apples as large as hickory nuts with blossoms just opened in three days. Some trees are heavily laden others sparse or bare. Moon township reports over 100 bushels of cherries in one orchard, while nearby orchards vary widely with many producing far less or none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson Township
Nature
Nin
Moon Township
Fire Rips Wolfe Howard & Co Glass Plant. One Man Killed
The Wolfe Howard & Co big window glass factory at South Twenty second and Mary streets burned for three hours destroying the plant and causing about thirty thousand dollars in losses. John Wilgus, 42, fell from a roof while helping fight the blaze and died from a broken neck. Fire started near noon likely from sparks from a passing locomotive. The coroner will hold an inquest tomorrow. Patrick Gallagher from No 11 Engine Company was affected by heat but no serious injuries reported. Chief Steele’s buggy overturned en route to the fire but no injuries occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wilgus
Mr. Wilgus
Wilgus
Jane Street
Campbell & Co
Patrick Gallagher
Steele
South Twentieth
Carson Streets
Mansfield Valley Glee Club Performs in Cannonsburg
The Mansfield Valley Glee Club visited Cannonsburg for a successful evening at the Coliseum. Miss Logan and Miss Newton played a piano duet "The Witch's Flight" followed by songs, glees and recitations by Mrs. R. W. Jones, Mrs. J. F. Zugechwert, Misses Weeden, Pascoe, McCoy, Anita Reese, Evan Perkins, Thomas and Prof. Weeden. The audience was small but appreciative, with members displaying training and ability.
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Mansfield Valley Glee Club
Cannonsburg
Coliseum
Logan
Newton
R. W. Jones
J. F. Zugechwert
Weeden
Pascoe, McCoy
Ataanita Reese
Evan O Perkins
M Thomas
Uncle Jerry Refuses Interview in Pittsburg Standoff
Secretary of Agriculture Jeremiah Rusk dodges reporters in Pittsburgh. He feigns prayer and humor to avoid political talk and keeps his answers noncommittal while teasing a Washington bet. He claims Sabbath observance as reason to refuse questions.
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Jerry Rusk
Chicago
Gran
Mr. Rusk
Rusk
Pittsburg
Pepe Cession
Washington
Nele Jerry
Randall Club Reunion Set for July at Silver Lake Grove
The sixth annual fete champetre of the Randall Club will be at Silver Lake Grove on July 22 with committees chaired by George E. Hopper, Joseph G. Vilsack, and others. Notables invited include Governors Pattison and Campbell, Judge Crisp, and several congressmen as potential speakers. Also mentions patent medicine and local business ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Club
Silver Lake Grove
George E. Hopper
Joseph G. Vilsack
William Guckert
Squire Handel
I. Pressly Fleming
P. N. Guthrie
J. K. Jacobs
D. C. Barr
Pattison and
Campbell
Crisp
Georgia
Roger Q
Texas
William R. Springer
Illinois
Benton McMillin
Tennessee
Cleveland
Dress Goods House Announces Markdowns in Pittsburgh
The exclusive dress goods house in Western Pennsylvania cuts prices on Scotch Ginghams to 13c 15c and 20c per yard and offers best printed Pongees at 10c. Reductions span the entire dress goods line and shoppers are urged to visit early on Penn Avenue.
Burnet House Hotel Company Formed in Columbus
The Burnet House Hotel Company was incorporated at Columbus with Van W Huntington among the incorporators. Capital stock is $120,000. Huntington, formerly a popular clerk at the Duquesne, gains local approval for his Cincinnati venture. The corporation aims to construct and maintain hotel buildings storerooms and related real estate and personal property for its operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnet House Hotel Company
Columbus
van W. Huntington
Huntington
Duquesne
Cincinnati
Corer
Steal Charge Arrest In Rope Theft Case
A. Stein, scrap iron dealer, was arrested by Detective Bendel on a warrant issued by Squire Bryan of Chartiers. Malarkey says he sold Stein rope but Stein seized additional rope not purchased, leading to larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Stein
Bendel
Squire Bryan
Chartiers
Malarkey
Stein
Bishop Bowman Institute Commencement at Trinity Church
The annual address will be delivered Tuesday morning at 10 o clock by Rev. Henry A. Adams rector of St. Pauls Buffalo. Bishop Whitehead will preside and music will be by the Vested Choir of Trinity Church. Friends of the pupils are invited and extraordinary values are offered by Jos Homne & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Church
Henry A. Adams
St. Paul's Church
Buffalo
Whitehead
Jos. Homne & Co
Penn Avenue
Superior summer footwear offered by Jos. Horne & Co
Quality shoes for men announced with prices: dongolas 250 and 300, kangaroo 400. Urges purchase at 78 Ohio Street Allegheny. Special train to Cleveland Tuesday morning June 16 from P and L E R R station 7:40 AM. Tickets limited five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Street
Allegheny
Cleveland
Elegant Ladies' Blazers Offered at Unmatched Values
An elegant assortment of Ladies' Blazers features plain white and light striped spotted options, touted as the greatest values offered. The listing emphasizes style and value for discerning shoppers seeking refined garments.
Dress Goods at Unbeatable Prices This Season
Cheap dress fabrics offered with a claim of unmatched quality and range. Styles and colors for the season, many single patterns or dress lengths, only a few hundred available, expected to sell quickly due to price and selection.
Paris Novelties in Silks and Woven Fabrics
Advertises new stylish fabrics at reduced prices in Parisian patterns. Stocks include Camel's Hair Suitings, cords, chevrons, zig zag motifs, cheviots, tweeds, raw silk blends, crepons, grenadines, and embroidered stripes. Praises handsomeness and low cost.
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Paris
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Hig
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Martin Levin
Barker Village
Niagara County
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James Goodwin
Cameron County
Jerry Ryan
Nashville
J. W. Quinn
Ryan
Islies
Quinn
St. James
Albion
McGuire's
Weithaus
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The
Red
McGuire
Peter McCauley
Punxsutawney
Salvatore Wessa
M'Ekinley
Temperance
Amalgamated Association
Patrick Firesotwers
Ellis Hotel
Braddock
America
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Mr. Weeks
Uncle Sam
Colombian Fair Commission
Wampum
Youngstown
Ashtabula
Mendelssohn
Pennsylvania Iron Works Company
Third Avenue
New Park
Johnstown Board of Trade
Engineer Croes
Greneral Manacer Lavosa
Kemble Tron Company
Riddlesburg
Tne
Pennsylvania Basilroad Company
Tix Union Gas Company
McKeesport
Youngstown Iron and Steel Company
Wolfe
Howard & Company
Canonsburg
Mansfield Glee Club
Jerry
Silver Lake
Tron City Brewery
Jos, Horne & Co
Western
Pennsylvania
Hoting, Speer & CO
Penn Building
Yle Penn Ave
van Huntington
Ohio
Hucus & Hacker
India
Bishop Bowman Institute
Jos. Horne & Co
Iron City
Jos
Pitcairn’s
Iron City Brewery
Cloak Department
Fifth Ave
Market St
Jeléuwren
T. Jelbaewr
Robert Smith
Lemuel Patterson
Western Avenue
Penn Ave
Jels
C. Weisser
Jelo
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