NOBLES OF THE MYSTIC SHRINE VISIT PITTSBURGH MEET IMPERIAL COUNCIL
Old newspaper notes lavish plans for the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Imperial Council meeting in Pittsburgh. Syria Temple prepares a 250-seat Monongahela House dinner after a Monongahela river excursion. Delegates from many temples arrive, with Kismet Temple Limited train from Brooklyn, and a formal reception by visiting officers led by Samuels Briggs.
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Imperial Council
Monongahela
Onada
Syria
Indies
Monongahela River
Monongahela House
Syris Temple
Mystic Shrine
Kalif Ale
Mohammed
Arabia
Notable Shrine Officials Visit for Week in City
Connell Pa May 25 1877 report on Mecca temple Shrine officers visiting the city for a week with Thomas Anderson as Potentate and Joseph Eichbaum as Oriental Guide. Brief bios highlight Imperial Council leaders Samuel Briggs William Melish Walter Fleming Henry Hosley Thomas Hudson John Broth Bruce Goodfellow Joseph Wright Frank Luce William Mayo Cyrus Eaton Edward Culp and others from Cleveland Cincinnati Detroit Philadelphia Brooklyn St Louis and Cedar Rapids.
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United States
Pittsburg
Oasis
Imperial Council
Mystic Shrine
North America
Samuel Briggs
Cleveland
Syria Temple
Brooklin
Jersey City
Onongakela House
de Thomas J. Hudson
Pelt
Kismet
Cresson
Wayland Trask
Monongahela
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Richmond
Monongahela House
Henry E. Howley
Sameel Briccs
Im Potentate
Henry & Hosley
Imperial Depot
Cyrus W. Eaton
Edward Imperial C
The
Salina
Kan
Charles Field
Imperial C. G
San Francisco
Cal
Theodore Eimendorf
Imperial Assistant Guard
John T Brush
Imperial Grand Council
Egypt
Dervishee
Bruce Goodfellow
Order of Nobles of
America
Arabia
Aleppo
Syria
London
England
Risk Allah T Hinssoon Effendee
Frank M. Luce
Walter M. Fleming
A. L. Rawson
William J. Florence
Edward Eddy
Daniel Sickels
Charles T. McGlenahan
John W. Simons
New York City
Mecca
Israel
Imperial Grand Council of the
Europe
Asia
Africa
Jas S Arnold
George C. Johnstone
Benjamin Darlin
Richard, Cyrua Jr. Eaton
Imperial Grand Potentate
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Geekere - the
William H. Melish
Rabban
Hanselmann
Council of Royal
Lafayette Lod No
Supreme Council
Grand Potentati
Syrian Temple
Walter H. Fleming
New York
Order of Nobles of the
Mecca Temle
Order
Henry E. Hosley
Imperial
Boston
Templar
Thomas J. Hudson
Rabba
Ite
Ehrh
John T. Broth
Incsapeiputits Peaseuave
Murat
Indiana
Indianapolis
Imperial Oriental Guide
Detroit
Wright
Wright & Sons
Market Street
Imperial Recorder
Chicago
Medinah
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company
William H. Mayo
Eres
Isis
Masonia
A Good Thing to Keep at Hand in Troy Kansas
A local reader praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as effective for early symptoms of cholera morbus. The letter notes quicker relief and states the product is pleasant to take. Multiple merchants in Pittsburgh and Allegheny list the remedy for sale.
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Troy
Kan
Chamberlain
E. G. Stucky
Penn Ave
E. G. Stucky & Co
Wylie Ave
Fulton At
Markell Bros
Penn
Frankstown
Theo. E. Thiig
Fifth Ave
Carl Hartwig
Butler At
John C. Smith
Main St
James L. McConnel & Co
Pittsburg
Allegheny
E. E. Heck
Federal Sts
Thos, E. Morris
Hanover
Preble Aves
F. H. Eggers
Ohio St
First Popular Excursion to Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY. The First Popular Excursion of the Season to Atlante City. Via the picturesque B. & C. BR. via Washington, D. C., Baltimore and Philadelphia, on Thursday, July 3, 1890. Tickets good for ten days, and good to return at Washington, D. C. Round trip fare ten dollars. Special trains with a lounge and sleeping cars will leave B. & O. BR. depot at 8 a. m. and 9:20 P.M. For information apply to E. D. Smith, Division Passenger Agent, Pittsburgh, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Kate
E. D. Smith
Pittsburg
Orphan Court Sale of Michael Mugele Estate Property
Valuable business property details a lot measuring 350 by 160 feet. The sale is set for Tuesday June 24 at 3 o clock in the afternoon on the premises. Further particulars available from the attorney at 136 Fifth Avenue J Fauseo es.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosinecen
Michael Mugele
Sv J. Fauseooes
Rubber trade and Panama hats reshape Central America plans
A discussion on Stanley’s rubber remarks highlights Central American cultivation as a competitive future. Americans urged to build telegraph links from Manaos and the Amazon to harness eight Brazilian rivers and Eastern Peru, while noting Congo rubber and Panama hats shaped by palm leaf plaiting.
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Stanley
Congo
Americas
Mexico
Central America
South America
Mansos
Manaons
Amazon
Peru
America
England
Tanning by Electricity Cuts Time and Costs
The electrical tanning process completes in two to five days depending on hides, then hides are finished as usual. It saves capital tied up in pits and cuts tanning cost to about 4 cents per pound dry leather, while preserving solidity, fineness, and suppleness of the leather.
Long-distance optical sightings and factory cleaning advances
Discussion on visibility of distant earth objects cites Metzger sees Keizerspicht Sumatra at 110 miles Merapi Java at 180 miles Mont Blanc 120 180 miles Whymper Greenland 150 Hippisly Swiss Alps 200 miles Sir W Jones Himalayas 224 miles. Separate note on file cleaning by electricity using acidified water and carbon electrodes. Improved pulley covering claims 50 percent more power and less slipping.
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Emile Metzger
Keizerspicht
Sumatra
Guy Merapi
Java
Mont Blanc
Whymper
Greenland
Hippisly
Sir W. Jones
Leather covered pulley cemented to iron without rivets
The passage describes a pulley wrapped in a special soft elastic leather covering that prevents wear. The cover is cemented to the pulley iron, never hardens, and is held in place permanently without any rivets, ensuring smooth belt action.
Automatic sliding doors for elevator landings
A simple inexpensive construction automatically operates sliding landing doors for passenger elevators. All shaft doors are held closed except the landing where the car stops. Cars can be moved remotely to any level without an attendant. Applicable to all roller sliding doors, easy to manufacture and install.
Horse tail protector promises neat tails for horses
A patent describes a horse-tail protector with a short bar and two buttons linked by a rubber cord. The device allows the tail to be tied into a knot and held, reducing brushing and keeping the tail tidy. An Austrian engineer also patents an improved shell for oil firing on ships.
Height of Luminous Clouds Measured in Germany
Investigations across German observatories over the past year produced numerous photographic impressions to study cloud phenomena. Comparison of results indicates these luminous clouds lie at an extraordinary altitude of six hundred thirteen miles above sea level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Tese
Growth of Wallpaper Industry Expands Exports Worldwide
The wallpaper industry has advanced markedly in recent years due to improved machinery and a wood pulp process that cut costs. A large export trade has developed, especially with England, with markets found in Australia and other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Australia
A Satisfactory Energy Meter For Electric Railways
A demand arises for a precise instrument to measure total energy output of electric stations to railway companies. A meter recording on wait hours would yield exact data on operation costs daily and monthly, enabling reliable comparisons.
Lighter for railway carriages lights gas roofs remotely
Patent from Germany introduces a tube running along the top of a carriage filled with gas from a holder. A flame applied at one end ignites a travelling explosion that lights all roof lights, sparing railway workers the climb to each car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Elevated railway project in Sioux City Ind threatens big growth
The plan describes an overhead storage car railway with columns 18 feet apart and a roadbed 22 feet above street level. An accompanying hose mender and a new eye piece for the Lick telescope are noted, promising brighter celestial views and practical hose repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Ind
Fortune Seeking Emigrants and Frontier Fears
Many families seek fortune in the Western wilds. The piece promotes Hosetter's Stomach Bitters as a strong defense against malaria and miasma taint in frontier travel. It asserts the tonic fortifies the system for pioneers miners and tourists against dangerous environments.
Household gas stoves and kitchen goods advertised in Pittsburgh market
Demmler Bros advertises gas stoves from 85 cents to 80 pounds with Alaska North Star and fibre refrigerators, Gem ice-cream freezers, Crown ice chippers, Pasteur water filters, Flynn’s water coolers, lemon squeezers and more. Z. Wainwright Co beer touted, Mystic shrine buttons and EB P Roberts & Bone jewelry shown at Fifth Avenue and Market Street. Also Hats and ties offered at Hacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demmler Bros
Smithfield Street
Pittsburg
Alaska
North Star
Paying the Price in Long List of Court Sentences
The Criminal Court handed down many sentences yesterday. Richard Anderson received four months in the workhouse for larceny after a resisted arrest. Others punished included George Stuckrath for felonious assault and battery, Ottie Wilson and Laura Marshall for receiving stolen goods, and James Quinn for larceny with terms ranging from one year to longer confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Anderson
George Stuckrath
Ottie Wilson
Laura Marshall
Virgil Coates
James Quinn
James Brown
James Mulligan
Harry Browarcky
Charles F. Richey
John and
Bridget Laffey
Frank Hodgers
William Jackson
George Worrel
Charles Parker
Charles Morris
John Wards
Evareeny
Hiram Cochran
Arceny
Moore
Johnston
Estate of To-Morrow’s Aodit Ider Summary of Parties
Estate matters list numerous named heirs and executors including Leonard Florig Henry Huber John Schweinstetter Anna Schweinstetter Jane Woodhouse James Thompson Peter Walter Alice Walter Ann Shannon Charles Evan James Campbell John C Slack W. Gerwig Jesse McCully L McCally Sarah Richardson and Rev R Woodburn with various spellings. No clear actions or dates appear and text is partially garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Florig
Henry Huber
John Schweinstetter
Anna Schweinstetter
Jane A. Woodhouse
James C. Thompson
Peter Walter
Alice Walter
Ann E. Shannon
Charles Evan
James Campbell
John C. Slack
W. Gerwig
Jesse McCully
T. L. McCally
Sarah A. Richardson
R. Woodburn
G. Ludwig
oilJalla F
Bksaaiiide
Tomorrow's Tria Liat. Criminal Court Commonwealth Case List
Commonwealth v Wagner and multiple defendants including Theresa Swartz Alexander Steple Joseph Harley Patrick Curley Minnie Mallory Michael Spence Louis Gallagher John OLeary William Gilthrope Annie Lynch Robert Means Rebecca Means appear in tomorrow's criminal court docket. The list highlights several defendants with varied docket numbers and potential charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criminal Court—Commonwealth
Louis Wagner
Theresa Swartz
Alexander Steple
Joseph Harley
Patrick Curley
Minnie Mallory
Michael Spence
Louis Gallagher
John O'Leary
Illiam Gilthrope
Annie Lynch
Robert Means
Rebecca Means
Notes From the Courts Highlight City Lawsuits
Mrs Lopwika Brazinski filed suits against George Ablcranos and Dominick Ross for 1000 each for a lawyer. Jos Walton & Co sued John A Wood owner of the steamboat L Wood to recover 1589 40 for boat and coal sunk at the Steubenville bridge. A Terappman and wife and Gotlieb Schwarswaelder filed a bill in equity to restrain Arthur Erdeman from closing an alley used by plaintiffs. Yesterday fixed for argument in C Lockhart and others vs Duquesne Traction Co to restrain tracks on Negley avenue. attorneys for plaintiffs unwilling to proceed. motion dismissed. Appeals from Board of Viewers decision on widening Diamond alley filed by Annie E Brown Catherine Hutchinson Caroline Hays John Gates William Barker Marshall Brothers and George A Marshall. Isaac Van Leen of Market street Allegheny heard on counterfeiting charge. discharged after claiming he did not know where dollar came from. Divorce suits filed by M E Johnston vs Margaret Johnston and Charles B Fredericks vs Elizabeth Fredericks. divorces heard in other separations with commissioners appointed for Mary A Moss inst 0 Mose, A Smith in Nellie L Stone vs John W Stone, and ER M Burns in Lizzie B Linn vs John.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lopwika Brazinski
George Ablcranos
Dominick Ross
Jos. Walton & Co
United States District Court
John A. Wood
8. L. Wood
Steubenville Bridge
A. Terappman
Gotlieb Schwarswaelder
Arthur Erdeman
Now #1
Thifth Avenue
C. Lockhart
Duquesne Traction Company
Negley Avenae
Diamond Alley
Annie E. Brown
Catharine H. Hutchinson
Caroline
Nellie L. Stone
John W. Stone
ER. M. Burns
Lizzie B. Linn
John
New Pleasant Child Medicine and Lunchbox Treats
A note promotes a kid friendly medicine using a fig dose of 25 cents and castor oil avoided. It mentions Hambure Figs as tasty and accessible at all druggists from Mack DrugCo New York. It also advertises Marvin's butter wafers as a lunch basket dainty for picnics and daily use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack DrugCo
N.Y
tTrsu
Marvin
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Atlantic City
Atlante City
Orphan
Lick
Palma
Panama
Tropics
New Oil Shell
the American Paper Trades
Canada
Western
Lurz & Sam
Telephone
TrSsu
Z. Wainwright Co
Wfsa
Mystic @hrine
P, Roberts & Bone Corner
Fifth Avenue
Marketstree
To-Morrow
Aodit
Liberty Avenue
Pearson
Federal St
Hauer & Keenan
Water St
Rosenbaum & Co
Harris’ Theater
Horace Lewis
Malcolm Stuart Taylor
Webster
Brady
She. Jer
Orangemen
Allegheny County
Christy
Lake
Dept
Knox
Woodside
Wilburn
Leichleiter
Madley
Ber Theater
J. P. Connelly
Damon and
Pythias
Baseball Players’ League Exposition Park
Pitssburg
Jones
Ames
Uenther
Groster
Eugene Robinson
Nina
Sean
Formance
Snowden Homestead
Penn Avenue
Wilkinsburg
Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Old City Hall
Ida Klein
Helene van Doenke
William J. Oeer
Edward’Mahony
Basso
Linds Mra
Schaarschmidt
Ed. OC
Garber
Hamilton's
Elk SR
Les
Tata
Montana
Ita Eines
Josephine Myers
Jacob Myers
All County
Glenfield
Mrs
Hratt
Warner Station
Penn Atrenue
Pittsburr
Laird’s Mammoth Bargain Stores
Laird’s New Retail Shoe
Wood Street
Bowins
M. Latrd
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