Pinhook gas field described as vast and long lasting
The Dispatch reports a vast Pinhook gas field in Allegheny and Armstrong counties. Gas in the fifth sand is thick and extensive, with 50 feet thickness and a 32 000 square mile area, suggesting years of supply for Pittsburg area towns. McCullough cites two termini 21 miles apart, notes rock pressure and porosity support the field’s persistence. A fatal accident occurred when a rock valve burst during testing.
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Pinhook
A. W. McCullough
Royal Gas Company
Tot Dispatce
McDonald
Great Pinhook
Butler County
A. H. Logan
McCillough
Equitable Company
Cate
William Scott Andersen
Patrick Tuche
McCullough
Feld
Crooked Creek
Armstrong County
Pittsboro Minte Glass Company
Plum Creek
Allegheny County
Fian Creek
Milltown
Flum Creek
Allegeny County
Walker's
Armstrong Country
Allegheny Mountains
Amity
Washington County
Mingo Creek
Nottingham Township
Newain
Peters Township
Monongahela River
Braddock
St Homestead
Wilkinsburg
Kiskiminetas River
Bagdad Station
West Penn
Brady's Bend
Alleebeny
Walker's Mills
Rooked Creek
Arm County
Plumcreek
Plum,creek
Allecheny
A. W. McCriover
Schenley’s Wilds Day Out by United Workmen
Center Avenue Lodge No. 124 A. O. U. W. and about 200 associates spent a sunny day at Schenley Park. Families enjoyed hill walks and sun, while a formal presentation honored Thorns W. Mc Murray and wife for long service, presented by C. W. Shannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Avenue Lodge No
Schenley Park
Thorns W. McMurray
Lodge
C. W. Shannon
Streets To Be Graded And Paved In City Contracts
Chief Bigelow awarded multiple contracts for street grading and paving. Booth & Flinn won grading and paving on Thirty sixth Street and asphalting Cal towhill Street at 250 a yard. Er Bracken got Dresden alley paving. Whitman Street grading went to William Glen. Kent alley to H C Howard. The Standard Company won weigh scale resets, and bids were opened for an iron fire proof vault in the city clerk's office but not awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman Street
William Glen
Kent Alley
H. C. Howard
Standard Company
Fatal flow of gas at new pin hook well in Allegheny
Three crisis reports in Allegheny within twenty four hours describe a fatal gas accident at a Kidd farm well near Milltown. Scott Anderson of the Equitable Gas Co died from blast injuries after a pressure surge reached 500 pounds a square inch while Patrick Tube, foreman, was seriously injured. The well had blown off since Wednesday and exploded after a gate valve failed. The coroner to investigate. remains sent to the city.
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Pinhook
Scott Anderson
Equitable Gas Company
Kidd Farm
Milltown
Verona
Patrick Tube
Anderson
Tube
J. T. Hovey
West Penn Hospital
Three personal crisis reports in a day haunt city
A German man about 35 was found dead by drowning in the Monongahela River at the foot of South Third Street. he loitered near Castle Shannon Coal Works, wore shabby clothes, and weighed about 140 pounds. Henry Yunker, a bread baker with 13 children, killed himself by being crushed under a passing locomotive after domestic troubles and a pending child neglect case. a letter accuses a neighbor, Rothlein, of provoking the death. A third body, of an Italian man about 38, was found hanged in an abandoned house on a Ridgeville upper floor. an inquest will be held today.
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Monongahela
South Third Street
Castle Shannon
South First Street
Ward
Henry Yunker
Thirty Eighth Street
Allegheny Valley
Yunker
O'Brien
The
Humane Society
Donovan
Rothlein
Penn Avenue
Hridgeville
Cone
Death ends a Deune Bridget O'Brien dies in Allegheny home
Bridget O'Brien was found dead in bed after a night of debauch at 399 Beaver Avenue Allegheny. William Evans her brother in law and Luke Gallagher were arrested then released. Postmortem found death from valvular heart disease with no marks of violence.
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Bridget O'Brien
Bridget O’brien
Beaver Avenue
Allegheny
William Evans
Luke Gallagher
E Gallagher
Mrs. O'Brien
Evans
Gallagher
Died From Excessive Alcoholism Lang Former Saloonkeeper
George C. Lang a former saloonkeeper of 49 Concord street Allegheny died at the hospital following prolonged alcoholism according to an obituary notice.
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George C. Lang
Concord Street
Allegheny
Hospital Record Highlights Rejected License Holder's Downward Path
The article reports on a General Hospital case where Lang, barred from a license since Brooks law, had long struggled with heavy drinking. He sustained head wounds and a fractured rib in an incident described as occurring while he was intoxicated.
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Egy General Hospital
Lang
Drowning of 10 year old Crookston shocks Verona
The 10 year old John Crookston of Verona drowned after a skiff rope broke while he and Wallace Randolph drifted ashore. Randolph was saved by a ferryman who reached them in time. The coroner's jury found accidental drowning.
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John B. Crookston
Verona
John Crookston
Wallace Randolph
Res
Raneon Roy
Tragic drowning of 14-year-old Allen McFeeters at McKneesport
Allen McFeeters, 14, drowned yesterday morning at the foot of Fifth street in McKneesport while swimming. Unable to swim, he sank in deep water. his body was recovered last evening. An inquest will be held today to determine the circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen McFeeters
Fifth Street
McKneesport
Taking of Testimony in Maryland Central Case Concludes
Testimony in the Maryland Central case from Pittsburg closes with bankers and witnesses detailing over 1 million dollars loaned on stocks as collateral. Witnesses include O P Scaife and A Groetzinger with Scaife noting Europe travel during the Terminal Company scheme. Damages and asset tracing remain uncertain as Baltimore testimony approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Central
Pittsburg
Baltimore
P. Scaife
A. Groetzinger
German National Bank
Scaife
Europe
Marvin
Paris
John Henry Miller
Marvin Scaife
Schoyer
Mr. Schover
M. H. Houseman
Gustave Lindenthal
Lindentha
Houseman
Linden
Wey
Trainload of grain drills ships 1000 tons to Kansas City
A train carrying about 1000 tons of grain drills from Springfield to Kansas City and Missouri will be followed next week by 40 more carloads. The convoy, under W. M. Clark Missouri Pacific agent, totals 1600 drills weighing over 1,500,000 pounds with an estimated cost of 100,000. Freight charges reach 29000. Drills will be used across Kansas and Western Missouri to plant the fall wheat. farmers hope for rapid crop recovery after floods.
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Kansas City
Springfield
W. M. Clark
Missouri Pacific Road
Kansas
Missouri
Clark
Tough on Talbot His Girl Goes Back on Him
John Talbot filed suit before Alderman Warner charging Irene Mathews with larceny by bailee. The engaged couple planned a wedding next Wednesday. Talbot saved $250 for a dress and trip, with Mathews as banker. She allegedly met Howard Cropley, a P R R brakeman, at a ball and planned an elopement to Oil City, leading to Talbot’s arrest of Mathews. The men clashed in the alderman’s office as the marriage plan unraveled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
John Talbot
Alderman Warner
Irene Mathews
Talbot
Miss Mathews
Howard Cropley
Oil City
Cropley
Local pawnbrokers swindled by gilded watch scam
A slick stranger visited city pawnbrokers, offering a gilded timepiece claiming to be a gold watch worth 20 dollars. Brokers later found the item was a cheap watch valued around 10 dollars, neatly gilded to appear valuable. The suspect is being sought. The Pittsburg Electric Club held a social musicale at 802 Penn avenue with H P Ecker on piano, Louis Doeblin, Breil, Prof A A Mallow, Homer Moore, Charles W Fleming, and others performing. Mrs. Martin Hotzer fainted in the Allegheny Mayor's office during an interview regarding her daughter's assault. Fred Hershey is jailed on $1,000 bail. Dr B M Hanna, ENT, 720 Point Street.
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Seiss
Pittsburg
Berto
Martin Hotzer
Allegheny
Fred Hershey
Cleveland Nomination Ratified by Allegheny County Democrats
Six hundred tariff reform advocates in the old University building rallied to ratify Grover Cleveland for president. W. J. Brennan and Thomas Keenan led a party that urged harmony while praising Cleveland and Stevenson. Speakers emphasized tariff reform as the sole issue and urged organization to hold Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
W. J. Brennen
County Democratic Association
Thomas J. Keenan, Sr
John Marron
James Atwell
John Leech
Bernard Call
William Wall
P. A. Killgallen
J. W. Moore
J. W. Mowry
W. A. Sipe
Chicago
David Hill
New York
Allegheny County
Stevenson
Pennsylvania
Congress
Sipe
Hill
Lincoln
C.A. Sullivan
Harrison
Massey Denies Supreme Court Candidacy At Minneapolis
George W. Massey of Delaware says he is not a candidate for the U S Supreme bench after reports he was offered Bradley's place. He notes Delaware is small and he is not seeking high office, while others like George Shiras Jr. are also mentioned as potential nominees amid remarks on Harrison's renomination and Massey’s role as World’s Fair Commissioner. Randall Club to return tonight from Pittsburg and Western Railroad and be met at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Massey
Delaware
Bradley
Harrison
Cleveland
Chicago
Minneapolis
United States Supreme Bench
George Shiras, Jr
Pittsburg
Massey
Blaine
Cincinnati
Maine
Pennsylvania
Haree
Mioo
Mn Massey
Depew
Randall Club
Pittsburg and Western Railroad
Ambiguous Club Meeting Details Reported in Fragment
Fragmentary text describes a station escort to a clubhouse by stay-at-homes and mentions a ratification meeting to be held later. Prominent individuals involved and a club will be accompanied by a person named W. with unclear references to Okicans.
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Ts. W
Tate's View of the Ticket and Pattison's Instructing
Delegates and shouters from Chicago passed through the city as Democrats gathered at the depot and hotel. Harrity and Hensel carried out Pattison's instructions. Tate, Reynolds, Mestrezat, Sharpneck, Brown, Reagan, and Ray were present. Tate backed Cleveland and praised Grover's nomination while noting Stevenson could strengthen the ticket among radical Democrats.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Road
Union Depot
St. James Hotel
H. D. Tate
Pattison
John M. Reynol
G. M. Harry
Bedford
L. Mestrezat
Uniontown
E A. Sharpneck
Greene County
James F. Brown
Central Committee
Paul Reagan
James Ray
District of Columbia
Tate
Harrity
Hensel
Cleveland
Grover
Stevenson
Civil Service
Horse Stumbles Cause Series Of Injuries In City
Several serious accidents occurred yesterday. Everz Kurtz fell from a horse on Forbes street and broke his arm with internal injuries. Robert Treshwater lost four fingers on his right hand at William Langendorfer's planning mill on Sarah street. Allen McSweeny, 9, drowned in the Monongahela river near Braddock, body recovered quickly. Michael Hennessy was struck by a Birmingham car and taken to Southside Hospital.
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Everz
Pfrederick J. Kurtz
East End
Forbes Street
Kurtz
Triauwaire
Robert Treshwater
William Langendorfer
Sarah Street
Aegb
Birmingham
Southside Hospital
Last Day Approaches for Paying City and Mercantile Taxes
Delinquent taxes loom as next Thursday marks the final day to pay water and business taxes without a 5 percent penalty. City receipts show water taxes at 16011786 and business tax at 2270522, well below typical early sums, with Mercantile tax around 15000 collected of an expected 250000.
Man knocked down by railroad tie in yard assault
Morris Sullivan, a worker for contractor Thomas Atcheson, was unloading railroad ties in the Allegheny Valley Railroad yard on Twenty sixth street when a tie struck and broke his leg. He accused a Pole, pursued him, and assaulted him, escaping a worse beating as the man fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Sullivan
Thomas Atcheson
Allegheny Valley
Twenty-sixth Street
Bridge Work Begins on Yough River Crossing at Boston
On Monday morning Harrold and Lynch, contract holders for the Boston Yough river foot and wagon bridge, start dredging and stone work for abutments and piers. King Bridge Company of Bighee will handle iron and wood components.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Harrold & Lynch
Yough River
Boston
King Bridge Company
Bigrhee
Bargain Sale on Wheels from Squires Chicago
The scene reports a closing out sale by Hanzsr D Squires of Chicago offering 300 medium grade 100 hichie and 150 boys and girls wheels at half to two thirds of regular price. Items likely to appeal to Pittaburg Cycle Co customers with strong pricing signals.
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Hanzsr D
Squires
Chicago
Row Among Nurses at West Penn Hospital Sparks Suspension
A rockers on the south porch incident at West Penn Hospital led Assistant Superintendent Woodward to suspend six nurses, three from the female wards and three from the male wards, pending Monday hearings. The action follows months of clashes after a new head nurse replaced Mrs Davis, amid rumors and conflicting loyalties. Authorities withhold names while Superintendent Cowan is away on vacation.
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Kilkenny
West Penn Hospital
Cowan
Woodward
Mrs Davis
Mra Jiles
Lstter
Harry Jennings
Jiles
Why Some Women Grow Old and How to Avoid It
An old timey column argues women exhaust vitality baking bread and suggests using Marvin's fine breads as a cheaper easier alternative. It urges homemakers to avoid weariness by buying from grocers and mentions Whitman's Saddles and Pittsburg ads.
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Marvin
Remnants in Every Grade of Carpets Daily
The retailer announces ongoing sales of carpet remnants across all grades at low prices, noting strong demand that has driven many remnants sold this season.
Saturday Men's Day Furnishings at Penn Avenue Stores
The Penn Avenue Stores advertise a large up to date selection of men’s fashions including neckwear suspenders shirts collars and underwear. Highlights include French German and English merchandise with underwear from 25c to 75c and 3 pairs of fast blacks for $1, signaling strong value in the latest styles for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn Avenue
America
New Zephyr Shirts and Negligees Arrive at Bargain Prices
More styles today in Zephyr Shirts offering equal value unseen before at $1. New Madras Negligee shirts feature Natick collars and laundered cuffs at $2 to $3. Flannel Negligees in dark colors and stripes priced $1.50 to $2. Silk Negligees with new patterns and colors priced $4 to $5.50 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zephyr
Zephyr Madras
Natick
Prices Slash on Tennis Suits and Summer Coats Today
Marked-down sale announces tennis suits from 10 as original 15 to 20 and summer coats from 2 to 10, a quarter off. Displays tout rivalless pro looks with world-leading makes. Fresh F C F Wash Neckwear arrives. Stay's Head ties at $1. Stag's Head shirts praised for fit and durability with laundered and unlaundered options. Star shirts available from $1 upward.
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Mt. Nebo
Philadelphia Company
Wright Farm
Mt Nebo
Robert C. Wee
Wright Well
Robert C. Wright
Kiskedden, Crawford
Wright
Darlington
Robert B. Wright
Wildwood
Pele
John Homann
John Sammels
Ad &Ges
Schenley's Wilds
United
Henry Fawker
John B.“Crookston
Sion
Electric Club Musicale
B. M. Hanna
Ponn Street
Pittsbuirg
MR. Cleveland
County Democracy
Mr. Massey
Bays Harrison
D. F. Patterson
Frederick J. Kurtz
Elding
New Bridge
Pittaburg Cycle Co
Mrs. Jiles
Supt. Cowan
Margaret H. Welch
Templeton
Pean Avenue
Brussels
Whitman
H. B. Moeser
Wood Street
Men'see
James H. Aixen & Co
Fifth Ave
Leach
de Witt
E. Groetzinger
Penn Ave
Biber & Easton
India
J. Kerwin Miller & CO
Smithfield St
W. V. Dermitt & CO
Pittsburg, Pa
Horne
JOS. Horne &Co
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