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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1889

Page

3

Allegheny City Rail Schemes Stirster for Forbes Street Area

East End rail plans expand along Forbes Hiland and Sheridan avenues with multiple charters for passenger lines. Potential merger with Diamond Street electric line sparks debate on route integration and city rights of way. Mayor approves several rights of way for competing lines as Allegheny traction interests push new suburban electric routes.

East Forbes Hiland Arton Sheridan Avenues Diamond Rect pAese Terest East End Railroad Company Washi Street Fillsworth Avene Washin Street Sheridan Rly Hread Street Hiland Avenue Ellsoe Buetart Cee Neeper A. McDevitt Othe Forbes Street Waieway Segros Boyd Street Diamond East End Pittsby Hws Ong Diamond Street Somatine Cuepetle Mead Seaton Ao Eee Sue Mo Partie Charters Ecess Pln

La Porta del Fomor Offers For Sale At Local Hotels

An OCR fragment lists clear Haysna Key West items for sale at multiple Pittsburgh venues including Hotel Duquesne, Hotel Anderson, J. Charles Hovel, Union Restaurant, and addresses on Fifth Avenue to Smithfield and Forbes Streets. It advertises catalogs and goods with prices such as 250 and references various local merchants like Ganster, Weber, Stroup, Hagan, Derr, Duffy, and Eble.

Sunday School Convention Brings Allegheny Valley Teachers Together

Protestant Sunday schools across the Allegheny Valley gathered at Parnassus for the fourth annual session under the Union Sabbath School Association. Rev Seth R Gordon presided as sessions featured Rev John H Kendall Tarentum on teaching duties, Rev D R McDonald Tarentum U S Church on question and answer, and Rev S T a Tarentum M E Church spoke on Ideal Sunday School Superintendent. The program included devotional exercises, music by the church choir, and a series of talks on Bible study and Sabbath school rites with officers to be elected for the ensuing year.

Et Valley Parnassus Baan Union Sabbath School Association Allegheny Valley Seth R. Gordon Her. R. Hamilton Seca John H. Kendall Tarentum D. R McDonald U. S J.C. Grey Sp Niale Tarentum M. E A. F. Kirk Aseree Ber Pittsburg T. M. Thompson Freeport Hollister P. Freeson E. McLeod Milligan S. Renned Allegheny

Brave Johnnie Stitt Story Clarified After Flood Tragedy

A Blairsville flood interview with Mrs. I L Shields in aDispatch recounts the drowning of Johnnie Stitt. It clarifies claims of heroism and notes no lives were saved, though about 20 bodies were recovered at Blairsville. Stitt directed a headlight to illuminate the river before losing his life.

I. L. Shields Elairsville Dispatch Johnstown Johnnie” Stitt Blairsville Somerugh Thers Bhielis Johnnie Stitt Young Stitt Shields Stitt

Desirable City Lots in Allegheny Area Offered by Charles Somers

Investment notices describe building lots fronting on Davis and Erin streets near Central Traction road with elevated paved sections and handsome new nearby buildings. Prime corner at Thirty-third Street and Madison Avenue opposite Central Traction stables offers retail or hall potential. Elegant lots on Adelaide Clarissa streets and Herron Avenue feature sloped ground and views of Allegheny Monongahela and East Liberty. Desirable Benton Avenue residences in Allegheny near New Brighton road offer large lots with easy terms.

Davis Erin Thirty-third St Madison Avenue Central Traction Stable Adelaide Clarissa Streets Herron Avenue Allegheny Monongahela East Liberty Benton Avenue New Brighton Road Charles S0mEns Wood Street East End SALE Fenn Ave Houghton Joan F. Baxter Smithfield St Uwr Hiland Ave E. E P. Grant Court Nie J. UG. Redlly Diamond St Seale Oakland Ave Ossible Samuel W. Black Fourth Ave Gapene Sses Pittaburg Gounetis Lack & Co Fourth Avenue

Boy Shot by Accidental Gun Discharge Near Mt Washington

Charles Zalenski on the Washington pike kept a loaded shotgun in his spring house to defend his cattle. A four year old son found the gun and discharged it into his younger brother, leaving the wound feared fatal. Included is unrelated catalog text for imported wines and a Walton Street address.

Charles Zalenski Washington Pike Mt. Washington

Pupils Examinations Pass List and Reexaminations Set

The examination results show many pupils passed without conditions in the listed ranks. A group are entitled to reexaminations on September 2 and 1 in the High School building on Sherman Avenue. Pupils not required to reexamine may wait until September 4 when classes form and the term resumes.

William Degelman Herbert Morton Daisy White Nelle Kubns Charles Sheriff Charles Farren Charlies Brown Lilie Allinger Lillie Mickart Alice Carey Leyden Ford Amelia Hill George Joba Horace Greely Cae Eh Bing Ee Gussie Hoss Riddle Lola Thommen Nellie Marque Horner Alice Sherman Avenue

Streets Turmoil as Italian Workers Face Violent Outburst

Early yesterday a mob attacked Italian laborers on the Second Avenue streetcar route as they walked to work. The disorder grew from a demand to seize a dinner bucket and escalated at Keystone Mill Linden Steel Works. Three men Vallie Louis Lambert and Frank Menial were jailed and fined five dollars plus costs for assault in the Fourteenth Ward.

Second Avenue Street Soho Keystone Linden Steel Works Vallie Louis Lambert Frank Menial Fourteenth Ward Ma Hyndmas

Sigsbee watercup aids gas and oil searches in new method

The Fuel Gas and Electric Engineering Company introduces the Sigsbee watercup to extract water or fluids from depth for natural gas investigations. Dr. Charles A. Ashourner hails it as a valuable research addition, noting its oceanic invention by Lt. Sigsbee. The device, sent from the Jeannette, may require slight modification for this use. An upcoming Westinghouse meeting to consolidate companies was delayed as legal documents near completion.

The Fuel Gas and Electric Engineering Company Sigsbee Watercup Charles A. Ashourner Sigsbee Electric Engineering Company Jeannette North Pole James Gordon

Linen department offers hand hem stitched pillow cases and sheets

A brochure advertises hand hem stitched pillow cases and sheet shams from $125 to $175 with finer linen sheets in full bed size and yardage. Jos Honxe Co. on Penn Avenue promotes big reductions, beautiful displays, and quality guaranteed. Come early, J H Johnston 706 Smithfield St.

Jos, Honxe & Co Penn Avenue J. H. Johnston Smithfield St

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