Clubs and culture shift as Pittsburgh embraces club life
The piece notes a surge in clubs like Randall, County Democracy, Americus, and Young Men’s Republican Tariff, with plans to spend between forty and one hundred thousand dollars on new quarters. It contrasts club culture with saloons, cites high license laws, and praises social, musical, and political clubs as urban life expands beyond taverns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Club
County Democracy
Americus
Americus Club
Young Men's Republican Tariff Club
Dr. Gallaher
Sixth Avenue
Frohsian Musical Organization
Penn Avenue
Shenstone
Ares
Bss
England
France
Germany
Slippery Rock Normal School Elects Principal
The new State Normal School at Slippery Rock elected Mr. James E. Morrow of Allegheny as Principal. The district covers Allegheny Beaver and Butler counties. Buildings boast an elegant library and are described as among the finest in the State. The first term begins on the 26th, about 50 miles from Pittsburgh, attracting many local patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Normal School
Slippery Rock
James E. Morrow
Allegheny
Beaver
Butler
Pitts Bars
Otzinger’s Are the Prettiest Ever in City Show
Catalog notes describe Otzinger’s china and India matting patterns for spring, with demand rising and manufacturers unveiling new designs. Prices range from five dollars per roll to a yard price of ten cents.
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Otzinger
China
India
Resolutions of Compsays HK for Captain E. Hill
At a March 8 1889 meeting of Company K Fourteenth Regiment in their armory the group adopted resolutions praising late Captain E Hill. They extend sympathy to his wife and family and honor the time spent under his command. Copies go to Mansfield Union Mansfeld Item Pittsburg Dispatch and Meriden Republic. Committee members A Glex Johnson Srver A W McMillan Conn Gus A Bearp
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Fourteenth Regiment
Hill
Mansfield Union
Mans-feld Item
Pittsburg Dispatch
Meriden
Conn
Novelty Styles in Imported Ladies Overgarments
A fragmented notice notes cloaks and novelty long lace circulars, embroidered fichus and mantics from Bi and wra styles. It mentions Dasess or Dasess thinking with reason he is among finest photographers and portraits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevus & Hacez
Mwpsu
Dasess
Dress Spire Pitcairn's Wood Sheet Ad
Elberon Creamery praised as the best baveler and warranted pure. Ask your grocer for PotA & Co. Wholesale deals at First and.
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Pitcairn'’s
Elberon Creamery
Pota & Co
Widesale Deales
Fourth Avenue Fads and the Office Boy’s Mascotte Plan
An office boy riffs on Fourth Avenue brokers and office culture. He jokes that wit lies beyond marble names and folds of brokerage firms, noting that appearance matters but true savvy comes from listening, restraint, and practical luck. He proposes a mascotte to insure prompt car service and hints at schemes to advance in a crowded firm.
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Fourth Avenue
Aira
Hesa
Finance
Secret Societies at Pittsburgh Area Conclaves
Improved Order of Hopnaph provides update on membership goals and March gatherings across Duquesne Conclave Latrobe and Irwin Conclaves. Supreme officers meet at a Richmond hotel during the supreme session while local banquets and initiations unfold in McKeesport and nearby towns. Notables address the group as Royal Arcanum and other secret orders convene with five citizens initiated during an early evening session.
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Aisha Hotel
Ri Richmond
Duquesne Conclave
Meaufbers
Intera Te Teninest
Pays
McKeesport
A. C. U. WG Grand Trebure
Royal Arcanum
Latrobe
Ares
Membe
Irwin
A. Will
Archon
Gustavus Brown
Baltiareen
McLave
C. A. Shirfe
Pissbure Co
Arci McLave
Sean
Bridget Ann O'Connor
Edward Nor
East End
Royail Arcanom Chelea
el E ‘ Wie
Old City
Faesdareven
Teorge
Alpine Quartet
District and parish branches form in Allegheny churches
District Deputy C P Keefer reports a St Je drew s Church branch in good shape and a 1 pm Beconegeesee Hall meeting to form a German branch. A petition for a St George s parish branch in the Thirty first ward drives signing, with a meeting planned. Grand J W Sullivan and F O Brien, 47 On, report 40 names signed for a branch to be instituted next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Keefer
St. Jedrew's Church
Allegheny
Beconegeesee Hall
Hagan and Gallager
J. Letskus
St. George's Parish
Thirty-first
Grand Uty
J. W. Sullivan
Bro. F. O. Brien
Butler
State Secretary
Mt Alon
Th & Ee
Philadelphia
Trade in Good Form Signals Week of Improvement
The past week showed increased business and steadier prices across staple commodities with improved bank activity and higher inquiries in iron manufacturing. A major real estate update on Wood Street promises extensive redevelopment, while a Pittsburgh Dispatch informant notes plans to raise local bank buildings and modernize offices. The article also recounts a Coronado real estate boom and bust, illustrating volatile market cycles.
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Westinghouse Electric and Switch
Wood Street
Virgin Alley
Liberty
Tas Dispatch
Arrott
Penn Bank
National Bank of Commerce
Penn
German National Bank
Moving Up in Electric and Switch and Signal Stocks
The stock market yesterday showed further advances in Electric and Switch and Signal. Electric rose to 40 percent and Switch and Signal to 21 percent amid favorable decisions and solid business prospects. Demand appears strong for these issues.
Market Money Improves as Banks Show Steady Rates
Mixed money market activity with moderate borrowing demand and steady rates around 5 12. Clearinghouse figures show sizable New York clearings and bank excess over the 2 percent rule. Call money remains active with prime loan sales and fluctuating balances across major centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dall Ayer
York
New York
Balan
Piasted
Bal- Caicaco
Petroleum Market Defies Trade Rules Amid Sharp Decline
A volatile petroleum market defied typical trade patterns, falling despite bullish Feb reports showing a 1,000,000 barrel drop. Traders blamed manipulation and uncertainty as quotes fluctuated from open to close, with experts predicting further declines before any rally.
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Allenat
Bige
B. McGrew
Tapis
de Witt Dilworth
Petroleum
Fifth Avenue
Wood Street
Playburg
Homes for the People The Building Trade Beginning to Resume Item Old-Time Proportions
Spring brought a surge in building permits with forty four issued in a week, the most since year start. The list names numerous two story brick and frame dwellings, stores, and stables planned on streets including Kincaid, Penn, Fifth, Rowan, Lyric, and Park, involving multiple owners and builders.
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John Adrian
Kincaid Street
Conrad
Penn Street
Twentieth Street
Nicholas Zimmerman
Collins Svems
Haverler
Bank Hasslinger
Park Street
PE Fischer
Carson Street
James Laird
Fifth Avenue
Ward Street
Fourteenth Ward
James A. Lang
Rowan Avenue
Grape Street
Twenty-First Ward
Lyric Street
Rowan
Lincoln Avenues
William Wreland
Winslow
Ner
Park
A. Vollmer
Pride Street
Loeust and
Vickroy
Thomas A. Bell
Ser
Granite
Wylie
Sheridan Erenke Ohdcar
D. B
Wardock
Land Avenue
Ad B. Murdock
Séx & Foot
Forbes Street
D Ward
Mawhinney Street
Forbes and
Bellefield Avenue
Degelneber
Davidson
James Caroaban
Erin Street
Wylie and
Webster Avenues
Donahue Brothers
Jone Street
Twenty-ninth
Thirtieth
Theodore Weiss
Om Larimer Avenue
Auburn Street
Fragmented list of frame and brick dwellings by street and ward
A garbled register lists multiple properties including frame two story and one story dwellings, brick houses and junk houses with varying dimensions on streets such as Thirty six, Greenbush, Carpenter, Carroll, Shamokin, Juliet, and Twenty first. It names owners like James Regiesven Seema See ne, Elizabeth Harban, Valentine Kirchemski, H L Smith, Sarah Reese, and others with ward and street references.
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Seema Seene
James
Otar
Ey Avenue
Jacob Kalin
Elizabeth
Harban
Homewood
Albion Street
Valentine Kirchemski
Greaben Street
Alexander A John Stewart
Eitchen
Carver Street
Mer Avenue
George Knorr
Shamokin Street
Charles Hamies Mowe
Aes
Frasiers
Juliet Street
Beer Streets
HL. Smith
Graham Street
Twentieth Ward
Center Avenue
Pennsylvania
L. H. Smith
Potter Street
Graham
Noble Streets
Sarah Reese
Renee Guetinns
Vespucius
Charles Hester
Brodka
Twenty-first
Jose Street
Sixteenth Street
Beox Alley
Bingham Street
Eckhart Am
Boquet Street
Forbes Stree
Rents Unchanged in City Real Estate Market
Rents remained about the same as last year with good demand for houses and rooms at real estate offices. Agents report occasional price advances by owners. Samuel J. Fleming sold a seven room brick house at No 2 Congress Street for 3300 and an eight room brick house on Broad East End for 4000, among other transfers including properties on Sherman, Sverre, Allegheny and Mellon avenues and various lots exchanged through local brokers.
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Chicago Real Estate Board
Pittsburg
San Diego
Cal
Dispatch
Coronado
Coronado Beach
San Diego Bay
Hotel del Coronado
Lota
Pitesburg
Samuel J. Fleming
Fourth Avenue
Congress Street
City
Mra
Broad East End
Boo
Uel W
al “Eee
Operty N's Avenue
John F. Baxter
B.ton Station
Gland St
W. H. Moffits
Mellon Bros
William E. McNauley
Mellon Street
Rumors of Railroad Bond Trouble Shake Markets in March
New York stocks opened weak amid rumors of railroad bond issues and large liquidity tied to transfers. Declines spanned Grand Union Pacific and Louisville and Nashville as investors digested a slipping market, a $3,000,000 banking reserve loss, and broad selling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seises Santese Ces Conneres
Noria Mining
Silverton bin Co
Delawal Aan
Western
Erie
Lake Ehio
Louisville
Nashville
North
Northern
Transcommnond
Tinental
West
New York
Chicago
Omahe
Paris
Cealers
Grand Union Pacific
Poices
Surlus
Praldi
Hying
Ian
Helin
Orega Rae
St. Eaak
Uleve Lum- Ciacinnati
Indiana
Lackawanna
Manhattan
Tennessee
Gandnoes
Rae
Long Island
Whitney & Abe
New York Stock Exchange
Fourth Avenue
Ea Eat. Inc
Yo Ganda Southern
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Duquesne
Dr. Bay
Club Life
John
Brooks
Worgen
St Paul
Romar O
Bath
National Guard
Issrecton
Miller
Company H
W. H. Ewellisn
Washington
Carrara Shaxno
Washington Infantry
Medenete
W. P. Chroxicen
Guard
Ia T. Brown
Oscar G. Brum
William P. Jones
Isivesevilla
E. 8. Hill
Mansfield
Union Depot
George Westinghouse
Department
Thiadity
Pennsylania Railroad
Keck
Benninge Station
Bennings Station
Leutenant
Staf
Pecan Eeca Hospital
Pugler
Pennsylvania Avenue
CarTraix
Joan G. Rovexe
Third
United States Cavalry
Hastings
Particnon
Pioneer Corp
Large
Iike
Sharene
Tom
Cloak Department
Gens
Torsli Cochelaen
Gali
Pittsburgers
Tions
Nat
Hank
Sayasi
Olty Nationaal
Hank, “Hilegbeny ‘Thind Og Pomal- Kank
Alieeeny
Robinson Bros. Woodstreet
F. H
Oil City
F.ila
London
Antwerp
Camoria
East Liberty
Pirtssorg Ssromoar
Boston
Eun
California
Stevens Chair CO
Jalesu
Pittsburg, PA
Berg
Elgin
Scott
Elberon
First Ave
Smithfield St
Mbh
Salta
Tareds
Alores Eel
Sarnee
White & GO
Murray $T
Barrington Vree
Blobson
Wolff
S—Financial
Commission
Aia Stocks
A. BR. Chisholm & CO
Broadway
Y. Mhii
de Witt
Osa Whitney & Stephenson
TaaVeLeuy Chedips
Drexel
Morgan & CO
Medical
Mpeoras
Perenne
Alana Carta Seca
Ayaa DE i Avenue
Pittos
Pope
Bortor
Joseph Pisning
Hare
Sade
F.C
Mhlhé
Frits
Toronto
Ostache
Blackett Borrssos
Canada Presbyterian
Craelestown
Mass
Goms Burdock
E. J. Hemingray
Jas. A. McGild
W. B. McCormicek
Jas. A. McGill
Keech
Hopper Broa
Southside Installment Company
S. S
13Th Sts
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