No Cider In Theirs A Permanent Organization Effected
Allegheny county forms a Non-Partisan Women’s Christian Temperance Union with five auxiliaries. About 75 women, led by Mrs. H. C. Campbell and Miss Etta Beacon, chart a program of abstinence and prohibition against a backdrop of school reform, bylaw adoption, and a September Braddock meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny County
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
U. P
Allegheny
H. C. Campbell
Joseph D. Weeks
Elles M. Watson
J.S. Collins
J. D. Sands
Ackley
Beaver County
Etta Beacon
Collins
C. Stevenson
Christian Statesman
Old Union
Prohibition Party
Campbell
Irvin Reynolds
C. V. Wilson
J. S. Collins
H. CO. Campbell
W. N. Stevenson
Bowman
Braddock
Young Ladies of the Fourth Church
J.5. Collins
D. D
H.C. Campbell
Miss Willard
No 8 Hour Strike Decided by Carpenters Councils
Reports conflict over whether Chicago carpenters will demand the eight hour day on May 1. A Pittsburgh area council vote showed most unions favor nine hour work in coming year, while national leaders cite broader Federation plans to push eight hours where strength exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Building Trades
P. J. McGuire
Brotherhood
Carpenters’ Council
W. 8
Sharon
A. W. Schwartz
Executive Council of
the Federation
New York
Federation
United Order of Carpenters and Joiners
Pittsburg
Carpenters’ District Council
Allegheny
East End
Southside
Kansas City
Chicago
Martin
Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Stayton and Wyman Mayoral Race Challenge in Allegheny
Attorney W. J. Brennen filed a petition with Judge Ewing after the License Court session alleging 4 982 illegal votes in Allegheny City's mayoral race. The bill claims 2 575 voters not on registry or affidavit, 1 046 voters unpaid taxes, and 761 other fraudulent ballots, contending Stayton won legally. District by district details follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.J. Brennen
Ewing
Allegheny City
Geelaree
Wyman
R. Stayton
Stayton
Allegheny
Wimon
Sayton
Alleged Illegal Voters List Targets City Election
The document names many signatures backing a petition to challenge votes in Allegheny with 30 total signees. Judge Ewing set a hearing for April 12 at 10 AM and ordered notice to Wyman two days prior. Stayton and supporters claim extensive illegal voting and promise evidence to show Stayton would win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Kouniz
8. SD
Thomyowon
A. H. Rowand
Br. W. F. Richardson
Anthony Jacobs
Daniel G. Roose
J. A. Cuttshall
Wm. S. Park
Joe B. Pearson
H. HH. Hoene
Rf. F. Hoslen
A. Rt. Whiston
J. R. Stuston
Ewing
Wroma
Wyman
Teo
J. K. Stayton
Pleasant Valley Street Car Company
Alleged forged receipts tied to Allegheny vote forgery
A speaker claims blue stamped receipts used to legalize votes were forged and not from the Tax Collector. He alleges 1,721 voters across half of Allegheny districts are under scrutiny, while ex mayor Wyman denies involvement and says legal action should run its course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyman
Eisenbeis Defends Twelfth Ward Alderman Victory
W F Eisenbeis Alderman elect for the Twelfth ward of Allegheny filed his answer in the Brinker election contest. He asserts a legal election and denies sworn officer gaps or destroyed ballots and asks court to open boxes and recount the ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Eisenbeis
Allegheny
A. J. Brinker
Squire Brinker
Eisenbeis
A Pittsburg Contested Council Election
A petition filed in the Twenty-seventh ward contesting Henry Pfeiffer’s election to the Common Council claims illegal votes in multiple districts. It asserts Pfeiffer’s 445 to 387 Carr tally would flip if unregistered or non taxed voters were excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twenty-seventh Ward
Quarter Sessions Court
Henry Pfeiffer
Common Council
Pfeiffer
P. M. Carr
So Ie
Carr
Viewers Postpone Diamond and Cecil Alleys Report
The Board of Viewers postponed presenting widening reports for Diamond and Cecil alleys at today’s Common Council meeting. The Coleman heirs and Citizens’ Traction Company demand revised, higher damage estimates for their Grand Opera House and Cecil alley properties, prompting the Board to redo the figures, with a new meeting likely after next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond
Cecil
Common Council
Coleman Heirs
Dismond Street
Citizens’ Traction Company
Cacil Alley
Coleman
Grand Opera House
Ae Citizens
Traction
Cecil Alley
New Atmospheric Power Aims At Faster Transit
A Southsider completes an invention to power rapid transit by atmospheric pressure. It follows ideas similar to J W Fawcett on the Second Avenue line but claims improvements. Proposed system could be stored at each stop, with testing on a short line once ready. road construction more costly than electric or cable but touted for safety and low operating expense.
Woman Denies Death By Own Action Linked to Cincinnati Case
Nettie Henderson of Cincinnati, mistaken for a local suicide, appeared at her home claiming she is alive and well. She notes another woman with the same name in Cincinnati reportedly took poison, while she has no intention of harming herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Henderson
Cincinnati
Dispatch
Pittsburg
Notable Local Moves and Movers Across the City
A week of daily calls sends A. H. Clark to New Brighton while his son serves in the Allegheny Cou Bar. Measles with typhoid scare the family. West and Harper leave N. J. Braden to start their own business. Mrs Callery, widow of President Callery, will reside at the Schlosser Hotel with arriving guests. Transport officials and federal officers noted among eastbound travelers. Philadelphia figures Loper and Croker visited the Duquesne Hotel. Findley and Elliott were other prominent guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Clark
New Brighton
Allegheny Cou Bar
Messrs. West
Harper
N. J. Braden
Liberty Street
James D. Callery
President Callery
Pittsburg and Western Road
Schlosser Hotel
Voway
Mersone
E. B. Taylor
Pennsylvania Company
United States
Walter Lyon
Peter Dick
George Thurston
Jh. F. Loper
James Croker
Philadelphia
Duquesne Hotel
Quaker City
J. B. Findley
Monongahela City
Republican County Committee
J. B. Elliott
Reynoldsville
Anderson
Trees on a Strike and the Maple Syrup Panic
A whimsical report from Center county notes maple trees refuse to yield syrup as mild weather delays sap. A local grocer warns of fake maple products flooding markets while producers modernize by hot air evaporation and skipping traditional tapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center County
Jack Frost
Chambers Seeks injunction to remove railroad tracks in McKeesport
James A Chambers sues Baltimore and Ohio and Pittsburgh and Connellsville railroads to stop tracks and switches on his McKeesport property bounded by Martin Street Armstrong Avenue and the Monongahela river. Chambers tore up tracks with hired help. cross bill demands replacement. Master Herriot presides. Next hearing will hear testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Herriot
James A. Chambers
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg
Connelleville
McKeesport
Martin Street
Armstrong Avenue
Monongahela River
Michels, Roebling & Co
Chambers
Old Guardians Meet at City Poor Farm Inspection
The old Board of Guardians of the Poor gathered at the City Poor Farm to inspect the institution. Eleven living members answered when a meeting was called to commend the management. Speeches by French, Ramsey, and others remembered deceased members James Taylor, James Todd, and Solicitor Hover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliot
Board of Guardians of the Poor
S. H. French
William Ramsey
Messie
French
Schaeffler
Heinrich
Brewster
Helmold
Jones
Klopfer
Ramsey
James Taylor
James Todd
Hover
Adeare
No Advance in Prices Says Dilks of Chester Tube Works
Colonel J. H. Dilks of Indianapolis General Manager of the Chester Tube Works visited the city. He reported strong summer prospects and heavy demand for pipe for developing gas fields in Indiana and Ohio. He expects prices to stay steady and reserves higher shipments, noting trade should close in 188. He departed for Warrec last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Dilks
Indianapolis
Chester Tube Works
Indiana
Ohio
Dilks
Warrec
Detectives Nab Three Men After Street Fight
Detectives Shore and Robinson, while seeking Joseph Brown, arrested three men after a fight at Sixth Avenue and Grant Street. The trio identified themselves as Jack O Keefe James Hurney and Patrick Ellis and were sent to Central station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shore and Robinson
Joseph Brown
Cal Gray
Sixth Avenue
Grant Street
Central Station
Jack O’ Keefe
James Hurney
Patrick Ellis
Deputy Marshal Relieved From Duty Amid Complaints
Deputy Marshal Chambers is relieved by Marshal Harrah and criticizes his treatment. He planned to quit on April 1 but alleges he was dismissed without notice. His successor is named McKibaney, described as a beardless youth and said to be the new Marshal’s nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers
Harrah
McKibaney
Lincoln Avenue Church Purchases Lot for New Edifice
The Lincoln Avenue M. E Church buys the corner lot at Lincoln avenue and Meadow street for 14000 dollars to erect a new church building. An elegant structure will be built at once. The Pennsylvania road reports a new bicycle engine running between Easton and Philadelphia with tests planned. Mayor Pearson and City Solicitor Elphinstone demand the roboat proprietors vacate by April first, after which action will follow. Umbrellas and canes offered cheaply at Uch's, 295 Fifth Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Avenue
M. E Church
Meadow Street
Pennsylvania Road
Easton
Philadelphia
Pearson
Elphinstone
The Bolt Makers Strike Near Conference at Mill
Quiet night around Oliver Bros and Phillips mill as strike remains confined to the Tenth street location. Union demands reinstatement of Engel while the firm refuses. A conference may be held tomorrow. Keystone mill sits idle with no talks planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Bros. & Phillips
South Tenth Street Mill
Tenth Street
Engel
Keystone
Carnegie family tests Southern iron quality
Carnegie, Phipps & Co. wrote to the Manufacturers' Record about a sample lot of Southern iron recently purchased. They state the sample fell within Bessemer lines to phosphorus and sulfur as claimed by the producer, but tests showed it was not Bessemer iron. They stress the finding does not reflect on Southern irons overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie, Phipps & Co
Southern Iron
Bessemer
Southern Irons
Toledo Gas Problem Draws City Officials to Anderson Hotel
Toledo council members Charlies Hanner George Heinl Charles Phelps James Pheatt and Herman Baum visit the Anderson Hotel to study the citys gas supply dispute with Standard Oil Company. They aim to learn from Pittsburg pointers on city control of gas utilities amid price hikes and threatened franchise revocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Hanner
George Heinl
Charles Phelps
James Pheatt
Herman Baumback
Toledo
Anderson Hotel
Standard Oil Company
Pittsburg
Incul Gas Companies
Aberheny County Workhouse Annual Report Issued
The annual report of the Aberheny County Workhouse has just been laid on our table from the press of Percy F. Smith, 53 and 55 Virginaller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberheny County
Percy F. Smith
Do You Eat Bread Then You Are Happy and Healthy
An advertising blurb extols Marvin's Rural Loaf as the sweetest purest and most wholesome bread. It emphasizes healthfulness and happiness linked to consuming the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin
Open Winter Prompts Corn Remedies and Perfume Sales
A drug store proprietor notes warm weather boosts sales of corn plasters and perfumes. Women often buy for others and cannot visit the shop themselves while men describe foot troubles in detail. Perfume trends include Crab Apple Blossom and Hiawatha. Soda water remains popular with Wauilla, Pineapple, chocolate and coffee flavors.
Nickel Boxes Save Fortunes in Small Change
A streetcar scene features a young woman named Miss Brown who piles nickels into a secured box via a slit lid. She explains nickel boxes as a method to accumulate savings, contrasting them with previous attempts to save by not breaking bills. The reporter records her quirky saving plan before her exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Mamma
Sons of St. George hold West meeting on new ritual
A special gathering of Sons of St. George drew 117 members from organizations west of the Alleghenies to 71 Sixth Avenue. Supreme Representative William Steel demonstrated the new ritual as leading officials and lodge members from McKeesport Beaver Falls Dubois Tarentum and other towns attended and spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of St. George
Allegheny Mountains
Sixth Avenue
William Steel
Order
West
Manchester
D. D
Enoch Percival
Lawrence County
New Castle
W. P
John Taylor
Moses Bissel
William Pinder
Beaver Falls Lodge
McKeesport Lodge
Charles Parker
P. P. Daniel Brown
P. P. J. C. Pratt
McKeesport
P. P. William Arkley
Braddock
Joseph Gooch
Dubois
John W. Greaves
Downsville
Thomas Liaglund
Tarentum
Earl Ward
Irwin
Matthew Stoves
Manor Station
Thomas Small
Joseph Goodyear
Richard Muse
W. Mess
James Dell
Inside Sentinel
John Harrop
Sentinel
Cyrus Crowley
John Baker
Daniel Brown
Man Seeks Missing Sister After Long Travels Range
Samuel King 78, once wealthy from Oregon lumber and a Buchanan land grant, is found in Pittsburgh’s Lake Erie depot area after a long worldwide search for his sister. He tells a tale of Bayardstown origins and past wealth while boarding at Burkhardt's on Carson Street and plans to keep searching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney McKinney
Lake Erie
Carson Street
West End
Brokaw
Dispatch
Samuel King
James Grey
Louisville
Shannon
Tucker
Bayardstown
Adams & Renshaw
Pittsburg
Black Hills
Oregon
Buchanan
Salem
Piltsby
Johnstown
Lake Erie Depot
Alleheny River
Union Depot
Wood Street
Ramsey
Shoenberger
Peculiar Literary Taste A Man Reads Across Age and Crime
A city suburb resident known as a voracious reader buys three very different works from a Liberty Street shop The Sayings of Marcus Aurelius Spenser s Faerie Queene and the Trials of the Molly Maguires reportedly fuel his exceptional memory and enable sharp discussions of any book he reads though the benefit remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Street
Marcus Aurelius
Bargains At Men's Wear And Curtain Stores
Bargains flood the Penn Avenue shops with marked down waists and three piece suits for youths and men. Nellie Bly Cakes prove popular while Campbell and Dick highlight lace curtains at low prices across a wide stock. Jos Homme Co and Kosennaum Co claim strong value with large inventories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Homme & Co
Penn Avenue
Supply of boys confirmation suits announced
Arrangements made to supply all the boys confirmation suits during Easter. The range includes fine tricots and diagonal suits priced at 7, 8, 12 and 19 dollars. Location at PLC corner Grant and Diamond streets opposite the new Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PLC
Cor. Grant and
Diamond Sts
Opp
New Court House
He Was a Hopeless Dyspeptic and Found Relief
An unnamed man suffered from sour unwholesome bread until he switched to Spight only Marvin's famous brands. After changing, he improved health and became the happiest man in seven counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin
Protector device claims to prevent electric shocks in city telegraph lines
A. P. Hafner of the United States Electric Safety Company roams Pittsburg to promote a protector device. The German silver coil magnet activates when abnormal current appears, pulling an armature to disconnect telegraph telephone and related lines from the circuit and directing current to ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Hafner
United States Electric Safety Company
New York
Pittsburg
Yesterday's Supperers Collision and Injuries Report
Hungarian rider Henri Olsson, 26, on Morningside road was dragged after a fall when his horse bolted. skull fracture feared. James Carey, Allegheny Valley brakeman, suffered a crushed hand at McCandless station. A Central Traction bogey collision at Grant and Webster left J C Moore with severe head cuts. Italian lamp lighter Anthony Burcitro burned by exploding gasoline torch. Full report of LICENSE COURT proceedings to be found on the ninth page, second part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henri Olsson
Morningside Road
Olsson
James Carey
Allegheny Valley Railroas
McCandless Station
Central Traction
J.C. Moore
Grant Street
Webster Avenue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Campbell
Ettie C. Clark
Jennie Leitch
May Munro
B.C. Christy
Samuel Hughes
United Presbyterian
Ellen M. Watson
W. P. Price
Tioga County
Cider
New Movement
Foster
A. H. Norcross
Pittsburg Female College
I. N. Hays
Carpenters
Olivers
Bane Sane
MR Stayton
P.M. Carr Alter
Retros
Lennie Henderson
Mr. Chambers
Guardians of the
Shore
Robinson
Uch’s
Fifth Ave
Wrs
Carnegies
Workhouse Report
Nellie Bly
Marvos & Co
People's Store
Campbell & Dick
Kosennaum & Co
Fleming Bros
Pittspurc, Pa
Loula
Iye-Uwr
JUS. Horne & CO
Penn Ave
Pirrssone
Royal Road
Flinch
Sie
Wea Yard
N. King
JOS. Horne & CO
Mr. Hafner
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