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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1889
Page
5
A dispatch from Uniestows on March 21 describes Fayette County terror as a band of outlaws operates from Markleysburg. Residents fear bold criminals armed with Winchester rifles and revolvers. a reward drive lags while authorities hesitate and taxpayers demand action.
Frank Ferguson and his wife escaped a fire four miles north of Florence after waking to smoke in their bedroom. He then carried their child outside before realizing others were trapped and acting to reach safety.
J Rainey of Cleveland buys Alexander works in Dunbar township Fayette County containing 2 acres with coking coal at 40 per acre totaling 117000. The site includes one coke plant and new ovens with coal transported through a slope to a shaft. Expansion planned upon coke industry revival.
Wheeling city clocks in an abrupt end to a four month campaign over local policy on the illegal game. Police led by Chief Delbrugge moved to close the houses and stop the wheel in a decisive action as residents from neighbors to business leaders had shown support for ending the gambling menace.
Newark reports a derailing plot on the Lake Erie division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad yesterday. A tie set across the track to derail passenger train No 47 was found before harm, and removed by George Fickier. Prohibitionists form in Fayette with delegates to county convention.
A United States mail bag stolen from the Baltimore and Ohio depot on February 2 was recovered half a mile from town under a culvert. The bag had been torn open, with valuables missing. An Innocent Engineer is named in relation to the incident.
Arthur Tawney, a Reedsburg school teacher, suffered a broken spine after a pupil pushed him on school steps last December. He endured pain and heavy relief measures until a major operation removed the four coccygeal segments. Doctors report the bones decayed, the operation rare, and Tawney is recovering without pain.
William Hartley sues John and E H Anderson alleging failure to honor a 230000 sale contract for Bedford Mineral Springs and including supposed personal property. Hartley seeks 5000 and claims injustice after a Pittsburgh syndicate became owners. both sides retain top legal talent.
The Allegheny Common Council met to approve the appropriation ordinance and finish other business. Quorum was hard to reach, with 30 members present and 0 absent as the measure was adopted, funding city employees previously unpaid.
A humorous old legend reappears as a promotional stunt with a string of white horses to be paraded through the streets next week. Manager T H Davis of the Bijou discharges 500 white horses as part of a advertising gimmick while a red headed mule and other characters figure in the street spectacle.
Old Porcelain Rosewood Apple Green Old Rose and other new shades for spring gowns are offered in medium to finest qualities of plain and fancy weave woolens from France Germany and England. Jos Hope Co Penn Avenue Stores present 27 inch India silks at 75 cents per yard, matching market quality. See our line of silks and dress goods in the Silk Department. Houets HACKE MWFSu
The store announces a rapid sale over two days with a special lot of men’s regular and spring suits priced at 10 dollars and overcoats at 12 dollars. It claims higher prices elsewhere and invites customers to view the garments at the corner of Grant and Dismond streets opposite the new Court House.
Merriage Licenses Granted Yesterday list includes Nicholas Watsel Susie Brandt George Johnson Mary E Bradley and others. The notice cites Allegheny Pennsylvania addresses and names multiple residents connected to local millinery reopening events and licensing records.
At the East End R. P. Church at 7 P.M. Thursday E McCleop Mrutreax of New York and A Race Millreas of Allegheny. Also March 19 at Thomasville Georgia a ceremony by Rev C I La Roche with Col A M Moreax to Exiza RB daughter of the late Judge Miles Miles Grove Erie Co Pa.
A parade of obituaries and funeral notices dated March 1880 to 1889 lists Barbara Adler, Anna Brown, Jon J. Cummy, Winttas Davies, Mary Henderson, Harris Augustus, Etna Harper, CARTLIN, and other residents. Entries include residence addresses, dates, times, and funeral arrangements with invited family and church services noted.
Wanamaker’s markets Spring Overcoats emphasizing style over pretended custom fit. The copy touts shoulder roll, coat length, silk linings and silk facings as marks of quality. It asserts shapeliness comes from design rather than tight tailoring and promotes Wanamaker Oversack as a stylish option.
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