Music department aims to educate Pittsburg on tone and touch
BEVERIDGE WEBSTER notes the Pittsburgh Dispatch musical page intends broader coverage beyond criticism. An article explains tone as the piano stroke and urges study of touch, advocates scientific methods, and previews plans for a local professional orchestra with regular rehearsals and community support.
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the Dispatch
Pittsburg
Plano
Arman Band
Epil
Witmer
Pupal
Perhit
H. Germer
Mason
Germer
Tim
Thas
Tony
Beveridge Webster
Pittsboro
Old City Hall
Phillip Wels
Bijou Theater
Iasck
Higginson
Jess
Detroit
Opening of Missouri to Illinois Bridge With Ceremonies
The St. Louis Merchants' Bridge opened with lavish proceedings. Governors Francis and Fifer met on the center span as trains and boats filled the riverfront. A stripes hoisting by Miss Josephine Cobb preceded speeches, a grand parade, and a banquet.
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Missouri
Tiliota
St. Louis
St. Louis Merchants’ Bridge
Francis
Suff
Merchants’ Bridge and Terminal Railway Company
Union Depot
Noonan
Fifer
Illinois
Josephine Cobb
Seth W. Cobb
Bridge Company
United States
Jefferson Barracks
Regiment
National Guards of
Walsh Zousves
Select Knights
John I. Martin
English Syndicate Near Purchase of Sewer Pipe Factories
New Cumberland May 3 English syndicate appears set to acquire the sewer pipe factories after verified statements and signed articles of agreement. Insiders say the deal will close soon and the brokers are convinced.
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New Cumberland
Coal famine threatens Joliet as mines close
Joliet faces a coal shortage with local dealers reporting no four day supply. Orders to the Northern district remain unfilled as mines shut down for ten days or more. Residents fear the Braidwood mines will not reopen this year.
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Joliet
Braidwood
Dispute over schooner Howard Holbrook confiscation
A Gloucester dispatch to the Globe reports U S Consul Molloy at St Johns N F says the captain and crew of the schooner Howard Holbrook were convicted of bait act violations and the vessel with license and cargo was confiscated. No word yet from the imprisoned crew.
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Boston
Gloucester
Globe
Oakes & Foster
U.S
Molloy
St. Johns
N. F
Howard Holbrook
Child found buried. inquest planned in Breprono
Special telegram reports Charles Price discovering a female child’s body while digging post holes. Inquest indicates she was buried about six weeks ago and born alive. Authorities will conduct further investigations.
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Dispatch
Breprono
Charles Price
Marriage Notices From Local Parish Rites Recorded
A series of marriage notices dated April record unions by ministers including Rev Connor, Rev Linn, and Rev James Brownson. Names include Exray Stafford to Willis Cooley, Onur E Hun Ter to W. Wyth Gry, and Alyred Joseph Rogens to Anna Maupe Lawrox at the bride's Washington Pennsylvania home.
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Cooley —Stafford
Connor
Exray Stafford
Willis CooLey
Guy—Hunter
A. E. Linn
Onur E. Hunter
W. Wyth Gry
Brogers—Lawton
Washington
James. Brownson
Anna Maupe Lawrox
Alyred Josepre Rogens
Obituary notices with multiple May funeral details
A compilation of burial notices dated May with names such as Nee Pyle Preston Ugley Quigley Rankin Sandrock Sexton Tully and Esther May Tully. Each item lists residence, age or relation, and scheduled funeral times or notices for upcoming services in Pittsburgh or nearby towns.
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Enlen
J. R. Mallett
Carson Street
Homestead
Pyle
Mary Qoura
Jacob Pyle
Barkhamer Street
Twenty-seventh Ward
Pittsburg
Preston
Penn Avenue
Homewood
George B. Preston
Uigley
Edward Quigley
Bates Street
Land
City
Rankin
Chicago
W. W. Dean
Hhe
Lincoln Avenue
East End
Mornay
JU A. W
Sandrock
William H
Jon W
Poilopena Sandrock
Kansas Street
Marion Station
Marietta and
Ee O
Tully
Esther May
William
Maggie Tully
Jones, Byenne
Twenty-eighth Street
Moxpay
Pr. Wm
St. Mary's Cemetery
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Chopin
Vladimir de Pachman
M.de Pachman
Hepin
M. de Pach
Arist
M. de Pachman
M. G. Cohen
Leithsecld
Wee Virginia
Hanidenne
Poreph Gtoot
Mary
Alois Frietert
Allegheny
Barbara M. GestMer
Oenony
Mathias Huransie
Sesse
Pitteborg Mary Smt
Esse
Eeeesee
Anes
Meborg Fee J. Molinowa
Braddock
Maryanne
Pittsborg
Joseph Knatel
Sopitia
Carl G. Sallberg
Elin BE. Lindberg
August Braumberg
Patricksa Pelterson
Prank Hengoch
Mary Hoelin
Vierersetnersennnyee
Samuel Johnson
Iateete Williams
Ernest Rampman
Saran McWihnaime
Thomas Heardon
Katie Cunningham
Cheesport Cheesport Vseseeesscaees
Potteba Bure
Hood
C. L Hood & CO
Lowell, Sansa
Waugaman’s
Smithfield Street
Rae
Coe
Benn Kates
Sondies
Astharine
Avenue
Oakland
Blattner
Manta R. Bla Ee
Schimmer and
William Streets
Eleventh Ward
St. Leo's Catholic Church
Carey
Thomas
John Gniey
Second Avenue
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Duncan
Carlisle
Gnanaw Duncan
Shippensburg
Garland
Trening
Moses Garland
A. F. Grine
Murraysvenue
Bettshoover
Steubenville
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James M
James Getty, Jr
Hahn
Bt bin
Neville Island
Harry Has
Kennelly
Daniel Kennelly
Fifty-fourth Street
Meuschee
Charles
Henry
Diebertia Menschke
Singham Street
Diamond Square
Southside
Anthony Meyer
Meyer, Arnold & Co
Lim
Penn Sveeue
James M. Fullerton
Seventh Street
Telephone
Tutt
New York
J. M. McClaren
Smithfield
Fourth Avenue
Jom
Usu
O’reilly
Market Street
Europe
Edwin Jones
Putnam Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
England
France
Belgium
Penn Ave
Tomors
H.mcmichael
M.J
Niagara St
Buffalo N.Y
Federal St
the Tanner China CO
Wan
Millinery House
Wue
Pennsylvania
White Mountain
Lord Fauntleroy
Frances Hodson Burnett
Mr. Barnes
A- C. Gunter
Besant & Rice
Lippincott
Manhattan
Globe Library
Lovell's International Library
Dodd, Mead & Co
Riverside
Appleton’s
Town and Country Library
Cassell
Charles Scribner's Sons
the Home Publishing Company
Ticknor
Repese Worthington
International Library
Publishers
Fleishman & CO
Sa Market St
Himmelrich
Congress
Market St
Braddock House
Braddock Ave
Myi-Wren
Louvre Glove CO
Sixth Street
Paris
Chinaware
Woodehnware
Nottingham
Portieres
Madras
Lal's Mammoth Baron Show Stores
Laird’s
Wood Street
Wholesale House
Mammoth Bargain Retail Shoe Stores
the People
Sixth ST
Danzighr’s
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