Theosophy Debated by Olcott in Newcastle England
Colonel H S Olcott argues Theosophy is ancient truth not a modern invention. He defends Madame Blavatsky against charges, describes the society’s aims of universal brotherhood and study of ancient philosophies, and explains Theosophy as a non dogmatic philosophy linked to laws of nature and karma.
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H. S. Olcott
Theosophical Society
Theosophy
Newcastle
England
Madam Blavatsky
London
Perychical Research Society
New Circular for Paneled Iron Ceilings by Northrop & Co
Northrop & Co advertises patent paneled iron ceilings touted for speed of installation durability and acoustic advantages. The circular appeals to builders renovators and architects with designs adaptable to walls wainscoting and frieze plus decorative coloring and gilding options. Address Pittsburg Pennsylvania is given for orders and samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Northrop & Co
Union
Twenty-third
Mary Streets
South Side
Pittsburg
Walker's Wax Soap Proclaims Superior Laundry Power
Walker's Wax Soap pledges unmatched performance in washing without boiling and surface cleaning for paints and grease stains. The ad urges readers to ask grocers for Walker's Wax Soap and to insist on getting it TUWFSs.
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Walker
Unlaundried Linen Handkerchiefs Sold at 25 Cents
The Ple's Store on Fifth Avenue offers 5,000 ladies hemstitch linen handkerchiefs at 25 cents each. New La Tosca black lace flouncings with Vandike edges shown this week by Hucus & Haces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Tosca
Hucus & Haces
Usssu
PLE
Fifth Ave
Diamonds Diamonds at Hardy and Ye s Store
Diamonds in all sizes offered at hard to beat prices at Hardy and Y es on Smithfield Street in the New Building. Purchases made earlier last summer and fall before recent price jumps allow value for money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardy & Yes
Smithfield Street
New Building
Oleomargarine Case Dismissed by U S Court
The McAlister brothers see vindication as the United States District Court dismisses the oleomargarine sale case against them after a prior defeat before Judge Slagle. Internal Revenue prosecutors conceded lack of a viable case and the nolle prosequi was entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAlister Bros
United States District Court
Slagle
Internal Revenue Officers
William McAlister
Grand jury convenes as district court opens with diverse cases
The U S District Court opened at 10 am with Judge Acheson on the bench and I H B Brownlee named foreman of the grand jury. Warnings to witnesses issued and funds cited. suspects from Scranton area to be brought in. Indictments issued in Somerset counterfeiting case and four Wilt defendants plus three others named. Circuit Court to follow, potentially reaching the Supreme Court. both courts expect about a month. Detective McSweeney arrested William H Speicher in Johnstown on Sunday night and jailed him.
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United States District Court
Acheson
I. H. B. Brownlee
Washington
Scranton
Somerset County
James H. Wilt
Jerry Wilt
John Sipes
Edward Brisbin
Cannette Glassblowers
Monongahela Navigation Company
Supreme Court
McSweeney
Johnstown
William H. Speicher
Jungmann Will Filed After Suicide At East End Home
The will of Franz Jungmann who killed himself March 29 at 416 Cedar Street East End was filed for probate. It leaves everything to his wife Johanna Jungmann and includes a $500 life policy and $300 expected from Germany. F Winterbauer and Charles Leibel are named as ear witnesses who heard him say he intended to leave all to his wife. The document is dated March 23 six days before the death. It bears Franz Jungmann nee Botzenhardt signature and notes he was born Botzenhardt but raised by Matthias or Magdalena Jungmann when six months old.
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Franz Jungmann
Cedar Street
East End
Johanna Jungmann
Germany
F. Winterbauer
Charles Leibel
Botzenhardt
Matthias
Magdalena Jungmanno
Embezzlement suit and multiple judgments reported
Metropolitan Life Insurance sues Henry Kay for 1433.96 alleging misappropriation of funds while employed. bail doubled. Kay previously arrested for embezzlement. Also: William Cuartowers sues Pittsburg Locomotive and Car Works for 10000 over eye injury from circular saw. Garnishees face bank judgments including Long & Co, W. D. Wood & Co, C. J. Schultz, Moorhead McCleane, Pittsboro and Lake Erie Railroad, Liggett Spring and Azle, Klein Logan & Co.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Henry Kay
Kay
William Cuarothers
Pittsburg Locomotive and Car Works
Lawrence Bank
Long & Co
W. D. Wood & Co
C. J. Schultz
Moorhead, McCleane & Co
Pittsboro and
Lake Erie Railroad Company
Liggett Spring and Azle Company
Klein, Logan & Co
Court Dockets Include Dozens of Pittsburgh Area Actions
Common Pleas No 1 and No 2 list numerous civil cases across Allegheny County. Names include Wittener, Dofford, Frederick, Schifflbein Krane, Cosgrave, Lewis, Echols, Luther, McAllister, Munhall & Co, McNeil, Bailey, Vuraft, Oppenheimer, Channell, Pittsburg Commission, Bauman, Jefferson Gas, Smith & Co, Lanahan, Penwell, Howley, Williams, Rotheman, McKeesport, Youghiogheny, Rankin, Hermes, Henry, Wall, Harrold, Schule, and various railroad and utility entities.
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Common Pleas No. 1
Wittener
Allegheny City
Dofford
Frederick
Schifflbein
Krane
DuBois
Cosgrave
Same
Lewis Et al
Echols
Luther Et Ax
McAllister
Munhall & Co
McNeil
McNeill
Allegheny National Bank
Bailey Et al
Vuraft
Oppenheimg
Channell
Pittsburg Commission
Bauman Et al
Jefferson Gas Company
Smith & Co
Legal Actions in Court Hearings and Divorces
On trial before Judge Slagle is a suit by W A and Ellen L Holman against the city. John McMahon sues Charles Jonson in a lease case before Judge White. William W Dickry Jr joins Boyd Halleck to seek 200 due for lumber sold. Louis Cella sues Anthony Questa for services rendered. W G Hunter et al sue Edward Jennings et al for ejectment of oil land in Franklin township before Judge Collier. A verdict for 500 awarded to T P and Blanche Fisher against Allegheny city over Calif ornia avenue damage. Testimony in Edward Davis vs Frances Davis divorce shows Mrs Davis left with a man named William Thomas.
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W. A
Ellen L. Holman
Slagle
John McMahon
Charles Jonson
White
Wiliam W. Dickry, Jr
Boyd & Halleck
Louis Cella
Anthony Questa
W. G. Hunter
Edward Jennings
Franklin Township
Collier
T.P
Blanche Fisher
Allegheny City
California Avenue
Edward Davis
Frances Davis
Wilkinsburg Athleteseye gym site plans and local notices
Wilkinsburg Athletic Association met to adopt eight constitution articles and elect officers, discussing purchase of a gym site. A committee will gather prices on eligible lots. The group, active with gym equipment, promises a handsome building. John Walton family left for England after three years in town. The Haydn Orchestra bid farewell with a musical sendoff at Dr. W. R. Stephens’s home. Miss June Bancroft will speak at the M E Church on Wallace Street next Saturday on Deaconesses for church aid. John Doran, eight, crushed two fingers when a barrel fell while playing on Franklin Street. An elders meeting considered expanding the Presbyterian Church at Wood and South or building a new one at Edgewood. no decision reached. The funeral of Mrs Hoefield, 76, who died of heart disease, was held yesterday in Swissvale.
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Wilkinabora
England
Wilkinsburg
John Walton
Haydn Orchestra
W. R. Stephens
Wood Street
June Bancroft
M. E. Church
Wallace Street
John Doran
Franklin Street
The
Presbyterian Church
Wood
South Streets
Edgewood
Mr. Moore
Views of state politics in Campaign Matters
Tur Erie Dispatch urges Culbertson for uncontested renomination. CaNonsBURG JVotes backs A B McClay for Republican Register. The Young Republican Club of Crawford county, 250 strong, will attend the State Convention. District papers praise or oppose Delamater, Pattison, Wallace, and others with varied local endorsements. Farmers mobilize calls. conventions and delegates loom large in Pennsylvania politics.
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Tur Erie Dispatch
Culbertson
Canonsburg Jvotes
A. B. McClay
Register
Young Republican Club
Crawford County
Harrisburg
Pattison
Erie Herald
Repubilcans
Lycoming County
McCormick
American
Wallace
Uniontown
York
Adams
Cumberland
Marsh
Chambersburg
Eric Dispatch
Butler Eagle
W. H. Ritter
Montooth
5. D. Bell
Delamater
Everett Piano Factory to Double Capacity This Fall
The Everett piano company, already producing 80 pianos weekly, plans a second factory of equal capacity and will reach 160 pianos per week by October. The firm cites smart investment and efficiency, with Alex Ross of 187 Federal Street Allegheny handling 350 pianos at reduced prices and cash terms. The People’s Store at Filthave offers bargains in black chantilly montings.
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America
Everett
Everett Company
Everett Piano
Alex. Ross
Federal Street
Allegheny
Federal St
USA
Chantilly
People’s Store
Filthave
Late News In Brief From Across The Nation
A roundup of brief items reports forest fires near Red Lake Minnesota endangering timber camps of Canada and the U S. Berlin rubber makers raise prices twenty percent while jute and glass trades shift. An inmate of Laxtencon jail in South Carolina was shot and killed after a contested appeal for a new trial. A jealous shooting in Middlesbrough left a wounded man and a hospitalized young woman in custody. Milwaukee fire victims include Mrs. Virtel who died with more children injured, a newborn was reported. A Masonic lodge charter was suspended and a grand secretary removed for alleged intrigue. A Winamac Indiana man killed a landlord in a shotgun attack after a quarrel. Tennessee legislature annexed James county to Hamilton county provoking lawsuits and possible state secession.
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Red Lake
Minn
India
Berlin
William C. Leaphart
Laxtencon
8.C
Middlesboroughy
Carrie Brown
Kuille Hudhes Bell
Robert Virtel
Milwaukee
Wis
James McManuis
Michael Connor
McMannis
Connor
Tennessee
James County
Hamilton County
Legalizing Prize Fighting in Virginia Club Plan
Virginia bill approved March 6 creates the Virginia Sporting and Athletic Club a stock company to stage prize fights. Officials cannot interfere with any contests between men or beasts at the club. Plan includes building a clubhouse near Washington and hosting events near the Capitol. Constitutional challenge and court ruling expected to settle the matter.
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Washington
Virginia
Virginia Sporting and Athletic Club
Washington, D. C
Capitol
San Francisco
Disasters to Shipping Hit Montevideo Port
A recent hurricane battered Montevideo causing heavy ship damage. The British schooner Byron M dragged anchors and ashore likely total loss. Bluebird collided with Columba with unknown damage. Freya partly dismasted. Mariana Pepa and Wenonah blown ashore with Wenonah likely total loss as cargo salvaged. many lighters sunk and other disasters reported.
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Monntevvideo
Byron M
New York
Bluebird
McDonald
Boston
Columba
Ohlogren
Brunswick
Freya
Mariana Pepa
Defilice
Buenos Ayres
United States
Wenonah
McCann
Liverpool
A Question of Eyes Hypnotism Claim Sparks St. Louis Discussion
Dr. James Arnold reports that he cannot hypnotize someone with hazel eyes, a condition he shares due to his own eye color. He notes other physicians with different eye shades can control the same subjects, while lighter eye colors aid susceptibility and darker eyes link to nervousness and concentration challenges.
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St. Louis
James Arnold
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