Building to Block Through widening Eighth Street
The city weighs widening Eighth Street from Liberty to the river to improve Wood Street outlet and Penn avenue traffic. Only two properties stand to gain or lose notably the John Harper block on Liberty and the McCune estate lot at 722 Penn Avenue. Officials warn assessments could be high but citywide benefit would be substantial. owners oppose or hedge bets while others expect nearby economic gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Street
John Harper
Eighth Street
Penn Avenue
Pittsburg
Seventh
Ninth Streets
Wood Street
McCune
KR .S. Smith
Union National Bank
Harper
Lewst
Moreland
Pennayenue
Charles Arbuthnot
Arbuthnot & Stephenson
Harper Block
Liberty Treet
Penn
N. J. Ptraden
KR. SN Smith
Standard Oil Company
Great Special $10 Men's Suit Sale at C C Clothiers
To Day and Saturday our sale advertises $18 suits for $1 at C C Clothiers corner Grant and Diamond streets. The store promises the best value, claims they beat world in clothing, and emphasizes affordable prices for men unable to pay high costs. A millinery opening features perfumed artificial violets for visiting ladies. Also promotes a free fifty page grocery catalog from Munten Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clothiers
Corner Grant and
Grant
Diamond Streets
W. P. Shinn dies. prominent financier and railroad man
William P. Shinn of Homestead Penn Avenue died at 9 a m after a lingering illness from a cold. Born May 1834 in Burlington N J he rose to top posts on the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway the Allegheny Valley Railroad and the New York and New England Railway He led a bid to monopolize Western Pennsylvania coal but the plan failed He died wealthy survived by his wife and brothers Joseph A and John T Shinn The obituary notes his leadership in the American Institute of Mining Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers and his authorship of railroad management papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Shinn
Western
Pennsylvania
Penn Avenue
Homestead
Joseph A
John T. Shinn
Shinn
Burlington
N. J
Providence
R. L
Fall River
Mass
Ohio and
Pennsylvania Railways Engineer Corps
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Ind
Chicago Railway
Eastern Division
Gence
Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Alleheny Valley Railroad
New York and New England Railway Company
American Institute of Mining Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
Peculiar will of a widow with ornate burial clauses
New York special reports Catherine E de Vaudricourt widow of a former French minister left a will detailing a lavish oak casket lined with white satin silver fittings and a demand for a dry burial day. The document specifies pallbearers black kid gloves and an open hearse with eight or ten coaches and a stone rack in a ventilated vault. SAN ANGELO TEXAS special: L T Wilson of Sherwood Iron Co jailed for slander. Louie Taylor shoots jailer Williams dead during a prison visit. no arrests yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Catharine E. de Vaudricourt
Count de Vaudricourt
Washington
van Buren Street
Brooklyn
Catharine Elinore
Augustus de Vandricourt
San Angelo
Tex
L T. Wilson
Sherwood Iron Company
Louie Taylor
Sherwood
Taylor
Perfumed arti visit at Copernment LeEISHMAN millinery
A visitor group called perfumed arti stops at Copernment LeEISHMAN & Co located at 54 506 and 50S Market street for a brief tour of the millinery shop. The event highlights the store’s engagement with unusual guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copernment
Leeishman & Co
Market Street
Wall Paper and Fresco Designs Offered by W H Alley
We are making a special effort to introduce the use of wall paper supplemented by fresco designs for charming and original effects. W H Alley, 817 Wood street near Fifth avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Alley
Wood Street
Fifth Avenue
Miller Bros Price List of Fine Groceries Free by Mail
Miller Bros offers a free mail delivery price list for fine groceries. Send to 16 Mitten Bros. 182 Federal St. Allegheny to receive the catalog of available goods and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munten Bros
Federal St
Allegheny
Mitten Bros
Free Shoes Offer at Lines Bros New Store
Lines Bros announces a free gift with every pair of men’s shoes at their new shop 205 Smithfield st Jno, with manager J Henry. The ad also promotes Carlsbad Sprudel Water and Sprudel Salts as cures for digestive and mood issues, claiming royal approval and 500 years of use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lines Bros
Smithfield St
Jno
J. Henry
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W. H. Copeland
Copeland System
E. P. Remington
House of Remington Bros
Novelas
Dr. Copeland
Copeland
Remington Bros
Chicago Herald
Luguuan £ Co
W. P. Shinn
D. Jayne
Marshall Rowhedy Selita Company
Aliquippa
Aliquippa Steel Company
Westinghouse
Fton City Brewing Compny
Theliron City Brewing Company
Hood
Hood’s
Rue Noe
Kies
AesBas
Exposition Park
Imre Kiralfy
Columbus
America
Miller Bros
Carlsbad
Isabella
Barcelona
Bannem
J. A. Bailey
Zand & P.M
H. P. Ecker & C0
South Ave
Allegheny Av
Ohio St
Isabell St
Seventh St
Liberty St
Water St
Wood St
Third Av
Market St
Sixth St
Robinson St
Church Av
Union Av
Federal
Lacock St
Wrsu
Es Theatre
John L. Sullivan
A— Broderick Agra
May S—Sybil Johnstone
Clemenceau
Duquesne
Jeanine Theacer
Modjeska
Alvin
Charles Frohman
MR. Wilkinson
Granle
Alvin Theater
Belshazzar
Sam T. Jac
Famous Creole Company
Wilton
Axminster
Body Brussels
Ingram
Smithfield
Ae Hem
Cavanaugh & Gavin
Firre Ave
W. Snaman
Allegheny City
Allegheny Ity
Ncnaugher & Co
Cape Newmarkets
Douglas & Mackie
Myi-Uw
Kave Manns
Lord Chesterfield
Adonis
Kaufmanns
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