Vanity and Change Roil Economy Village Society
A long, florid piece describes lifestyle shifts in Economy, focusing on youth flirtation, cigar smoke, and new fashions. It notes wines for sale halted by the society and hints at social tension with Father Rapp's stern sense of decorum. David Silverfriend and Victoria Woodfull depart for a political tie in Knickerbocker town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toore
David Silverfriend
Osh
Dass
Victoria Woodfull
Keanony
Victoria
Sir Knickerbockers Town
New York
Tim Cowl
Knights Templar Train To Philadelphia In Floral Splendor
The Pitteburs Commandery No. 1 Knights Templar depart this morning for Philadelphia on a special train. Florists worked all night decorating the cars, featuring a Maltese canal bouquet ornament for each car. The Knights say the train will be the finest decorated ever to leave Pittelary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitteburs Commandery No. 1
Knights Templar
Pailadelphia
Pittelary
England admires Blaine but hopes Cleveland wins US election
A London merchant James Allen says English favor Democrats but respect Blaine. He argues free trade appeals to English merchants and predicts Cleveland for president, while Salisbury’s protection stance could cost the Tories votes. He notes strong Tory losses in Hackney and the uncertain impact of independents on England’s next election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Salisbury
England
America
James Allen
London
Ambton
Allen
John Bull
Ailen
Blaine
Bering Sea
Democratic Party
Lord Salisbury
Hackney
Avonerm
Wille
Clement Fue Ficht
Frost Ruins Pears and Reports on Fruit Outlook
A Florida grafted pear peach confusion fools buyers while frost devastates pear crops nationwide. Growers warn of a short pear season though peaches show strength and strawberries, grapes, and cherries move to market with mixed quality. Local dealer Tory Rareky notes worm issues may affect grapes as California factories resume fruit sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tory Rareky
Seventh Avenue Fruit
Florida
Barcky
St. Patrick's Ny
California
Last Salisbury Junction accident victims leave Mercy Hospital
The six Polish immigrants injured in the Baltimore & Otto wreck near Salisbury Junction on April 21 are settling claims. Four were discharged with payments ranging from 15 to 250, plus clothes and rail fare to New York. One remaining patient will leave soon with 300 and clothes. Michael Birch seeks 1000 for amputation and has threatened suit if unpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury Junction
Mercy Hospital
Lawousky
Joseph Zarich
Anthony Lesnarty
A. Knipa
Raiiroad Company
Nils
Zarich
Lesnarty
Eee
Eich
New York
Michael Linggiosy
Michael Brrch
Brich
Tnt
Western Pennsylvania Delegation Heads to Republican Convention
On June 3 the greater part of the Western Pennsylvania delegation will depart Pittsburgh for the National Republican Convention. President Harry W. Oliver of the Pittsburgh and Western Railroad travels in his private car with Senator Flinn, Chief J. C. Brown and Recorder Von Bonnhorst, rooming at the West Hotel with C. L. Magee and Senator Quay. Magee brings four rooms for his party, with Mrs. Magee possibly joining. Others include William Fithero w Sheriff McAleary George Miller and Alderman Gripp, plus Postmaster McLean, Assistant Postmaster Edwards and Robert Lindsay. Pittsburgh reporters will base at New York Life Insurance building. Rooms extend for four days. contracts signed at West and Nicollette hotels at a low rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Harry W. Oliver
Pittsburg and Western Railroad
Seuator Flinn
J.C. Brown
von Dbonnhorst
West Hotel
C.L. Magee
Senator Quay
Magee
West
Nicollette
RATHER QUEER ROBBERY INVOLVING LOCKED TRUNK
A trunk containing $600 in gold and paper money was stolen from John Donley’s Oakland district home on Saturday night but later found on Sylvan Avenue with its contents untouched. Police, led by Inspector Whitehouse and Captain McLaughlin, investigated the curious case near the site where a body was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
John Donley
Pier & Dannnls
Acorn Street
Inspector Whitehouse
Captain McLaughlin
Sylvan Avenue
Sarah Joyce
Fatal incendiary blaze consumes Tucker home in Arch street
A fire at Arch and Shafer streets in the Thirteenth ward killed Francis Tucker and scorched his wife while eight others escaped. The double frame house housed the Tucker family and the fire origin remains disputed with coroner and sheriff investigating. Brownlee and ONeill dispute dispossession leading to civil action over damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch
Shafer
Thirteenth Ward
Francis Tucker
Tucker
William
David
Peter
Hazelwood
O'Neill
C.F. McKenna
Tuckers
Honuse
Brownlee
Brownslee
Rough on the Hospital Death at Allegheny General
Georgie Hinkle a gusfitter died of consumption at Allegheny General Hospital after being brought from his Logan Street boarding house on April 1. He had no money but received care. relatives refused burial and the hospital must bear about 20 dollars for interment. Also a raid on a South Sixteenth Street speak-easy led to the arrest of the proprietor and two patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgie Hinkle
Allegheny General Hospital
Logan Street
Elliot
Department of Chaorities
Pittsbarps
Pittsburg
Colored church lays cornerstone with Odd Fellows parade
The Good Hope Baptist Church, colored, held cornerstone ceremonies at Thirty-fourth Street and Lafayette alley under Pittsburg Patriarchie No. 39. A parade formed from Fulton and Wyite avenues with numerous lodges participating. Funds raised exceeded 700 dollars for the project, which plans a one story brick 550 seat building with estimated cost 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Hope Baptist Church
Colored
Thirty-fourth Street
Lafayette Alley
Pittsburg
Charlie
Jones
M. J
M. J. Miles
Pittshbnreatriarchie No. 89
J. W.anderson
G. D
W. G. Johnston
T. F. Murray
BR. H. Bunny
GN. C.C. F
T. F. Murry
Ft. 8. Jones
Ebenezer Baptist Church
J. C. Taylor
Taylor
Good Hone Baptist Church
Sandis School
Butler Street
Reve
J. W. Webb
Gibson
G. W. Samaon
G. W. Clinton
Dr. Asbury
LN. Ross
J.C. Trimbie
W. Duvall
Mansfield man found dead after switch siding hit by train
Michael Cosgrove of Mansfield was found beneath a car on a switch siding Saturday night. Labeled intoxicated earlier, he is believed struck by a train at 11:20 and died with legs severed. He was 90, single, and the body was warm. Other accidents followed: butcher Fryer burned in gas explosion. brakeman Hockley amputated after train injury. Weston Cross eight, struck by a car with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Cosgrove
Mansfield
Aacar
Forekt
Charles Fryer
Klaus’ Slaugster
South Twentyfirst Street
Fryer
Brownsville Avenue
Hockley
Richard Hockley
Charters Station
West Penn Hospital
Cross—Weston Close
Manchester
Federal Street
Lacock Street
Undershirt of Heaven Sent With Odd Letter
A Meadville correspondent reports a mysterious parcel arriving by express in a wooden box from an organ pipe section. The box contained a soiled undershirt and a brown wrapping letter claiming a theft of property and debt, signed by "MEADVILLE" and the phrase Legal President of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tee Maraton
Express
Meadville
United States
Third Annual Inter Collegiate Oratorical Contest Held
Western Pennsylvania colleges including Western University Geneva Washington and Jefferson Grove City Westminster compete in Carnegie Hall Friday evening. Delegations range from 1% to 175 strong with 65 from Geneva. Orators cover topics such as The Spirit of the Times and The Federation of the English Speaking People. City organist Eckers and soprano Miss Bertha Gatentin provide interludes between speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Pennsylvania
Carnegie Hall
Western University
Geneva
William C. Gil
Spirit
the Times
Washington and Jefferson
Joseph F. Mayhugh
William H. Cox
Grove City
K. Barackman
Westminster
D. W. Berry
Eckers
First Class Exhibition by Southside Turners at Hall
The Southside Turner Hall hosted a pleasing exhibition by the young Turners who will join the annual turnfest starting June 27 in Pittsburg. The general class includes performers from Pittsburg Allegheny Johnstown Steubenville Wheeling and nearby areas. Prot Eitting earns praise for guiding the class and his turning drill. Daily rooms rented via classified rooms to let ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southside
Hulton Picnic Season Opens Next Saturday
The Hulton picnic grounds on the Allegheny Valley road will open for summer next Saturday. A brass band will perform for a large crowd, with picnics expected about three times weekly through June and July. Orangemen plan a July 12 picnic, their tenth year at Hulton, August dates to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulton
Allegheny Valley Road
Anderson
J. Alderson
Orangemen
Five Schultz Bridge workers in Martinsburg shooting death
Ex policeman John Poisel was killed in Martinsburg West Virginia after a quarrel among five Schultz Bridge Company workers from Chartier Pittsburgh. Armed guards were placed around the jail to avert a lynching as Desmond claimed self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Porsel
Martinsburg
W. Va
Timothy Desmond
Pittsburg
Desmond
James Hunter
Lawrences Derner
Martin Shanahan
John O'Malley
Schultz Bridge Company
Chartier
Potomac River
Western Maryland Company
Cherry Run
Morgan County
Ango
Chartiers
Indianapolis
Youth jailed for reckless street driving in Knox ville
John Hatton of 298 Zara Street Knoxville was held yesterday on a charge of fast driving after a patrol captured him on Carson Street. The youth, unfamiliar with city rules, claimed to be training a four year old horse and said he meant no harm. A forfeit was posted for his Alderman Succop hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine
Hans
Damocles
Brother Schmidterhornereohn
Coteken
Netzhabor Blunmencorten
Blomenorten
Schmidterbornersohn
Sieter Hiemengarten
Orendorfferver
Pame Windenhorne
Pather Henrich
Ted Eimrmunts
Eternair
Aurel
John Kapp
John Hatton
Zara Street
Knoxville
Twenty-eighth
John
Stewart
Carson Street
Birmingham
Seventeenth Street
Haiton
Twelfth Street
Fourteenth Street
Thit
Lene Sitzler
MccQnaide
Halton
Lable
Succop
Saturday Night's Victims at Central Station
Judge Gripp heard 19 cases at the Central station dispatching sentences. Bridget Fox faced 30 days in the workhouse for raiding a Wylie avenue store area, while Mrs. Riley and Wm. O'Brien received 30 days for street disorder and loitering. Multiple others were sent to the workhouse or fined for burglary attempts, drunkenness, or assault as officers and magistrates processed 11 Allegheny Central cases in total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gripp
Central Station
Bridget Fox
Wylie Avenue
Riley
Old Avenue
Wm. O'Brien
Grant Street
Leslie
Seventeenth Ward
William
Lawrenceville
Rs. Snyder
McKenna
Twelfth Ward
T. J. Smith
Smallman Street
Claremont
Daniel Ulum
Allegheny Central
Floods Strain St Louis Transit as Rain Rages
The St Louis express reached Pittsburg on time last evening. The train left the city over the O and M tracks. Porters report water not subsiding by Saturday night and very cold conditions. East St. Louis houses remain flooded while wealthier residents aid the homeless. The cold worsens the plight of those displaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Pittsburg
East St. Louis
Raid on three speak-easies ends with arrests
Police raided Patrick Morans Acorn Street first ward liquor site and arrested James Maulvill James Donavan and Moves Webster. A second site on Second Avenue near Bates Street led to arrests of Mary Cockers owner Lizzie Clark Albert Mersk John Keress John Frizzel and J Gordon. A third house on Second Avenue near Burlington Street resulted in proprietor and four men detained. All detainees locked up at Fourteenth Ward station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Keress
John Frizzel
J. Gordon
Naman Freeman
Second Avenue
Burlington Street
Peaners
Fourteenth Ward
Men's neckwear sale advertised at 27 Fifth Avenue
Reduced stock of men's fine neck wear for spring and summer offered by A. G. Camme L. & Soxa at 27 Fifth Avenue. Window display highlights the sale.
Lace Curtain Sale Spanning Country Homes to Seaside Directories
Hugas & Hacke advertise a wide lace curtain line with prices from 35 cents per yard to 30 dollars per pair. Notable items include Nottingham Lace Curtains 75 cents to 10 dollars per pair Iris Point 4 to 25 dollars per pair Swiss Tampourep 5 to 30 dollars per pair and six gauze lines 5 to 12.50 pounds per pair. They tout new chenille portieres parquet patterns and enolisH cretones plus metal bedstead sets and a White Enameled Iron Canopy Bedstead at 20 dollars.
Prefer Cash to Checks At Hotels Says Clerk
A hotel clerk recalls strangers pressing for checks instead of cash, noting trust based on known contacts. He tells of a man using another’s business card to gain favorable treatment and explains why hotel staff prefer cash from unknown patrons. He also cites a drummer who discovers a man using her card to impress companions aboard a train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. EL Bonneville
the Anderson
Thad
Ife
New York
Carpenter Joseph Theobald Dies After Poison Dose
Joseph Theobald, a single carpenter who lived on Troy Hill, died at Allersheny General Hospital from Paris green taken in personal crisis about a week earlier. A head wound resembling a bullet mark suggested a prior suicide attempt by shooting. He left a four year old child. An inquest is scheduled today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Theobald
Allersheny General Hospital
Paris Green
Troy Hill
Theobald
Ale
Foley predicts Cleveland nomination at Chicago Convention
Patrick Foley travels to Harrisburg to confer with Secretary Harrity about the Chicago Democratic Convention. He expects Cleveland to be renominated and notes New York factions must unite. Foley discusses railroad progress including double tracking from Pittaburgh to Canton and Louisville to Massillon, with completion aimed for the World's Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Foley
Grover
Chicago
Harrisburg
Harrity
Tie
Foley
Cleveland
New York
Fr. Wane
Canton
Massillon
Louisville
Fr. Wayne
Pittabur
Lucas
Ft. Wayne
National Cash Register Case Ends in Infringement ruling
In the United States Circuit Court the National Cash Register Company of Dayton won a victory over Henry Nuss Jr Jonathan C Hare and William Stonebach. The American cash register was declared an infringement and an accounting was ordered to assess damages against the defendants. The decision confirms that users of infringing devices are not liable for damages by makers in these cases. The Iron City Brewing Company advertises its four month old Inger and Pilsner beer with a thousand barrels on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Cash Register Company
Dayton
Henry Nust, Jr
Jonathan C. Hare
William Stonebach
American Cash Register
Henry Nuss Jy
Iron City Brewing Company
GreatEst Bargains Of The Season At The Store
All choice and desirable goods suitable for present wear priced for fast selling. These items are among the great estate bargains of the season with marked prices to attract buyers.
Bargain Lot of Wool Jackets and Capes Announcement
Lot 3 includes black and colored jackets in Cheviots and diagonals reduced to 2.50 with other fabrics from 3 to 5. Plus Bedf ord Cord capes and beaded navy capes with lace trim. Military capes listed with varied original prices and discounts. Also blazer suits at 7.5 cents and new all wool serge blazers selling fast.
Horses Auction at Iron City Sale Stables May 26 27
Local sale at Iron City Sale Stables near 625 Penn Avenue Pitsburgh Pa features a fine lot of horses for bidding on May 26 and 27. Buyers may inspect prior to auction and bid on a diverse range of stable animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brrone
Iron City
Penn Avenue
Pletsburyz
Oxford Tie boots and slippers sale prices noted
The ad lists children's and misses Oxfords with patent tips in multiple sizes and prices, including Dongola and Kid varieties. It promotes a large outlet claiming substantial savings for buyers and features ladies slippers in several styles from 50 cents to one dollar.
Hunting Summer in the Park
Thousands flocked to Schenley Park in springy weather as a warm day failed to bring Summer. Visitors of all ages walked, rode, and toured the greenery, awaiting a season that did not arrive before a chilly afternoon rain sent crowds scattering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenley Park
Boptie
Panther Hollow
Pittsburgers
Encampment Time Change and Pattison Presidency View
General Greenland in town reports the Second Brigade encampment moved from July 30 to August 6 with close of August to aid busy men. Regiments select camps: Eighteenth Uniontown, Fourteenth Kittanning, Tenth Greensburg, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Erle. He backs Governor Pattison for president and doubts Cleveland or Hill will be nominated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Greenland
Uniontown
Kittanning
Greensburg
Erle
Greenland
Cleveland
Hill
Pattison
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Father Rapp
Sta's
Rapp
Father Henrici
Tl & O
Poland
Minneapolis
Oliver
Cmt
No. 4 Engine Company
McDowell
Philip O'Neill
William Brownlee
Arch Street
David Tucker
Tackers
Sone
Witmesers
George Hinkle
Ellio $Y Ae
Oury Elim
Captain Stewart
Inspector Helly
Carrigan
John Gillespie
South Sixteenth Street
A New Colored Church
Good Hope
As New Temple
Bank of Odd Fellows
Heaven
Toreenis
Oont
Patch
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio
Paul Strausner
John Poisel
Pol-sel
Poisels
Tim Desmond
Polsol
Hnis
Kara Districts
National
Monongahela House
Pittsburg, Pa
Jos. Horne
Capes
Market Street
Wall
Ronerts
Canefore
W. A. Barker
de Witt
Ciosisc
Rosrnts
Gse
Fifth Ave
Market
Oxford
Simen’s
Ohio ST
Allegheny, PA
Satwedwee
Ubuayo
Jel
Weisser’s Popular Stores
Weisser
Greatest Bargain Stores
Market ST
Pot-Uwr
JOS. Horne & CO
Arc Aeoten
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Fifth Ave. and
Market 81
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