Big River Losses and Eight Weeks of Low Water
The piece notes eight weeks of low river water since a lower river boat left port, causing widespread job loss and economic strain for captains, roustabouts, coal merchants, and river services. It cites a 73 percent drop in business, describes workers seeking other jobs, and discusses rail alternatives and rising coal demand in the South.
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Davis Island Dam
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Monongahela
Cheat
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Jupiter Plevius
Bre’r Fox
Hastie
New Orleans
Cairo
Memphis
Louisville
Cincinnati
John O'Neil
O'Neil & Sons
Smithfield Street
Railroads Urge Prompt Freight Shipments Before Navigation Ends
Railroads push freight agents to move cargo quickly as navigation closes for winter. Lake Erie road warns against delays. Lake Superior Transit and Ordensburg Station suspend operations in early November. Several lines follow with shutdowns by November 20. 1891 is noted as a strong lake season. Also promotes Salvation Oil with a 35 cent price.
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Pittsburg
Mahoning
Shenango
Lake Erie
Lake Superior Transit Company
Ordensburg Station Company
Lackawanna Transportation Company
Lackaw and
Bay City Steamer
Grammond
Northern Steamship Company
Great Northern Road
Asia and Australia Special Correspondence 1802 Preview
The Asia and Australia special correspondence is described as a new field ahead of all other services in leading newspapers. Dr Petty is highlighted for masterly prose and during the year his weekly letters are expected to draw thousands of readers nationwide.
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Asia
Australia
Ee Ee
Books Received For The Week
The column lists several new titles with publishers and prices. Notable items include White Slaves by Rev. Lewis Albert Bank and Drift From the Sea of Life with illustrations by C McKnight Smith, plus Brownie Paper Dolls and An Old Sweetheart of Mine by James Whitcomb Riley with gift-book editions.
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D. D
Lee & Shepard Publishers
Weldin
Pittsburg
Banks
St. John's M. E
South Boston
C. McKnight Smith
Frederick A. Stokes & Co
J. R. Weldin
Swinburne
Arnold
Longfellow
Southey
New York
James Whitcomb Huer
Bowen, Merrill & Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Weldin & Co
Reilly
The Shortest Banker of Somerset County
Robert Philson of Berlin, touted as the state’s shortest banker, registered at the St. Charles Hotel. Despite his height, he is regarded as a shrewd financier with several tall tales from Pittsburg newsies, a wife of average height, and a 4 year old child. He rejects circus offers, proving his business acumen matches or surpasses many six-footers.
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Robert Philson
Berlin
St. Charles
Major Potter
Pittsburg
Mr. Philson
Somerset County
Philson
Newsies
California Country of Delightful Winters Ad
California offers inviting winter resorts and safe large returns from fruit lands. The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad provides direct Pullman service from Chicago to San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego. The Straub Brewing Company promotes Pilsener and Munich lager and urges saloon trade to place orders.
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United States
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Pullman
Chicago
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Charles T. Appleby
Bank of Commerce Building
Pittsburg
Straub Brewing Company
Munich
Straub Brewing Co
Main Street
Liberty Avenue
Free Trains Tomorrow and Local Services Ad
Public notices offer trains to the new town of Bisine with tickets maps and price lists at 129 Fourth. Local ads promote cleaning dyeing and repair by J Limekin and Co at 174 Federal Street Allegheny. Cabinet photos at Aufrecht's Gallery 77 Fifth Avenue. Shoe blacking O Keefe’s 10 cents.
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Bisine
Tue Bratye Lasp Improvement Co
Mtuwthyrsn
Pennsylvania
Aufrecht
Fifth Avenue
Thayer smoke reducing furnace touted for Pittsburg use
The piece discusses W. C. Thayer of New York adapting continuous water gas furnace technology to cut coal waste and smoke in Pittsburg. It claims higher coal efficiency, lower costs than natural gas, and potential widespread trials by major manufacturers within weeks.
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Pittsburg
Cincinnati
W. C. Thayer
New York
Thayer
Ofr
Oil Waste Drives McDonald Field Standstill
Production at the McDonald field halted as tanksage lag and continued pumping waste between 5,000 and 20,000 barrels daily. W. S. Guffey & Queen’s deeper drill on the Wetmore farm shows a tentative gusher named Governor Campbell, while several wells in the field report varied flows from 30 to 250 barrels per hour and others are dry or declining.
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Campbell
McKinley
Guffey & Queen
Wetmore Farm
Governor Campbell
Weill
Hazelwood Oil Company
Adams
Herron
Etta
Pittsburg Oil Company
Reed Farm
H Hee
B. B. B Offers Relief For Dyspepsia Sufferers
Advertorial notice urges readers with nervous and sick headaches to try B. B. B for immediate relief from dyspepsia. Claim cites repeated tests with uniform success proving that dyspepsia cannot stand B. B. B.
Faust Defeats Oliver in Forty-second District Delegate Race
A Rawlins newspaper report notes Abraham Faust of Straightout defeated D B Oliver for delegate in the Forty second Senatorial district. It marks the third party’s only victory as total district votes show Burleigh 26270 Porter 19395 Prothonotary Bradley 39931 H K E Cole present but incomplete in text.
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D. B. Oliver
Burleigh
Porter
Bradley
H. K E. Cole
Yesterday's Market Features And Oil Prices Report
Market activity showed considerable business with stronger tone from buying orders while sellers remained conservative. December open and low were Sig, high and close 58c, refined quotes for New York London Antwerp varied. National Transit certificates opened 57.4c to 58c, with 87,000 barrels sold and shipments around 133,000 barrels. Petroleum markets remained quiet with varied gasoline and naphtha values and steady to firmer closes for several oils.
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Antwerp
Crry
Stige
Braproro
Sige
Petroleuum
Pennsylvania Oil
Szige
Lima Oil
Winter opening Paris hats and dress goods sale
Winter opening features pattern hats bonnets and toques from Jos Horse 8 Penn Avenue Stores and B. & B. New chevrette all wool striped suitings 45 cents at center dress goods department adjoining dress trimmings. Also O Keeffes OK Shoe Blacking 5 and 10 cents.
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Paris
Horse
Penn Avenue
Boces & Bunt
Wilkinsburg Public School Entertainment at Odd Fellows Hall
The Swedish Quartet headlined the second Wilkinsburg school entertainment at Odd Fellows hall. Local singers assisted. A large crowd attended and ticket proceeds funded a new school library to replace the one destroyed by the fire two years ago. The library will benefit both the public and schoolchildren.
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Wilkinsburg
Odd Fellows
Pedestrian Traffic Shifts After Post Office Move
Lawyers on Grant Street note a sharp rise in foot traffic since the post office moved to Fourth Avenue. Hill residents now typically detour via the Court House on downtown trips. Brown's seven talhes are advertised for sore throat relief, sold only in boxes.
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Fourth Avenue
Hill
Court House
Brown
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