Diverse Library Building Designs Attract Attention In City
A design opposing the first plan imagines lavish modern detail with towers and sculpture requiring many hands. Critics noted low western style, a tall flag staff, and a wigwam-like roof. A Boston architect offered a simple, restrained option while Chairman Scott and commissioners observed the display with reporters present.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Socrates
Plato
Epicletius Alstoy
Schenler Park
Anrone Ae
Boston
Death by own action at Everett House shocks Pittsburgh friends
George R. Lawrence a prominent Pittsburgh attorney died by self-inflicted pistol wound at the Everett House New York after gambling losses. Relatives say health problems and rumored financial strain may have driven the act. a letter from Lawrence hinted at a drastic decision.
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New York
Everett House
George R. Lawrence
Pittsburg
Chief Elliot Denies Alleged Alexander Farm Favoritism
Charges claimed Chief Elliot accepted the Alexander property at 550 per acre for a poor farm while Orphans Court had earlier ordered sale at 232. He denied offers from George Lee and Mrs. Alexander, saying he negotiated with principals only and sought the lowest honest price. The issue, now with Councils, asks whether to accept or retry the purchase.
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Alexander
Hulton
Elliot
Orphan's Court
Mr. Alexander
George Lee
Marshall
Caleb Lee
Wednesday's Injured and Killed Among Rail Workers
Two people killed and two injured reported as railroads faced several minor accidents. Ann Kiley died after being struck near Luuchlin station. John Gallagher was killed while attempting to post a freight train at Twenty Eight street. John Burns suffered a severed arm on a Ft Wayne engine. George Pfaff broke an arm at Carnerie Co. mill. George Wickling received a severe shock from a trolley wire. Richard Geyer had three fingers crushed by a falling sledge. J C Jobson, brakeman, suffered a crushed arm while coupling cars at Forty First street. All victims were treated or sent to hospitals or home as noted.
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Riev
Ann Kiley
Br, & CO
Luuchlin Station
Gallaguin
John Gallagher
Everson
Greensburg
Twentyight Street
Brexs
John Burns
Ft. Wayne Road
Pfarr
George Pfaff
Ee & Co
Twenty-ninth Street
Wiceiixe
George Wickling
Robinson Street
Allegheny
Manchester
Gryven
Richard B. Geyer
Ft. Wayne
Jonson
J. C. Jobson
Allegheny Valley Railroad
Forty-first Street
West Penn Hospital
Mystery Death of Leeds Heiress Heir in City
Mayor Gourley had a letter seeking details on Edward Thomas Binns of Leeds England who died here in Aw strast. Records show he died at Reed Street residence of Alex Monghan on August 25. Middleton & Sons of Leeds received the death record. Binns was heir to about $400000, prompting the inquiry.
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Tay
J. Edward Ackley
Wall Street
Everett House
Mr. Lawrence
Lawrence
Weston
Gourley
Edward Thomas Binns
Leeds
England
Awstrast
Alex. Monghan
Reed Street
Middleton & Sons
Binns
Pittsburg Enogville and St Clair Railway Franchise Auction
W. J. Fawcett receiver of the Pittsburg Enogville and St. Clair Railway Company announces a public sale of the road's franchises cars and all property at the court house on December 1 in a court ordered auction setting.
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W. J. Fawcett
Pittsburg, Enogville and
Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk Praised
The passage extols condensed milk as a preventive for infants, noting it is widely available from grocers and highlighting Gail Borden Eagle Brand as the most successful and reliable product for nourishment.
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Gail Borden
One Great City Plan Draws Mixed Views in East End
An Allegheny consolidation proposal to merge Pittsburg and surrounding towns draws support and opposition from officials. Chief Bigelow and others cite tax, governance, and service issues while Controller Morrow and Weir warn of practical hurdles, such as county lines, council logistics, and rural taxation.
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Allegheny County
Pittsburg
Junta Club
East End
Central Police Station
Court House
Department of Public Safety
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Chicago
Gourley
Petra
Ford
Allegheny
McKeesport
Morrow
Butler
Armstrong
Westmoreland
Washington
Beaver
Braddock
Homestead
Sharpsburg
Etna
Millvale
Sewickley
Bellevue
Philadelphia
Butler County
Beaver County
Weir
West Deer
Fawn
State Health Board to Meet on Sheridanville Well and Butler Sewage
The State Board of Health convenes in Harrisburg today to review reports on a polluted Sheridanville well in Allegheny County and proposed sewage deposits in Manver ever at Butler. Minor nuisances at MeeKee's Rocks and Rankin station are also on the agenda. Dr J McClelland of Pittsburg will be named delegate to the Interwar Congress on Hygiene and Demography.
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McClelland
State Board of Health
Harrisburg
Sheridanville
Allegheny County
Butler
Manver
MeeKee's Rocks
Rankin Station
J. McClelland
Pittsburg
Interwarene Congress
Mulhattan Writer Known for Fables Arrested for Robbery
Joseph Mulhattan known as Orange Blossom was arrested in the city on a charge of robbing roommate Patrick O'Toole of 35 dollars. He is jailed at Central station pending a hearing. O'Toole, a railroad worker, named Mulhattan after a night out and found the money in Mulhattan's possession.
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Joseph Mulhattan
Orange Blossom
Central Station
Pittsburg
Ananias
Mahoning Valley
Kentucky
Mammoth Cave
Mulhattan
Chicago
Second Avenue
Patrick O'Toole
O'Toole
Smoke Consumer Question Spurs Health Bureau Study
Collector Warmeastie pushes to pass a smoke consumer ordinance aided by the Bureau of Health. He cites statistics comparing sickness and death from throat and lung diseases during coal use versus the natural gas era, claiming coal smoke worsened public health.
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Warmeastie
Bureau of Health
Warmcastle
Henricks Defends Audit Information Delay
Chairman Henricks of the sub Auditing Committee says he blocked auditors from reporting to the sub Finance Committee. He notes auditors were sourcing information from street railway company books to counter claims about the first report. He explains the work must be slow and that auditors were instructed not to disclose information until the report is finished.
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C. B H. Dahlinger
Gilliford
Finance Committee
Henricks
Business transfers reshuffle Cameron Iron and Banner Baking interests
James W. Drape & Co sold the Cameron Iron and Coal Co interests to an Eastern syndicate for 250,000 cash and other terms. They also sold all of Jesse H. Lippencott’s Banner Baking Powder Co goodwill for 4,600 dollars. The Pennsylvania railroad schedule changes take effect next Sunday with faster local service to Wilkinsburg Braddock and Walls to counter Duquesne Traction.
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Cameron Iron Co
Banner Baking Powder Co
James W. Drape & Co
Cameron Iron and Coal Co
Cameron County
Jesse H. Lippencott
Banner Baking Powder Company
Pennsylvania Road
Wilkinsburg
Braddock
Walls
Duquesne Traction Road
Funeral for Amalgamated Treasurer James Penney Held in Walton Church
Funeral services for James Penney, treasurer of the Amalgamated Association, were held yesterday afternoon at Walton Methodist Episcopal Church. Over 1,000 people attended and all national officers were present. The remains were interred at Southside Cemetery.
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Amalgamated Association
James Penney
Walton Methodist Episcopal Church
Southside
Banquet for Their Employes by Black and Baird
Black and Baird treated their employees to an evening at the theater followed by a banquet at the Duquesne Hotel. The event was well enjoyed by all who attended.
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Black & Baird
Duquesne Hotel
Blaine Land Improvement Co promotes new town lots
Advertisement notes tickets, maps, and price lists for lots at 129 Fourth with full particulars. It promotes a new heavyweight diagonal cheviot jacket for $10 from Jos. Horne & Co. Penn Avenue Stores and Alaska sealskin sacs at $150 to $175, with other goods and brands.
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Blaine
Blaine Land Inrovement Co
To-Dar
Jos. Horne & Co
Penn Avenue
Alaska
Jos. Horns & Co
Brushton Seeks City Sewer Connection With Homewood Drain
A Brushton council committee met Chief Bigelow to discuss terms for connecting Brushton’s sewerage with Pittsburgh city mains via the Homewood branch of the Negley run system. City engineers say existing sewers can handle Brushton if an agreement is reached. Beltzhoover also seeks sewer terms amid annexation talk and upcoming borough elections.
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Crushton
Homewood
Negrey Ban
Brushton
Chief Bigelow
Baronets
Negley Run
Pittsburg
Bigelow
Brown
Beltzhoover
French Soups showcased at Renshaw store
Ladies invited to call at John A. Renshaw & Co. on Liberty Avenue and Ninth Street to taste celebrated Franco American Food Co. French Soups. Soups will be exhibited warmed and served to visitors during the week.
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John A. Renshaw & Co
Liberty Avenue
Ninth Street
Special Umbrella Sale At Biber and Easton
Special sale offers from Biber and Easton feature 250 school umbrellas with metal handles for 50 cents, 150 Paragon-frame 26 inch umbrellas with silver Gloria covers at 1, 120 extra fine handles valued at 2 now 150, and 100 silk umbrellas with elaborate handles at 275. Novel sandal and weichsel woods, ivory and pearl inlays emphasize the fashion options for men and women.
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Gloria
Fine Embroidered Linen Goods and Handkerchief Lots
Manufacturers' seconds offered in lots of 3 or 4 at 25e each. Three lots of ladies' hematitched colored bordered handkerchiefs at half price, 3 for 2e, 4 for 25e, 5 for 25e.
Fancy Linen Scarfs and Towels at Low Prices
A local ad touts drawn work scarf squares tidies and doilies in hemstitched plain stamped and embroidered styles at low prices. It promotes towels at 12 to 18 cents per piece extra for larger sizes and elegant table linen with matching napkins from £4 to $20, suggested as wedding gifts.
Our Cloak Rooms showcase European and American garments
Our Cloak Rooms present a regular exhibition of European and American fashions for children ages 2 to 16 at modest prices. Ladies wear in solid materials and well-made shapely styles offered from $5 to 88, with finer goods across higher price ranges.
Headquarters for Stuttgarters Normal Sanitary Woolen Underwear
Medically recommended shirts drawers night shirts and women children garments advertised as standard sanitary woolen undergarments offered by a local supplier with emphasis on health benefits and wearability for all ages.
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Stutgarter
New Jacket Styles With Low Prices At Cloak Room
Brand new garments in the cloak room today feature all popular lines with fresh styles. All wool diagonal reefer jackets in navy or black priced from 8 50 to 28 dollars, plus camel hair and clay diagonal options with silk lining and military ornaments. Alaska seal skin jackets and long cloth garments range from 10 to 225 dollars, with extensive fur caps and capes, promising modern merchandising and low prices.
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Astrakhan
Alaska
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Semetleingg
Anne Shaye
Scott
Commission
Athena
B. Scott
Lent
Tienlar
United States
Canada
Carnegie
Henry Phipps
Neileschy
Mettecs Anil
Asker & Dallett
R. J. Kennedy Et al
Gordon
Bragdon Orchard
Wheelwright & Haven
S. Fimser
Willie G. Hale
Philadelphis
George St Mann
Mary
Charles Bickel
Atterson
Anetheny
W. Murdock
Robert T. Brooks
Detroit
M. I Mason
East Proviteness
Bd. Borgeuis
Chieagro
Rutan & Coolidee
Furness, Evans & Co
Wheeler, Surmouse
W. Ebreenhwalt
A.D. Jennings
Montrose M. Morris
Dawid Evans
Villadelphia
Gardner Bros
Chicaro
Joseph Stelbing
A. ZL. Teekerman
Alexander I. Finkle
New
Cleveland
Thorp & Knowles
New York City
E. E.neers
J. A. Wilson
Ol‘int & Roche
Morrison & McEwen
McDonald &Gilly
Omaha
Longfellow
Alden & Harlow
Pittsberg
AO. Elizner
J.D. Horton
John Ord
Trowbridge & Wilkinson
George Fourth
J. J. Cooper
George
Buffalo
Ann Arbor
Mio
Mr. Weaver
Geenwze V. Lawrence
Monongahela City
Washington County
George C. Lawrence
Charles S. Sivnn
G. B. Lawnesce
Mr. Ackley
Shaw
John M. Oakley
Margaret Shaw
George Eh. Lawrence
Hon
G. W. Lawrence
Lafayette College
George W. Biddle
Wood
Monononhela City
Pittsburg Club
Bright
TI Nave
George Shiras
Harrison
George Lawrence
Chief Elliot
Due Lo Cent
Haed
Allegheny Auditors
Penney
ALI Druggists
Trigu
Hartford
Lowell
Brussels
Axminsters
Edward
Groetzinger
Penn Ave
Biber & Easton
Our Linen Department
Market ST. Wos Tissa
U.S
Ulrich & Spencer
Wrougt Steel
Ae .c. Lett
Ww. Dermitt & Co
Grant Street
Pitebrug
Pittsbarg, Ps
Jos. Horne
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