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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1891
Page
5
W H Shepherd a Pittsburg contractor vanished last January. Rumors linked his wife to Mayor Sutton. A May telegram from Indianapolis said Shepherd was ill in a hotel there. He returned not, bail was posted, and warrants were issued for criminal and civil actions seeking $20,000.
In Pittsburg a clash erupts as the Pittsburg Kenange and Lake Erie Railroad Company and the Pennsylvania Company clash over a street crossing and track construction. About 100 workers operate through the night under tense city orders, with no injuries reported but ongoing threats of damage to property.
Report from Worxstown details Andrew Krause a German laborer beaten and robbed on a railroad track. Silas Nerrington, 17, arrested as a suspected accomplice after claiming a detective ally attacked Krause with a shovel. Additional brief notes cover Henry Sheppard jailed for stabbing John Laird and Land Bill Allen relief action by the Ohio Valley Trades Assembly.
Grand jury charges three citizens with complicity in White Cap outrages in Lincoln County. They face severe penalties for the merciless whipping of Charles Tyrell, a leader farmer, under the Red Men's act.
Irreacea reports Rev. Ezra Marsh Boring, a longtime Northwest Methodist Episcopal minister, died by suicide in an Evanston attic. Ill health and prior suicide threats marked his final weeks. friends had stopped a previous attempt. He was about 60.
A digest of yesterday's big paper notes political and social happenings. Items include the Grange mortgage relief plan, a Pittsburgh murder case, mining and railroad developments, protests by business interests, anticipated epidemics, and a tied football game between Yale and Harvard.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad leads a scheme to gain south end access to the World's Fair for all lines from Union Van Buren Polk and Cline stations. Fifteen railroads would enter the grounds with Exposition management leasing the land. James Walsh negotiates the right of way, requiring all tracks to be removed by August 1, 184. Farmers Deposit Bank invites public to inspect new safe deposit vaults and box rental information.
On Thursday evening November 19 at Shadyside Presbyterian Church Rev Richard Holmes will unite Lotne Dimworth daughter of George W Dilworth Esq and OT H Ontops in marriage.
A sequence of brief death notices and funeral details for residents including Groner Am TMonn, Jons A. Axpnewa, StrFFaNxo AvVeEtTo, Siias M. Cra, Danie G Fay, Mrs N J Forrest, Elizaneta Hagmater, Helmpoth, Cuantes Huneekele, Mullen, James G McFadden, Coames F F Orr, John Parker, Archibald Hamilton Rowan, Rees J Thomas, and Rev Cant Wert. Each entry lists residence, date of death, age or years, and funeral arrangements or church services where given.
A man leaped from the Brooklyn Bridge center span into the East River at midday and drowned. The incident, witnessed by a peddler named James Ross, is described as death by own action with the body unrecovered.
Local shop advertises a broad range of suits from $5 to $18 in fabrics like Cheviot and Beaver. It promotes a Thanksgiving sale for overcoats and a large holiday selection of hats and furnishings with 75 cents to $1 neckwear, urging customers to compare prices in plain display.
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