Niedringhaus Plans to Build Tin Plate Plant in St Louis
Congressman F G Niedringhaus of St Louis plans a large tin plate venture in partnership with his brother. They have ordered machinery in Pittsburg for a plant to start by July 1, employing many workers. He criticizes tariff evasion and argues the duty will help American rivals, while detailing fuel costs and import dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Niedringhaus
St. Louis
United States
Sme
Cronemeyer
Messrs. Niedringhaus
Pittsburg
Garrison Foundry Company
Niedringhaus
McKinley
Wilson
West Virginia
New York
Hosses
America
England
Dutch Islands
Australia
British Isles
Niedringhans
Western Pennsylvania College to Attend James Caler Funeral
The students and several professors of Western Pennsylvania Medical College will attend the funeral of James Henry Caler who died at Southside Hospital. Caler, 23, from Shippensburg, O, was in his senior year and had studied at Industry Academy and Sheffield Institute. He suffered meningitis and could not endure the academic strain.
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Western Pennsylvania College
James Caler
James Henry Caler
Southside Hospital
Bethlehem
Western Pennsylvania Medical College
Caler
Shippensport
Industry Academy
Sheffield Institu
Meds College
Pisa
Hammond
Colorado
Wiley
The Master of Many Masks in a City Shop Window
A versatile life-size dummy in a downtown store has portrayed Garfield, Arthur, Blaine, Cleveland, Grover, John L. Sullivan and more in rapid changes. It has worn Union blue, a Santa suit, a toboggan outfit, and even a kingly robe as a humorous tribute to pageantry and public figures, with Thanksgiving plans altered by the recent death of the King of Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
John L. Sullivan
King of
Holland
Lydia E. Pinkham
Arthur
Blaine
Chicago
Grover
Buil
Richmond
John L. Caliyes
Santa Claus
Pleasant Sabbath Amid Clear Skies Draw Pittsburg Crowd
Pittsburg enjoyed a bright clear Sabbath with high barometer and bracing air. Crowds filled Fitch avenue, Wood and Smithfield streets from morning to night as merchants showcased displays and private rigs, while suburban drives on East End and Perrysville roads drew wide turnout. Cable, horse and electric cars carried thousands across routes to sample unfamiliar streets and the invigorating atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitch Avenue
Wood
Smithfield
East End
Perrysville Road
Death Bed Confession of Pittsburg Gambler Murder
An Elmira telegram recounts Whisen W. Agar confessing to killing gambler Charles Selwin in a Pittsburg poker game two years earlier. Agar fled after the cutthroat act, losing fortunes across the country, and, near death, confessed to Edward Comstock, who holds the dirk used in the murder. Police say no corroboration exists locally.
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Elmira
N. Y
Distatca
Whisen W. Agar
8.Y
Agar
New York
Pittsburg
Charles Selwin
Selwin
Acar
Edward Comstock
Blundered Raids Hit Two Soho Addresses
Officers Hilderbreath Metzgar and Rosenblatt raided 515 Forbes street and the home of William Howard at Fifth avenue and Soho street, arresting Mrs Mary McCoy and her two sons James and Louis, plus six others. Mistakenly fired on patrol box at the Soho Fifth corner. prisoners taken to Fourteenth ward then Eleventh ward. Crowds witnessed the stakeout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilderbreath
Metzgar
Rosenblatt
Soho
Mary McCoy
Forbes Street
Fourteenth Ward
Eleventh Ward
Insanity and suicides discussed by doctors at Dixmont
A Brooklyn congressman elects wife Mrs Coombs died by jumping from a hotel top floor. Doctors discuss personal crisis insanity and the impulse to self harm. They note higher risks at tall buildings and urge protective measures while detailing cases of suicidal and homicidal urges and related studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixmont
Pittsburg Not Exactly Alone In Transit Power Battle
A. N. Broadhead E. A. Bradshaw and G. E. Maltby of Jamestown Street Railroad inspect electric systems in Pittsburg to choose motive power. They aim to decide on their approach after six years of operation with losses as municipalities and rivals circle for control.
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A. N. Broadhead
E. A. Bradshaw
G. E. Maltby
Jamestown Street Railroad Company
Anderson
Maltby
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Hayes Sees Quiet West of Rockies While Mormons Evolve
Colonel A B Hayes editor of the Ogden Daily Commercial, visiting the Monongahela House, warns of possible bloodshed east of the Rockies but says the danger west is low. He criticizes Indians as treacherous, notes Biting Bull’s waning influence, sees Mormon reform among younger members, and highlights Utah’s rich mineral potential awaiting development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Hayes
Rocky Mountains
A. B. Hayes
Ogden Daily Commercial
Monongahela House
Utah Financial Company
Ogden
Rosebud
Removing the Hair by Electricity A Painful Costly Practice
A barber cites electricity as the only successful method to remove hair, noting it is painful and costly. He claims there are no universal rules for hair loss and that men with bald heads often have tough beards. The procedure involves needles reaching the hair root and battery connections, with no anesthesia due to shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becau
Hsir
Farming not his forte for Mt. Washington man John O Riley
John O Riley of Mt Washington tried farming once. He hired a plowman for 9 dollars, bought four loads of manure for 8, paid 450 for seed, and 120 for paris green. Potatoes yielded less than a bushel. He later tried poultry. a fox killed over 80 chickens, and an inquest blamed owls or foxes. The fox later returned and was shot. O Riley concludes farming isn’t his forte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O'Riley
Mt. Washington
O'Riley
Mr. O'Riley
Waving Knife Sparks Mayor Hearings and Odd Docket
At Mayor Wyman’s hearings a dramatic scene unfolds as Detective W. L. Brann is arrested for attempting to kill his wife at 12 Anderson Street. A butcher knife is laid on the mayor’s desk as testimony unfolds and Brann’s wife faints. A separate case ends with the mayor slinging a knife in a comic mix up before realizing it is a sword of justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyman
W. L. Brann
Cook
Anderson Street
Braun
Sword of Justice
One More Victim Claimed in Ward Twenty Seven
Mrs. Mattie McCleary of the Twenty seventh ward died of diphtheria Saturday night. Her 17 year old son died a week earlier and her father died three weeks ago. The McCleary child attended St Clair school where six pupils in the primary room died. Mrs. McCleary, formerly Miss Davis, was a High School graduate and well known in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie McCleary
Two Horses Burned to Death at Spring Garden Bakery
A fire at Henry Miller's bakery located at 116 Spring Garden avenue burned the house and furniture valued at about $2,000. The rear stable with two separate stalls for horses was destroyed and neighboring property sustained slight damage.
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Henry Miller
Spring Garden Avenue
Murder at Midnight in Allegheny Boarding House
A deadly quarrel at Mrs Bridget Coxs boarding house near Thirty fourth and Ligonier streets left James Enright dead from a gunshot to the right temple. James Cox, son of the landlady, fled after a keg party night crime as police arrest several boarders and search for the suspect. a post mortem is planned and inquest set for morning.
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Allegheny County
James Enright
West Penn
James Cox
Inspector Whitehouse
Second District
Bridget Cox
Thirty-fourth
Ligonier Streets
Millerat
Orth
Cox House
Thomas
John Enright
Tim Scanlan
William Branagan
Michael Lynch
Michael Flival
John McGownan
John Carr
Seventeenth Ward
Enright
Cox
Carnegie & Phipps
Thirtythird Street
Future of the Negehо Law and Order Convention speakers
Edward Everett Hale and Prof. Langston of Virginia remained in the city after the convention. Langston spoke at three venues outlining racial progress and unity, noting the increase from 4 million to 8 million African Americans and the annual birth rate. Hale preached at Mellon's Hall to the Unitarian congregation.
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Law and Order
Edward Everett Hale
Langston
Virginia
Methodist
Watson Street
Wylie Avenue M. E
Brown’s Chapel
Hemlock Street
Allegheny
America
Mr. Langston
Mellon's Hall
Almost A Centenarian Catherine Glacken Passes At Ninety Nine
The remains of Catherine Glacken known as Aunt Carthy were buried in St Peter's Cemetery after a funeral from St Malachi's Church led by Rev Father Ward. Born in County Donegal Ireland she died at 99 retaining her faculties and cheerful outlook. Her Philadelphia nephew is 101.
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Catherine Glacken
Carthy
St. Peter's Cemetery
St. Malachi’s Church
Father Ward
Miss Glacken
County Donegal
Ireland
Philadelphia
Sympathy Misplaced Rose Blessing Escapes Twenty Eighth Ward
Rose Blessing a wanted Grand Larceny suspect fled from the Twenty Eighth Ward station while ill. She and Jacob Blessing were detained on East Street Alleheny but escaped during a preliminary hearing. Trenton authorities were alerted. Rose is presumed southside at large.
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Rose Blessing
Twenty- Eighth Ward
Trenton
N. J
Twenty Eighth Ward
Jacob Blessing
East Street
Alleheny
Miss Blessing
Pease
Mr. Clancy
Jake
Rose
Treeton
Sympathy for a Cripple and a Boathouse Robbery
Daniel Dougherty, a tailor in a boathouse near the Sixth Street bridge, reported a 2 am robbery of his new overcoat by Arthur Gray. Detectives found Gray at Dougherty's boathouse. he confessed under arrest and revealed the coat's hiding place. He was locked up. Prices near half off plaid and dress goods at Knable & Shaster's, 35 Fifth Avenue.
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Daniel Dougherty
Sixth Street Bridge
Arthur Gray
Robinson
Bendel
Gray
Dougherty
Knable & Shaster’s
Fifth Avenue
Grandmother’s Bread Rivalry and Local Ads
An advertisement fragment praises Marvin's New Palace bread as superior, inviting readers to buy from grocers. It also includes a price cut on black Drap DeEte fabric, a forfeit offer for Floraplexion liver medicine, and a dress goods sale from ENABLE & SHUSTER with multiple unrelated notes and phone-like references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin
New Palace
Franklin
New York
Anarchist Meeting at New Grant Street Theater Quiet
Lucy Parsons speaks on oppression under government and capitalists before a 150 person audience at New Grant Street Theater. The event, free of violence, drew detectives and policemen, with Parsons leaving for Newark, N J to face a riot incitement suit.
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Herry Fricke
Lingg
Lucy Parsons
Newark
N. J
Williams to Lecture at Wilkinsburg Academy Hall
Noted attorney N. 8 Williams will speak in Wilkinsburg Academy Hall tomorrow evening. He is recognized for strong public speaking and his lecture is anticipated to be highly engaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Wilkinsburg Academy Hall
Hueus & Hacke New Paris Robes Great Sale
New Paris Robes announces a week long sale offering the largest city assortment at prices well below value. Paris Robes with Silk Astra khan trimmings start at $12 to $30, previously $18 to $50, with silk embroidered options at $20 to $25. A line of Combination Dress Patterns including Camel's Hair Astra khan Rugged Effects offered at $20 each, previously $35 to $40. Readers urged to examine unbroken assortments while patterns last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ats
Penn Avenue Stores Offer Vast Dress Goods and Silks
The advertisement touts a vast one floor showroom with 35200 feet of space and a large stock of fabrics, silks, seal plushes, and black dress goods. It promises abundant selection, appealing colors, and courteous sales staff to attract shoppers for house gowns, evening wear, and costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn Avenue
Holiday Dress Goods and Accessories Display Opens
A sweeping catalog describes colored dress goods from top manufacturers and foreign lines, with vast selections in lace, nets, trimmings, and bridal fabrics. Embroidered bed sets, flannel specialties, wool undergarments, and extensive hosiery and gloves dominate, all offered at low prices ahead of the holidays.
Fashionable Alaska Seal Garments and Autumn Jackets
The advertisement touts jackets plain stockinets black cheviots diagonals beavers and reefers in plain or fur trimmed styles. It features long garments suits jackets cloaks and infant outfits in new dress goods and fashionable cuts. Alaska seal capes jackets mantles coats and shoulder capes are highlighted as superior with fair prices amid a holiday season launch.
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Alaska
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Pittshburg
Parker City
Oyster Paddy
Johnstown
O. Paddy
Weather Sharps
Morselli
Royal University
Turin
Aly
Europe
France
Germany
Guerry
Mayor Wyman
Lawrenceville
Future OF the
Providence
ExNasie & Shuster
Enable & Shuster
B&b
Boccs & Busl
Wilkinsburg
Hueus & Hacke
Cor
Fifth Ave
Market St
JOS. Horne & CO
Penn Ave
Seal
Fur Capes
C. Weisser
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Market Stoll
Lewis Building
Berlin
5. Gall
Switzerland
Furs
Horne & CO
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