New Fire Alarm System To Cost 50000 For Pittsburg
City officials plan a major overhaul of the fire alarm network at City Hall. The 23 year old main switchboard will be replaced with a larger 40 circuit system to speed alerts and reduce lost seconds during emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Brown
Department of Public Safety
Fire Department
City Hall
Pittsburg
Sam
Penn Avenue
Costes
Seventeenth Ward
Fifth Avenue
Steele
Eleventh Ward
Bree
Central Station
Patro Ion
Duquesne
John H. Hare
Wm. N. Jen
Wn. M. Brown
McClatchey
Mead
Couple Seeks Separation After Domestic Violence
Mr and Mrs George Smith of Seventh Avenue appeared before Alderman Richards to obtain a deed of separation. An argument over details led to Smith striking his wife, shattering the office window and injuring her face. She was treated by Dr Foster then swore out an assault charge. Smith was arrested and committed to jail in default of 900 bail for a Saturday hearing. Mrs Captain Jones remains ill and Dr Shaw remains a daily visitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Smith
Seventh Avenue
Richards
Jon
Smith
Lively Meeting Anticipated at Presbyterian Ministers’ Meet
A Presbyterian ministers’ gathering is planned for Monday at 10 45 AM in the First Church parlor. The agenda lists delicate questions for debate by visiting ministers and local clergy on church expenses licensure marriage, cadences of worship, and church standards with several named speakers and questions to be addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Ministers
First Church
Kumler
J. T. GeTaed
W. P. Avouce
Ourth
Kennedy
H. T. McClelland
D. DB
T. H. Robinson
Bishop Whitehead in New York for General Convention session
Bishop Whitehead of the Pittsburgh Diocese attends the General Convention in New York City at St George's Church. Delegates from Pittsburgh include clergy Samuel Maxwell Marion Byliesby Henry Pu and J. H. Brooks. lay representatives T. C. Jenkins William Metcalf Hill Burgwin and H. L. Foster. The convention will address prayer book revision with expected unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehead
Pittsburg
Protestant Episcopal Church
New York City
House of Bishops
St. George's Church
Stuyvesant Square
Piittburo
Samuel Maxwell
Trinity Em
Marison Byliesby
Emmanuel Church
Henry Pu
St. James Church
Titusville
V. J. HB. Brooks
Convention
United States Senate
Williams
Connecticut
Delaware
Morgan Dix
Tin Plate Resumed Production At Exposition Plant
Industrial notes report the first complete tin plate made in the United States in decades being produced at the Exposition in Pittsburgh. The piece outlines tariff history, the impact of 1 cent per pound duties, and the new plant operated by the American Tin Plate Association under John D. and Daniel Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
United States
Fessenden
Treasury Department
England
American Tinned Plate Association
Pittsburg
John D
Daniel Morgan
W. C. Cronemyer
Association
Leechburg
Miler
Wellsville
Molders Seek 100 Percent Wage Advance Post Election
The city molders issued a sarcastic circular announcing plans to seek a 100 percent wage advance, arguing it was promised before the presidential election. Meetings are set for Saturday at Imperial Hall to formulate demands while current daily wages range from 250 to 300 dollars.
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Imperial Hall
Special Meeting on Wage Increase Plans by Boiler Makers
A special meeting of L. A. 9681 Knights of Labor boiler makers was held last evening in Labor Hall. Members are considering formulating a wage increase demand. Boiler manufacturers meet in the city this month, and the union aims to present the demand at that time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A
Knights of Labor
Labor Hall
Arbiters Adjourn Case Over McKnight Dispute
The Pennsylvania side refused to proceed without Colonel Douglas of Maryland, the late Johns town supervising engineer, though subpoenaed, forcing a delay to October 15. Testimony highlighted McKnight relief work, Flinn's backing of $17,000 for discharged laborers, and issues with State timekeepers. Sheriff McCandless and Major Phillips testified on relief efforts and incomplete records.
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Douglas
Wa. Fiinn
Pennsylvania
McKnight
Kirkpatrick
Maryland
Johnstown
Board of Arbitration
Wm. Flinn
Tax Dispatch
Flinn
Pittsburg
Major Phillips
Kremer
Jones
Wealthy Mrs Wallace in Habeas Corpus Case at Dixmont
The case of Mrs Charlotte Wallace of Forty fourth Street Lawrenceville drew attention as she sought release from Dixmont Insane Asylum. Judge Collier heard testimony from Dr Hutchinson Dr Ayers and Dr Bonoinger supporting senile dementia and care at home. His decision was reserved and a commission to manage her care and estate was discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceville
Charlotte Wallace
Forty-fourth Street
Collier
Wallace
Kerr
Hutchinson
Insane Asylum
Ayers
Bonoinger
Kirker
Revocation of Bequest Alters William Thaw Will
A codicil to the will of William Thaw revokes an equal share provision for Harry Kendall Thaw. It cancels money or property bequests to him but allows an annual $00 sum free of charges. Trustees may restore the original bequest if he proves steady and capable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Bigler
Franklin
Venango County
Boyerie Figter
Erites
Bigter
Peenac
Richard Quay
Masonic Lodge
Beaver
James S. McKean
Blue Lodge
Edward Martin
Harry Ford
James Ford
Inspector McAleese
New York
Ford Howe
New
William Thaw
Harry Kendall Thaw
H. K. Thaw
Calf-Shot Case Moves to Magistrate Hearing
Charles Brooks faced Magistrate McKenna on felonious shooting charges filed by Thomas McGruder. Brooks allegedly shot McGruder in the calf during a quarrel in the Twelfth ward last Saturday and was sent to jail in default of 500 bail after the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brooks
McKenna
Thomas McGruder
Brooks
McGruder
Fitzgerald
Local court notes and urban incidents in Virgin alley case
A hearing before Magister Gripp dealt with age vated assault and battery against Benjamin Schoper by Boniver CoLtatve Daniel Fee and John Ferguson. Fee and Ferguson discharged while Collins bail set at jail after hearing. Mayor McJallin asked Grand Haven for aid after recent conflagration. Sergeant Jacob Crawford acquitted of larceny from Noah James. A carpenter accident injured a 5 year old on South Twenty second street. Charles Dinker dislocated shoulder in gun mishap while hunting. Constable Murphy re arrested several illicit whisky sellers in McKeesport area. Court set bail at 6000 for John Jones in coroner case.
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Boniver CoLtatve
Daniel Fee
John Ferguson
Gripp
Oes
Benjamin Schoper
Schoper
Virgin Alley
Fee
Ferguson
Collins
Mc Jallin
T. W. Kelly
Grand Haven
Mich
Jacob Crawford
Noah James
McGarey
George Yo
South Twenty-second Street
Charles Dinker
Dinker
Southside
Murphy
Pittsburg
McKeesport
Piper
John Jones
Anthony Now
Pittsburg Finance Committee Deliberates Printing Funds and Wharf Use
The Finance Committee of City Councils met to review the printing appropriation and a proposed use of part of the Monongahela wharf for a central police station. Controller Morrow clarified fund balances and transfers, noting a $2,659.84 remaining in the printing fund after allocations for assessor lists and council printing. A sub-committee was formed to study the wharf proposal and bonds of department heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrow
Board of Assessors
Monongahela
W. A. Magee
Public Works Department
Keating
Messia
Anderson
Haret
Joseph Fleming
Department of Public Charities
Elliott
Messrs. Keating
Robertson
Carnahan
Pyle & Brown
Brownsville
Arenu Thirty-first Ward
William Warren
Ruthven Street
Thirty-third Street
Schools face loss of teachers over attendance
The Central Board of Education committee warns that several schools risk losing teachers if attendance does not improve by the end of October. Locally named schools include North ward Fourth, Springfield Twelfth ward, Bedford Twenty-ninth, and Riverside Thirty-fourth wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Board of Education
Springfield
Bedford
Riverside
Pittsburg
The
Central of Education
Big Mary steals and returns Fink child in Lawrenceville
In Lawrenceville a woman known as Big Mary lured away 3 year old Mark Fink from Mrs. Amelia Fink at Harrison and Davison streets. The child was returned after Mrs. Fink notified Agent Dean. The mother expressed relief and could not explain Marys motive, cradling her son and saying she would not part with him for the whole of Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceville
Big Mary
Amelia Fink
Harrison and
Davison Streets
Fink
Monongahela tolls debate ends with voyage and resolutions
National Board of Steam Navigation attendees toured the Monongahela aboard the Mayflower. Captain John A. Dravo condemned private tolls and urged federal control of the river. The group adopted a resolution demanding free use of the river and broader inter state commerce rights, with bills drafted for legislative action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Board of Steam Navigation
Monongahela
Monongahela River
John A. Dravo
United States
Monongahels
Pittsburg
Congress
West Virginia
Dravo
Warnes
West Easeen
Monee
Pennsylvania
West Alpice
Gabela
Vosburgh
State Board of Supervisors
First Beginners' Class This Evening at Thuma's Academy
The first beginners' dancing class starts this evening at Thuma's Academy 64 Fourth Ave. Also a note promoting Walker's wax soap as pure and safe against rosin and dsheen compounds, urging customers to ask grocers to supply it. Exposition features the famous Mannerchors at seven p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thuma’s Academy
Fourth Ave
Peculiar People and Potent Potions Advertisements
A collage of local ads tout soap washed with Walker's wax soap and pure Ponce de Leon mineral spring water at $4 per case. Also promoting Frauenheim & Vilsack's Pilsner beer, fashion fabrics from 30c to $1 a yard, and jewelry bargains at J. P. Steinmann's with evening displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponce de Leon
F.o. B. Meadville
The arsenic route PalLID case and medical notes
Dr. W F Edmundson reports on Leonors Delaven after she took a heavy dose of alleged pure arsenic. He notes recovery chances are favorable, questions the purity of the poison, and describes her symptoms and condition. The piece includes period advertisements and an exhibition listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Edmundson
Leonors Delaven
Miss Delaven
Sina
Delayen
Tom
Biber and Easton Open for Inspection
The article notes Biber and Easton opening for inspection and describes improvements to heating ventilation and elevator to increase visitor comfort during the visit.
Our Stock Silks for Five Dinner and Evening Wear
Our stock offers silks for dinner and evening wear with high class novelties. Dress goods include pinin Ford Saltings Scotch Clan plaids. A new novelty combination beam product ranges from 500 to 50. Our trimming trims is enlarged and extended.
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Ford
In English and French Balbriggan diem and bear in Sere
In Sere and Petre Welt Wits a note in both English and French references Balbriggan. The fragment mentions diem and a bear in a cryptic context with no clear events or dates. Further readable details are scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear
Wits
Denial from Knights of Labor Leader on Salary Suspension
General Master Workman Powderly of the Knights of Labor issues an official denial to Pittsburg reports claiming the Executive Board was suspended due to treasury shortages. He asserts no such suspension occurred and salaries were unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Master Workman Powderly
Knights of Labor
Pittsburg
Union-Join Promised After Southside Glass Mixer Dispute
A non union glass mixer at Cunningham's window house on the Southside settled yesterday. The worker will join the union at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunningham's
Woman Advertised for Shot Man Vanishes After Event
The Dispatch notes Miss N. L. Wirrell once of 105 Larimer Ave East End is sought after firing at H. H. Hays last week. His left leg was struck and her furniture removal followed. she has not been heard from since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. L. Wirrel
Larimer Avenue
East End
H. H. Hays
N. L. Wirrell
Pittsburg Post Office Reports Mail Volume Increase
In the latest quarter the Pittsburg distribution department handled 6,822,900 letters, up 714,200 from the prior year, and 4,367,022 papers, up 197,046. Second class mail rose with publishers mailing 41,118 more in the quarter. September totals include 3,110 registered letters and 1,062,694 letters, with 381,688 parcels collected in mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Withere
Fragmentary Advertisements Parcel at 401 Smithfield Street
The readable items show a bank style line with 401 Smithfield Street and Fourth Avenue with deposits from $1, an interest rate of 4 percent, and surplus $45,000. Other fragments list CABINET photos and art galleries at Sixth Street, Likely ad notices for photographs and galleries with prices.
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Smithfield Street
Cor
Fourth Avenue
Capital
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Gamewell
Captain Jones
Shaw
James S. Negley
Ohio
Staubenville
Mississippi
Lake Erie
Monongahela Hotel
Hawking
Krops
Hulings
Perchman
Kirchfield
Alonso L. Neville
5. R. Frazier
United States Legation
China
Bellevue College
Bellevue
Neb
Uonani Sa
Dewitt M. Henterian Church
Dr. Benham
J. H. Rohrbacher
United
Hastings
Jersey City
Secretary of War
William Semple
Allegheny
M. P. Harris
J. M. McClure
Bradford
WisGaemeenen
Oeccaee
Bakewell Phillips, Esq
Philadelphi
Molders
Dixmont
Wm. Thaw
T. McGruder
Chas, Brooks
Councils
Congina
N. Y
Board of Education
Paria
Soceen Echanecen
T. G. Hawkes
Mrs. Fink
National Board of Navigation
Tolis de
Mellor
Hoene
Hardman
Krakauer
Harrington
Palace
Metter & Horse
Everett Piano Club
Alex. Ross
Federal St
Allegheny, Pa
Duchess of Albany
Maine
la France
Piteburg
B. A. Eviort Co
Sixth St
Walker
Mannerchors
Sr. m
Vichy
Frauenheim & Vilsack
Tsssa
J. P. Steinmann’s
Federal
Tissa
Tissa Huocus & Hacks
Exrosirion
SP. M
Mex’s Underwear
James H. Arex & Co
Fifth Ave
Exrosirios
Rosenbaum & Co
Brocape
Ussavous & Hacks
Paar East
Huovs
Usssu
Ronenbaum & Co
SP. Me
Market Street
ARE
Feds
Ieee
Biber & Easton
R. J. Horner
WEST
Artistic Furniture
London
Paris
Vienna
Eden Musee
D. A. Mathews
S OF
Boyd
Wywood Street
Rene
Ralph
Waltans
Omnourer
Hichard Barrows
Bamsow
Real Estate Savings Bank, Lim
Poplar
Rsa
Zea Oo
CaBurer
Usu
Guaxrp Milli
JOS. Horne &C
Penn Avenue Stores
Jack
Dredn
Cloak Department
Dress Goods Department
Bsc
Rietta
Aupertine
Pitts
Ail
Nottingham
Chenille
Mense Establishment
JOS. Horne & CO
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