Marching Through Georgia Parade Draws Thousands in Pittsburg
A large Fifth Avenue Democratic parade in Pittsburg drew an immense crowd with 50 000 plus onlookers between the Court House and Market street. Clubs including the Italian contingent and Republican groups mingled amid cheering factions as colorful banners and mottos highlighted Democratic sentiment and Homestead trials.
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Georgia
Fifth Avenue
Smithfield Street
Teer
Italien
America
Court House
Market Street
Bob Denniston
Smithfield
Atlantic
J. ©. O'Donnell
Sixteenth Ward
Wiley
Cleveland
Jeff Parader
Democrats Parade Through Crowded Smithfield Crossing
A Democratic procession moves along Water Street with General Wiley and staff leading. A rough crowd swells crowds, police few, and a mounted Democrat threatens a horse, prompting a revolver display but parade continues toward Grant and Marcel streets.
Cable powered city streets shine in crowded spectacle
The article notes the overwhelming crowd and the impressive use of cable and electric motive power to drive last night's crowded streets. Horses caused some embarrassment amid a fire on all sides, but the overall display highlighted the impressive electric infrastructure in the city.
Thousands in Line At Democratic Parade Across Pittsburgh Area
More than 3,000 voters marched in the Democratic demonstration with banners and red fire. Homestead and Wheeling sent delegations, drawing attention for their uniforms and presence as they paraded past crowds, while Pittsburgh and Allegheny clubs formed the main body of the procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Protection Club
Twelfth Ward
Smithfield
Water Street
Wiley
Mo Hopesiv Ia
O Club
Rowte
Coluren
Anne Hill
Homestead
Wheeling
Pittsburg
Allegheny Clubs
Thomas J. Crawford
Advi
Samuel D. Hubley
Americus Battalion
Fifth Avenue
Americus Club
Grand Army Band
Allegheny Republican Cadets
Conkling Club
Southside
Conkling
Italian Republican Club
Hays Post
Twenty-first Ward
Fractured List of Local Democratic Clubs and Captains
A fragmented roster lists Tenth Ward and Allegheny Division Democratic clubs with captains and unit sizes. Entries name Lawrence Schott James J. and others, detailing men in brigades, escorts, bands, and entourages across South Side and North of the Allegheny River.
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Tenth Ward
Democratic
Dekation Democratic
Homstead
Capin Thomas Crawford
Southside
South Slde
Marcial Joseph L. Joe
Lawrence Schott
Joseph mcCarthy
James J. Meee
Wilson
Allegheny
Allegheny River
Alex Wilson
C M. King
Lee Frasher
Woods’ Run
Capita Macarthy
Allegheny Jacksonlan Club
Meo Iersea
Ean
East End Emceetic Association
Captan Davis
Thirteenth Ward
Democrasic Club
Joseph Koginsky
New High School Bill Divides City Contenders for Armory
Controller Morrow drafts an ordinance to lease Fifth Avenue market house to the Central Board of Education for 99 years for educational use. Mayor Bigelow resists, favoring military lease as subscriptions reportedly reach 55000. Councils face vetoes on two key measures and debate extra counsel for tax suits.
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Bigelow
Smith
Eighteenth Regiment
Corporations Committee
Bellefield Street Railway
Duquesne System
Herron Hill
Neville Street
Center Avenue
Central Traction Company
East End
Hill District
Greenfield Avenue
Hazelwood
Glenwood
Grandview Avenue
Morningside
Highland Park
Stanton Avenue
United States Baking Company
Liberty Avenue
McKee Place
Magee
Mayor seeks arrest of all downtown liquor sellers
Mayor Gourley demands action against every woman selling liquor downtown arguing legality applies to all. He scheduled a meeting with Chief Brown after a conference delay, while rumors spread that Mrs Sherry may seek a pardon to release her from the workhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gourley
Clegal
Sherry
Brown
Chief Brown
BLOW ROADS IN EUROPE CABINET PLAN INQUIRY
Colonel George Rice, civil engineer who built the Citizens and Duquesne tram lines, returns from Europe noting there is no true rapid transit there. He cites Edinburgh and some larger cities with cable roads and electric lines moving at about five miles an hour. He may settle in Philadelphia.
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Rice
George Rice
Citizens
Duquesne
Europe
Duquesne Company
Philadelphia
Edinburgh
City opens near 400 bids for street and sewer contracts
Chief Bigelow oversees the bid opening for five miles of street work and ten miles of sewers plus miscellaneous contracts. Prices run very close with concrete bids as low as 240 dollars per square yard for black stone and 108 dollars per foot for a sewer line. Awards to be decided at 10 o clock with council approval expected in the afternoon.
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Bigelow
Bingsman
Virginia Avenue
Maple Street
Woolslaverey Mulberry Alley
Rose, Trent
Mayflower
South Twenty-ninth
Hoeveler Streets
Hoeveler
Thirty-third Street
Main
Liberty
Matilda
Torley
Friendship Avenue
New Southside Branch of NAE Opens with 35 Members
Samuel D. Shook institutes a new Southside branch of the National Association of Stationary Engineers at South Twenty seventh and Carson streets. Association No 14 aims at social and educational goals with open meetings for occupational discussions. Officers elected include John Shook as President and Samuel D. Shook as Secretary, with a banquet at Hotel Arthur to close the event.
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N. A
Samuel D. Shook
Pittsburg
National Organization of Stationary Engineers
Pittsburg Association
South Twentyseventh
Carson Streets
Southside
W. A. Phillips
Stephen Rawsden
John Weber
Fred Eveman
Louis Shallenberger
Albert Vaux
Charles Russell
Hotel Arthur
Glassworkers Call County Labor Delegates Meeting
Delegates from all county labor unions, led by the American Flint Glassworkers Association on the Southside, plan a meeting at Odd Fellows Hall in October to rally support for candidates favorable to labor interests amid ongoing political dissatisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Flint Glassworkers’ Association
Southside
Odd Fellows Hallion
Southa
MYSTERIOUSLY 6 HOT John Monroe Shot In Swissvale
John Monroe a gardener in Swissvale is hospitalized at West Penn with a bullet wound in the stomach. Doctors report the ball passed around the stomach and was removed from the left side. Monroe cannot explain the wound and says he was at Mr Sawyer's lawn Friday night when a sting and pain followed a gunshot. The injury is not considered dangerous.
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John Monroe
Swisvale Station
West Penn Hospital
Mr. Sawyer
Swissvale
Death in Bailey's Court West End Follows Long Illness
Mary McCosker died suddenly in Bailey's court in the West End on Friday after eight months of illness without medical care. The Department of Charities interred her remains. She lived with a 12 year old son who was her only support. He watched as she spoke when death occurred. Medical help arrived too late.
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Mary McCosker
Bailey's Court
West End
Department of Charities
Mra. McCosker
Fire at Four Mile Run Destroys Two Tenements
A small fire at Four Mile Run last evening destroyed two tenement houses behind Colfax school. Box 93 sounded, but flames had full headway. Owned by Patrick Claherley, valued at 1500 with 1200 insured. Fire likely started from a defective tie.
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Colfax
Patrick Claherley
Twelfth Ward Man Charged With Desertion
Sylvester Nobeno a Twelfth ward resident was arrested last night and jailed on a desertion charge filed by his wife Kate before Magistrate McKenna. She says he deserted and failed to support her.
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Sylvester Nobeno
Twelfth Ward
Kate
McKenna
What fools these mortals be at the Exposition
Exposition season passes quickly and is remembered as a delightful place to spend an afternoon or evening. The piece notes common sentiment about Pittsburg Exposition and its agreeable atmosphere.
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Pittsburg Exposition
Dynamite threat sparks Homestead detective surge and wage spike
Jere Dougherty addresses locked out workers as Carnegie Steel offers a $1,000 reward for the dynamite thrower at Mrs. Morran’s residence. Detectives and police flood Homestead while over $60,000 in mill wages is paid. nonunion men mostly leave town for Pittsburgh as strike meetings draw large crowds.
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Carnegie Steel Company
Mra
Mary Morran
Coal and Iron
Homestead
Pittsburg
Armor Plate Lodge
T. J. Crawford
Harry Hain
Jere Dougherty
Groundless report about Carnegie's mill explosion
Report spread that an attempt to blow up Carnegie's Twenty-ninth street mill occurred Friday night. Investigators found no explosion had taken place at or near the mill, concluding the report was without foundation.
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Carnegie
Twenty-ninth Street
Twenty-ninth Street Mill
Death of Stanley M. Fundenberg at East End residence
Stanley M. Fundenberg son of the late Dr. G. B Fundenberg died yesterday at his mother's home 323 Amber street East End after a brief typhoid fever illness. Funeral services will be held at his late residence at 7 o clock tomorrow morning.
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Stanley M. Fundenberg
G. B Fundenberg
Amber Street
East End
Glassworker suffers foot crush injury from falling warbler
David Carrow, a glassworker in factory K, South Tenth and Carson streets, had his foot crushed yesterday by a warbler falling on it. He was taken to his home at 140 Eureka street. Doctors fear amputation may be required.
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David Carrow
South Tenth
Carson Streets
Eureka Street
Westinghouse Introduces Reusable Incandescent Lamps
Westinghouse announces new incandescent lamps from its Pittsburgh factory that use a separable design enabling bulb renewal and reuse. The lamps are claimed to avoid Edison patent infringement, reduce costs by 60 to 80 percent over time, and will be manufactured largely by machinery to lower first costs.
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Edison
United States
Chemse Court of Appeals
District of
New York
de Moyery
Pittaborg
Perecess
Tar Westinchouse Electric 4Nd Manufacturing Co
George WesTincHovss
Woman elopes with drummer from Sandusky and abandons family
Lizzie Voss of Sandusky Ohio fled with a drummer, came to this city with no money, was found by police, refused to name her partner, then agreed to return home after a detective intervened. Her father Jacob Voss traced the affair from Indiana to Chicago.
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Lizzie Voss
Sandusky, C
Eloper
Jacob Voss
Sandusky
Indianapolis
Voss
Chicago
Second Avenue
McTighe
Accomplice Arrest Tied to City Shooting
Christ Lutz of South Twenty-seventh street was arrested yesterday by Officer Borman as an accomplice of Frank Rubinson in the Friday shooting of William Staple on South Twenty-seventh street. Lutz held at Twenty-eighth ward station. a large knife was found on his person. Rubinson remains in custody awaiting Staple’s injury outcome.
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Christ Lutz
South Twenty-seventh Street
Borman
Frank Rubinson
William Staple
Twenty-eighth Ward
Rubincon
Staple
Fashionable furs and repair offers at low prices
A furrier on Penn Avenue advertises mink sable black marten skunk and astrachan garments as fashionable this season. He highlights neck boas, sealakin garments, and affordable repairs including restyling cleaning and reshaping of old seal garments or furs on short notice, urging customers to bring in damaged items.
HUGUS & HACKE Furs Offer Latest Styles This Season
The store showcases a wide range of fur garments including Mink Stone Martin Persian and Russian Sable neck scarves Alaska Seal Garments and new styles like Cleopatra and Princess. Russian Watteau Cape and Box Coat appear among the new season offerings with jackets wraps and capes in various fabrics.
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Alaska
Wedding Invitations and Fine Stationery Offered
CORFFTAV and Market Street wedding invitations and calling cards advertised by W. V. Dermitt & Co. at 4 Grant Street and Sixth Terrace with eerie back Publenes listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. V. Dermitt & CO
Eerie
Grant Street
S E W Adver Marshell Cash Grocer Milk Price Prompt
Adver piece urges shoppers to compare prices on condensed milk offered by Sew Adver Marshell the cash grocer. It asks what customers pay and hints at savings by buying at this store.
Red Cross Condensed Milk sale advertisement
Red Cross offers condensed milk at 10c per can made from pure fresh milk. Guaranteed to keep sweet in any climate, with refund if unsatisfied. Each can guaranteed until used, promising no loss under these conditions. Last week we omitted one popular candy.
Plantation Candy Price List Appeals to Shoppers
Advertisement urges readers to order “Fine Made” candy at “12c per pound” with a 1c per pound offer. It promises prices drop from 25c to 45c per lb and invites mail orders. Free local delivery within 200 miles and a large weekly price list are offered.
Lowest carpet prices offered this week in Lowell ads
The advertisement lists two grades of Best Lowell and other Ingram carpets at 55 and 60 cents per yard, rag carpet at 30 and 37 cents, and special prices at 20 and 25 cents per yard, valid for this week only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
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Young Men's Democratic Club
Randall Club
Marshall
Staf
Bell
Marshalk I
Ajntant
J. Vileack
Sia
J. Flannery
Pittsba
Yon Ting
John Gufie Pand
B. McKenna
Democratic Assestation
O F. E. Coettito
Oman Carp
Mokert Nasrthorpe
Democratic Club
David Gallina
Drom Corps
Seventeenth Ward Democratic Club
Caplan Wagner
Joseph Jay
Aed
Ont
Alex. Wilton
Markel Aegheny
House Line
Grant
Marcel
Fifth Avence
Denniston
Wilson Tarit
White College
Amertevs ED Eee
Americas
Americus
Major America Club
Young Men's Escort Club
Major McKinley
W. W. Colville
B. M. Haxwa
Penn Treet
Fifth Avenue Market House
the Armory
Military
McKee
Forbes
Bates Streets
Bates
Ward
Booth & Flinn
Bates Street
Howe
Ajax
Pfeifer
Aa Sentadela Sree
Dougherty
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Chamber of Commerce
Supreme Court
Mother Hubbards
George Hatfield
David Lynch
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Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Prrresone
Delp & Bell
Ina
Sand
Federal St
Corfftav
Market ST
Marshell
Red Cross Condensed Milk
Biber & Easton
Ingrain
Edward
Groetzinger
Penn Ave
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