Columbus Day Parade Plans in Pittsburg and Allegheny
City officials outline a two day Columbus celebration with a 20 000 strong parade through Pittsburgh and Allegheny a 23 piece orchestra and multiple bands to entertain as schools and private institutions join the events funds raised from local businesses with a goal of 1500. Flags from all nations allowed for the parade while political ads are barred.
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Columbus
Pittsburg
America
City Hall
Trate
Sid
McDowell
Finance Committee
O'Donnell
Iron Cry Brewing Company
Mareni
Grocers’ Supply Company
T. D. Casey
Philip Heerr
Harris’ Theater
Fred Gwinner
Denniston
Allegheny County
Supreme Court
Meitershausen
United States
Stars and Stripes
Hadce
O'Clark
Allegheny
Centraloard of Education
Puroehial
Schenley Park
Urere
Columbus Grove
Christopher Columbus
Southside
Fibernian Rifles
Schentey Park
Old City Hall
Gourley
H. P. Ecker
Southside Groups Plan Columbus Day Celebration
Representatives from multiple organizations met at the Mt. Washington Mannerchor Hall last night to discuss plans for a Columbus Day celebration. The gathering focused on event themes, community participation, and coordinating activities across groups.
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Mt. Washington
Hill groups discuss independent Columbus Day parade
The hill organizations debated holding an independent Columbus Day parade. A next meeting is planned to decide if the hill groups will join the Southside division. Squire Lofter suggested smaller, district parades for Mt Oliver Allentown Belizhoover Mt Washington and Duquesne Heights with 16 to 18 groups.
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Hill
Southside
Squire Lofter
Mt. Oliver
Allentown
Belizhoover
Mt Washington
Duquesne Heights
Heath Zouaves in line for Columbus Day parade
The Heath Zouaves of Allegheny reorganize after four years and plan to parade as escort to Chief Ehlers on Columbus Day. L. K. White elected chairman George N. Lacock secretary John McGowan named commander. 110 members exist, with 60 reporting readiness to participate.
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Colmbus
Heath Zouaves
Allegheny
Allegheny Common Council
L. K. White
George N. Lacock
John McGowan
Zouaves
Merritt Bachelor
Ehlers
Batchelor
Messia
Lacock
McLaughlin
McGowan
Reese
White
Stockholders Meeting Elect Birmingham Traction Directors
Stockholders met in the Superintendent's office at Carson and Thirtieth streets Southside. Secretary Tener reported year ending July 1 with three months gross earnings 89132 71 expenses 398520 net 49451. Bond issue planned for Knoxville branch. Directors elected: H Sellers McKee D Brickell M A Verner T H Given Thomas M McKee Thomas H Bakewell E E Deniston. Permanent organization formed.
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Birmingham Traction Company
Carson and
Thirtieth Streets
Southside
H. Sellers McKee
D. Brickell
M. A Verner
T. H. Given
Thomas M. McKee
Thomas H. Bakewell
E. E. Denniston
Delegates Arrive for Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen Meet
Delegates to the biennial convention of the Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen arrived in Pittsburg from across the country. About 50 attended an informal meeting at 2 pm on Twenty-sixth Street and Penn Avenue. no business occurred due to no quorum.
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The
Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen
Pittsburg
Evvery
Twenty-sixth Street
Penn Avenue
Arthur
Engineers
Mary and John Love Affair Ends in Court
Mary Chenlovsky and John Kezanark planned a Monday wedding after eight months of boarding together and a two week engagement. Kezanark failed to appear for the ceremony. police found him and Judge Recto sent him to jail for a hearing today.
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Mary Chenlovsky
John Kezanark
Succop
John
Mary
Kezanark
Recto
Chicago Switchmen Officers Visit During Convention
John Downey and John E Wilson of Chicago, Switchmen's Brotherhood officers, registered at the Schlosser last evening. Downey said they came for the convention and offered no news. He quipped that Sweeney, editor of the Switchmen's organ, has a better job than Grand Master and is free from responsibility. Downey noted wages satisfy most, though some are kicking, and he consoled himself that it is hard to please everybody.
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John Downey
John E Wilson
Chicago
Switchmen's Brotherhood
Schlosser
Three men arrested for peddling blankets on Wylie avenue
William Eckert Charles Lambert and Robert Smith were arrested by Officer Cross for peddling without a license on Wylie avenue yesterday afternoon. They were found with a large stock of new blankets and taken to Central station before being released on $100 bail each for a hearing today.
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William Eckert
Charles Lambert
Robert Smith
Officer Cross
Wylie Avenue
Central Station
Worker Falls Sixty Feet At Mill Injury Report
Oliver Hoffman of 301 Ferry street fell sixty feet from an engine platform at Shoenberger's Sixteenth street mill yesterday. He landed on his back and injured his spine but suffered no serious harm. Hoffmann is 30 years old and was shaken rather than hurt.
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Oliver Hoffman
Ferry Street
Shoenberger
Sixteenth Street
Hoffman
Voting on the Southside at Conkling Club polls
The election board of the Second district in the Twenty-eighth ward ran polls at the Conkling Club last night. A total of 120 votes were cast during the evening.
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Conkling Club
Typhoid Death of John Henin at Weat Penn Hospital
John Henin aged 19 died at 3 p m yesterday at Weat Penn Hospital after being admitted September 22 with typhoid fever. He was a worker.
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John Henin
Weat Penn Hospital
Woma
French Deputy Girodet Seeks Oil Tariff Cuts in America Visit
Paul-Emile Girodet vice president of the French Chamber of Deputies arrived in Pittsburg to study U S oil refining and tariffs. He toured McDonald oil fields, met Standard Oil and Forest Oil contacts, and pressed for lower duties to boost French imports and refine measures for a European market. He plans to report to the French Chamber next month and return to France.
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Paul-Emile Girodet
Chamber of Deputies
Schlosser
Republic
la Loire
General Boulanger
Girodet
Pittsburg
America
Algiers
Russia
United States
Monongahela House
Ance Area
Btendard
Great Oil Corporation
Standard
The
New York
Standard Office
Young
Forest Oil Company
Exparer J. W. Lee
Messrs
Shannon
Barnsdall
McDonald Oil
England
John B. Schlosser
Gambetta
McDonald Field
France
Lang’s Violent Visit Spars with Thorp on Grace Street
Adam Lang went to Throp’s house on Grace street Mt. Washington on Monday to collect a bill. After being driven away he smashed windows and Lang fired three shots into the air when officers arrived. He was arrested last night before Alderman King on Throp’s information.
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Adam Lang
Throp
Grace Street
Mt. Washington
Lang
Mr. Thorp
Alderman King
Brick hurled from new City Hall building shatters office window
Clerks in the Board of Assessors were startled when a brick from the seventh floor of the rear construction flew through a window in their office at City Hall. Broken glass and debris filled the room as the missile ricocheted away.
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Board of Assessors
City Hall
County Commissioners to Decide Baker Ballot This Afternoon
The county commissioners did not meet yesterday as planned to settle final action on the Baker voting system ballot. They will convene this afternoon to decide the matter and have prepared a 26 by 20 inch ballot for adoption.
Death of Brakeman Martin Dore on P W C Railroad
Coroner McDowell was notified last night of the death of Martin Dore a brakeman on the P W C Railroad at Elizabeth In attempting to board a train he fell under the wheels and had both legs cut off from which injury he died.
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McDowell
Martin Dore
Elizabeth
Howe Brown & Company Reignite Five Crucibles
Howe Brown and Company at Seventeenth Street steel works yesterday started five crucibles running on double turn for the first time in four or five years. The article highlights significant production restart and industrial effort at the plant.
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Howe, Brown & Company
Seventeenth Street
Deputies Gain Power as Troops Leave Homestead
Sheriff McCleary boosts deputy force ahead of Thursday militia withdrawal. Six new deputies arrive from Pittsburg and five old deputies are laid off. Militia to depart. Isaac Critchlow’s charges reportedly not pressed. Thirty two Knoxville arrivals placed at work in Homestead Steel Works after South move. Peter Johns, 21, injured by a crane collapse and hospitalized with serious skull fracture.
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McCleary
Homestead
Hulings
Pittsburg
Isaac Critchlow
Critchlow
Knoxville
Tenn
Arnold Frank
Peter Johns
Homestead Steel Works
Scrane
West Penn Hospital
Minority Report Adopts Admissions Plan and Evening Schools Open
Board chair McKelvey rules minority June report governs high school admissions amid opposition. Committee to study new law continues, Evening Schools to open November 4 for 40 nights under standard rules. Fifth avenue market site ordinance referred to Public Works. Superintendent Baar reports 29 237 pupils enrolled in September, up 759 from 1891 and a record month.
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McHelvey
Board of Education
McKelvey
Fifth Avenue Market
Central Board
Committee On Public Works
Baar
Helping the Cause Along at Allegheny Republican Club
The Allegheny General Republican Club hall overflowed with an enthusiastic crowd as speakers including L N Patterson Senator John N Neeb Colonel W A Stone and Charles Irwin endorsed party principles. Neeb attacked the Baker ballot law calling it unfit and said he voted against it urging a school on voting under the new law.
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Allegheny General Republican Club
Republican Party
L N. Patterson
John N. Neeb
W. A. Stone
Charles Irwin
Neeb
A Wandering Scotch Boy Returns Homeward Bound
Willie Stuart McLaughlin a 11 year old Scotch boy from Glasgow ends stowaway voyage at Union depot. He landed in Halifax four months ago and earned money by singing in Canadian provinces. His parents are dead and after paying fare to Philadelphia he had 60 cents left hoping to earn more on the train.
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Willie Stuart McLaughlin
Glasgow
Prince Charley Stuart
Union Depot
America
Halifax
Philadelphia
Progressive Ohio Brick Machines Promote Their Value
Why Progressive brickmakers favor Ohio Brick Machines. They praise economy, ease of use, durability, and capability to press standard shapes for brick, paving, terra cotta, and drain tiles. Ohio machines are said to lead the field, with rivals accused of misleading the public. Information available at the Exposition Building in Pittston and from J. E. Berger in Rochester, Pa.
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Maxvractonenny
E. M. Freise & Co
Gation
Ouro
Legion
United States
Onio
Ohio
Venenera Huth
Exposition Builiding
Pittsonrz
J. E. Berger
Eastern
Rochester
I's
Fur care alert from Practical Furrier on Penn Avenue
The notice urges readers to inspect and overhaul furs before winter, offering cleaning re-dying and repairs at low cost. It stresses prompt service to avoid delays and cites Wx. Gansowskr, Practical Furrier, 707 Penn avenue.
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Wx. Gansowskr
Penn Avenue
Vault Storage Ad Offer at Farmers' Deposit Bank
A vintage ad promotes safe deposit vaults at Farmers' Deposit National Bank on Fourth Avenue. Boxes are rented starting at five dollars a year, highlighting secure storage for valuables and the risk of fire.
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Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
Fourth Avenue
World’s Fair Women Plan Glass Room Exhibit in Allegheny
A meeting of the World’s Fair Commission for Allegheny county discussed art and education projects, noted 21 women inventors since 1790, and proposed a glass room exhibit of plate mirrors in the Woman’s Building. Rev Collins protested the Temple of Vesta idea.
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Woman's Board of the
World's Fair Commission
Allegheny County
Lowden W. Richards
Board of
Woman's Exchange
Lippey
Committee On Music
Committee On
Committee On Science and Invention
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Public Health Committee
Social and Economic Science Committee
Richards
Colonial and Curios Department
Ratan
Jane Grey Swisshelm
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Avery
Edmonia
Vesta
Rev. & Collins
U. P
General George H Bracket Visits Minneapolis Exposition
General George H Bracket and W G Byron, officials of the Minneapolis Exposition Society, toured the city yesterday. They met Colonel Hudson and visited the post office before continuing their trip east to gather pointers for next year.
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George H. Bracket
W. G. Byron
Minneapolis Exposition Society
Bracket
Minneapolis
Erron
Hudson
Ofice
Edwards
Mansfield music teacher assaulted under bridge in hold up
Matthew Stragke, a Mansfield music teacher, was lured under the Tenth street bridge by William Pat ton and another man. They beat him and stole $60 before Officer Conway arrested Pat ton and the other assailant, who escaped.
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Matthew Stragke
Mansfield
Tenth Street Bridge
William Patton
Conway
Strugke
Patton
Hugus and Hagee Fur Garments Opening Lineup
The store presents a wide range of ladies fur garments from Mink and Sable to Alaska Seal pieces, including new Cleopatra and Princess styles, wraps, capes, muffs, and boas. Russian Watteau Cape and Box Coat are highlighted alongside diverse jackets and wraps.
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Alaska
Supposed to Be the Stone Thrower
William Lanky was locked up in the Southside last evening as a suspicious character. He claimed the name 79 Twenty seventh street and gave a vague personal description.
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William Lanky
Southside
Seventh Street
JOS HORNE CO Untrimmed Millinery Sale Opens Today
JOS HORNE CO on Penn Ave begins a sale of untrimmed millinery with large assortments and prices from 75c to 12. A wide range includes 500 finished hats with velvet crowns at 45c, anti Fett Sarmers at 75c to 1, new Atprve Fett Harts at 1, and imported Atrixe Feet Hats at 3.25. Children’s Tam O Shanter hats priced 50c to 4.50, plus millinery materials and wedding garnitures. Models from European fashion centers and Paris office arrivals highlighted.
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London
Carpren
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Ecenley Park
Grove
Stockholders' Meeting
Mary and
Sweeney
Seaboard
Allegheny General Republican Cluob
Federal Street
Aileghen
Aufrecht
Mr. Titchards
Franklin County
Chambersburg
Delp & Bell
Bargoeirs
Federal St
Allagheny
Eelo
Hugus & Hagee
Mabset
HP. Roberts & Sons
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Jim
Penn Ave
Paris
JOS. Horne & CO
Simen’s
Congress
G. D. Simen
Ohio ST
Allegheny, PA
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