Lake Erie Ship Canal proposed by Pennsylvania Waterways
Pennsylvania delegates rally for Congress to consider a ship canal linking the upper Ohio waters to Lake Erie and a branch canal from the aesthoipe river area to Rock Island Hennepin area. They urge federal study, liberal appropriations, and a national memorial as part of a broad Mississippi Valley waterway plan benefiting coal iron and regional commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
Illinois River
Mississippi River
Lake Michigan
Congress
Northwest
Aesthoipe River
Ork Island
Rock Island
Hennemin
Ohio River
Great Lake
Lake Erie
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Cumberland
Green
Lessee
Wabash
Mississingi
James A. Henderson
Pittsburg
Upper
Ship Canal & Breuch
New Orleans
Canada
Great Lakes
United States
Peonsylvvania
Mississippi Valley
Disease and the Devil: Denice Explains Bodily Ailments
Te, Denice outlines a mission talk by Dr Tiowie arguing disease and bodily ailments are the devil's work. He rejects divine healing yet urges joining the church and stresses faith as the key to healing through Christ's power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiowie
Christ
Session of Northwestern Pennsylvania Congregationalists Concludes
The Northwestern Pennsylvania Association of Congregations met at First Congregational Church in Aberdemy Manhattan Street. Rev Ward T Sullivan moderated. Papers on The Sunday School and Publishing Society and on Vess and Race Prejudice were read. Rev J H Young spoke on Miss and Race Prejudice. Tee Hanrock spoke on American Home Mission Society. Miss Anna Hodowsz spoke on Mission Work Among Hungarians. Mrs Cormany read A Plea for Aggressive Temperance Work. Rev Mr Chambers from Japan lectured on Japanese habits and customs. The convention closed with a consecration service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Pennsylvania Association of
Manhattan Street
Aberheny
Ward T Sullivan
Meadville
Sunday School and Publishing Society
Ree
John Edwards
J. H. Young
Will Mave to Tear It Down at Carnegie Furnace
The Carnegie Bros. Co. furnace A that collapsed will be removed piecemeal. An earlier dynamite attempt failed as the furnace charge cooled. A second attempt with locomotives also failed. Charles Cardon holds the contract and work will start at once to clear the site for a new furnace to be erected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Bros. & Co
Charles Cardon
Ovee
Senators Quay Magee Conference Stirred Silence Kept
A secret hour long conference in the Seventh Avenue Hotel linked Senator Quay CL Magee and aides. Postmasters, collectors, and a Beaver postmaster discussed politics with Quay, who declined to reveal aims or attendees. He defended a prompt investigation into charges while praising the Republican Party's strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Quay
C. L. Magee
Seventh Avenue Hotel
CL. Magee
Seventh Avenue
Warmenstle
T. Baird Patterson
McKeans
Magee
Tonver
McKean
Beaver
Dispatch
Walter Lyon
Senate
Harrisburg
Beaver Statesman
Seven Years Of Life Randall Club Anniversary
The Randall Club marked its seventh anniversary at the club house on Tquesne Way with a large Democratic gathering. Squire Herman Handel presided in President Weixel’s absence, unveiling a homegrown program featuring Guthrie, Larkin, O Leary, and Handel, plus several musical acts and readings amid festive decor and crowd enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Club
Judge Jones
Squire Herman Handel
Weixel
General Guthrie
J. BR. Larkin
T. O'Leary, Jr
Herman Handel
J. Presser Fleming
Joseph Cuneo
Daniel McWilliams
S. A. Dunean
T. J. Wallace
George Hopper
Dan ©. Cawley
William Guckert
George J. Freen
Matt Whavanaugh
Louis Cella
William Brennen Sant
J. McCaffrey
A. Me
Handel
Mr. Miffinness
John Crowley
Katy
Luke Melton
Twickenham Ferry
Captain Free
Murphy
William Cumming
James Ralph
New York
Ald
Politician HQs Report Quiet as Wood Is Sawed
Reporters Miller Riley and Dunn note steady activity at party headquarters with clerks and visitors. Attorneys push judges McClung Kennedy Porter endorsements aiming for bar signatures as the Fifth Avenue Veterans Club selects more delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Miller
Riley
Dunn
McClung
Kennedy
Porter
Messrs
Thomas Patterson
T. D. Chantler
William Scott
M. W. Watson
N. M. Magill
J. A
Fifth Avenue Veterans’ Club
Delegates Chosen at Forbes School Meeting
A meeting in the Forbes school building elected J. P. Willoson Joseph T. Evans William A. Moffit Thomas W. Baker and Samuel Moore as delegates to the county convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes
J. P. Willoson
Joseph T. Evans
William A. Moffit
Thomas W. Baker
Samuel Moore
Ill-Treated His Family at McKeesport Case Report
Humane Agent O'Brien investigated a serious abuse case in McKeesport involving John Jarvins of White Street. Neighbors say Jarvins drove out of town after neglecting his family, leaving paralytic Mrs Jarvins and a six week old baby starved most of the time. He left the State and is unlikely to return, leaving authorities powerless.
Fourteenth Regiment Holds Annual Salt Works Range Shoot
The Fourteenth Regiment N G P held an annual shoot at Salt Works range with three prizes. Hull won the Robb medal with 4 of 100, Knox captured the Brown and Hirth medal, and Captain Coon won the cash prize with 77 points. 21 entries represented three National Guard organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourteenth Regiment
Salt Works
Robb
James S. Robb
Brown and Hirth
Hull
C. C. Coon
Iment
Knox
Coon
National Guard
Wilkinsburg Elects opens new storehouse and light plant
The Wilkinsburg Elects Company operates a new storehouse on the Wilkinsburg Edgewood border. A 2,000 light dynamo and engine are ready, with a 1,000 light dynamo from East Fad Light Company to be installed. The plant will have three incandescent and two dynamos for a 9,000 light capacity, currently serving 6,500 incandescent lights and 47 lamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkinsburg
Brushton
Edgewood
East Fad Light Company
Three Polish Women Arrested for Coal Theft at Dickson Yard
Detective Bendel yesterday arrested Matilda Rex Johanna Ostroski and Kate Piergalski three Polish women for stealing coal at Dickson Stewart and Co yard Sixteenth and Pike streets. The firm had long suffered daily losses and neighbors speculated Polish families shared coal. Information was sworn before Alderman McKenna and the women were taken into custody. They had pilfered each coat to last through winter and will be tried Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bendel
Matilda Rex
Johanna Ostroski
Kate Piergalski
Dickson, Stewart & Co
Sixteenth
Pike Streets
Dickson
Alderman McKenna
Property dispute over Central station ownership discussed
Rumor spread that Elizabeth Abercrombie of Wylie avenue and Davis street owned Central station property leased by Solomon and Ruben from Philadelphia’s Mrs. Sanders. Attorney Guthrie for Mrs. Sanders dismissed the claim as a dream, noting no basis in fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Abercrombie
Wylie Avenue
Davis Street
Central Station
Messrs
Solomon and
Ruben
Sanders
Philadelphia
Dog Attacks Horses in Allegheny Yard on North Avenue
A bulldog owned by a boy named Weir escaped and attacked a farmer Brown's team of two horses on North Avenue in Allegheny. The horses were badly chewed, and the incident caused considerable excitement in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weir
North Avenue
Allegheny
Brown
Multiple arrests and hearings reported in Pittsburgh area
A string of arrests and impending hearings are listed: Joxes jailed on a desertion charge. Daniel Barr charged with assault and battery. Frank Jatsozoski jailed awaiting a hearing on aggravated assault and battery. Jo Keecaw to have a Monday hearing for assault and battery. Adam Bentz and Mrs. Jonsetos sent to jail pending hearings on money from a blind woman Annie Savage. Andrew Louseaggar to face larceny charge over 875 stolen from Frank Mowse. 11 year old WrouhaM Werwen committed to jail on assault and battery with another hearing planned. Marva Rex Kate Piergorsky and Johanna Offstocks bonded for larceny tied to coal stolen from Allegheny Valley cars. Fraxsk Glaceler arrested as a suspicious character at the P&LE station. Mrs. Williams jailed on drunkenness with eight children in need of care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joux Keecaw
McNierney
Adam Bentz
Jonsetos
Shingiss Street
Macistrate McKenna
Annie Savage
Andrew Louseaggar
MaeNierney
Frank Mowse
Wrouham Werwen
Alderman Hartman
Amelia Berker
Marva Rex
Kate Piergorsky
Johanna
Charzel
Alderman McKenna
W. B. Dickson
Allegheny Valley
Fraxsk Glaceler
Second Avenue
Pittsburg and
Lake Erie
Freight Car Famine Threatens Sea Board Traffic
A looming car famine sweeps rail lines west of Pittsburg as harvests surge. Wheat and corn holdbacks, limited freight cars, and weather shifts strain capacity from Chicago to New York with Western demand rising. Officials note railroads face equipment shortages and possible embargoes when lakes navigation ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Cole
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburg
Ohio
Indiana
Chicago
New York
Minneapolis
Salem
Alliance
Canton
Massillon
Wooster
Mansfield
Grand Rapids
Northwest
Columbus
Cincinnati
Seaboard
Blue Law Controversy Narrows to Veracity Clash
The amid controversy over a Law and Order crusade centers on who is telling the truth between Dr. Robinson and a rival editor. Officials warn against unjust discrimination as authorities prepare to address the rumor of mass arrests tied to Sunday press actions. Warden McAleese plans to host reporters, reaffirming old ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law and Order
Robinson
Law and Order Society
McAleese
Wail of Woe: Dead Man and Railway Injuries Reported
A man was found dead in Clinton milla with an identifying envelope from Eddie Leghens. Several railroad workers were injured on a Pittsburgh area trestle and a scaffold collapse hurt two men near Mellon row. An explosion injures a girl named Rafferty. others include a train collision near Copper Works Station and a brakeman with a broken shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uxxsownx
Clinton Milla
Washington
Wesszer
John Wessel
Pittsburg Junction
Thirty-third Street
West Penn Hospital
Barventy
Annie Rafferty
Peter Rafferty
Pittsburg
Ft. Wayne
Chicago
Glaasox
Mary Gleason
Baltimore and Ohio
Copper Works
Dixon
Charles Dixon
Bark Bros. & Co
Wills
Twenty-Ninth Street
New Mellon Row
Ellsworth Avenue
Pennsylvania Railroad
Roups Station
Maul
Alex Sanders
Sanders
Speed
Grrann
Edward Gerard
Coraopolis
Tax per Capita Debate Hits Grand Lodge Session
At a morning session of the Grand Lodge A U W delegates heard a proposal for a per capita tax to fund state activities. The Finance Committee suggested 1.50 plus 0.80 and 0.70 for expenses and organizing, but a five year 1 tax was blocked by constitution. further talks loom as changes to the constitution may be offered today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge
Center Avenue Lodge No. 124
Morland
Missionary Societies Convention Opens in Pittsburg
The forty second Home Mission Society convention and the seventeenth Christian Women's Board of Missions converge in Pittsburg for a week long program at the First Christian Church. Nearly 1,000 delegates from the U S and Canada attend the opening reception on Arch street and Montgomery avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Societies of the
Church of the Disciples of Christ
Pittsburg
First Christian Church
Arch Street
Montgomery Avenue
Allegheny
United States
Canada
Home Mission Society
Christian Women’s Board of Missions
W. F. Richardson
Street Cornee Gossip and Local Edges of News
A sub committee will meet this afternoon to weigh a switch track for E 8 Vancia cost yard from Junction H Railroad at Thirty third street. Mary Cuanx an insane woman claiming to be Mrs George Westinghouse was moved to City Farm yesterday by the car acee from the Southside police station. Hernan Denny 36 died yesterday formerly with Union Ice Co 36 Water street. Pennsylvania Railroad cut Columbus Ohio to Chicago fare from 9 25 to 5 35. Thirteen diphtheria and five scarlet fever cases were reported to the Bureau of Health yesterday. ie
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancia
Eost
Junction H
Thirty-third Street
Mary Cuanx
George Westinghouse
Southside
Hernan
Denny
Union Ice Company
Water Street
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Columbus
Chicago
Thiarteey
Bureau of Health
Corner Stone Ceremony for St Marys Sharpsburg Schoolhouse
Mollinger will attend as a speaker at the corner stone laying for the St Marys church schoolhouse in Sharpsburg. The ceremony includes the Very Rev John Oter and about 20 priests with a single newspaper and coins in the cornerstone. The 100 by 85 foot building will have recreation space in the basement and 12 rooms on each of the first two floors with a third floor hall. original contract 41600, projected cost near 250000, expected completion late next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's
Sharpsburg
Phelan
John Oter
Order of the Holy Ghost
Father Mollinger
Troy Hill
Pittsburg
United States
Yesterday's hotel arrivals list prominent travelers
A long roster of guests checks in across names and towns. Notables include A C Buell of William Cramp's Sons in Washington, Rev E C Powell of Louisville, J K Hoblitzel of Meyersdale, and many others from Philadelphia, Cleveland, Warren, Pittsburgh, and beyond. The column records arrivals by hotel and home city with several business and civic figures among the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Buell
William Cramp’s Sons
Washinton
D. C
Rev. E. C. Powell
Louisville
J. K. Hoblitzel
Meyersdale
Daniel Eagan
Siinrom
A. H W. Coffroth
Somerset
Gilbert A. Beaver
Bellefonte
J. Glesnon Collins
Chicsara
W. W. Hearne
Cincinnati
Seves
C. A. Wilson
Big Run
W. J. Herbstreet
Rideway
J. D. Fiscus
Bradford
C. A. Birlow
Parker
E. G. Warner
Franklin
Pitts
Queenstown
David Parks
Martin's Ferry
W.G. Steel
Knapp
Connett
Ville
I. M. Hibbs
Philadelphia
W. H. Mullins
Salem
Counterfeiter Arrested in Armstrong County Case
Deputy U S Marshal Garber arrested Abner Mc Connell a farm hand in Armstrong county on counterfeiting charges. McConnell was jailed in Allerheny County awaiting a hearing before U S Commissioner McCandless after a months long undercover investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Garber
Abner*McConnell
Armstrong County
Allerheny County
McCandless
McConnell
Klebers Lead in Music With Vocalion Organs at 506 Wood Street
The Klebers advertise a wide range of pianos including Steinway Conover and Opera models and Vend Vocalion church organs. They claim Vocalion organs offer superior tone and durability at $800 and invite readers to visit their 506 Wood Street store for demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinway
Conover
Messrs. Kleber
Vocalion
Wood Street
Curtain imports offer vast lace patterns at mixed prices
Fall importations display new curtains including Guipure Brussels and Floral Effects with yardage and per pair prices. Real Irish Point and Tambour lace curtains feature broad ranges from modest to premium, plus lace bed sets and chenille portieres. Special satine Eider Down Comfort advertised amid novelties at Fifth Ave and Market Sk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nottingham
Guipure
Brussels
Tourists Overrun Depots Near Exposition Arrival
Excursionists swarmed depots yesterday with the Exposition as likely cause. Fourteen carloads of sight-seers came from Wheel ing and about 3000 more arrived at the Union depot from Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Union Depot
Cleveland
Hearing Postponed In Assault Case Of A Gronicke
The assault and battery hearing against A. Gronicke before Alderman McKenna was postponed until next Tuesday. Gronicke, a member of Cappa's Band at the exposition, is accused of shooting Oscar Tourck with a Flobert rifle. Tourck is out of the city, prompting the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Gronicke
McKenna
Gronicke
Cappa
Oscar Tourck
Flobert
Tourck
Grand sale of Black Dress Goods in various styles
A large, varied stock of black dress fabrics from Bedford Cords to Broadcloths is advertised. Bargains promise unmatched value, finish, and dye quality with items like Black French Cashmere at 50 cents, Black Henrietta at 60 cents, and 45 inch Henrietta at $1 per yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Black Dress Goods Sale Finds Exceeding Value
World renowned fabrics including 40 inch cashmeres at 65c and 75c per 46 inches, and 44 inch cashmere foul at 1 25 per yard. Black French serge and ladies cloth offer all wool quality, with emphasis on savings and reliable makes for mourning or ordinary wear.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lake Krik Ship Canal
Denice
STP Association of Congregatinalista
Napoleon
State Senate
O’brien
McKeesport
the Central Station
F. A. Joxes
Jon
Wena
VaLesTixe Barr
Daniel Barr
Frank Jatseosk
Acab
Teo
Keene
Old Hutch
Central Traffic Association
United Workmen
Missionary Societies of the Church of the Disciples of Christ In Convention
James W. Breen
Will
Fou
Far Northwest
Mollinger
St Mary's School of
Sharpsbure
Klebers
Mo Horse & Co
Penn Avenue
E. P. Roberts & Son
Fifth Ave
Hucus & Hacxe
Portieres
Eider
Cor
Market Sk
Jos. Horne & Co
Pittabare
Lupin
Market ST
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