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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1890
Page
5
Ohio town figures in a temperance conference report with US delegates, officers reelected, but attendance dampened by rain. Talks cover juvenile work, temperance instruction, foreign outreach, and social clubs.
William Nye his son Henry Nye and FL Bauman were arrested Monday for passing counterfeit money. They were arraigned in Toledo Federal Court and held on bonds. Bauman, who cooperated with investigators, explained the scheme and the route to Cincinnati and New York. Bauman, once a respected Ada church trustee, faces trial as the Nyes' social and financial prospects suffer.
At the United Presbyterian Synod in Greensburg the election of directors for the Allegheny Theological Seminary chose D. N. Carson James Given and Hop. James Gill. A memorial to the General Assembly urged closing the Columbian Exposition on Sunday. The Synod supported Curtist Presbytery against Sabbath camp meetings and planned to meet in Pittsburgh. The case on Rev Ewing’s marriage to his deceased wife’s sister was decided against him.
English capital and Pennsylvania brains drive oil development in Peru. Freeman, long employed by London and Pacific Petroleum, plans return voyage Nov. 1. Company owns about 6 1/2 square miles with multiple wells yielding 5 to 500 barrels of 42 gravity oil. Expansion aims to dominate South America and supply China and Japan. About 75 drillers and crew, largely from Pennsylvania’s oil regions, now work there.
Special telegram from Briaver Fallns reports eight or ten workers in a flat boat crossing a fog bound river near a new dam. The boat was swept toward the dam and crushed against the timbers while the men clung to the structure until rescued as the craft and men were carried downstream.
A new connecting railroad projected by Franklin capital will run between Franklin and nearby Clearfield county towns. The eight mile link aims to connect the Beech Creek line at Franklin with the Crock at Clearfield area, with construction prioritized before winter. Tri State brevities note humane aid efforts at Braddock and ongoing reports from Slippery Rock State Normal School.
Allegheny's Street Commissioners debate moving the yard from Irwht avenue to a plot opposite, with rent set at 150 dollars yearly. Meese says he cannot act without county or council funds as streets near Manchester line remain torn and unpaved. The Pleasant Valley Inn duty to maintain street from curb to curb is questioned. A Sunday insert promises material progress, while local sales ads and bargain highlights fill the page.
Samples of Dr. Miles restorative Nervine offered at Jos. Fleming & Son's Market Street claim to cure headache nervousness sleeplessness neuralgia fits and related conditions.
The advertisement for Boess & BuvHL promises the greatest bargains and special salesmen this morning. It touts wet or dry refrigerators and a display of goods, inviting readers to visit and view the bargains.
The Southsiders section lists multiple notices including deaths and funerals for Austen, Carroll, Finnerty, Hasley, Kaufman, Landis, Leo, Magel, Maloy, McLoughlin, Ray, Robinson, Ross, Stande, Stewart, Tomas, and Wilson. It records ages, addresses, and service details with several city, county and neighborhood place names such as Sharpsburg, Allegheny, Mount Oliver, and Pittsburgh.
A retailer touts superior stock and value in Gents Furnishings arguing price statements alone deceive and claims historical purchase of goods pre dates the McKinley act. It emphasizes the strength of their regular knock-down offers and large Iowa stock.
Every glove maker of ree te is represented in our ee and finely selected stock of gloves. An elegant line of gents' lined kids at 49c. Gents' Jersey, Astrakhan and Scotch Wool Gloves of every grade of quality. A full assortment of Children's Lined Kid Gloves and Mitts and an immense quantity of Jersey and Woolen do. Seven cents to a dollar, that's about the price limit in hosiery. Foreign goods and domestic stock, serviceable staples, latest novelties.
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