Life on the hillsides reveals fragile hillside homes
A tour of hillside districts along the Penn Incline shows one story houses rising to five stories with mansards. Fences collapse and coal sheds slip down slopes while residents brace structures with stone foundations. The scene captures precarious living and unusual architecture in Crescent Street and surrounding lanes above the Allegheny river.
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Dispatch
Penn Avenue
Pennsyl Yunis
Penn Incline
Eaptes West
Pennsylvania Railroad
Liberty Street
Fourth Avenue
Crescent Street
Allegheny River
Beight
Mncline
Arch Street
Pittsburg Hills Shape Skyline and Homes
In a Pittsburg feature, Mrs. John Murphy recalls buying a frame house for $300 two years ago and seeking $700 now amid a city of rugged hills. The piece notes the steep grade, terraces, paved streets, and the allure of high altitudes. It mentions Pittsburg as a “city of hill-climbers” and suggests the hills contribute to local beauty.
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John Murphy
Pittsburg
Herron Hill
Herron Reservoir
Wylie Avenue
Center Avenue
Fith Avenue
Smithfield Street
Fifth Avenue
van Brasm
England Peasants Live Contented Rural Life, Burdened by Pay and Privacy
The writer observes England's farm laborers as satisfied and well housed, with clean homes, tidy wives, and healthy children. Wages range from three to five pounds weekly in higher areas, with lower rents and large family labor on chores. Beer sustains daily meals. many workers rent, and some migrate reluctantly, seeking better prospects elsewhere.
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Tomford
Essex
Jefferson Davis
England
United Kingdom
United States
Middle
London
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Chester
Lancaster
Rowford
October Forest Echoes and Hardy Songsters
The piece reflects on October's changing forest moods from fragrant, gentle days to approaching storms and decay. It contrasts calming autumn breezes with impending gales and notes how the month marks exile or death for many bright natural elements, while promising a succession of hardy songsters.
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Hardy Songsters
Wildflowers in the Pittsburg Suburbs Invite Spring Visit
W G Kavrwann urges city readers to explore nearby woods for blooming wildflowers. He highlights goldenrod, asters, yarrow, spiranthes, violets, azaleas, and more. A nearby glen from High Bridge to Knoxville is praised for annual spring spectacle and scenic streams.
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Wurtemburg
Houstonia
Glen
Amall
High Bridge
Pittsburg and
Castle Shannon
Knoxville
Stormy Morning Plea Ends In Silent Proposal
Vincent pleads with Maishe on a storm lashed pier to marry now as a remedy for their family troubles. She reveals she does not love him, urging him to consider his own happiness and the best outcome in a tense, wind driven confrontation.
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Maishe
Vincent
Maishie
Ballavar
Furn
German Place
Miss Bethune
Chain Pier
Maisine
Imber
Edinburgh Chronicle
Grandfather
London
Women with mustaches in the pharmaceutical era
The article warns depilatories are dangerous and can scar skin if misused. It highlights Turkish women as hairless except for the scalp and describes depilatories based on sulphides of alkaline earths, noting quick lime preparations as a safer option when applied carefully in small amounts and soon after mixing.
Water Clock at Canton Timepiece Through Centuries
The Canton water clock has kept time for 560 years, viewed as a moving monument by visitors. It comprises four stone jars in a cascading setup with troughs and a brass rod mechanism marked with Chinese characters. A wooden float in the lowest jar drives the rod, and a brass pointer marks hours as the day passes.
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Canton
China
Indian Before the Law in Texas Murder Case
Judge Bryant delivers a leading opinion at Paris Texas in the Thomas McGhee murder case. McGhee a white man who married an Indian is recognized as a citizen and accorded tribal rights. The judge rules treaties place him under tribal law and Native courts lack jurisdiction over offenses against others.
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Bryant
Paris
Tex
Thomas McGhee
McGhee
United States
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Bismarck Way
Penn
Penn Svenne
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Forty Fifth Street
Thirty-third Street
Brownsville Avenue
Mt. Oliver
Chestnut Ridge
Allegheny Mountains
Herron
Mt. Washington
Allegheny
Pitsburg
Highland Hill
L. E. Storren
Eastern
Pennsylvania
America
Isoo
Hom
Frank A. Burr
Wildwood Charms
Chicadee
Pretty Galden Red
Gree
W. G. Kavrwann
Craig Royston
William Black
Thule
Continents
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