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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1889
Page
5
The article describes a dispute over mortgage foreclosure affecting the Library Hall property. The library seeks to protect its interests as a designated beneficiary while opposing a forced sale driven by the saloon's influence. The library board seeks a court ruling on its rights before the asset is extinguished.
Owners of the Howard block sue in Common Pleas Court No 2 to block city action to widen Diamond alley from 20 to 50 feet claiming a public benefit only and that assessments would violate constitutional provisions. Plaintiffs name Hartley Nimick Saller & Co and others against E J Allen O Leary Jr Wenke Bigelow and the city of Pittsburgh. They fear loss of ware house space and property value. The suit seeks a preliminary injunction to prevent further street improvement proceedings.
In a city court yesterday three divorce actions moved forward. Celia Schoeller vs Charles C Schoeller paused as husband seeks a jury trial. Mary Stangier sues Peter Stangier for desertion. Annie Holt sues John W Holt for desertion. Mary Woolinsack suing Florian Woolinsack alleges abuse and infidelity.
A serious affray on the Greensburg local freight west of Walls station left two brakemen injured. Foster Cox, 22, was shot twice and unable to ride to Pittsburg. Jesse Nichols, 23, suffered a blow to the head but recovered enough to return home. Authorities tracked suspects to Philadelphia and arrested two men at the Union depot.
Edward Carrigan, 42, oil driller and hotel boarder on Market street, jailed for insanity. Patrick Donnelly, 23, glassblower of Manor and South Eighth street, also jailed. Department of Charities will send both to Dixmont after brief confinement in the city jail.
The Seventh ward school board met last night and elected substitute teachers Miss Effie 1 of the Sixth ward and Miss Annie Donn of Canons. See the Seventh ward.
Da B M Hanna operates an ENT practice at 718 Penn Street in Pittsburg Pennsylvania focusing on eye ear nose and throat diseases.
At the Exposition crowds reached about four thousand yesterday as visitors toured the main halls. Exhibitors promise all stands ready by Saturday with no more delays and lively programs planned for Saturdays, including music and amusements for Pittsburgers.
The third cargo of Maine granite for the new Federal building is being unloaded from Baltimore and Ohio cars. Mr. Malone, now Superintendent of Construction, began with one cargo on the ground. this is the fourth cargo he will use. Each cargo averages about 950 tons, with the previous load near 1000 tons. Unloading is slow and difficult due to the stones’ massive size.
A large Richmond party left the city after attending the funeral of R. R. Morris, Pennsylvania Company general agent, buried at Uniondale Cemetery. The day’s notes include visits to the new High School building, remarks by E C Coulter of the University School, and various local residents and travelers visiting Allegheny and Pittsburgh sites.
The new Allegheny High School, designed by architect Ost erling, features a bold brick facade with a grand arched入口 and tower. The $69,000 contractor price plus interior fittings bring total outlay to about $120,000 on a 120 by 110 foot site. The building includes three stories with a large assembly room, a spacious stage, and a Drewn Smead heating system. It is nearly ready for occupancy as scheduling shifts due to decorators.
A detailed description of the Allegheny High School facade highlights a three story tower, a grand stone archway with a keystone set in a 12 stone span, sculpted leaves and half dragons, and an inscription bearing 1888. The front blends Doric Ionic and Corinthian motifs, with terra cotta reliefs, columned windows, and a heavy oak entrance opening to a marble wainscoted vestibule.
A description of a school interior features a mosaic pavement, heavy oak doors, and high walls. The hall leads to the Principal's room with oak paneling and cerulean ceiling, two front and rear classrooms, a side staircase, and space planned for a teachers' library.
A. B. Stevenson reports from the West and Northwest on real estate booms in Minneapolis Salt Lake City and Helena and notes Moon township roots. The highlight is the rediscovery of George McCormick raised in Moon now a rich bachelor miner and rancher at Silver twenty miles from Helena.
Kleber & Bro present a premier music exhibit featuring Steinway Conover Gabler Opera Emerson pianos and the Vocalion organ. The stand showcases historic items including Pittsburg's first McDonnell piano for Lorenz, Tom Thomb's piano, Burdett and Earhoff organs, with eight year warranties and easy terms.
A fragment lists a golf phrase mentioning Dell and France in a sports brief. Further readable context is minimal, leaving the exact event unclear.
President James Campbell of the Window Glass Workers Association travels to Berkshire, Mass., to resolve objections delaying a ten-pot furnace. Pittsburgh preceptory discusses strike rumors, but Campbell says the issue is not a strike. Rumors mention Abel Smith & Co and Phillips & Co preparing furnaces. no official action confirmed. The trade cites wage concerns, apprentice limits, and a proposed sand-mining venture to cut costs as plate glass competition affects prices and production.
Bosses plan to hire outside workers while four applicants answered a 75-man ad. Doris & Sons may recruit in other cities as strikers vow to block new hires. The dispute centers on where to draw the line, not wages, with 37 unions backing the horseshoers and eight firms already on the new scale.
A Dilworth Bros. representative denied reports that the firm faced a boycott for refusing to sign the Knights of Labor warehousemen case L. A. 7190. He said there was no trouble with their workers and called the claims false in every particular.
J G Bennett and Co advertise a range of hats including Youmans Dunlay Silverman Boston Christy English Lincoln Heath and Bennett English hats. The ad claims these are the finest in the world and available at a slight premium over ordinary hat costs.
Pennsylvania Railroad offers excursion tickets for the Maryland State Agricultural and Mechanical Exposition and Battle of North Point celebration. Round trip fare via stops to Washington with a Baltimore layover. Rates from Pittsburgh valid July to September. through tickets read to Washington, D C but with Baltimore stopover.
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