Suburban Transit Seeks Southside Route Extension
The Suburban Rapid Transit Company aims to extend along Southern avenue through Knoxville borough toward South 18th Street and beyond, seeking a city ordinance for right of way to build a double track and improve access to Carson Street. Local leaders expect lower fares and boosted Southside growth if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southside
Tee Distat
Philadelphia
Southern Avenue
Whitehall
Knoxville
Brownsville Road
Eichteeoth Street
Jane
Seventeenth Street
Sidney
Monongahela River
Larch Street
Twenty-second Street
Arlington Heights
Josephine Street
Eighteenth Street
Birmingham Traction Road
Union Depot
Castle Shannon
Pittsburg
Surprised Robber Caught After Break-In Attempt
Officer Charles Gallant arrested Stephen Evan at Central station as a suspicious character after a burglary call at John ONeill saloon on Sixth Avenue and Grant Street. Stephen Ryan was captured fleeing Miss Katie O’Neil’s room after she heard a disturbance. Evan jailed, burglary information to be filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gallant
Stephen Evan
Central Station
Oficer
John O'Neil
Sixth Avenue
Grant Street
Stephen Ryan
Katie’ Neil
Ryan
Evan
Milk dealers plan Southside meeting for protection
The Southside milk dealers convene this afternoon at John G. Marsh’s store, 2011 Carson Street, to organize a permanent association. They will discuss grievances with railroads handling milk into the city and seek collective protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southside
John G. Marsh
Carson Street
Delegates Arrive for Catholic Mutual Benefit Convention
Delegates to the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association arrive in the city for a week of events. State officials and 89 divisions are expected with receptions at local hotels and a public meeting at Carnegie Hall led by Judge J. F. Connelly. A high mass at St Pauls Cathedral precedes the convention with a 40 voice chorus and organ music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Mutual Benefit Association
J. F. Connelly
Scranton
Carnegie Hall
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Second Brigade
St. Paul's Cathedral
J. A. Keney
Crafton
Stephen Wall
D. D
R. Conway
J. Frauenheim
Union Veteran Legion Hall
J. B. Fox
State Board of Trustees
Allegheny
Loeffler
Seventh Avenue
Schwab
Edgar Thomson Steel Works
McKeesport
Homestead and
Braddock
National Tube Works
Colonel Bayne Honored by Topographical Union for Labor Support
Topographical Union No 7 posted resolutions thanking Colonel Bayne for retiring from Congress and aiding labor causes. They credit him with passage of the government printers wage restoration bill reverting day workers to 1877 rates and improving pay in the Government Printing Office. He is praised for courtesy to visiting committees.
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Bayne
Washington
Circus Men Arrested Over Fare Evasion on Freight Train
A group of 22 men and boys from the 10 cent circus owned by F. Given were detained at the Pittsburg and Lake Erie depot after refusing to pay fares on a train bound for Beaver Falls. The conductor halted the run, police intervened, and Special Officer Corrigan secured the crowd. Two youths Allen Jones and W J Keating joined the circus Friday planning to ride to Beaver Falls.
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F. Given
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Beaver Falls
Chartiers
Corrigan
Allen Jones
Knoxville
W. J. Keating
Southside
Almost a Miracle as Boy Climbs Cliffs Free from Fall
Fred Schuetz 14, son of Schuetz, Renziehausen & Co., slipped from the Bioff bluff near Magee Street and fell about 50 feet. A rope lowered by Officer Rosenblatt saved him, drawing cheers from a 2000 spectator crowd. He walked home unharmed to 36 Watson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Schuetz
Schuetz, Renziehausen & Co
Bioff
Magee Street
Second Avenue
Rosenblatt
Watson Street
Meeting of Councils Today Focus on Street Improvements
The first fall Councils meeting will be held today with little old business. Most ordinances slated involve street improvements. Communications about the Poor Farm sale are expected and Chief Bigelow may report on his trip to Europe.
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Southside
Zoo keeper William White jailed for drunkenness and disorderly conduct
William White, keeper of the animals at Schenley Park zoo, was jailed in the Fourteenth ward on a drunkenness charge. He pleaded his good intentions before Magistrate Hyndman, but a second arrest followed for disorderly conduct by a park police officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William White
Schenley Park
Fourteenth Ward
Hyndman
Wall paper demand soars as several firms quit
A commercial man reports near full production capacity and two million dollars in output lost as Carey Bros. of Philadelphia and others go out of business. Prices fall, consumers seek cheap good paper, and West Newton Pittsburgh factory stays afloat making high end gold papers.
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Monongahels
Brooklyn
David Chapman
Carey Bros
Philadelphia
Whitne & Campbell
Westerberg Jefferson
New York
Times
West Newton
Pittsburg
East
Europe
Walking advertisement how merchants rig out agents in fine raiment
A reporter describes a New York merchant tailors agent who embodies the firm’s skill as a living billboard. The well dressed man, tall and handsome with a white rose, showcases fashions and converts country merchants by demonstration. New York tailors recruit handsome, intelligent men as roaming representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Anderson
New York
Doing Double Duty on the Rail as Summer Tests Engineers
A Ft. Wayne throttle puller describes the strain of extreme heat on railroad engineers. He notes many are older or middle aged, suffer digestive ailments, and must work overtime with little rest. He fears overwork, seeks sleep, and hopes for cooler weather to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Warne
Not All Profit In Street Railways Says McKee
H Sellers McKee, a street railway magnate, argues that cable and electric roads yield modest net earnings. He notes operating costs absorb profits and suggests existing electric plants deter conversion, despite cost efficiency of electric lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Sellers McKee
Pittsburg
Tor Pare
Queer navigation laws draw traveler’s comment
Guffy returns from a Thousand Islands yachting trip. He notes unusually cold weather and describes Canadian waters with odd navigation rules, questioning why the United States tolerates such regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guffy
Thousand Islands
Stone Triumphs in Allegheny Congressional Primary Vote
The article reports Stone leading in Allegheny's Saturday congressional primaries with an estimated city majority of about 1,868 and an overall convention edge around 3,600. It details ward tallies and districts shifting support, noting Shiras plans to challenge the results and the contrasted mayoral influence.
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Stone
Stiras
Allegheny
Graham
Marshall
Pine
Franklin
Shiras
Colonel Stone
W. D. Porter
Sewickley
Bellevue
Tarentum
New Year Preparations Draw Early Morning Crowds
Early morning foot traffic surged in the Fifth ward as Hebrews began week long rites ahead of the new year. Worship at multiple homes, led by a rabbi, lasts from 3 a.m. until noon with about 50 people gathering daily on each occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Ward
Fifth Avenue
Tong Hi
Row at the Point Ends in Arrests and Fights
A disturbance at the Point led to the arrest of Patrick Donahue and Walter Bodinger for disorderly conduct by Officer Conwell. Donahue escaped briefly before being recaptured amid a crowd. Conwell was struck and cut. Ex-police officer W J Onstott intervened to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Donahue
Walter Bodinger
Conwell
Donahue
W. J. Onstott
Man Falls From Window in Hemlock Alley Inquest Pending
Dr J Guy McCandless conducted a post mortem on John Rundish who died from a skull fracture after falling from a Hemlock alley window. Authorities ruled him a stranger in the house and accidental exit. rumors of murder or suicide dismissed. An inquest is scheduled for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Guy McCandless
John Rundish
Hemlock Alley
Caring for the Children by St Vincent de Paul Society
The ladies' branch at St Mary's Church aided destitute families and arranged to place Mrs Mary Conners two children in St Paul's Orphan Asylum after Conners arrest for drunkenness in Lawrenceville. The group aims to establish a home for such children and will transfer the children to the society. Pielebman's offers beaver jackets at $4.50 with satin facing.
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St. Vincent de Paul Society
St. Mary's Church
Central Station
St. Paul's Orphan Asylum
Mary Conners
Lawrenceville
Conners
Labor Day Lessons From an Allegheny Preacher
The Rev W F Richardson delivered Some Labor Day Lessons a Sermon to Workingmen at First Christian Church Allegheny. He praised the dignity of labor and argued workers deserve fair pay share of profits pointing to Wanamaker and large firms as examples and warning against capital overreach and anarchic threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian
Allegheny
W. F. Richardson
Danger Signals in Sermon on Is the World Getting Better
Rev. Charles Edward Locke of Smithfield Street M. E. Church concluded a series with a sermon titled Danger Signals based on I Kings 19. ii. He argued the world is not simply improving and urged attention to home and social ills including divorce, competent nannies, and labor relations. He warned the church must not overstep into politics and mused on a modern eleventh commandment about saving neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Edward Locke
Smithfield Street
M. E
Locke
Methodist Church
Remembering Friends and Favor in Public Life
The passage warns that ingratitude follows those who forget benefactors like Joseph and contrasts it with a line about never forgetting a friend. It urges gratitude toward neighbors and justice in recognition of help, noting the Great Judge will reward such conduct.
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Pharoah
Joseph
Sermon on the new birth by Rev Dr Townsend at Unitarian church
Rev. Dr. J. G. Townsend told a large congregation that the new birth is a journey from animal to spiritual selfhood. He traced humanity from primitive origins through slow self conscious growth to moral and intellectual flourishing as the true birth.
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J. G. Townsend
The
Unitarian Church
Confucius
Buddha
Jesus
God
Augustine
Shakespeare
Plato
Webster
South
Aristotle
Adam
Faith the Essence of Religion Sermon Notes
Rev. George T. Purves praises the centurion as a model of faith in a sermon at First Presbyterian Church. He says Jesus commends Gentile humility and unwavering trust, and that faith is the essence of true religion, urging believers to trust Christ as children do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Purves
First Presbyterian Church
Jesus
Israel
Christ
Police Telegraph Office Moves at City Hall
The police telephone and telegraph apparatus moved from the third to the first floor of City Hall near the main entrance. Operators Standish Montgomery Ben F Leach and John A Herron will staff the new room formerly used for stolen goods. At Central station Alexander Berry moved to the Seventeenth ward and Captain Rosewell replaced him.
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McAleese
City Hall
Standish Montgomery
Ben F. Leach
John A. Herron
Central Station
Alexander Berry
Seventeenth Ward
Captain Rosewell
Central
Man Dies On Troy Hill Road While Walking Home
John Stibbitts, 52, a Allegheny Street Department employee, collapsed and died on Troy Hill road yesterday evening. He suffered a heart-paralysis like ailment and had experienced similar incidents on the street recently. The body was taken to Herman Ebbert's undertaking rooms and later to the family home at Chartiers street and Lake alley.
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John Stibbitts
Allegheny Street Department
Troy Hill
Ead
Herman & Ebbert
Chartiers Street
Lake Alley
Lonely on Sunday at the Exposition
A quiet Sunday at the Exposition shows deserted aisles and silent halls after four days of bustle. The manager predicts a wilderness mood as attendees miss the crowds and spectacle while a planned afternoon orchestral program is published.
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Ganymede
Johnston
Boy Disappears, Treks to Rochester Then Returns Home
Charles Brunner, 13, vanished from Pittsburg and surfaced in Rochester, Pa. claiming a man promised him a lucrative job but forced him to beg. He fled from the tramp at New Brighton and rejoined his family after being sent home by the Poor Directors.
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Charles Brunner
Pittsburg
Rochester
New Brighton
Constable jailed on extortion charge amid hush money case
John A. Kyle a constable of Stowe township was committed to jail yesterday by Justice Clisham of Chartiers on extortion. Frederick Baldwin was arrested charged with gambling and at the hearing it appeared he had paid Kyle sums at different times under threat of arrest. Other constables are said to be implicated and to be arrested.
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John Wanamaker
Railroads
Oes
Franklin
John A. Kyle
Stowe Township
Justice Clisham
Chartiers
Frederick Baldwin
Kyle
Forgetting a Kindness Sermon at Cumberland Presbyterian
Rev S B McCormick preached a sermon on Forgetting a Kindness at Cumberland Presbyterian Church Allegheny last night. Heat reduced attendance but the message urged gratitude and timely return of favors as Pharaohs household and Joseph influenced the chief butler's release.
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S. B. McCormick
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Allegheny
Pharoah
Joseph
Curry University Night School Offers Tailored Jackets
Finishman's Lew Cloak Department advertises black cheviot jackets in reefer style with large lapels offered at $2, valued at $12. The notice promotes courses in algebra geometry architectural and mechanical drawing bookkeeping and shorthand at Curry University Night School on Sixth Street, now open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curry University
Sixth St
Finishman
Lew Cloak
Rough Faced Fabrics and Silk Deals Highlight Sale
The store advertises rough faced fabrics and novelty stripes in camel hair at 135 a yard, 50 inch French suitings at 125 yard, and 51 inch rough faced suitings at 1254 yard. It promotes a large low priced line for misses and girls, remaining stock of Summer Silks at 0c a yard, and special offers in black silks. New extra wide Cheviot Suitings and Black Cheviots are featured with a few pieces of silk warp Henrietta remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lupin
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ST. Clair Real Estate
Brownsville
Koorville
Mt. Oliver
Delig
Grivances
Typographical Union No. 7
Congress
Com
Schenley Park Zoo
Pierrepont
St. Lawrence
Macy Railroad
McKee
W. &. Guffy
Ladies
St. Vincent de Paul Society At Work
Pielebman
Dr. Townsend
Chicago
John Stibbices
Troy
Part I
Lominson
Brahma
SNR
Dispatch
Myers
Brunswick-Balke Coljiander Company
Dr.c.mclane
Fleming Brothers
Tom
Liles
Fifth Ave
Market St
Charles Bronner
Venience
C. Weisser
JOS. Horne & CO
Penn Ave
Tention
Seo
Jos. Horne
Penn Avenue
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Lewis
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