Fastest 36-inch gas pipe laid to Bellevernon to supply city
A historic rapid completion details the 36-inch steel and cast iron gas line from Bellevernon to Pittsburgh, with 57,000 feet of pipe laid in under five months. The project features riveted joints, asbestos packing, large trenches, and complex bends, supported by Gillespie and Riter Conley crews.
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Second Avenue
Bellevernon
Riter & Conley
Tepe Farm U1
Thomas A. Gillespie
Philadelphia Company
BR. G. Gillespie
James McNeil & Bro
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Wieck
Messrs. Gillespie
Murraysville
Grapeville
Scott Farm
Tepe Hill
Rome
R. Cevin
Laying Big Gas Pipe by Hand and Horsepower
A detailed account describes unloading 26 inch gas pipe by derrick and wagon, moving sections up a muddy hill, and joining them with belts and lines. Inspectors verify each joint as the line extends, with expansion joints every 350 feet to accommodate future movement.
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Pittsboro
Pittsburg
Washington County
Greene County
West Virginia
Gibson & Giles
Old Hundred
Wetzel County
Nore
Three Fourths Rejected From Army Enlistment Inquir y
An article reports that three fourths of men who apply for U S Regular Army enlistment are rejected for physical or moral reasons. Recruiting at 31 stations shows age limits 16 to 35, weight and height requirements, and parental consent for under 21. Married men are not recruited, though reenlistment exceptions exist.
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Lnte
Gibson
Washington
Washington Herald
France
Far West
Signs of Olden Times and Reading Progress
The Boston Advertiser notes that widespread literacy reduced the need for pictorial signs on inns and shops. It discusses 18th century door emblems such as the Green Dragon and Blue Lion, once aiding illiterate patrons, and mentions occasional relics like an ostrich or spinning wheel above doors still seen today.
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Boston
Commonwealth
New England
One Canoe Journey Through Maine Solitude and Struggle
A writer recalls a Maine wilderness trip with Sam and the Kid. The voyage along Penobscot Bay tests paddling skill and endurance as the trio progresses toward a planned river bank shift. The narrator jokes about luck, poetry in canoes, and lessons learned from a patient canoeist named Sam.
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Sam
Kid
Penobscot Bay
Roughing It in Maine with Sam and the Kid
Howard Fierrie recounts a canoe trip with Sam and the Kid along the Narramoosook and Dead River in Maine. They camp, fish, and struggle through rough terrain as they haul gear, face sawmills and a wary farmer, and finally reach a log cabin near Jones mill, with Fierrie joking about making Sam share the load.
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Wistyhel
Sam
Nature
Mr. Murray
Kid
Narramoosook
Alamoosook Pond
Alamoosook
Jones
Masine
Jones’ Mill
Howard Fierrie
Beauties in Prison and Birds of Oakland Aviary
A Pittsburg area bird enthusiast in Oakland maintains a large aviary near Schenley Park. His collection spans North American songbirds, finches, and foreign parrots, plus three pheasant varieties including a striking golden pheasant. He nurtures quail through mail-sent guidance and reports successful hatching. A pet crow named Jim entertains and protects the aviary, while a mischievous chicken endures Jim’s tricks and a stern owner’s discipline.
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Dispatch
Oakland
Barbadoes
Pittsburg
Schenley Park
North America
Eden
Oregon
Ohio
Jim
J. H. Youxa
Dressing a London Belle Costs in Dress Allowance
Miss Mantin and Pall Mall Budget discuss dress costs for society women. Eighty to one hundred pounds yearly is cited as the typical wardrobe allowance, with four to five outfits for various events and many party gowns required.
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Tam
Just a Trifle Brisk A Scene in Kansas Home
A comic scene from a New York World article depicts a Kansas county treasurer denying cyclones here as the wind turns brisk. A crash and a safe escape unfold with dialog about a tourist and a reckless plan involving land.
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Kansan
New York World
Kansas
Sycamore
Kinder
The Queen's Bet and the Census in India 1881
A census tale from 1881 Central Provinces shows tribes fleeing then returning after district officers framed a wager between the Queen of England and the Empress of Russia. The officer claimed the census would settle the bet, warning locals they would be traitors if they hid. The gambit succeeded as tribes complied.
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India
England
Russia
Pompeii FiveStory House Unearthed With Frescoes
A new Pompeii discovery reveals a five story house built on rising ground with frescoes well preserved. The principal room displays Bellerophon with Pegasus as Proetus gives commands on a decorated throne. Lower floors include baths and well preserved paintings of a sea horse and birds.
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Pall Mall
Pompeii
Bellerophon
Pegasus
Proetus
Imray and the Mystery of a Hidden Indian Bungalow
A narrator recalls Imray who vanished from a busy Indian station leaving police, search parties and a vanished bungalow. Strickland, his eccentric host, guards a dog Tietjens and an uneasy household as a restless presence lingers in the ruined rooms and damp veranda in monsoon heat.
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Imray
Indian Empire
Iuray
Strickland
Youghal
Luatio
Tietjens
Annes
Tierjens
Andaman Islands
Tietjeos
Tietjena
Kashmir
Macannaght
Indian Medical Service
Crickland
St. Pauls
Ras Aires
Batind
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W. Va
Calee
Dennis McBride
Fornes Company
Suy
Steves
Uncle Gam
Canoring
Maine
Howard Fielding
Pine Solitudes
Pine Tree State
Jonah
Jonsh
Oriach
MASQ
London
Victoria
Imeay
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