Pittsburg Coal Firms Eye Kanawha River Pool Fight
Pittsburg coal operators voice plans to form a pool to block Kanawha river shippers in Cincinnati and Louisville markets. They warn heavy tolls on Monongahela ships threaten profits and fear outcompeting rivals unless a consolidation yields 100 percent returns. A single holdout firm could derail the syndicate, others say united action is needed to survive the next three years.
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Cincinnati
Louisville
Pittsburg
Monongahela Valley
Pittsborg
Kanawha River
Kanawha
Monongahela
Hammer and Tongs
Cincinnnati
Combinati
Businees
Combine
Pattison Campaign Seen as Queer and Uncertain
Ex senator Len weighs the political situation as seroge in Pattison matters. J W Lee of Franklin visited the Duquesne and Bradford areas, cautious in comments, noting a Bradford citizen accord. He predicts McKean County may back Pattison, while Venango remains wildly unpredictable within five hundred votes.
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J. W. Lee
Franklin
Duquesne
Emery
Bradford
Lee
McKean County
Pattison
Venango
Raid on Allegheny speakeasy network across city ends with arrests
Detectives and a squad of six officers shut down multiple dens last night in Allegheny and Southside. At Cedar avenue and Ohio street they raided a bar hidden behind a restaurant with concealed doors and a rear passage, arresting 23 patrons. Proprietor Emil Meyer alias Charles Davis and staff faced custody as officers also hit Hope and Lacock streets and Forty-seventh street locations, plus a Hungarian rum shop and a craps game in progress. Several women and men paid fines, and bail follows in Mayor Wyman's court.
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Bert
Allegheny
Walters
Anne Rooney
Glenn, Aiken
Zimmerman
Cedar Avenue
Ohio Street
Emil Meyer
Charles Davis
Tom Gin
Annie Rooney
Johnson
Hope and
Lacock Streets
Fred Myers
Dick Brophy
Mary Hornan
Forty-seventh Street
Mary Kilwine
Penn Avenue
Broad Library Association Aims For All Faiths To Join
About 200 men from St Marys Catholic Church met at Duquesne Hall to form the First Ward Library Association. Rev Morgan Sheedy spoke of aims to improve moral social and literary life and allow members of good character from any creed race or nationality. The group will use St Marys School basement for a library and gymnasium plus a bowling alley and billiard room. A permanent organization will be formed in two weeks with female members set to elect the executive board next Sunday.
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Er Sheedy
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Duquesne Hall
Penn Avenue
First Ward Library Association
Thos. J. Murray
Martin F. Burns
Morgan NM. Sheedy
St. Mary's School
Association
Census at St Agnes parish to fund new priest house
Rev Father Corcoran announced a census of all St Agnes parish families to determine Catholic attendance and raise money for a new pastoral residence. He noted the church and school debt has been paid and the old priest’s house is dilapidated, with a new home awaited after debt clearance.
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St. Agnes
Father Corcoran
Psroch Ing School
Knights of the Golden Eagle Parade Planned in Philadelphia
The Sir Knights of 387 Castles and 72 Commanderies in Pennsylvania prepare for a October 1 demonstration in Philadelphia marking the fifteenth anniversary of the Knights of the Golden Eagle in the state. Major General Maurice C. Stafford, Pennsylvania division of the KGE, is to command the parade.
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Philadelphia
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Pennsylvania
Maurice C. Stafford
Military Branch
Celebrating the Crusade Temperance Meeting Held in Moorhead Hall
A large Moorhead temperance gathering hosted by Moorhead W C T U featured speakers W G Powell Jonah Broughton and Captain Tates of Mansfield. The group plans Crusade day celebrations next Wednesday starting 10 AM with afternoon activities. Separately the Richabites Sons of Temperance and Good Templars held a temperance meeting at 68 Ohio Street Allegheny with addresses by Samuel McCarl John Tresher and W T Watkins.
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Moorhead Hall
Moorhead
Samuel McCarl
John Tresher
W. T. Watkins
Flag to be raised at new Government building event
The line says the cornerstone on the new Government building will be laid next Wednesday. Inspector Pattison will raise the American flag during the ceremonies.
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Pattison
Quacks Under Fire as Victims Suffer in Southside
The Southside Medical Society plans action against unskilled quacks after two cases requiring limb amputations from alleged faulty treatments. A notable example involved a Mt Oliver patient who lost a leg after a $75 six month regimen and later sought care from Dr O Connor in Knoxville.
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Southside Medical Society
Southside
Mt. Oliver
O'Connor
Knoxville
Davis
Mysician
Oum
Meeting of Catholic Ladies Aiding Little Orphans
A group of Catholic ladies met at St Pauls residence on Grant Street to plan a fall tea party for the orphans at Tanne hill street asylum. They aim to raise four to five thousand dollars and may host the event in the Exposition building or Central rink around November 18. Last year’s per child daily receipts totaled less than six and a quarter cents.
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Tannehill Street
St. Paul’s Episcopal Residence
Grant Street
Exposition Building
Deceived and Destitute Mrs Maguire Wanders in Despair
Mary Maguire once known as O Neill tells of elopement and abandonment by Maguire who died in Philadelphia after a sham marriage. With a baby and a 10 year old boy she wanders the city seeking shelter after rent losses and family quarrels leave her destitute. Detective Shore takes her to Central station and reports to authorities.
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Mary Maguire
Shore
Central Station
Mrs. Maguire
Inspector McAleese
O'Neill
Peter
East End
Maguire
Philadelphia
Brenan
Dean
Anti-Cruelty Society
Discharge rumor denied at Carnegie works Braddock Homestead
The Braddock report claiming Carnegie Association would discharge boys under 16 is false. The State Factory Inspector distributed factory act copies, Carnegie Brothers & Co. employs few under 16 and Schwab says the act does not apply to Edgar Thomson mills where women and children are not employed.
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Braddock
Carnegie Association
Braddock and
Homestead
Carnegie Brothers & Co
Schwab
Fim
Edgar Thomson
Cleaning the Big Organ at St Pauls Cathedral
The massive pipe organ is being cleaned and tuned by organ builders who expect another week of work. Since Prof. H. T. Knake’s death the church lacks a regular organist and Rev Dr Wall’s New York trip fuels rumors of securing a new operator. Pittsburg organists reportedly avoid the post as a petition circulates for a well known lady organist to take the job.
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St. Paul's Cathedral
H. T. Knake
Wall
New York
Pittsburg
Two More Deaths Result From Local Accidents
Michael Welsh a section hand on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad died at his Limerick home from injuries after colliding with a buggy at the Corts Run ferry crossing. A Polish worker died at St Francis Hospital from internal injuries when a casting fell at Black Diamond steel works. name not disclosed.
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Michael Welsh
Pittsburg and Lake Erie
Limerick
Corts’ Run
St Francis Hospital
Black Diamond Steel Works
Funeral of ex Mayor Weaver at St Peters Church
The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock this morning from St Peters Church. The pastor Rev W R Mackay will conduct the services. Pallbearers include Mayor Gourley ex Mayor G Wilson A D Smith Thomas H Lane William A Herron William A Collin wood William Halpin and Henry Smith.
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Weaver
St. Peter’s Church
W. R. Mackay
Mayor Gourley
G. Wilson
A. D. Smith
Thomas H. Lane
William A. Herron
William A. Collinwood
William Halpin
Henry Smith
Porkhouse mill resumes work after partial restoration
The Porkhouse mill difficulty has been stranged and all but eight of the old pud diers have been restored to their furnaces, and the mill will ve in full swing once more today.
Freight Wreck at East Liberty No Injuries Reported
Two freight cars derailed at East Liberty last evening during a drill when an axle broke. The accident occurred around seven oclock. No injuries were reported.
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East Liberty
Grand Holiday Display of Japanese Wares Opens Wednesday
Our Grand Holiday Display of Japanese Wares begins Wednesday October 1 in Pittsburg. It promises the most complete display in the city with novelties from our own importations. The department is open only during the holiday months and no goods sold after January 1, 1891. We advise friends to buy now and reserve items for delivery during the holiday season at 18 Diamond Market Square. Wa. Hasiace & Son Selent Family Grocers.
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Bay Friends
Hasiace & Son
Selent Family Grocers
Diamond
Market Square
Pittsburg
Emery Speech Sparks Political Debate in Bradford
A. H. Logan, former partner of Lew Emery Jr. in oil, heard Emery speak in Bradford Friday. Logan says Bradford residents side with Emery against Delamater, noting the speech’s impact and that Emery’s stance shifts municipal reform. Logan believes Emery could defeat Delamater if he campaigns.
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A. H. Logan
Lew Emery, Jr
Bradford
Logan
Emery
Delamater
Zane
Philadelphia
East
Great Bargains This Week From Reads Mode Saux and Shuster
Great bargains advertised at 30 Fifth Ave and 35 Fifth Ave feature new gloves hosiery braids buttons laces edgings and embroideries. Silks almost given away at Kxasie and Shuster with notices of sales starting Monday morning.
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Enable & Shuster
Fifth Ave
H. J. Lynch’s
Market Street
Nowsy
Kxasie & Shuster
Fatal Swissvale shooting follows festival clash
A fatal shooting occurred after a disturbance at a Swissvale festival. Samuel Walker, a colored man, surrendered to Braddock police and is jailed for trial as Fred Jenkins and Robert Russell testified. Stewart died from a gunshot to the chest with three stones found on his coat. autopsy noted a 42 caliber revolver as the weapon.
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Swissvale
Samuel Walker
Fred Jenkins
William Stewart
Walker
Stewart
Braddock
A. L. Best
Fred W. Edwards
Robert Russell
Murray
Jenkins
Major
Russell
Veney
Dean
Anderson
McDowell
Made a Target of His Wife by Revolver Fire
Josiah Ross shot his wife Sadie in the left arm at their home on Tunnehill street. The couple, both colored, were taken to the Eleventh ward station after the incident and the injury was treated by Dr. Moyer.
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Josiah Ross
Sadie
Tunnehill Street
Mis
Ross
Lewis
Mrs. Ross
Sudden Death of Mrs. Mary Hope Under Inquest
Mrs. Mary Hope aged 40 years died suddenly at her home on Wylie Avenue near Junilia Street. Coroner to hold inquest today amid speculation that excessive drinking caused the death. Local notices advertise Black Goods bargains and openings for Thume's and Keaste & Shuster dancing academies with classes starting midweek.
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Mary Hope
Wylie Avenue
Junilia Street
Round-house Road Near Wilmerding Set to Open
By week’s end the new road around the Wilmerding round-house should be in running order. Passenger traffic will be limited to the area before Pegbeo 0 and the existing main line remains in use.
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Wilmerding
Funeral for Daly Draws Nearly A Hundred Carriers
Thomas Daly, a letter carrier killed last Monday by John Baer, was buried from St. Pauls Cathedral. At 2 30 p m, 965 carriers in full uniform marched from Watson street to escort the casket to the cathedral. Fourteen special delivery messengers accompanied the cortege as Floral tributes filled the hearse.
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Thomas Daly
John Baer
St. Paul’s
Mr. Daly
Watson Street
W. F. Scott
Tuwers
Allegheny
McKean
Father Molyneaux
New Calvary Cemetery
Henry Schaub
Richard F. Maeker
D. A. McCauley
Thomas Barrett
Henry Schoenberger
John Griffin
Pattison Invited to Speak at Exposition
Ex-Governor Pattison received an invitation signed by the Exposition Board to visit and address the event on a date between now and October. Democratic State Committee Chairman Kerr appointed J. M. Guffy, T. O’Leary Jr., Gilbert Rafferty, and J. B. Larkin to the Allegheny county State Finance Committee with authority to add others.
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Pattison
Exposition Board
Kerr
Democratic State Committee
Messrs
J. M. Guffy
T. O'Leary, Jr
Gilbert Rafferty
J. B. Larkin
Allegheny County
Everett piano club series B nears close and discounts offered
Special notice to prospective piano purchasers for the Everett series B club. Certificates and piano deliveries expected by October 10. Subscribers can secure a $75 reduction. applications for membership urged. Visit 137 Federal St Allegheny or Exposition display for details or request circular from manager Alex Ross. Piano delivered to club A this week to Miss Danie Furick on $1 weekly payments.
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Everett Piano Clubs
Federal St
Allegheny
Alex. Ross
Danie Furick
Sydney St
Pittsburg
Fall and Winter Garment Renovation and New Suitings
Pittsburg shop advertises renovation and shaping of fall and winter garments with cutting and making facilities described as second to none. It promotes a new complete assortment of suitings and overcoatings in latest patterns and invites customer satisfaction, listing Jas Dircksox at 65 Fifth Ave. Telephone 1558. Also mentions Floraplexion liver cure and a clothing retailer Kwnaade & Sauster at 35 Fifth Ave.
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Jas
Dircksox
Fifth Ave
Pittsburg
Wood St
Telephone
Genuine Dr McLane Liver Pills Featured as Cure Claim
An old newspaper snippet claims bad sewerage or undrained swamps derange the liver and undermine the system causing blood diseases and eruptions. It states headaches biliousness and constipation precede symptoms and asserts cure by Dr McLane's celebrated Liver Pills.
Cloak Department Fall and Winter Fur Attracts
Hueys and Hacxe Cloak Department showcases an extensive collection for fall and winter featuring Marie Antoinette and Medici collars in Alaska seal Pacific seal mink lynx genuine skunk astrakhan and Persian lamb. The display highlights Ladies Alaska seal jackets sacques wraps and ulsters in new shapes and sizes with emphasis on fur quality workmanship and seasonally priced goods.
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Medici
Alaska
Teemer and Harlan Sail for $1000 Fast Liver Pool Race
Teemer and Harlan head a $1,000 championship event at Fast Liver pool in C. on October 2. The steamer Mayflower will depart at 9 a.m. with fare details and a note of a lively program including music and social time.
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Liverpool
Mayflower
Autumn Announcements Boost Expo Week Attendance
This week all departments will be more complete than before and the greatest week of the season is expected. The organizers anticipate thousands of familiar visitors and many new attendees from outside, inviting strangers and Expo guests to join in the event.
Dress Goods Selections Highlight Varied Fabrics and Prices
A catalog style display details Astrakhan and Boucle fabrics in stripes and plaids, Cheviots with diagonal cords, cashmeres and broadcloths in rich shades, plus affordable options. It notes navy blue Cheviots at 1 and 1.25 dollars per yard, Scotch Bourette Cheviot from 4 to 4.5 inches wide, and new two piece suits priced up to 16 dollars.
Black Dress Goods Offerings In Wide Range And Prices
A retailer showcases a full stock of black fabrics and wools, with French Cashmeres 40 to 44 inches wide priced from 50 cents to 150 dollars per yard. Lupin’s Fins French Cashmeres highlight superior finish and wear, available 0 to 150 dollars. Special wool Henriestas 45 inches wide 80 cents to 1 dollar per yard. Also Cheviots 40 to 54 inches wide 50 cents to 1.50 a yard. French Broadcloths sponged 40 to 64 inches wide priced 1 to 39 dollars per yard.
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Lupin’s
Our Silks Set The Season’s Fashion Standards
Our Silks is known. They need no holstering of words. Colored Gros Grains Failles Peau De Soies Armures Ehadames Bengatines Surahs in Tartan Plaids Crepes Novelty Brocades in 200 styles and every silk for street dress and evening wear. Black silks regain favor and satin finishes lead with Gros Grains at 1 dollar 24 inches wide. Evening silks include embroidered tissues gauzes failles golaches Indigs Rha dames Epangalines Bengalines satin de Lyons in white cream and evening shades.
Velvet and Plush Velvet Advertisements Display Range
Advertisements tout velvet grades in black and colors from 50c a yard, silk velvets from 4 dollars up, with plushes in black and colored ranges. The notice highlights wide assortments, multiple grades and shades available for velvet fabrics.
Trimmings Offerings in Rich Colors and Novel Effects
Trimmings highlight novelty and exclusiveness with a wide range. Feathers remain in demand, while passementeries, tinsel, beads, gimps, and embroideries appear in gold silver and vivid hues. Narrow bead fringes, black bead trimmings, and crochet gimp designs feature in leaf, floral, and scroll motifs. Fabrics include Astrakhan Persian monkey Thibet lynx beaver nutria raccoon mink and mottled fur varieties.
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Astrakhan
Laces and Embroideries Stock Update in New Styles
Our stock is complete with Black Silk Drapery Nets and Black Lace Fromeings in new styles and great values. Evening laces come in delicate shades and appealing designs. Cotton and linen trimming laces in wide assortments. Embroideries offer a vast variety. A new pillow case in sheer Nainsook features hand stitched bemwork.
Cloaks and Suits Offer Wide Plush Garments
A local dealer advertises a large stock of fashionable cloaks suits gowns and plush garments. It highlights a spring stock with jackets priced from ten to twenty five dollars and promises stylish fur trimmed and fancy styles to attract buyers. Dead stock is denounced as inferior.
Seals and Furs Offer Fresh Garments This Season
Our Fur Department invites your attention to seal garments for the season. Buy at once since reasons are known to the public. We offer the finest seal jackets to Ulsters at the lowest possible price. Capes feature a dozen styles, including some entirely new shapes.
Store Adopts Formal Attire for Reception Day
Linens blankets underwear and notions sold with guests invited to visit. The line lists goods such as gloves hosiery ladies and gents furnishings curtains upholstery and fancy goods while noting staff present in reception attire.
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Kanawha Region
Monongahela River
Len
Seroge
St Agnesa’ Parish
W.C.T. U
Hove
E. A. Murdorf
Wood
Pittsburg Organiat
Ber
Trimmige
Teres
Lewis Butler
Harry Butler
Washington
Jones Hall
Mars
Keaste & Shuster
Dancing Academy
Thume’s Academy
Fourth Ave
Great Enable & Shuster
Franklin Haut
Mwfsu
Jackem
Kwnaade & Sauster
Dr.c.mclane
Faeyr
Aukiy
Cloak Department
FUR Capes
Market St
Col. Mwfso
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Teemer and Harlan
Jos Horne
Penn
Tion
SILES
Seals and Furs
Horne & CO
C. Weisser
Pittsburg, PA
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