Word: pittsburgh
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...believe your correspondent refers to John A. Brashear, distinguished astronomer and scientist, who died April 8, 1920, at Pittsburgh, Pa. A year prior to his death, he was voted the most useful citizen of Pennsylvania. Refer to any encyclopedia for further information concerning Dr. Brashear.* Prior to the death of Dr. Brashear, it was considered that no banquet was complete without having on its roster one of the three prominent J. B's of Pittsburgh: James Francis Burke, famed Pittsburgh lawyer, Judge Buffington of the Circuit Court of Appeals, and Uncle John Brashear, as he was affectionately known...
...team will leave for the West in the third week of April, during the spring vacation. The first debate will be against the University of Pittsburgh on April 16. From Pittsburgh the team will travel to Grennell, Iowa, where they are scheduled to debate on April 18. From then on debates will take place on successive days, the next being against Iowa University at Iowa City on April 19. Ames, also in Iowa, will be the scene of the fourth debate, the Crimson orators arguing against the Iowa State College on April 20. The last debate definitely scheduled will take...
...four children, the others being Anne S., Dwight W. Jr., Constance C. Her grandfather Morrow was for many years Superintendent of Schools in Allegheny City (Pittsburgh...
...world, will be in operation at the new South African station of the College Observatory within the next two years, it was announced today by Dr. Harlow Shapley, director of the observatory. The contract for this giant research instrument has just been awarded to a firm in Pittsburgh, Pa., that has made many large telescopes, including the 72-inch reflector at the Dominion Observatory, Victoria, B. C., the world's second largest...
...great fifth trunk system in the East, in rivalry to the New York Central, Pennsylvania, B. & O. and proposed Nickel Plate System. He controls the Wabash (Mississippi River and Great Lakes Ports to Buffalo; it reaches the Port of New York over the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western), the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh (connecting those cities), the Delaware & Hudson (upstate New York to the St. Lawrence). The B. & O. and the New York Central own control of the Philadelphia & Reading. In this particular road Mr. Loree has potent rights. This is important, for the Philadelphia & Reading controls the Central...