Asst. Postmaster: John H. Dawson

First Class – Letters and all other written matter, whether sealed or unsealed, and all other matter sealed, nailed, sewed, tied or fastened in any manner, so that it cannot be easily examined, two cents per ounce or fraction thereof, including delivery at letter carrier offices. Postal cards one cent each. Postal cards are unmailable with any writing or printing on the address side, except the direction, or with anything pasted upon or attached to them.

Second Class – Only for publishers and news agents; publications of the second class when sent by the publishers thereof and news agents, are subject to postage at the rate of one cent a pound or fraction thereof. The rate of postage on newspapers and periodical publications of the second class, when sent by others than the publisher or newsagent, is one cent for each four ounces or fraction thereof, and must be fully prepaid.

City Hall – North side W. Fourth Street between N. Pine street and Broadway. Election for city officers, 1st Tuesday in April of each year.

Pittsburg Fire Department – Organized 1884; membership, 57 Regulars, meetings second Wednesday in each month, in city hall.

Located 206 N. Joplin Avenue, between Sixth and Seventh streets. Rev. Otto Kloeckner, teacher. Sessions, first four and one-half days of each week.

German Lutheran Church – N. Joplin avenue, between Sixth and Seventh streets. Rev. Otto Kloeckner, pastor. Services every Sunday morning at 10 o’clock, and evening at 7:00 o’clock except third Sunday of each month.

Christian Church – 202 N. Pine Street, northeast corner Pine and Sixth streets. Rev. M. G. Jenkins, pastor. Services: 11 am, 7:30 p.m. Sunday school 10 a.m.; James Adams, superintendent. Prayer meetings, Thursdays 7:30 p.m.

First M. E. Church – 201 N. Pine Street, northwest corner Pine and Sixth streets. Services every Sabbath at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Prayer meeting, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday school 9:30 a.m.

Presbyterian – 501 N. Pine Street, corner Eighth and Pine streets. Rev. A. M. Mann, pastor. Services every Sabbath at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday school 9:30 a.m. Prayer meeting, Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church – Northwest corner Ninth and Elm streets. Rev. Father Joseph Gaydousck, pastor. Early mass, 8 a.m. except 4th Sunday of each month. High mass, 10:15 a.m. Vespers, 7:30 p.m.

Kansas and Texas Coal Co. – Capital stock, $2,000,000. (Fully paid up.) B. F. Hobart, president, St. Louis, MO.; E. B. Loveland, vice-president, St. Louis, MO.; W. P. Heath, secretary, St. Louis, MO.

Cherokee and Pittsburg Coal and Mining Co. – Capital stock, $500,000. (Operated by A. T. & S. F. R. R.) W. B. Strong, president, Boston, Mass.; E. Wilder, treasurer, Topeka, Kan.; W. W. Allen, Manager, Topeka, Kan.

Pittsburg Town Co. – Capital stock, $100,000. B. F. Hobart, president; E. B. Loveland, vice-president; W. P. Heath, Secretary.

The Pittsburg Gas Light and Coke Co., and Electric Light and Power Plant – Capital stock, $50,000. O. T. Boaz, President, Samuel Barrett, secretary and treasurer, Pittsburg Kan., James A. Bendure, lessee.

The Four Great Zinc Smelting Works – R. Lanyon & Co., W. J. Lanyon, S. H. Lanyon & Bro., Granby M. & S. Co., represent an aggregate investment in their plants alone of $1,000,000.

Pittsburg Water and Irrigating Co. –Capital stock, $100,000. Frank Playter, president, Pittsburg, Kansas; C. M. Davidson, superintendent, Pittsburg, Kansas; George E. Howard, secretary; W. D. Ford and A. L. Chaplin, Frank Playter, C. M. Davidson, Geo. H. Howard, board of directors.

Western Coal and Mining Co. – Capital stock, $100,000 (Operated by Missouri Pacific Railroad.) Edwin Gould, president, New York City; D. S. H. Smith, treasurer, St. Louis, MO; R. M. McDowell, manager and vice-president, St. Louis, MO.

Pittsburg and Midway Coal Co. – Capital stock, $200,000. E. H. Brown, president, Girard, Kansas; John T. Morrison, secretary and treasurer, Pittsburg, Kansas

Pittsburg Electric Railway Co. – Capital stock, $50,000. B. F. Hobart, president, St. Louis, MO; Frank Playter, vice-president, Pittsburg, Kansas; F. E. Doubleday, secretary and treasurer; A. E. Stilwell, Kansas City; B. H. Wilson, Pittsburg, Kansas; B. F. Hobart, Frank Playter, F. E. Doubleday, board of directors.

Granby Mining and Smelting Co. – Capital stock, $2,000,000. H. J. P. Neville, president, St. Louis, MO; A. G. Trevor, secretary, St. Louis, MO; H. G. Tessmer, Superintendent, Pittsburg, Kansas.

Shepard Abstract Co. – Bonded for $5,000; incorporated 1889. Geo. V. Shepard, president; Henry V. Shepard, treasurer; Jas. JB. Daley, secretary.

East Pittsburg Land Co. – Capital stock, $100,000. Moses Greenwood, Jr., president, St. Louis, MO; B. H. Wilson, vice-president and general manager, Pittsburg, Kansas; Alfred Carr, treasurer, St. Louis, MO; Frank Playter, secretary, Pittsburg, Kansas. Moses Greenwood, B. H. Wilson, Alfred Carr, Frank Playter and B. F. Hobart, of St. Louis, board of directors.

Consolidated Land Co. – Capital stock, $1,000,000. A. E. Stilwell, president, Kansas City, MO; A. L. Chaplin, treasurer, Pittsburg, Kansas; Frank Playter and B. H. Wilson, managers of properties, Pittsburg, Kansas. W. S. Taylor, Philadelphia, Pa.; C. E. Granniss, New Haven, Conn.; David Ramsey, Pittsburg, Kansas; F. E. Doublday, Pittsburg, Kansas; J. Yale Fairman, New Haven, Conn.; A. E. Stilwell, A. L. Chaplin, Frank Playter, B. H. Wilson, board of directors.

Lanyon Mortgage Co. – Office in National Bank of Pittsburg, Capital stock, $50,000. H. C. Willard, president; S. H. Lanyon, vice-president; Frank W. Lanyon, treasurer; W. D. Ford, secretary; Frank Playter, manager. References – Hon. P. B. Plumb, U.S. senator, Kansas; Importers and Traders’ National Bank of N. Y.; First National Bank of Chicago, Ill.; Armour Brothers Banking Co., Kansas City, MO.

The Deming Investment Co. – (Home office, Oswego, Kansas.) Capital stock, $100,000 fully paid up. Branch offices, Erie and Fredonia, Kansas, and Walla Walla, Washington. Nelson Case, president; R. O. Deming, treasurer and manager. Nelson Case, Bayard T. Byrns, Robert O. Deming, J. B. Montgomery, Rev. John Elliott, F. W. Keller, W. F. Thorne, directors.

The Pittsburg Land Co. –Capital stock, $125,000. W. D. Ford; president; Henry L. Hill, vice-president; Sam Barratt, secretary; A. L. Chaplin, treasurer. W. D. Ford, Henry L. Hill, Sam Barratt, A. L. Chaplin, F. L. Trowbridge, directors.

The Pittsburg Zinc Mining Co. – Capital stock, $50,000. Louis F. Heublein, president; Frank Playter, vice-president; W. H. Yarcho, secretary; C. E. Grannis, treasurer. Louis F. Heublein, Frank Playter, W. H. Yarcho, C. E. Grannis, J. Yale Fairman, W. D. Ford, directors.

Pittsburg Abstract Co. – Office corner Fourth Street and Broadway. Capital Stock $5,000. Frank Playter, president; W. D. Ford, vice-president; George E. Howard, secretary and treasurer, and general manager.

The Shepard & Chapman Mortgage Co. – Capital stock, $50,000. Henry V. Shepard, president; R. H. Chapman, secretary; General office Wichita, Kansas; branch office in opera house building, corner Fourth street and Broadway, Pittsburg; Geo. V. Shepard, manager.

Pittsburg and St. Louis Zinc and Land Co. – Capital stock, $100,000. Organized February 13, 1890. J. Yale Fairman, president, New Haven, Conn.; Frank Playter, vice-president, Pittsburg, Kansas; W. D. Ford, (Ford & Yarcho, real estate) secretary, A. L. Chaplin, treasurer. M. Greenwood, Jr., St. Louis; B. H. Wilson, W. D. Ford, Frank Playter, J. Yale Fairman, New Haven, Conn; Lewis Heublein, Hartford, Conn.; A. L. Chaplin, board of directors.

Crawford County Realty Co. –Capital stock, $50,000. Organized October 3d, 1889. Moses Greenwood, Jr., president, St. Louis, MO; B. H. Wilson, general manager, Pittsburg, Kansas; Frank Playter, secretary and treasurer.

The Pittsburg Daily Headlight – Published every evening except Sunday. The Pittsburg Weekly Headlight published every Thursday. Wm. Moore & Sons, editors and proprietors, Office, 111 1/2 S. Broadway

The Daily Smelter – Published every morning except Monday. The Pittsburg Smelter, (weekly) published every Saturday. Republican in politics. John P. Morris & Co., publishers. Office corner Third Street and Broadway.

The Pittsburg Kansan – By J. C. Buchanan, editor and proprietor; issued weekly; Democratic in politics. Office 116 E. Third Street.

The National Bank of Pittsburg – 108 S. Broadway. Organized 1881. Re-organized as the National Bank of Pittsburg, with a paid up capital of $50,000. Authorized capital, $200,000. Surplus, $15,000. S. H. Lanyon, president; James Patmor, vice-president; Frank W. Lanyon, cashier. S. H. Lanyon, James Patmor, Frank W. Lanyon, C. S. Jennings, A. H. Lanyon, H. C. Willard, L. G. Menderson, Cincinnati, Ohio, board of directors.

First National Bank – 111 S. Broadway. Incorporated March, 1864. Paid up capital, $50,000. Surplus and undivided profits, $25,000. John R. Lindburg, president; J. W. Brewer, vice-president. Charles P. Hale, cashier; R. E. Carlton, assistant cashier. Henry Schoen, A. E. Nau, W. C. Beck, C. G. Waite, T. Judson Hale, John R. Lindburg, J. W. Brewer, Charles P. Hale, R. E. Carlton, board of directors.

Manufactuerer’s National Bank – Corner Fourth Street and Broadway. Capital stock, $100,000. B. F. Hobart, President; F. E. Doubleday, vice-president; A. L. Chaplin, cashier. B. F. Hobart, F. E. Doubleday, J. C. Merrill, J. M. Goff, Frank Playter, B. H. Wilson, D. Ramsey, Wm. S. Taylor, A. L. Chaplin, J. A. Nuttman, W. D. Ford, R. C. Kerens, directors.

Black Diamond Lodge No. 65, K. of P. – Meet every Tuesday night at their hall in Kansas and Texas building, corner Fourth Street and Broadway. A. Jacobus, C. C.; L. C. Bowles, V. C.; A. T. North, K. R. of S.

U. R. K. of P. No. 38 – Meets every 2nd and 4th Monday of each month in their hall, corner Fourth Street and Broadway. Lee Van Winkle, S. R. K.

Pittsburg Lodge No. 56 A. O. U. W. – Meets every Friday night in their hall, corner Second Street and Broadway. A. C. Barnes, M. W.; W. Jernigan, F.; Joseph Tindall, recorder.

Pittsburg Lodge No. 1, Sons of Herrmanus (German) – Membership 100. Meets every Thursday evening at their hall over Tessmer’s store, at 7:30 p. m. Frank Harbort, president, Fred Machata, secretary.

Masonic Hall – Over Kansas and Texas store, corner Fourth Street and Broadway.

Montjoie Commandery K. T., No. 29 – Organized May, 1888; members 48. T. P. Waskey, past E. C.; John R. Lindburg, E. C.; L. Kumm, G,; M. M. Snow, Cap. G.; Frank W. Lanyon, S. W.; John Lanning, J. W.; George W. Killam, Sword B.; W. Lanyon, Jr., Stand B.; John Brewer, Warden; D. S. Miller, Treasurer; Dr. W. F. DeNeidman, Secretary; H. Keck, Tyeler. Meets 2nd Wednesday in each month.

Pittsburg Chapter R. A. M., No 58 – Organized February 20th, 1884; members, 65; convocation 1st Friday in each month. Frank W. Lanyon, H. P.; John Lanning, K.; Sam Barratt, S.; Lee VanWinkle, C. of H.; L. Kumm, P. S.; J. B. McLean, R. A. C.; M. S. Grover, 3rd V.; A. O. Craig, 2nd V.; J. N. Hodges, 1st V.; George W. Killam, Treasurer; A. C. Jenness, Secretary; H. Keck, Tyler.

Pittsburg Lodge A. F. and A. M., No 187 – Organized October 16th, 1879; covocation 4th Thursday in each month. Lee Van Winkle, W. M.; E. W. Smith, S. W.; C. A. Patmor, J. W.; C. A. Miller, Treasurer; J. W. Jennings, Secretary; A. K. Lanyon, S. D.; G. A. Callahan, J. D.; D. F. D. Pomeroy, Tyler; A. Gardner, S. S.; John Ross, J. S.