Injury report, more praise for 1914 Pittsburgh Pirates pitching staff: Pittsburgh Press "sports edition," March 19, 1914

"Pirates' injured list increasing"

"Pirates hurlers are good."

This edition also includes a graphic of outfielder Max Carey and a "Who's Who" piece of Freeport, Pennsylvania boy Charley Fullerton.

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Hotel man stabbed, wife under arrest: Pittsburgh Press, March 19, 1914

The headlines of these 1914 editions of the Pittsburgh Press make Pittsburgh sound like an extremely violent city. This edition is no different...

"Hotel man stabbed; wife is held."

"Girl is robbed by thug."

"Think woman tried to kill family."

"College professor dies on street."

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Pittsburgh Pirates pitching staff 100 years ago: Pittsburgh Press "sports edition" from March 18, 1914

"Pirates veteran hurlers are showing good form."

"Looking forward to a great season."

This edition also features a graphic of pitcher Marty O'Toole, "the clever Pirate heaver."

And the "Who's Who with the Pirates" features Barney Duffey, "a callow heaver."

Also note the really cool Moerlein Bock Beer advertisement in the lower right.

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George Westinghouse will is filed: Pittsburgh Press, March 18, 1914

"Westinghouse will is filed. Vast estate disposed of by inventor. Worth about $35,000,000; employees remembered."

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What was happening with the Pittsburgh Pirates a century ago?: Pittsburgh Press "sports edition" from March 17, 1914

Well..... It looks as though they were putting out a fire. Literally. According to the headline, "Buccaneers turn fire fighters at early morning Hot Springs blaze."

This edition also features an article on outfielder James Kelley in the "Who's Who with the Pirates" column.

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New Kaufmann & Baer Co. store: Pittsburgh Press, March 17, 1914

In addition to it being St. Patrick's day (not the shamrocks across the top of the page), this March 17, 1914 edition of the Pittsburgh Press discusses a new Kaufmann & Baer Co. store opening in downtown Pittsburgh -- a "gigantic building which almost equals in size a city block."

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Pittsburgh Pirates news from March 16, 1914 from the Pittsburgh Press "sports edition"

"New pitcher joins team"

The article discusses the a young man named B. E. Doyle who was sent from Sioux City to join the club in their spring training camp in Arkansas.

The regular column, "Who's who with the Pirates" features a gentleman named Lee W. Delhi, referred to in this piece as "the comeback kid."

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