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About Robert Park Dickson
Attended public schools at Swissvale and Duff's Mercantile College - at 13 yrs he went to work as an office boy for Dr. Dwyer of Perm Avenue, Pittsburg; became an operator for C., D. & P. Telephone Company; then was a pupit boy for Edgar Thomson Steel Works.
In 1881 he was stock clerk and assistant superintendent of transportation with Homestead Mills (until 1903) - quit and went into the newspaper business in Swissvale w/ John E. Lee
(Lee & Dickson) - lasted about a year and then went with Duquesne Steel Works of the Carnegie Steel Company and worked as a stock clerk.
Elected a member of the council at Swissvale - 3 yr term, but resigned after 1 yr.
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Robert Park Dickson's Timeline
| 1863 |
September 19, 1863
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Ireland Station (now Wildwood), Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1887 |
October 2, 1887
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| 1888 |
November 9, 1888
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| 1891 |
January 28, 1891
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| 1893 |
April 1, 1893
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| 1895 |
May 3, 1895
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| 1899 |
March 10, 1899
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| 1900 |
September 6, 1900
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| 1903 |
June 1, 1903
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