Dispatched notices and advertising details from The Dispatch
The text outlines publication offices in Pittsburgh and New York, with distribution points in Paris and Union Square New York. It notes the newspaper’s registration date November 1 and second class waiter status, plus advertising convenience for foreign and local advertisers and sale points for THE DISPATCH.
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Prentine
Union Square
New York
1 Ave. de Opera
Paris
France
Abiair
Governor orders end of coke region troops amid strike peace pledge
The withdrawal of the last State regiment from the coke region signals belief that riot danger has passed and that wage disputes can be resolved peacefully. The Governor relies on labor leaders pledges to keep order, leaving future talks to reason. If promises fail, consequences will fall on both labor and leadership, and the call is for peace.
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Coke
Stanend
Leir
Why Should They Dodge the Anti-Discrimination Bill
The editorial questions why House members avoid a vote on placing the anti-discrimination bill on the calendar. It argues legislators should resist corporate pressure and uphold constitutional enactments. It asserts the legislature already showed disregard for the Constitution and public rights, making further filibustering unnecessary.
unrest in india as benares rioting stirs fears of wider outbreak
reports from india describe growing disquiet linked to manipuri fighting and a contested temple demolition in benares. observers warn that Russian influence may be fueling unrest and urge civilization to prevent a repeat of the mutiny horrors. candid views condemn war by inciting cruelty.
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India
Benares
Russia
Unnecessary Convention Opposed as Constitutional Reform
The DisPatrol argues against a Constitutional convention favoring reform within the existing framework. It warns that a convention could erase safeguards against corporate and municipal excess while extending legislative work, urging targeted amendments instead and emphasizing enforcement over emasculation of the current Constitution.
Canadian Railways In Bond Transport Debate
The article rebuts claims that Canadian railways avoid U S interstate laws and harm American carriers. It cites Treasury orders and Interstate Commerce Commission rulings showing Canadian roads are subject to U S traffic law. It condemns persistent misrepresentations as corporate-driven rhetoric.
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Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Inter-State Commerce Commission
China
Japan
Canadian Pacific
Display of Single Tax Arguments Provokes Candid Responses
The Dispatch article on single-tax ideas draws two replies highlighting logical errors. Critics argue that land exchange value reflects production increases from infrastructure, inventions, and agriculture, while proponents claim exemptions for improvements under the single-tax plan would leave little revenue.
The Single Tax Debate and City Improvement Tax Theory
The article argues that paying for streets or sewers improves land value as does building a house, and that city taxes support police, fire, and utilities are part of the cost of improvement. It critiques single tax theory, noting speculative value and revenue issues, and predicts after exemptions only the most taxable property would bear the cost.
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Buffalo
Tuk Digparcs
Dispatched critique notes bill misread by The Dispatch
The Dispatch misread Senator Robinson's ticket solicitation bill and acknowledges missing provisions. Critics and jokes intensify until the act is reexamined. Prestpert Harrison is invited to Mexico and British Columbia amid talks of presidential reach across the continent.
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Robinson
Prestpert Harrison
Mexico
British Columbia
Secretary Moves to Bar Politics at Navy Yard Foremen
The secretary’s order aims to remove foremen and master mechanics from political ties at New York and Norfolk navy yards, promising broad endorsement. He should include Portsmouth yard to build ships, not run elections, as public sentiment grows. The column also notes social title usage and census etiquette.
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Tracy
New York
Norfolk Navy Yards
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Legislature barred from interfering with the 100-for-830 bands
A terse notice claims that the $100-for-830 societies must remain free from legislative meddling. It warns that those eager to be swindled may still access full facilities in that service line.
Potatoes Stir Debate Across Press Critique
Farmer IN GALLS remark about potatoes as the burning question draws critique from the New York Press calling potatoes a growing issue. The piece warns readers to handle the dispute carefully so neither people nor potatoes end up in the stew.
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Ingalls
New York
Ex Senator Ingalls Faces Uncertain Farm Outlook
Ex Senator Ingalls is enjoying popularity with broad farming audiences now but crops reports may alter his standing. The remark suggests potential shifts as agricultural data arrives.
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Ingalls
Spinola Left Wealth and Political Acumen Noted
A late General Spinola is reported to have left a million dollars. An Eastern paper says he was a shrewd investor in real estate who knew how to place his money where it would do the most good, with an understanding he understood politics as well as real estate.
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General Spinola
Points on People and Curiosities
A collage of brief notes on notable figures and curiosities. Justis Hunky McCargur reportedly converts to Buddhism. The Mikado of Japan is seen walking alone with his arm sacred. General Albert Pike owned a giant meerschaum pipe and lived long. Charles Tappan lived to 95 watching New York grow. Vladimir Korolevko, Russian writer, jailed for In Deserted Places. Colonel George W. Williams linked to Kongo governance matters. Rev Feari Monstrose to marry Gabrielle Greeley with tall slim features. Frederick Vanderbilt, poised beauty renowned for quiet charity. Ex Senator Evarts wears his hat back, aging and stooped. Bishop Viapimer praises the Czar while guarding against press sensationalism. Detroit note mocks a hovel register for cannibalism.
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Justis Hunky McCargur
Mikado
Japan
Albert Pike
Charles Tappans
New York Tombs
Vladimir KoroLexko
St. Peter and St. Paul
George W. Williams
King Leopold
Mr. Stanley
Kongo Free State
Ohio
Feari Monstrose Chairpenin
Gabrielle Greeley
Mags
Frederick Vanderbilt
Evarts
Sumter
BisHor Viapimer
Alaska
United States
What Girls Talk About at Luncheons and Calls
A Chicago Post reporter recalls gossip among women noting two main topics: the men in their circle and the absent rivals. They indulge in sharp critique of rivals, then warmly welcome a friend like Maria Jones before turning to Anna Smith.
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Joaquin Miler
Chicago
Bella Ila France
Chicago Post
Wyse F
Maria Jones
Maria
Anna Smith
Russia
Truthful Sailor Refuses to Lie About Seas Yet Denies Encounters
A New York Sun tale recounts tourists testing a Sea captain on a train. When asked about whales serpents sharks wrecks mutiny or piracy he truthfully answers never having seen such things. He explains a vow to always speak the truth and offers cigars rather than falsehoods.
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New York Sun
Chicago
Deer hunting plans thwarted by stag panic in small German state
A foreign exchange recounts a deer stalking trip for a prince and his gentlemen. Superb weather and high spirits gave way when the head forester told the prince that hunting must end as a stag fled after spotting too many people, others being ill since yesterday. Herb tea is hoped to aid recovery, and the deer may be on its way again in days.
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Tony
Dresden
Palestine
Baalbac
Syria
Printers Epigraphs From The Times On Elizabethan Epitaphs
The Times recalls old printer epitaphs in St. Clary's Church Datches praising Christopher Barker printer to the Queen. One verse notes his press’s fame and a funeral rite opening Heaven. A second epitaph mocks mortality and the printer’s craft with quips about types and a final death.
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Manchester
Eng
St. Clary's Church
Datches
Christopher Barker
Queen Elizabeth
Barker
Joaquin Miller In Chicago Weeps At Grand Southside Reception
The Chicago News notes Joaquin Miller visited Chicago two to three months ago and, after a grand Southside reception with costly victuals and flowers, wept amid a sea of women. He praised a young woman with fawnlike eyes, then confessed his poet's heart before she challenged him to write. He departed for the Pacific Slope at dawn.
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Chicago News
Joaquin Miller
Chicago
Joaquin
Sierras
Miller
The
Pacific Slope
Painter Burns Paper Pane In French Studio Prank
In Paris an eminent economical painter punishes repeated window pane pranks. Students cover the hole with paper each morning, and on the fifth day he finally drives his cane through the paper and glass, delivering the line He that breaks pays.
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Paris
London
Seated Bull Declares War and Returns to Territory
The table split in two as the chief's tomahawk lodged in the door below. The Seated Bull declared war and departed the Capitol without resistance, then paddled back to his territory in his canoe tied to a pier of the great bridge over the Potomac River.
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Capitol
Potomac River
Two Kinds of Pinchbeck Differences in Jewelry Plating
The New York Sun reports manufacturers lamenting the flood of cheap brass plated jewelry that harms the industry by undercutting quality gold plate products. Genuine gold plated items offer decades long wear and do not stain clothing or irritate skin, unlike inferior brass underplated pieces.
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New York Sun
Notable Visitors and Arrivals At Pittsburgh Hotels
A string of notables passed through or stayed in Pittsburgh venues. Wallace's Horse Register manager L M Allen. Humane Society president Eaton. Judge James Inghram and wife from Waynesburg. J W Collins of Wheeling. B J Horton of Louisville. W H Knowlson of New Orleans. A L Beck of Sharon. W L Curtis of Clate. Senators Steele and Neeb. Representative Lemon and Muehlbronner. Marshall Field Jr in transit. C L Pullman bound for Chicago. Ex Congressman Hopkins and Col Willis J Hulings at Monongahela House. W H Wanamaker, brother of the Postmaster General, at the Anderson. more visitors from Philadelphia, Denver, Youngstown, Parkersburg, and a Brazilian coffee firm rep Sanches Ximenes. a party from Philadelphia planned a river trip aboard the Anderson.
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L. M. Allen
Wallace's Horse Register
Eaton
The
Humane Society
Bedford
James Inghram
Waynesburg
Pittsburg
J. W. Collins
Wheeling
B. J. Horton
Louisville
Duquesne
W. H. Knowlson
New Orleans
Mercek
Steele and
Neeb
Lemon and
Muehlbronner
Harrisburg
Marshall Field, Jr
Chicago
United
C.L. Pullman
James H. Hopkins
Willis J. Hulings
Oil City
Monongahela House
W. H. Wanamaker
Sanches Ximenes
California
Hoe
America
Anderson
J. H. Lufland
S. A. Armatrong
P. F. Hernar
Philadelphia
Allegh River
Monongahela
Military parable on China and Japan from Peking Gazette
The piece contrasts China’s turbulent past with modern restraint, noting large armies long ago and a present scarcity of soldiers. It references a Japanese noble, Prince Sanjo, dying after a final gesture of gratitude as the Emperor honors him on his deathbed.
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New York Tribune
Prince Sanjo
Japan
Deaths of a Day Stephen A Emery
Stephen A Emery a musician and teacher died at Massachusetts General Hospital Boston after a six month illness. Born October 4 11 in Paris Maine he showed early love of music and studied in Leipzig and Dresden before returning to the United States. He taught piano and harmony at the New England Conservatory of Music and served as professor at Boston University College of Music. He wrote numerous piano pieces and songs and his Elements of Harmony is widely used.
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Stephen A. Emery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Mr. Emery
Paris
Emery
Leipale
Dresten
United States
Fortiand
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston University College of Music
Smery
Death of Allegheny Resident Frederick A Kalb
Frederick A Kalb an elderly Allegheny resident died last evening at his home 1 Third Street He came from Hesse Darmstadt in 180 settling in Allegheny He leaves two children Jon Kalb and Mrs Mary Huoneck The funeral will be tomorrow at 3 00 PM from his residence
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Frederick A. Kalb
Allegheny
Third Street
Kalo
Hesse-Darmstadt
Jon Kalb
Mary Huoneck
Notable Obituaries From Various States Across The Week
Obituaries report the deaths of Colonel Henry T. Noble mayor of Dixon Michigan, J Sargent banker of Downs Kansas, Ha yden Bingham former Indiana legislator, Moone wife of M W Moore of Grove City Telephone, Mrs Sarah Scisco last Hosanni tribe descendant in Grafton Massachusetts, Rev Charles W Barrett Garrett Biblical Institute Evanston Illinois, Father Atkinson oldest Methodist preacher in the United States, Japox J Lindley noted St Louis circuit bench, Mrs N W Baptat sister in law of historian General Adam Badeau, German resident of Pittsburgh and a long time Piave area resident, Rev Khalil Willard Alleman New England Annual Conference M E Church, Mosks Piren old slave died in Boston.
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Henry T. Noble
Dixon
J. Sargent
First National Bank
Downs
Kan
Haypden
Bingham
Indiana
Indianapolis
Mas. Moone
M. W. Moore
Grove City
Sarah Scisco
Grafton
Mass
Charles W. Barrett
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston
Bright
Father Atkinson
Bowman
United States
Benton Harbor
Mich
Japox J. H. Lindley
St. Louis
Nevada
Kansas City
N. W. Baptat
Adam Badeau
Deste
O Greve
A. Oie
Greves
Phee Will
Fitaburg
Resania
Piaveeare
Khali H Willard Allem
New England
M. E. Church
Boston
Seated Bull Seeks Redress Ahead of West Indian Uprising
A French periodical reports Indian leader Seated Bull seeking redress in Washington after annuity delays and promised munitions. He presented complaints to the President, then returned to the Capitol where he struck the morbid table with a fatal gesture.
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Science Pour
Science For All
Washington
Legislative
Capitol
Editorial Letter on Taxation and Land Values Reform
A letter to The Dispatch from J. B. Sharpe of Pittsburg argues for a single tax on land values and challenges tax schemes on personal property and industry. He cites Buffalo official estimates showing exemptions of improvements could lower city tax rates by about 40 to 50 percent while preserving revenue, asserting land value taxation stimulates production and raises land value.
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Tau
Lea
J. B. Sharpe
Pittsburg
Sharpe
Buffalo
Mooney & Bro
Alooney
Buffalo Tax Reform Club
Questioning Single Tax Theory on City Firefighting Costs
A reader from Pittsettse asks The Dispatch to clarify a single tax proposal. He doubts exempting improvements and long-term taxes would leave enough rental value to fund a fire engine and questions whether advocates truly mean to tax only the net rent year after year. Rex signs the letter dated April 16, 1991.
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Pittsburg
Rex
Pittsette
Library Site Debate Over Carnegie Free Library Entrance
A Pittsburgh taxpayer criticizes the Library Committee for choosing the Shepley Park site, arguing location by cheapness ignores public need. He urges locating the main library where rail lines cluster, suggesting wharves or other urban sites to benefit the masses and transport access.
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Dispatch
Shepley Park
Carnegie Free Library
Sohenley Park
Idenoft
Schenley Park
Cit
Sehenley Park
Monopgahela
Allegheny
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Exposition Society
Pittspurg
Ballot reform idea faces practical hurdles
A reader proposes publishing a list of voters who cast ballots to deter fraud. The letter argues a post election precinct tally would expose non voters who appear as voters, reducing fraud. The writer notes publishing such lists would require many extra pages and staff, deeming the plan infeasible.
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Iinpatch
Pirissure
Maker Siil
How to Create a Newspaper Clipping Collection
Guidance on assembling clippings and scrapbooks. Use self sticking scrapbooks in standard sizes from bookstores. When an article is long, cut to fit the page and continue in the book. Consider dates and topics shown, including library issues and calendar changes.
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the Dispatch
Keystone Pirristine
Waverley Society entertains with a varied program at Allegheny High
The Waverley Literary Society held a spring evening at Allegheny High School with an overture by Schmertz Orchestra followed by readings, a piano solo by Samuel B. Stewart, a debate on government forms, and a Queen of Fame tableau. Louise M. Alcott earned the crown. Over 700 attended Turner Hall Allentown for Allen School picnic benefit with a doll drill by 16 girls. A Sixth Presbyterian social brought Y P S C E groups together with music recitations and a luncheon. Librarian Stevenson plans a French books list with Dr. Charles Fayes. Miss Eszaneta Porter of Butler ill with grip.
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Waverley Literary Society
Allegheny High School
Schmertz
J. Charlot Sherriff
Samuel B. Stewart
Ee.akill
Hunting Orua
Beasie Cowley
Walter Scott
J. Charles Sherriff
D. J. Patterson
H. Geck
Patterson
Fleck
Arrs
Parlington
Ike
Hassett
Louise M. Alcott
Emma M. Basset
Marie 4. Lewis
Daisy M. Harbison
Libbie H. Smith
Marian B. Jackman
Nellie Margolis
Carrie Lusk
Marie Eisenbeis
Grace Scott
Mollie Seitz
Marie H. Orr
Nellie E. Kobns
Turner Hall
Allentown
Allen School
Sixth Presbyterian
Mosars
English
Donaldson
Westerville
Chalmers
Stevenson
Charles Fayes
Allegheny
Paris
Social Highlights From Allentown and Nearby Notes
Graduation news for Joan L Winslow at Jatereen Medical College Philadelphia details a family link to Dr W H Winslow. A select tea at Fain Hall Allentown supports St Gaerres BK Schools next Wednesday. Rev James T Satchell receives North Avenue M E Church welcome. Deaconness Home on Dinwiddle St to open soon with a public bow to follow. Yale study trip for James F Brows sails July 5 to France for language study. Rev C E Locks returns from vacation and lectures on War Territory at Smithfield M E Church.
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Joan L. Winstow
W. H. Winslow
Jatereen Medical College
Philadelphia
St. Gaerre’s BK
Fain Hall
Allentown
Eet
North Avenue M. E
James T. Satchell
Wil Price
Dinwiddle Street
James F. Brows
South Hichland Avenue
New Haven
Venn
Yale
France
C. EK. Locks
Battle Fields
South
Smithfield M. E
Kentucky Constitution Shows Lack of Support
The new Kentucky constitution fails to win approval as its drafters did not sign it and the public is unlikely to adopt the document. After months of discussion and spending the episode underscores that ripping a good constitution apart is a poor fix.
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St. Louis Republic
Kentucky
Ballot Reform debate echoed in Pennsylvania election law
The New York World warns that states with lax election laws risk corruption, arguing that opponents of ballot reform profit from weak rules. The piece frames Pennsylvania as a case study where loopholes enable manipulation by political actors seeking gain.
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New York World
Pennsylvania
Chicago pushes standing room only fare into law
The passage notes Chicago's push in the State Legislature to enact a fare for standing room only. It suggests Pennsylvania will not ease their own lawmakers’ duties and implies other state representatives should follow suit to honor constituents.
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Philadelphia Times
Chicago
Hidden Message on a Dearly Guarded Sheet
A yellowed sheet passed through generations holds a lone lover’s message unread by outsiders. The old love-setter, worn with tears, keeps it hidden from curious eyes and clings to the memory longer than any portrait.
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FBI
Curious Condensations Recount Historic World Briefs
A digest of global notes reports Chicago plans a Western card factory, a rarity of sudden death among women, a 14 year old South Carolina girl cutting fourth teeth, and Berlin prices forcing Russian reindeer imports. Other items note a Doylestown man’s egg challenge, a Philadelphia theft arrest, Kansas rail miles, Cuban census figures, polar exploration survival rates, a Corry lawsuit verdict, and a Beatrice Nebraska pony escape.
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Chicago
West
South Carolina
Bangalore
India
Doylestown
Philadelphia
Kansas
State
The
Union
Berlin
Indiana
Cuba
Fragmented Exchange Sparks Weekend Courtroom Quips
In a jumble of jagged dialogue a widow laments doctor bills after her husband’s death while a doctor counters with life insurance proceeds. A satirical court scene features Mrs Greyneck debating robbers and a claimant’s garbled accusation about a cigare etya.
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Lorton Courter
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Will Hampton
Misa Liszie Strauss
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Butler
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