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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1889
Page
4
The author of Dont answers readers questions on proper social conduct in late 19th century society. Topics cover white shoes with evening dress, fan use, calling habits at weddings, pronouns and titles, sealing wax, note paper, mourning reentry, announcing engagements, and widow etiquette with detailed guidance.
Elaborate Randall Club event planned for Tuesday evening Easter week at New Turner Hall and gymnasium seating 800. Kennedy and staff handle banquet. Tourgee orchestra and Haydn Quartet provide music. decorations by Leittot and club banners. Committee lists include J Pressly and H T Morris. reception aims for a grand social and political gathering with large turnout.
Mr T A McNary and Miss Emma Thomp sons were married last Thursday evening at the bride’s parents’ residence in Allegheny and left on a late train for a Western tour. On returning they will take residence on Wilson avenue, Allegheny.
Mrs M Berk of St Louis visits her brewer Mr K Solomoon. On Monday Miss Hattie Cummings Palmer of Brighton left for New Sheffield Academy. Mrs M Peyton of Pens Secon East End returned home from St Xavier's Academy for Easter. Miss Edith A A' Agheny left last night her sister at Usta for an hour.
Sewickley notes report Miss Ongis visiting Massillon relatives and Miss Jennie Bald in Rochester, with other locals visiting friends in the Valley. A Princeton Glee Club concert and a later Ruth performance are noted, plus a wedding at a local home with the Groom from Elizabeth and plans for a move to St Augustine after a short Eastern trip.
Special Orders No 1 reports honorably discharged Lieutan and notes Thirteenth Quartermaster Patterson and Eighteenth Quartermaster Brown departing for New York to arrange quarters. An appropriation of 15,000 funds Creedmoor Rifle matches next fall. Lieutenant Lower recovers from pneumonia, Captain Simmons in critical condition, and rifle practice season begins May 1 with Eighteenth Regiment securing a Highbridge range.
An ad touts Hard man Senschist Obion eel iino organs and a wide piano and organ selection at McNee & Horns 77 Fifth Avenue, claiming 60 years of reliability and lowest city prices. It invites visits to Davn & Daschbach 111 Smithfield Street, Pearson's at 96 Fifth Avenue and 43 Federal Street Allegheny, Steinamann's at 107 Peters for diamonds watches and imported goods with discount offers.
Theater news from Pittsburgh notes A J Shedden recovering at Allegheny Hospital while Lydia Thompson burlesque troupe plays on at the Bijou. The Hanlons return home as legal issues settle. Crane and Stuart promising American plays with four acts each, including a cosmopolitan comedy set in Paris and Switzerland. Mr Crane plans multiple novelties at Chippewa House and Star Theater with a big American company. Oliver and W W McIntosh eye championships. Ada Lewis and Gladys Orme emerge in New York gossip. The Red Signal to open May 6 at Grand Opera House Chicago, a labor vs capital drama with innovative stage effects.
The Bijou presents a remade Voyage En Suisse a sparkling comedy with hundreds of new tricks and mystifying elements. The cast features strong musical numbers and a highly praised company claiming to be the best yet to voice the roles. Excar brings nineteenth century pantomime flair to the Opera House this week while Kellar focuses on mechanical tricks.
Harris Theater hosts The Mars Line by H C De Mills and Charles Barnard alongside Leavitt's Monte Cristo at Academy of Music. La Mexicana burlesques and Vienna vocalists add variety with a Grand Central Rink showing Hurlear?s animals and trained horses.
SONS OF VETERANS Captain H A Davis will inspect Camp 2 8 V Allegheny next Monday evening. Brethren discuss Fourth of July parade as possible celebration. Special meeting set for Davis Camp to arrange floats for April event. Fall dress reception at Cyclorama Hall Allegheny on the 30th promises a refined affair.
The handsome new Encampment No. 1 halls at 77 Sixth Avenue near completion will open to the public on April 30. Hall No 1 features antique oak, fine brussels carpets, frescoed walls, and portraits of Civil War figures. Hall No 2 uses cherry furniture with luxurious decor. An extensive library and large ante rooms accompany both halls.
Notes from Philadelphia Pittsburgh and nearby lodges recount visits by members from Chicago Baltimore New York and Philadelphia. Plans include a new lodge at Aabary Park clubhouse talks in Pittsburg and a reunion in the near term. Elks events feature charity performances and a Bedford Indianspells association links noted.
The piece recalls Grand Army of the Republic ideals and reports Major General Frans Nigel resigning as Pension Agent in New York. Corporal Damon Tanner, Commissioner of Pensions, faces criticism over alleged misdeeds. The text suggests financial and administrative dissatisfaction tied to four-year tenure under Cleve.
Post 8 staged The Fall of Atlanta at the Opera House last week with local talent supplying the cast. Special credit is given to Janes L. Graham and his drill corps the Girls Home Guard of Post 215 for their maneuvers and arms drill.
The article notes growing Grand Army of the Republic activity in Allegheny County and eastern Pennsylvania with Milwaukee greeting veterans, the Wisconsin post roster of 1889 listing 250 posts, and General John M. Schofield slated for an official ing next month. It mentions Butler forming a Union Veteran Legion, eligibility for early veterans, and Memorial Day set for broader observance, especially in eastern Pennsylvania with each post planning special features.
An OCR fragment advertises a high grade Key West cigar sold from 850 to 12 per 100. It mentions G. W. Schmidt at 95 and 9T Fifth Ave and notes Havana tobacco in natural condition. The text is garbled but implies a tobacco product and pricing.
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