Fire Dispatch Advertises General Office Details
The dispatch page lists office locations at Smithfield and Diamond Streets and publishing rooms on Diamond Street. It notes advertising offices in New York and mentions Brenta no's distribution points in New York and Paris for the Dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithfield
Diamond Streets
Diamond Street
Cale
Brentano’s
Union Square
New York
Ave. de Opera
Paris
France
News Fond
Discreditable Move in World’s Fair Funding Debate
The Pittsburgh Sunday Dispatch reports on the House of Representatives adding the Governor and Lieutenant Governor to the World’s Fair appropriation commission. Critics argue this inflates costs and undermines constitutional provisions restricting civil offices and extra compensation. The piece warns the move endangers Pennsylvania’s representation at the fair and frames the outcome as a state-credit issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Mlin
Pennsylvania
Ube Pair
Frost Free Peak Presages Ample Fruit Next Summer
Experts report the frost before last did not injure fruit, though it nearly ruined crops. The forecast calls for a bountiful summer harvest to offset last year’s scarcity, lifting public concern over fruit prices and availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
The Yellow Fever Threat and Quarantine Call
A New York arrival reports three yellow fever cases on a vessel, underscoring the need for stricter quarantine. The piece notes typhus and other epidemics are winter or cold weather risks, while yellow fever typically starts in tropical regions after heat and spreads later in summer, potentially requiring year round vigilance to prevent its spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cousta
A Novel Use for Naphta Among Paris Factory Girls
The article notes that Paris factory workers have used naphtha fumes as a cheap opium substitute, creating a dangerous new practice. It describes the broader availability of intoxicants and warns that this discovery, though scientifically interesting, is harmful to society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pari
Unclear phrasing about petroleum products and social harm
The fragment discusses petroleum products used to soothe workers and warns that continued use could ruin them as effectively as opium would. It comments on social impact and potential degeneration among French working girls.
Review of Coke Region Disorder Highlights Mutual Faults
The correspondence notes both sides erring and provoking breaches of peace in the coke region dispute. It calls for restraint by deputies and guards, urges selecting nonprovocative personnel or strict supervision, and stresses that violence stems from both agitators and those who challenge workers. The piece concludes the struggle will cost more than it gains for either side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coke
Pickerton
Toe
The Torpedo’s Rising Role in Naval Warfare
A wartime discussion on torpedoes fueled by Chilean rebel actions. The piece argues torpedoes make coast defense feasible, end ships at distance, and could render traditional hand to hand battles obsolete, while noting offensive and defensive needs for a strong navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
United States
Pardon Foe Primary Drunks The Massachusetts bill on first-offense leniency spurs broader reform questions
The piece argues for pardoning first drunken offenses to reform, contrasts a one-day license limited by yearly sobriety, and asks why leniency should stop at drinking to other crimes. It notes Massachusetts faces a broader issue of whether offenders should ever be punished for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Jana
rJard
Manchester Canal and Western Pennsylvania Freight
The article compares canal projects in Britain and the potential for a Great Lakes route to reduce freight costs. It argues that Western Pennsylvania coal and iron ore shipments would benefit from canal access and cites Manchester as a model for regional development. It notes secretary Blaine negotiating reciprocity treaties and defends Foraker's remarks on Bisine's administration despite opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Manchester
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Pacific Coast
Blaine
Foraker
Bisine
English census shows high figures but raises disappointment
The English census reveals a population total of 38 000 000 within two weeks of enumeration. It shares a common weakness with our system by falling below expectations and sparking dissatisfaction. The low marriage rate and emigration spike are blamed for the decline, though the cooling effect of reduced expectations may play a part.
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England
Mes Besant to Explain What Theosophy Is in Lecture
Mes. Besant announces a single lecture titled What Theosophy Is. A contemporary remarks skeptically whether she will truly deliver the explanation. The exchange hints at the challenge of defining complex beliefs in concise terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mes. Besant
Bumbue
Ledger praises Duke of Marlborough on railroads
The Philadelphia Ledger commends the Duke of Marlborough article to Americans who criticize U S rail systems. It hints at a section revealing how major manipulators profit by moving railway lines into their own control. It notes Oregon mobs face less success than Louisiana with vigilant sheriffs enforcing the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Ledger
Duke of Marlborough
United States
Ledger
Providence Helps Those Who Help Themselves Motto
Mr. Whatterson is quoted saying that if Cleveland is not nominated by the Democrats next year the Lord will provide. The piece notes Democratic conventions do not rely on divine supply and that Providence helps those who help themselves in nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whatterson
Cleveland
Democrata
Meno
Chicago politician sues Herald for defamation suit
A Chicago politician sues the Herald for 99000 dollars claiming defamation of character. The action signals a high stakes dispute over reputations in city politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Herald
Chicago
Anonymous bribery charge prompts cautious inquiry
The bribery accusation tied to license issuance was originally anonymous and now lacks supporting witnesses. While aiming to reveal alleged corruption, the editorial questions the merit of pursuing charges without individuals willing to stand by them publicly.
Banon Fava Return Sparks Italian Scapegoat Hunt
A grim note in the narrative says Banon Fava returned to Italy just as Hudiai started seeking a scapegoat unlikely to resist blame. The tale suggests tension and shifting blame in the political or social scene as events unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banon Fava
Italy
Hudiai
Ground breaking slated for Grant Monument next Monday
The article notes a ground breaking ceremony for the Grant Monument set for next Monday, contrasting progress with a phrase about the fund never breaking. A separate condemnatory scene shows a court house confrontation labeled as justice in an unusual form. A Harrisburg dispatch misprinted a revenue bill amendment, misreading horses cattle sheep and swine over one year old as antler one year old.
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Grant
Harrisburg
Oldest gypsy in the United States dies in Massachusetts
Isabella Sara Coover, aged over 95, dies in Massachusetts and is noted as the oldest gypsy in the nation. Other items mention Jay Gould’s health, a Salvation Army official denying elopement rumors, Joe Mulanthan’s antics, Mrs Cleveland planning a quiet summer, Wilma Parlaghy painting Field Marshal, James Clarkson in political talk, Secretary Rose expected to receive a Revolutionary sword, and General Wade Hampton’s wartime survivors story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella Sara Coover
Massachusetts
United States
Jay Gould
New York
Batthxyeton Boorn
Salvation Army
Baltimore
Joe Mulhatton
Chicago
Samuel Rusk
William Berry
Macon
Rusk
Jenxy Lixp
Goa
A Persian Official Faces an English Ejection Over a Liar
A Tale from Tabrees recounts a quarrel where a Persian official called an Englishman a liar. A challenge arose, dismissed as absurd by the Persian who refused to fight unless compelled. The Englishman insisted on an apology, explaining that the issue was simply acknowledging the lie. The Persian remained defiant, asking what more he must say.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Tabrees
Jano Lar
Har
War Claims scandal of 1872 rings Pennsylvania again
A 19th century tale of the War Claims scandal reveals how George C. Evans extorted tens of thousands in commissions from Pennsylvania over 1867 to 1871. The probe shows looted funds, political fallout, and a public figure who died in poverty amid accusations of official complicity.
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Haruisasvee
Commonwealth
George O. Evans
Pennsylvania
Vallandigham
Democratic Party
Horace Greeley
Grant
Union
Andrew G. Curtin
Galusha A. Grow
4. K. McClure
David Wilmot
Wilmot
United States Senate
John F. Hartranft
Daryl Stanton
Geary Entangled in State Funds Scandal Recalled
The excerpt recalls a Pennsylvania funds scandal in which Evans allegedly paid officials to secure legislation and promotion. Brown testified of a $10,000 sum to influence Geary and a life of Geary and a Geary presidency paper. Geary and Evans denied the aids, while the Auditor General and State Treasurer Mackey were exonerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Forney
Washington Post
P. Brown
Geary
George C. Evans
Forney
Evans
Brown
Harrisburg
Marvelous Celerits
Washington
Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Treasury
J. Robley Dunglinson
Dunglinson
Grant
New York
Richard Croker
Treary
Robert W. Mackey
Pearson
Friend
Fivans
Hartranft
Mackey
Henry Har
First Chinese Locomotive and the early Chinese rail line
The article recounts coal mining at Tongsan and an 1578 plan for a canal tramway to Lutai, later overridden by a two mile rail link. It notes Mr Kinder building a makeshift locomotive in 1881 called the Rocket of China, first run at 30 mph, symbolically ending opposition to locomotives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North China
Tongsan
Tientsin
Lutai
Peh Tang Ho
Kinder
Li Hung Chang
China
George Stephenson
Tammany's Tiger Never Dies in Gotham
A tiger in New York died from the grip, though not a Tammany tiger. The grip proves fatal to offspring of African jungles, yet it sustains the life of those from Gotham jungles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
New York
Gotham
Deaths of a Day Archbishop Velasco and local figures
The Arch bishop of Bogota Ignacio Leon Velasco died in Bogota after a long Jesuit career spanning Ecuador Central America and Mexico. Emmett McClure died at 16 Arch Street Allegheny from erisipelas after grip attack. Charles B Wolters of Fulton Street Pittsburg died at home after meningitis. William Hoskinson Erie elder and freemason and longtime contractor died after illness. he lived through Fayette County origins and supported two Harrison presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ignacio Leon Velasco
Bogota
Popayan
Cauca
Panama
Society of Jesus
Ecuador
Central America
Mexico
Salamanca
Canary Islands
Pasco
Paul
Velasco
Emmett McClure
Arch Street
Allegheny
Erisipelas
Jones & Laughlins
Alec McClure
G. W. MecClure
Ninth Street
Charles B. Wolters
Fulton Street
Pittsburg
William Hoskinson
Erie
Fayette County
Hoskinson
Harrisons
Obituary notes from a Philadelphia church death and more
Obituary notes list Rev Charles Hanna of the North U S Church Philadelphia dying of typhoid after illness from the crip. He was former pastor from Monmouth, Pa and married about January. Also listed are deaths of H. H. O Cleve in Minneapolis. Homer Mellon in New York. Charles Chagman’s son in Alabama. Mayor Hotchkiss of Staunton, Virginia. Italian American artist Condado in New York. Dressler in Kansas City. Bingham near New York. Collins in Massachusetts. Dr Gundry in Maryland. Cool White minstrel in Chicago. Ex-Culer Justice Royce in Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hanna
Philadelphia
North U. S
Monnmouth
Mr. Hanna
J. T. Hanna
Second United Presbyterian Church
Gefemal H
Cleve
Minneapolis
Hox
Homer A. Mellon
New York
Poughkeepsie
Herren Charmas
Reuben Chagman
Alabama
Huntsville
Nason C. Hotchkiss
Virginia
Joan F. Bingham
Jay Gould
Daar Penn
Galcian
Dyin Field
Broadway
Presid
Chaflass
Collins
United States Army
Chatham
Mass
Seventy-second Pennsylvania Volunteers
Richard Gundry
Maryland Hospital For the Insane
Spring Grove
Bright
Gundry
Cool White
Chicago
Mr. Hooley
Brooklyn
Housey's
Culer Justice
Royce
Albany
Sadiaie
Lal, Ag
Murrey's Musings on Gotham Restaurant Folk
Murray describes a modest upper Broadway hotel dining room frequented by theater people and staff. He notes cosmopolitan patrons with airs and the posturing of stage life, detailing figures like Louis Aldrich Jimmy Powers and Ben Teal as they dine and mingle under electric light.
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Gotham
Upper Broadway
Littl
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Walla
Louis Aldrich
Aldrich
Jimmy Powers
Jimmy
Powers
Ben Teal
Teal
Broadway
Palmer's
Eijou
Notable wedding tale from Colonel Green's Fayetteville estate
The account recalls Colonel Wharton Green of North Carolina hosting a wedding at his plantation near Fayetteville with his wife, formerly Mrs. David Davis. Washington reporters followed the event through Fayetteville, Wilmington, and Charleston, noting Mrs. Green's graceful rise and return to her Southern roots as a respected figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wharton Green
North Carolina
Fifth Avenue Hotel
David Davis
Washington
Fayetteville
Colonel Green
Washington Belle
Wilmington
Loring
Judge Otto
Cape Fear
Charleston
Green
Judge Davis
Gold mortgages myth debunked by Century Magazine claim
The article challenges the idea that a large portion of farm mortgage debt in the West is payable in gold. It argues the Century Magazine editorializing on free silver is a misreading of lenders’ bases and warns such claims are a partisan distortion.
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West
Northwest
Century
New York
Congress
Inspector Byrnes Slams Guttenberg Race Track Sharps
The taciturn Inspector Byrnes condemns the Guttenberg gamblers posing as racing porters for the public. He profiles their unsavory records and warns that public disgrace and prison await these so called sporting gentlemen. He vows to tighten enforcement and close every poor room in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrnes
Guttenberg
New York
Rivalry and Pressure as Newspapers Push Subscriptions
An editorial voice depicts aggressive newspaper sales tactics in New York, likening the rival papers to a provincial country press. It warns readers of agents hounding them on trains, in offices, and on the street to secure subscriptions, even offering free delivery to reluctant customers.
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New York
They Are All Stars Now in a Broadway Spring Awakening
The season shifts as returning actors parade in fine clothes on the Strand and discuss offers at high weekly rates. Three months hence they seek any work through dramatic agencies. A harbinger of spring appears with russet shoes on Broadway and a new metropolitan wrinkle emerges.
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Broadway
Regulation prompts two for a quarter drink tease
A fragmented note describes offering a customer a check for 2 cents on a 1 cent drink to make the next drink 10 cents, with a friend called in to obtain the cut. The 2 cent check serves as a reminder of persistent thirst under a new rule.
Fanny Davenport Stars Cleopatra in New York
Fanny Davenport presents Cleopatra in a performance praised for grandeur and earthy charm. Theodore Murrat is credited. the show opens in New York in April with Davenport embodying the famed queen in a striking stage portrayal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Davenport
Cleopatra
Egypt
Geouees
Seemeoek
Fanny
Charers Theodore Murrat
New York
Beavery Doctor Fights Tenacious Rat in Chimney Tale
Dr T J Richie of Beaver Falls studied digestion in animals using chloroform. A rat he operated on earlier escaped into a chimney and returned nightly to attack him, finally dying from the self inflicted wound after the doctor attempted further experiments.
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Beaver
T. J. Richie
Beaver Falls
Richie
Mon- Sey Etenis
Appalling List of Notable 18th–19th Century Ship Disasters
The Newcastle Chronicle surveys major sea wrecks since 1722, listing vessels such as the 1722 H M 3 Hoysl George and the 180 Royal Charter with hundreds of lives lost. It notes smaller disasters with fatalities are numerous and would greatly increase totals if counted.
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Newcastle
England
H. M
Hoysl George
Spir- BR
Halswell
East Indiamanassis
Royal Adelaide
Tongua
Marpate
Birkenbesdh
Simon's Bay
South Africa
Reser
South America
Lake Michigan
London
Spain
Finis- Oup
Northfeet
Dungeness
Atlantic
Meagher Mock
Vent
Thames
Tear
Woolwich
A Doughty Warrior Fencing Master Bags Three Intruders
A London fencing master, famed for strength, fights off a burglar and two sons who break into his home. In darkness the three attackers clash with the master using a walking stick, gas light revealed after the fray. An Englishman comments on the audacious robbery.
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New York Tribune
London
Proto Pound
Brother No. 1
Engishman
President Harrison California trip cost dispute
The Chicago Mail reports a clash over who will pay for President Harrison’s California visit. The Republican press claims Harrison will cover expenses, estimated at about 185000 dollars, while Senator Stanford was rumored to foot the bill. The article notes the high cost could leave the President’s household financially strained.
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Chicago
Harrison
California
Stanford
Benjamin
White House
Navy commander Reiter not fully restored to the fleet
A note explains Commander Reiter remains on scientific duty and will not command a ship carrying munitions. Despite the restraint, authorities appear to ease the situation, recognizing his harsh treatment and aiming to calm the crew. The discussion touches on naval discipline and readiness.
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Commander Reiter
Curious Condensations and Oddities From Newspapers
A collage of brief items reports a bearlike creature seen near Empire Grove, crime declines in England, maple groves planned in the South, a clock that stopped after 35 years, pearls needing climate change, a roman temple unearthed near Vienna, a mighty flowing well near Huron and a Kentucky mule, lightning feats in Norwich, a smiling Alabama town character, a boy crafts a bicycle, a Texas baby lost and found, a goose with an artificial leg, a huge plate glass tale in Brooklyn, a fatal lightning strike near Norwich, and a fatal accident at a Falmouth butcher’s shop.
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Eapire Gm
England
Haden
Vienna
Huron
Missouri
Kentucky
Bean Hill
Norwich
Conn
Alabama
Mater
Newburyport
Mass
Cind
Wyoming
Jawbone Gulch
Gulf
Alpharretta
Flinders
Brooklyn
France
Brooklyn Bridge
Keneimeter
East Great Plain
Falmouth
Ireland
Princess Street
SOME SUNDAY SMILES AND JOKES
A collage of jokes, poems, and quips from various periodicals. Bits reference typewriters presidents and schoolhouse talk, a vent and plaster gag, a Reverend Harkin sermon, and a playful exchange about an ash cart. Lighter notes close with a springtime poem about the queen of song and birds returning.
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Fire Dispatch
Pitsburg Postoffice
Reveler Dd
Walter
Fastehs
VME Dispatch
Howe
Dispatch
Weraton
Darcy
Rarce
Newadenters
Aent
Eider
Oregon
Louisiana
Justice
Wade Hampton
Legislative
James L. Graham
William A. Wallace
Harry White
Indiana County
Senate
B.L. Hewitt
Bish
A. C. Noyes
Clinton
D. N. White
R. A. McConnell
Greene
J. B Hancock
House
Investigating Committee
Curtin
Charles E. Wolters
Murray
Southern
Inspector Byrnes and Gamblers
Boston Herald
Indianapolis
Secession
Birmingham
Ala
Age-Herald
J. Courtney Hixon
Corps of Cadets
Foster
Board of Managers of the World
Sid Tynteus
Munrey
Bob Bonkum
Huffalo Express
Diasopolis Journal
Harkin
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