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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1890
Page
7
Fragmented OCR lists various subscription terms including daily, weekly, monthly rates and delivery options. It mentions year and month terms, Sunday editions, and carrier delivery with inconsistent spellings suggesting a historical newspaper pricing or circulation notice. The text reads as a catalog of service durations rather than a narrative.
The notice explains forwarding of THE DIEPATCH to any address at no charge for one month or 150 cents for three months with Sunday and Daily editions, and FDC per month at 2 dollars for three months. It instructs readers to provide both old and new addresses and to request changes carefully.
The piece notes delays by Delamater in replying to charges raised by Senator Emery and others in the party. It questions the motive for postponement, suggests political risk if delayed, and anticipates an acceptance letter that may settle doubts among wary party members and quash opposition letters from Philadelphia’s late valley.
A concise report notes that a plea from starving Oklahoma boomers reached Congress yesterday. The region still retains fertile land despite hardships, countering views of collapse and reaffirming its enduring potential.
The passage notes colonists’ depleted resources, drought devastating this year’s harvest, and a looming famine. The Governor’s outlook is dire while President Harrison’s call to repurpose leftover relief funds for Oklahoma gains broad support. It urges Congress to act swiftly to prevent starvation and protect national welfare.
Philadelphia financier Mr P A B Widener vows Pittsburgh Traction will not consolidate with Duquesne Traction but the detail and rhetoric hint at a strategy to crush rivals. The piece argues that threats of three cent fares and parallel cables reveal a pattern of monopoly defense through ruinous competition, likely ending in consolidation.
The State Road Commission hears farmer views on country road improvement. Major objections include higher taxes, gravel road suitability, limestone hauling costs, and cash tax burdens. A practical, localized plan with credit for farmer labor is urged, awaiting a definite program before broad public input.
The Philadelphia Press criticizes Congress for waterway funding cuts, noting the Sault Ste. Marie Canal blockade halts freight. Grain shipments to the Northwest and iron and coal interests in Pennsylvania suffer as this gateway remains closed, threatening regional commerce and prices.
The article argues delays in funding the Gault locks stem from political logrolling in Congress. It notes $110 million spent on public works over nine years, mostly scattered among many projects, delaying national priorities like the Sault Ste. Marie locks. It criticizes House leadership for rapid procedural hurdles and suggests rail influence slowed the lake route, while condemning corporate blame and highlighting political stupidity.
The piece argues Secretary Blaine and Lord Salisbury avoid war over Alaska by pursuing rapid pacific negotiations. It asserts American public mood favors arbitration and credits Blaine with seeking a swift settlement after consultation with the President, noting British press reaction as nonbelligerent.
E and R publishing houses seek postal authority support to bar their titles from the mails. They offer to supply copies of the books in exchange for the advertisement promoting the exclusion.
The New York Tribune lauds Brazil’s constitutional restraint on war while noting it fought a war labeled otherwise. The piece argues conquest remains the end, regardless of the name, and mentions Minneapolis residents and census miscounts attributed to the era’s practices.
A claim that Republican magnates invest 500000 to turn a Denver Democratic paper into a Republican organ under Clarkson aims to sway perception of campaign and treasury surpluses. The piece questions the honesty of the figure, suggesting inflation and distant symbolism like a Davy Crockett monument in Tennessee.
Germany spends large sums to equip armies with smokeless powder and then pursues an invention to produce smoke artificially. The piece argues military science reenters war, while wrecked hulks persist in supporting the Republican cause through costly repairs that exceed new vessel building.
The Philadelphia Inquirer states Quay is not seeking reelection this year. The piece notes party politics, local sports interest fading, Newport social concerns, and a Delaware peach crop anecdote about a young woman who ate her father's peach.
Sophie Worrell Knight asserts comedian George Knight known as Shan cannot live beyond a month. Philadelphia native, his decline is linked to Baron Rudolph play and its failure, driving him from health to mental distress.
A columnist details crowded Fifth Avenue trolley conditions to Oakland and East Liberty, urging Duquesne Line upgrades. He criticizes Allegheny street illumination, calls for cleaner streets, and notes typhoid fever appears linked to new arrivals. A physician explains many so called typhoid cases are intermittent fever and highlights immigrant susceptibility.
Prominent Americans and international names appear in social notes. W H B Downes of North Carolina is ill at home in Wilkesboro. D W Mullan, veteran of the Nipsic, visits Philadelphia. John Newton and family summer at Grand View New Hampshire. John B Carson seeks World’s Fair Director General post. Miss Gabrielle Greeley hosts a grove gathering in Chappaqua. A New York Legal Education Society forms to admit women to NYU Law with Mrs Abram G Howitt as president. Henry Dovenass Pierce sails to Europe. nephew of late VP Hendricks. Charles Fisher, famed actor, retires to Suffolk at 75. Tux Mary Anderson sails from San Francisco seeking $2,000,000 treasure. Prof. E James predicts earth’s end within a year, setting August 21, 1591 as final.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Black promptly refutes charges of dissatisfaction with the Democratic State Committee and the gubernatorial campaign. He says their foes, the enemy, are prolific in devising campaign boomerangs.
A column of brief political commentaries from multiple newspapers dated in 1890s, critiquing parties and candidates. Quoted lines reference Lawrence county, Pennsylvania Democrats, and local reps such as Kerr and Delamater, with notes on party alignment and election implications across several towns.
Charles Myers, trainer on W H Vanderbilt’s Idle Hour farm in Oaklands, suffered severe injuries after a mastiff named Wallace attacked him while relocating dogs. The setter Murtagh saved him. Vanderbilt personally funded treatment and Myers settled for $5,000 via Lawyer Frank Loomis after pursuing a claim with no attorney.
The Sheffield Daily Enterprise reports Colbert county Alabama voted Democratic on Monday, marking the first statewide and county ticket victory for the party since the war. Crowds celebrated with a bonfire, fireworks, cheers, and jubilant veterans, as townspeople roared with enthusiasm.
The execu tion at Auburn shows electricity will kill and newspapers ignore the law. Senator elect Brice denies buying the Indianapolis Sentinel. Near 200 Congressmen seek a breather from Reed, likely blocking any pause. Pittsburg area traction talks continue with 3 cent fares unseen. England reports 250000 marriages yearly. Chicago could reveal divorce rates by cutting a cipher. Mrs Gladstone attends public meetings with her husband. World’s Fair director general searches strain local boards. Brice funds Cleveland campaigns. railroads and newspapers priced high while small things pass. Dunlo faces heavy criticism and contemplates drastic action.
Tremendous attendance marked the Pleasant Lawn Fete at St James Church Wilkinsburg with repeated amusements and a cheerful mood. In response to a universal wish the fete extends this afternoon and evening with Prof Tony White presenting Punch and Judy as part of the continued festivities. Weather improves after rain, and crowds linger for more fun.
In New York World, Rudolph Blankenburg argues Pattison’s Pennsylvania Democrats nomination makes it easy for owners who vote against Delamater. Philadelphia papers note independents and Republicans wary, while Philadelphia Times portrays Blankenburg as a bold, eruptive leader reflecting strain within the party.
Telegram from Brae reports Major von Wissmann is a physical wreck with poor recovery prospects amid a champagne loving lifestyle. Berlin society gossip covers envisioned weddings, a German Church in Rome fundraising push, indemnifying notes, and a brutal tramline accident where two horses died pulling a grain cart.
The speaker reflects on life’s balance between giving and taking, praising country living over urban paths. He recalls a sea edged cradle, a grave by the shore, and an old town with a seaward vane. He cherishes rustic fields, self sown plants, vines, blackberries, and Indian pipe, extolling the dignity of farm work and simple homegrown joys.
A detailed description of a new electric man device features a light wicker chair with a foot board carrying a six horsepower battery to propel the operator. The assistant stands behind the chair, dressed in fashionable gray mixen goods, with a Louis Napoleon mustache and a No 6 shoe, presenting a poised, beltweight sparrer-like figure. The mechanism imitates natural human walking with smooth foot motion and no jerks, aiming to allow the operator to push a dowager up Corey Hill.
Passengers heading to Boston and New York flood Chicago for Grand Army Encampment travel. Delegates from Missouri National Guard arrive with special trains from Kansas City. Multiple roads add trains and a new Chicago to Boston sleeper line, while capacity strains Michigan Central offices. Tourism and G A R members mix with large crowds seeking cheap rates.
Reading notes organized workmen aim to back their own candidates for the council. Other items report mischief by a bee swarm in Allentown harming a locomotive crew, a bass scamp, a ball figure caller disturbing sleep, a Lebanon child’s death from pills, a West Chester dog stealing bread, a Bucks county drowning accident, cattle illness near Marlborough, a Philadelphia hotel land deal rumor, South Mountain sanitariums thriving with nearly 600 guests, and a boy losing eight teeth after a rail track accident.
The Chicago Journal of Commerce highlights The Pittsburg Dispatch urging lavatories in all foundries, workshops, factories, and mills with clean water, soap, towels, combs, and brushes. The movement aims to improve cleanliness and worker contentment, with low expense and broad support.
A correspondent recalls a late Disparcher note about deaf readers who can read lips. He cites a hearing impaired lady who, from childhood illness, shows keen sensitivity and memory. She reads lips to understand speech and can identify speakers by lip movements and places.
A Wood county resident notes more than 1000 gas wells owned by Standard Oil in Wood county with an appraised value of $1,900,000. In April they were returned to the County Auditor for taxation.
A compact moral fragment warning that true help comes from self prayer and holy living. It notes that example spreads contagion, churches need sincere members, and grand preaching is secondary to grand living. Eisner Taylor is cited, sleeping with a stone as a symbol of guilty conscience.
A garbled digest of items from various nations notes Berlin libraries with thousands of bound volumes, railroads offering premiums, local births and deaths, quirky arrests for train wrecking, postal worker anecdotes, and oddities from Cuba to Denver. It mentions a deaf mute Matilda Fromber in New York, Miss Mary Tillinghast of Connecticut, and kangaroos poised for import.
A collage of satirical lines and sketches from American and European papers. Bits feature domestic mischief, clever quips about titles and pride, and wry portraits of workers and housekeepers. The mix preserves dated tone, names, places, and playful social yet economical touches.
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