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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1891
Page
13
The number of visitors at summer resorts has steadily risen and this week may top the season. Expectation builds for a gradual return home as frost settles in, while rain and cool weather affect attendance. Resorts report expanded accommodations and stable investments in hotels, signaling a lasting American custom of annual outings.
Atlantic City shines with prosperity despite Croskers turmoil as merchants report strong tourism and steady business. Local officials tout growth, while residents credit improved safety and restored confidence in the seaside resort.
Aug 8 dispatch reports Atlantic City thronged by pleasure seekers while critics lament the era’s decay. Weather and rainfall figures show July’s surplus, cooler days entice visitors. Pittsburg guests prolific at Hoffman Mansion Valencia Seaside House and other hotels. numerous families and notable locals arrive, mingle, and enjoy seaside entertainments.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch reports Trearistos Aug Templeton, a summer resort, has reached a high point with Pittsburgers taking possession of templeton spaces. The note outlines locals occupying Templeton as the season peaks and visitors arriving.
The week at the popular resort draws Pittsburgers and guests from Allegheny and Kittanning. Charles A. Beckley’s wife, dancers like Miss Jennie Heinrichs, and vocalists entertain. Music, dancing, and outdoor sight-seeing fill the evenings as locals and visitors mingle. Ed Gibson departs with his dog Duchess. Mrs. Beckley admired for her rifle skills.
Cape May enjoys a high water mark as crowds fill the Stockton and Congress Hall for dances and a speech tribute to Prof Loomis. The President remains through October with family. visitors include Attorney General Miller, Rt. Rev. Bishop Scarborough, and dignitaries from Greece, Roumania, and Chicago. Social events and charity tableaux flourish as summer guests from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia mingle with local residents.
Special telegram from Cumsson dated August 6 notes card players staging entertaining evenings. The message mentions champion players and a social gathering that brings excitement to the local scene, highlighting skill and camaraderie among participants.
A traveler’s July excursion along the St Lawrence recounts a stop at Alexandria Bay warnings of sirens to delay, a voyage past the Thousand Islands to Larne Island, a rough overnight on a cramped steamer, and arrival in Montreal. Notre Dame Cathedral impresses with a tall beadle, grand bells, and Roman Catholic churches, followed by a double funeral procession and a Salvation Army appearance on the streets.
A special Dispatch tellgram from Reprono Pa notes Bedford Springs social life as Pittsburg guests join the Tal Poudre ball. Dancers include Ruth Bailey Sherrerd Leslie Sherrerd Little Daly Lyttle Laura Little Wiener Dull Kerens and many others. VIPs like Commodore Kouitz and Mr B E Kerens visit. General Littlefeld discusses the Altoona Bedford rail link opening by 1892. Prof Toerge’s band and Mrs Vernon provide music. Season praised as exceptional with plans for expansion if trends continue.
The writer recalls fatigue and a night lost in travel, noting 25 Presbyterian churches and a fine new Methodist church. A Royal Mountains trip on St Peter and Pauls day offers a panoramic view of the Adirondacks Beloiel Mountain the St Lawrence River and Quebec city. They visit Catholic Cemetery stations of the cross Calvary lifelike, then describe Gry Nunnery and Windsor Hotel with lingering impressions.
In the Monongahela river region camping grows popular as a seasonal retreat from city heat. Camps vary from family to lodge groups with captains managing funds, provisions, and weekly costs around four dollars. Riverside sites near fifth and sixth pools offer groves, cooking sheds, and daily provisions by boat from nearby towns.
Ocean Grove hosts a summer carnival on Wesley Lake with over 200 canopy boats decorated with lanterns and designs. Judges award gold medals to best decorated boats while visitors from Pittsburg and nearby towns fill hotels and veranda spots along Asbury Park and the Grove. An Atlantic City excursion is offered for August 13 with round trip fare ten dollars and travel details.
Describes camp layouts for river campers with tents and shanties, dining tents, sleeping berths, and personal gear storage. Observes riverfront camps with whitewashed fences, gates, railings, and weathered camp motto rocks. Notes camp culture, riverboat arrivals, cannon salutes, and mail, highlighting growing popularity and affordability of Monongahela fishing camps.
Dra Copeland and Hall advertise a $5 per month catarrh treatment through September 1. Patients, in city or by mail, receive medicines and care until cured. If not cured in 2 to 4 months, treatment continues free thereafter until full recovery.
A sharp exposé denounces fakir specialists who ply illegal medical practice in Pittsburg. It outlines how dodgy clinics hire cheap doctors to evade medical registration laws, exploiting sick patients, and promises further revelations to protect the public and honest physicians.
Aaron Daniels of 308 Gay Street describes decades of weakness and pain from catarrhal trouble. After six polypfil removals and Drs Copeland and Hall treatment, he regained strength and claims all aches vanished and he now seems a changed man.
The writer thanks Drs Copeland and Hall for a remarkable result, stating the experience was a wonderful surprise to herself and friends. She notes Mary Willier Williamson of Turtle Creek Allegheny County, Pa, and mentions continuing the treatment.
A patient with severe headaches clogged nose dizziness and bad taste in the morning reports marked improvement after treatment by Drs Copeland and Hall for catarrhal affections. The testimonial claims all troubles disappeared and the patient feels healthier and happier.
A Pittsburgh area collection of letters from residents and professionals praising Drs. Copeland and Hall for catarrh treatment. Endorsers include John Boden of City Mall Pittburg W Brown Allegheny J G Frazier Architect Pittsbarz J C Moore Restaurateur Pittsburg W Goldie Dilworth Co. Maybury Pittsaburyg J Nicely Derry station Br McDosald Duquesne W Mawhienny Allegheny.
A series of letters from women across Pennsylvania praising Doctors Copeland and Hall for successful treatments. Patients from Miss Nora Fitzgerald in Pittsburg to Miss Carrie Coulter in Monongahela City attest to relief of catarrh and other ailments, calling the physicians skillful, conscientious, and worthy of praise.
Dr W H Copeland and Dr Hell claim extensive qualifications from Bellevue Hospital New York and Western Pennsylvania Medical College Pittsburg. They advertise offices at Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh with hours 9 to 11 and 2 to 9 nightly offering treatments for catarrh and lung diseases and inviting patient inquiries with stamped envelopes.
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