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Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1890
Page
15
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American guests spark London spectacle amid aristocrat envy
The Dispatch reports a Chicago belle's dismissal of London restraint as she draws attention of Paris court and British aristocracy. A countryman hosts a hotel feast with ex US Senator and NY Supreme Court judge while ballet girls and champagne ignite a rowdy, transatlantic celebration.
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London
Dispatch
Cable Ademoiselle
Chicago
United States
Supreme Court of
New York
America
Supreme Court
Leading Journalist H. H. Byram Dies After Long Career
The Chronicle Telegraph editor H. H. Byram has died, ending a notable city newspaper career marked by steady advancement from the local patch to city editor and later to management and ownership. His death is mourned by friends in journalism and business circles.
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H. H. Byram
Chronicle-Telegraph
Byram
Telegraph
Chronddle Telegraph
Desth
Repairs Urgency for 19th Century Vessels in Reed District
A historical review argues urgent repairs for the Lancaster and Monongahela at Kittery navy yard. Built mid 1800s, the Lancaster shows escalating costs despite prior assessments of worth, while the Monongahela’s voyage to Samosana highlighted repair needs beyond value. If $200,000 set aside is not spent, the ships risk ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittery Navy Yard
Speaker Reed
Secretary of the Navy
Lancaster
Monongahela
Bureau of Construction and Repairs
Portsmouth
Samosana
Repair shop work in two vessels costs $2,730,000
In the repair shops of two vessels, active service produced objects for expending $2,730,000 in repairs. The remark notes that such spending is beyond the imagination of statesmen whose constituents and party workers gain influence through repairs.
Maine Leaders Clash Over Who Guides Republican Policy
The article weighs a power struggle between two Maine figures for control of Republican policy. It pits the elder Maine leader, Blaine, against the younger Maine speaker Reed, amid administration alignment with Blaine on reciprocity and tariff strategy. The outcome hinges on conflicts in Congress and who commands influence in the House.
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Washington
Cape May
Maine
Blaine
Harrison
Pierce
Tne Disratch
Bedrings Sea
Secretary of State
Reed
Thomas B. Reed
Universal disobedience and the New York execution law
The piece criticizes New York’s 1889 law barring newspapers from printing details of executions beyond stating the convict’s status. It argues all state press violated the law, urges punishment of editors, and likens enforcement to impractical damming of streams, predicting widespread jail sentences to compel repeal. The commentary cites William Kemmler’s Auburn execution and invokes General Grant.
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New York
New York Post
Post
New York Suw
William Kemmler
Auburn Prison
State of
Empire State
General Grant
Hypnotism Debates and Legal Threats Rise in City
The article discusses reckless hypnotism causing harm and questions whether criminals can be deterred by law. It critiques superstition that old statutes alone can curb evils and notes House leaders in the Republican party pursuing a stated program.
Supreme Court power and exclusive commerce clause play
The World cites clause 8 of section which grants Congress exclusive power to regulate foreign and inter state commerce with Indian tribes. It questions which clause or word makes the grant exclusive. The piece also notes Jay Gruvs purchase of a Mexican castle and a cartoon about Republican Senators and a railway strikes update with Chauncey M Depew.
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New York World
Supreme Court
Congress
Boston Urges Old Bearsage Return With North Atlantic Vessels
Boston clamors for the old Bearsage to appear next week alongside new North Atlantic squadron ships. Citizens value storied vessels over unproven modern designs and argue for revising records in Congress alongside the familiar phrase loud applause.
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Boston
North Atlantic
Prominent Figures Mentioned In Varied 19th Century Notes
A collage of items includes Lady Alexandra Leveson-Gower studying nursing in London, J T Montgomery noted as the sole Black delegate at the Mississippi Constitutional Convention, and a portico design with 100 granite pillars at Ophir Farm. Other notes mention Bancroft Davis sailing, Hworth and Miriam O Leary tied to a chancery English estate, Lyman J Ga ge addressing the Beacon Society, Parker Pillsbury living at 81 in Concord, and Senator Plumb's high mail volume. Also included are Mrs Jone A Logan visiting Concord for G A R encampment, Dr William Lomax of Marion giving $75 000 to Indiana Medical College, the Queen of Corea’s embalming delay, and the Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture rotating farmers institutes for economy.
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Alexandra Leveson-Gower
Duke of Sutherland
London
J. T. Montgomery
Jefferson Davis
Whitelaw Reid
Ophir Farm
J. C. Bancroft Davis
Liverpool
Majestic
New York
Joseh Haworth
Miriam O'Leary
Heston Museum Company
Lyman J. GaGe
Beacon Society
Boston
Patner
Robert Paorris
Philadelphia
Parker Pillsbury
New Hampshire
Concord
Plumb
Jone A. LoGan
Daniel Lothorp
G. A. RK
William Lomax
Marion
Ind
Indiana Medical College
North Carolina
Corea
Americans Registered at Paris Register This Week
The Paris register lists several Americans who registered during the week including P. Bartho Corney of Buffalo Dr and Mrs Bidide Herman T L Piotta of Philadelphia C Byrne of Seee Minneapolis L Lanthier Captain Fehnson Grand Seen Mott and F Wilbur Mrs Con of New York and verse.
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Paris
American Register
P. Bartho Corney
Buffalo
Mra Bidide W. Herman
T. L. Piotta
Philadel
C. Byrne
Seee Minneapolis
L. Lanthier
Fehnson
Grand Seen Mott
California Leads In Exposition Gait At Columbian Expo
California fruit-raisers farmers and miners plan to display at the Columbian Exposition showing the state leads the Union in progress and industry. Men of snap from California are readied to prove the claim to the world in a bold exhibit.
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Chicago
Nation Calls Immediate Grant Burial Reroute
Tribune urges the nation to relocate General Grant’s remains from the smelting barnyard where New York insists they rest. It denounces New York papers for their national disgrace over the issue.
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Minneapolis Tribune
General Grant
New York
Deaths of a Day in Washington and Nearby
Mrs. Margeretia Marquis wife of Rev J F Marquis aged at her home in Washington Pa yesterday. Funeral plans are under review. Mrs. Sarah E Johnson aged 6 died at home of her daughter in nearby area. full ages and locations incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margeretia Marquis
Margeretia McC. Marquis
J. 5. Marquis
Washington
Sarah E. Johnson
Yeasie
Ereaghter
Sea
Toby and spoons become Pittsburg keepsakes in lively portraits
The piece describes the toby as a standout Pittsburg souvenir admired abroad, with spoons engraved "Pittsburg" offered to visitors. It notes a Philadelphia stopover, a humorous child’s store observation, and Emperor William issuing a portrait ban, drawing a parallel to Elizabeth I’s strict control of royal likenesses in 1583.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
William
Apollo Belvidere
Berlin
John Bull and His Gun Sec Proctor Receives Gift From Britain
Secretary Proctor has received a present of a new Enfield rifle from the British Government. The weapon, packed in a polished wooden case with silver fittings and blue velvet lining, is a 90 caliber magazine arm weighing about ten pounds. It features a strong automatic breech, a thick sheet metal magazine, and a long range sight covering 1,800 to 500 yards. The rifle includes a broad blade bayonet with a leather sheath. A board will study small calibers to select a modern arm for American forces.
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Proctor
Washington Star
Mechanism of Argentinian presidential election described
Theodore Child explains the Argentinian system for electing the president and vice president. The president serves six years with October 12 installation. a year of elections precedes the end of term. On February 12 a portion of national senators and deputies is renewed. On April 12 electors meet on June 12 to choose the presidential candidate, designating president and vice president by signed ballots. If no absolute majority, Congress selects among top vote-getters and, in a single session, appoints both offices.
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Theodore Child
Harper's Weekly
America
Congress
Saé
National Congress
Iis
Live Frog Expelled From Woman's Stomach in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio Mrs Anna Nickel who suffered six months with a moving sensation in the stomach expelled a live frog after an emetic. The two inch creature nearly white with missing hind legs was found to have hatched from an egg swallowed with water. Doctors seek a scientific opinion from Prof Yoager at the American Medical College.
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Columnus
Anna Nickel
Columbus
Vogut
American Medical College
St. Lous
Death of Miss Ann Gist In Westminster
Miss Ann Gist known as Miss Ann Federal Ann Bonaparte Gist dies at the Gist homestead near Westminster. Born August 14 1701 she would have turned 209. She was daughter of Colonel Joshua Gist and aunt of Mordecai Gist and Colonel George W. Gist. She had been bedridden for years.
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Westminster
Federal Ann Bonaparte Gist
Ann Gist
Carroll County
Mordeca Gist
George W. Gist
Died After Horse Saliva Infection At Bloomingdals
An old German farmer Herman Robi of a Bloomingdals area farm died this morning in agony. Report says a horse coughed saliva into his face while driving, followed by pimples and sores as matter spread. Doctors cite pelecaction from absorbed horse matter as the cause.
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Fort Warns
Herman Robi
Bloomingdals
Rubi
R. Jansen
Murray's Musings on Growlers and Nightlife in New York
A column discusses the growler trade in New York saloons, its reach into tenements and streets, and the lax enforcement. It also covers Edison’s mechanical alarm ideas, a chaotic newsroom panic over late revisions, and observations on New York’s growing Chinese population and street life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cproma Staff Corres
New York
Murray Hill
Fifth Avenas
Parodic News Roundup Highlights Political Cliques and Scandals
A chaotic collage cites Canada gas fields, counterfeit schemes, labor strikes, and political gibes. It mentions Prohibitionists versus Morton, Vanderbilt workers on strike, Chauncey hobnobbing with royalty, Behring Sea tensions, dynamite threshing in Tex Xenia, a $1000 swindle in West Virginia, and calls for reform in wills laws. It notes a fraud in Canada’s canal governance, mockery of pension policies, and forecasts General Greely’s Boston visit as weather chatter and political satire continue.
Millionaire John McKeown Signs Check for Wealth
The Washington Pa resident John McKeown, famed for avoiding autographs on hotel ledgers, signed a check worth over a million reflecting his petroleum fortune. He helped pioneer Washington County oil fields and built a vast fortune.
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The
Washington Post
John McKeown
Washington, Pa
Washington County
Independent Democratic journalism vs Beldenised press
A Washington Post notice notes the Philadelphia Public Ledger balks at Beldenisation by party whip custodians, while the Press calls itself an Independent Democratic journal. The Detroit Tribune reports mixed reception to the President's lottery message, with Louisiana and Congress notably skeptical.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The
Press
Childs
Detroit Tribune
Louisiana
Congress
Peace at Last in a Dyeratohs Debacle
Fragmentary tale of a separated couple who reconcile after twenty years only to drift apart again as age softens their tempers. The convoluted dialogue shows lingering pride and mutual regret, ending with a quiet, unresolved estrangement as time wears on.
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Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Bob
Pittsburg Notables Darken Girard Hotel Scene
A. J. Shane a well known coal operator of Pittsburg is at the Girard. Joax Strvenson a leading Pittsburg grocer is in town and has rooms at the Stratford with J. D. Bore a coke operator of Pittsburg and his daughter Maggie nee Hoslee.
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A. J. Shane
Pittsburg
Girard
Joax Strvenson
Stratford
J. D. Bore
Maggie
Eres Nee Hose Lee
Unnamed Officials Gossip Over Office Romance
Report of private discussion between Bruce Carr Indiana auditor La Follette and others about Frank Palmer and a romance at the Government Printing Office. The talk centers on allegations of improper conduct by office workers and a clash over whether to publicize the affair.
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Government Printing Office
Clarkson
Bruce Carr
Indiana
la Follette
Hoosier
Government
Frank Palmer
Palmer
Six Policemen Help Land Crippled Thief at Station House
John Clarke known as Lees led a First Avenue gang causing bedlam at Thirty fourth Street. He fought Police man Fox when officers attempted arrest, biting and clashing as Clarke used a wooden leg to fend them. Six officers finally moved him to a wagon and he was remanded by Justice McMahon at Yorkville.
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John Clarke
Chevy Chase
Lees
First Avenue
Thirty- Ffth Street
Policeman Fox
Clarke
Craze by Heat Strikes Williamsport Man
In Williamsport a young man named William P. Atwater lies bound and strapped to his bed after a day of extreme heat leaves him prostrated and then insane. The situation followed a hot spell and a brief rally only to plunge him into a mental crisis. the outcome remains uncertain.
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Williamsport
William P. Atwater
American Citixam Dr. Rosse Earns Royal Geographical Honor
Dr. Irving C. Rosse of Washington D C has been elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. The award comes on Buxton and Barclay’s recommendation for his travel work in the Siberian Arctic. He first scaled Herald Island and landed on Wrangel Land during the Jeannette search era.
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Irving C. Rosse
Washington, D. C
Royal Geographical Society
T. Fowell Buxton, Bart
George Barclay
Legation
Siberian Arctic
Herald Island
Wrangel Land
Jeannette
Washington Poat
Grangers Weigh In On Governor Nominees
Report cites Indianapolis Sentinel noting Pennsylvania grangers favor a strong governance year. Be licans back General Hastings while Democrats back ex Governor Pattison, with Pattison favored to win in a Granger year.
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New York Sun
Indianapolis Sentinel
Pennsylvania
Belicans
Hastings
Pattison
L’atti- 6On
Rattlesnake Captured On Blue Mountain Presented For Exhibition
Augst Mohl of Dreberarlice and Harry Mohl captured a rattlesnake alive on the Blue Mountain and presented it to John E Baum of Hamburg who will forward it to the Zoological Society in Philadelphia. The specimen measures feet in length and is decorated for display, having escaped its previous enclosure in the county.
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Harry Mohl
Dreberarlice
Blue Mountain
John E. Baum
Hamburg
Zoological Eeat
Philadelphia
Lottery Agents Target Dakota Legislature, Readers Warned
In Dakota recent actions by Louisiana lottery agents show an ongoing effort to influence both political parties and secure an easy capture of the State Legislature. The agents did not concede the defeat as final, signaling continued pressure.
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Reed
Chicago News
Dakota
Lodge’s View on Indicting a People
In the Providence Journal a commentary argues it is impossible to indict an entire people and that federal election law will only provoke exasperation and failure. The piece invokes Edmund Burke’s legacy and criticizes the burden placed on Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge.
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Providence
Henry Cabot Lodge
Edmund Burke
Why Wouldn't This Work Constitutional Fines Penalize Congress
A Norwich Bulletin item proposes a constitutional amendment to impose a $100 daily fine on each congressman for every session day, deducting fines from salaries. The Boston Globe reports a related note titled An Unexpected Result. A description notes a variation of a programme at Auburn State Prison yesterday ending in electrocution.
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Norwich Bulletin
Boston Globe
Auburn State Prison
Yesterben
Political endorsements clash in local race letters
A collage of letters from party representatives and newspapers comments centers on the campaign, highlighting support for William L. Scott and calls for constitutional ballot reform. The discourse reflects partisan optimism for Democrats and gloom for Republicans across the state.
Curious Condensations from a Patchwork Telegraph
A collage of odd notes reports a post office clean up in Astoria a giant sturgeon with a five foot chain caught off Oregon a census team of Malpe with four women and a flawless supervisor and various sundry items from around the world including a speech by Gladstone and oddities in science and industry.
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Astoria
Oregon
Malpe
Finas
Dahomey
Germa
Fitchburg
St. Gothara
Europe
Sawyer
San Francisco
Meyers
Hawaii
Seee
Fragmented Wholesome Ditties and Political Banter
A garbled blend of humorous snippets and political chatter from a small town scene. Interjections about a Siberian cat named Tomsk, a pro bono public politica plan, funeral customs, and a hard working writer are mixed with stray dialogues and misheard exchanges.
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