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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1890
Page
6
Intimations from seashore resorts show noon has passed and bronzed visitors will head homeward. Mountain resorts maintain pride as cottagers look to September while Lakewood and Saratoga crowds prepare for departures. Chantangua marks memorial Monday with eight days to complete summer program.
Readers learn of the Chautauqua assembly with 500 voices in a Palmer led chorus, lectures, and daily music. Reports recount Pittsburg guests, tours by moonlit coaches, and praise for Marietta Holly while detailing local social life and outfit concerns at Saratoga and surrounding sights.
The piece extols the tally-Ho as the season’s premier recreation at Saratoga August, praising its novelty and lasting appeal. It notes widespread patronage and the ride’s fashionable appeal, inviting readers to experience the popular conveyance before it becomes routine.
Pittsburg readers report the resort town ends a record week with expectations of a two week extension into September. Hotel and business leaders anticipate a long, bustling season as visitors fill the Seaside Home and nearby accommodations.
A large party including Mr and Mrs with Misses Mages Gilesple Graham and Bonnhorst arrived on a special train Wednesday. They are guests of Stockton for two weeks with society figures from Pittsburg and Philadelphia at the Stockton hotel.
The coastal town suffers heavy wave action and tidal spray as Neptune pounds the beach. Founders Bradley and workers face despair amid destruction and warnings of more to come. The piece also notes gatherings of the Order of Daughters in Ocean Grove and various Ocean Grove and Avon by the Sea events and visits by Pittsburgh figures.
August reports say the President's family will not arrive before September. Locals enjoy the Bowery strolls and Mrs Ball's ford chicken as quays and the force bill keep the President at Washington. A hotel card party hosted by Mr Henry Chispolm features prizes for women and men, including gold thimble and silver shoe button.
This week featured the annual fair and bazaar held to benefit the Fresh Airs of Pittsburgh and Allegheny and the Pittsburg Women's Exchange. The event opened Friday afternoon in a parlor and ran through the day and evening with Cone a James W. Porter of Sewickley serving as orchestra benefactor. Mrs James Chambers and other locals participated in the event, with noted tandem drivers and social figures involved as the piece notes local activity around the Mountain House and nearby residents.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH Bedford Springs Pa August 16 Bedford welcomes more guests than any time in its history. Guests at the Springs Hotel enjoy outdoor sports horseback riding coaching parties and tennis while ballroom crowds fill the evenings. A large September demand has hotel officials adding extra rooms. A long list of visitors from Pittsburg Uniontown and elsewhere fill the hotel register and a bowling party leads to prizes and refreshments.
A telegram from Atlantic City notes heavy Pittsburg and Allegheny county attendance at hotels and resorts. It describes exclusive social mixing, travel expectations, and notices several Pittsburg figures and families vacationing at Egg Harbor, Windsor, and other venues with frequent references to the United States Hotel and Mansion Pavilion performances.
Eureka Springs attracts many visitors from Pittsburg and surrounding towns for health and leisure. A Pittsburg sponsored mock marriage entertained locals, a benefit musicale supported a spring invalid, and numerous social excursions to Shadeland and nearby farms showcased the season’s prosperity and gaiety.
Ridgeview Park Pennsylvania concludes its first Chautauquan Assembly with Rev. Dr. Baker of Connellsville delivering the morning sermon and a praise service marking the event’s close. August 16.
Carz May New Jersey August 16 The twelfth convention of the National Electric Light Association convenes at 10 30 Tuesday morning at the Stockton Hotel and continues through the week. Proceedings include papers on electric light for steam railroads economy in power generation and care of electric plants presented by noted engineers and executives from Chicago Altoona New York Lynn Philadelphia and other cities.
The Ocala physician Dr Willis, a persistent hobby painter, toured Chestnut Street galleries in Philadelphia. He described art theft by collage method and shared plans to paint a kindly Christ at the well, using an Italian photo as a model and lamenting a chrome version that misrepresents Jesus.
A historical notice lists inventors and items including Carl Bisebof meat tenderer D Buchanan molds P J Cull car brake James E K Garson trousers stretcher Philip Lange switch for electric currents F Moon car wheel A L Reinemann incandescent electric lamp J J Ricketts coupling for water closets J Schioneller furnace A Schmit armature L B Yee protector for electric machines C core for electrical apparatus P Water paper fastener George Westinghouse subway Alex Wurts lightning arrester and related entries.
A moral urges readers to avoid debility and use a stimulant to refresh the spark of life. The ad promotes pure malt whisky as a remedy and identifies HalCentary Liquor Hodes at 628 Liberty as the sole local source for the straight article.
An August New York scene at the Central Park band concert shows diverse crowds, fashion, and a social mix of desire and propriety. Cupid dominates the park as couples reveal shy vows and playful tricks under the August moon.
A New York column blends overheard romance and social mischief. Rosina Girard, a cafe habitué, meets a fashionable bachelor at Monmouth Park who is soon to wed another woman. After an elegant day, daisies become a motif as the fiancé-to-be marries someone else, and Rosina remains unrecognized by the bridegroom.
A Britt druggist recalls using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy to treat a 2 year old girl with summer complaint in 1382. After the first dose the child improved and was fully well in three days.
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