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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1889
Page
4
The Pittsburgh police report constables aim to make full returns of illicit liquor cases by the September term. Exposures in speak-easy conspiracy cases, judge warnings, and Brooks law penalties drive officers to not ignore unlicensed grogeries.
A newspaper view says yesterday's strike at the Exposition showed only a desire for union picnic attendance. It urges prompt settlement to resume pressing work and prevent delaying the Exposition opening. It cautions against excluding non union workers and stresses public welfare and project momentum.
The piece ridicules Bruce Ismay and British shows of arrogance aboard the Teutonic. It argues American press overreaction won't alter Congressional standards and cautions against answering fools in kind.
A basement restaurant kitchen beneath a sleeping tenement ignited by a drunken cook roasts nine tenants to death. Investigators note the building resembled a fire trap and blame rests on property owners for dangerous conditions.
Curiosity about law enforcement ideas surfaces in interviews on pugilists. One claim says Governor Lowry would pardon convicts after sentencing, another suggests prison labor contractors in Mississippi would keep prisoners comfortable during terms.
The piece argues Mississippi authorities use a show of severity while allowing Sullivan to evade justice by posting a fifteen hundred dollar bail. It contrasts this with harsher enforcement in the North and warns that wealth can turn a刑 sentence into a mere cost to secure freedom, undermining public faith in law.
The King of Italy elevates Thomas A Edison to Count while he remains affectionately known as Mister Edison. The piece notes Edison’s honors from France and Britain but argues the United States grants greater, more enduring rewards through merit and public esteem.
A Cleveland wholesale glass firm warns of dumping stock as Jeannette’s new tank-furnace glass aims to flood the market. Analysts say scope, cost, and time are needed to judge if prices will drop enough to force old factories to shut down, and a single firm’s pledge may not prove lasting.
A disturbing report questions whether Tascott killed Snell, noting public disbelief and media manipulation across parties. The piece argues for strict truth in news, criticizing Democratic and Republican outlets for conflicting portrayals of W. L. Scott’s role in Illinois coal mine wage talks. Court Epsom will have a royal income.
A NY editorial comments on Italian noble titles versus actual revenue, Tammany influence versus public will, and the worth of a sheriff’s office. It notes the English beer syndicate talk, Chauncey and Depew epigrams, GOP faction deals, and praises New York inspectors who ordered fire escapes for 1 250 factories, seeking lives saved at future fires.
The batch of nominations by the President brings many appointments and numerous disappointments. The piece mocks England’s potential influence on disease control and criticizes monopolies, civil service rules, and political reactions surrounding the World’s Fair rivalry, highlighting public health concerns and financial influence.
A collage of witty misquotations from newspapers across the United States. Each line lampoons a city paper with punning or farcical headlines. The mock items cover angels, choirs, bars, poachers, and oddball opinions on royalty and the moon.
The Philadelphia Record reports 1889 U S wheat crop estimates at about 80 million bushels, with excess over last year. Net export potential tops 150 million bushels, as exports of wheat and flour already climbed previous year despite trade obstacles.
A column reviews entertainments and public notices from The Dispatch era. It highlights Johnstown flood lectures by Frank J. Kelly and Charles Morton, stereopticon views, and the impact of entertainment on audiences. It also mentions theater improvements at Bijou and Grand Opera House, plus political nods to Major E. A. Montooth and the Republican gubernatorial candidate.
Records say Old Gabriel, an Indian born in Tulare County, lived at Monterey County Hospital for years and surpassed 150 years. He worked as a stonecutter with Junipero Serra era builders, aiding construction of the first Carmelite mission wall in 1771 and 1772, and was known to be grandfather to a child by that time.
A story from August 19 recounts Louise Sickie once famed as a hotel belle with diamonds now living in a dilapidated beachside house. Brick Pomeroy recalls her youthful brilliance and offers of marriage as she faces a hard, public decline and family tensions.
Buffalo August 19 Emma Althouse the famed sleeping beauty of Attica is rapidly recovering after two years of illness. She has been declared dead several times as sleeps lasting up to 35 days gradually shortened. Recently she has begun drinking beef tea and milk and water and can sit up briefly and converse with her sisters. The left side paralysis remains the most troubling symptom but shows improvement.
Report from a Gibbon correspondent describes buffalo county hunters finding petrified animals in the Sand Hills south of Lowell with a circle of petrified coyotes around them and a sky filled with petrified yelps and howls, each yelp bearing strange objects like a diamond and hammer and a knife in every howl. Uncle Dad and Gates the whaler are noted in a Gardiner Me piece, and a graveyard inscription near Litchfield mentions Solomon Taylor, alluding to oddities. The Philadelphia Ledger recalls the President’s Bar Harbor visit and his decision to take to the woods around Deer Park after those events.
The Bijou Theater presented A Royal Pasa to a large audience with strong singing by Mr. Staley and impressive tableau scenes. Critics note tonal issues in the plot and out of place yodeling, but praise Emmet's musical touches and Tony Farrell's quiet humor. Staley proves a stronger actor than the play’s weaker leads.
The Dockstader's Minstrels at the Grand Opera House drew a very large audience with their usual humor. The first part used rural scenery and a minstrel circle in tennis attire, delivering ballads and jokes. The fox hunt sketch and Mr Ditimus's party kept the crowd laughing, though some bits could be trimmed without losing effect.
Harris Theater continues popular run of His Natural Life with strong audiences for matinees and evening performances. Company led by Harris and Lilian Andrews earns praise for staging and singing as the Maceys return this week with a change of bill, including Kathleen Mayour on Thursday night.
Harry Williams' Academy packed to the roof with a lively variety program slated for tomorrow. The event drew strong local interest and promises an engaging lineup for theatergoers.
A special telegram reports the Manhattan Elevated Railroad appeal of damages awarded to Bowery property owners. The judge reviews Dutch versus American street rights and cites evolving civic law. The piece discusses whether Bowery and other Dutch streets fall under Dutch laying and local common law.
The Soldiers' Orphan Commission failed to gain approval from the Northern Home for Friendless Children in Philadelphia to place 170 additional pupils there. The commission instead ordered the Mount Joy school prepared for the extra children and adopted new leasing contracts for multiple other schools. Ex-Senator to oversee school interests proposed renting Mount Joy facilities for a year. Scoutcaset and Pref. Smith set as principal with a $1000 annual salary.
Miss Birdie Pollock married W. Miller Graham of Washington Pa at the Pol locks home in the Nineteenth ward. The couple left for New York to sail to Europe for their honeymoon.
A collection of brief historical notes references Lucy Stoweis TL Shoe lecturing on women’s rights in 1547, Queen’s Osborne estate value, Moopt’s Evangelical convention in Chicago, Horatio Bonar ties to Dr. Chalmers, Dr Amelia B Epwards planning 60 lectures from 300 apps, General Grenfell’s Nile campaign at 47, Enwin Arnold visiting Harvard, Henry James in Europe August September, Secretary Rose departing Washington.
Philadelphia August 19 The Public Ledger outlines Drexel's plan to establish an industrial school for girls near Philadelphia. The project evolves from a girls only facility to a larger institute modeled after Cooper Union, with a 2000 seat hall and extensive reading rooms.
An elderly forty-niner recalls a winter 1849 incident in a California mining town. In a saloon a gambler known as Jones drew a pistol during a Faro game and a bystander struck, when a man named Davin Terry shot him, a brutal act the witness brands cowardly and unprovoked. the tale ends with Terry’s calm departure.
Gustav Deutschbein, swimming teacher, started from Belle Isle bridge to Bar Point light ship in Lake Erie. He completed 17 miles in 4 hours 17 minutes despite cold 69 degree water and stiff limbs.
The Washington Post notes a shift in summer resort life where women display athleticism and mental strength while men relax, wear silk sashes, embroidered socks and bangles, suggesting evolving gender roles.
A fragment from a verse poem reflecting on imminent separation and enduring love. The speaker ponders whether, knowing tonight might be the last, the dear one would grasp their hand and feel the same yearning across a vast earthly distance. The verse imagines reunion only beyond the Great All-Patient Home.
Gossip notes Jay Gould may travel to Europe for health reasons this season. Western Union colleagues offered no denial, and sources recall his similar discreet departure two years earlier. The tale ties a cherished butter churn to Gould’s travels as he allegedly takes his old churn aboard a Cunard liner.
Patrick Halloran arrived in New York aboard the Egyptian Monarch with his wheelbarrow from London. Ten weeks earlier he had reached the same destination with the barrow in another steamship. Purportedly penniless and weary, he planned a trek to Mexico City but was returned as a pauper and lunatic after arrest in London. He spent ten days in solitary confinement before shipping to America. He and his wheelbarrow are slated for repatriation.
Mrs Mary Scott-Dimock daughter of ex President Grevy of France and her husband Mr Wilson arrived at the dock at noon. Wilson faced conviction for selling influence with the Government to Legion of Honor seekers, resigning Grevy and toppling the government. Mrs Dimeck is a niece of Benjamin Harrison and travels to Nantucket Massachusetts to visit her ailing mother Mrs Scott-Lord.
The funeral for Clarence G. Poll, mistaken for a deer and shot near Lake Par mancotts by Ellis H. Roberts, was held this evening at the Poll family home on Fourteenth Street. Only near friends and relatives attended. interment will be private.
A group of teens found a woman's skeleton in bushes near Manor. The remains show fine fabric remnants and a leghorn hat fragment. Two small holes in the forehead suggest a violent death. The body has been in place about two years. No identification has been made.
Joe Atkinson the hangman plans hangings for five murderers next Friday with scaffolds set for Wednesday. Three men will hang on one scaffold and two on the other. A 1000 pound weight will be attached to the formers and 760 pounds to the latter. One hundred women are refused permission to send flowers.
An elderly Dorchester County resident reports a land sink near the Wicomico and Nanticoke rivers. The site has dropped about 12 feet and fills with water, while the crusty edges threaten collapse. Earlier, in 1850s, a canoe burial with Indian pipes and bows was found nearby. The speaker warns residents to flee as the ground continues sinking.
A Louisville Courier-Journal note questions Boston’s urgency to organize an indignation meeting at Faneuil Hall within hours and jokes about Prof. Sullivan possibly challenging a southern dungeon.
A WV field dig uncovers an 1827 map and a gold treasure rumor from Barry Johnson’s cabin, with no treasure reported. Notes on Lizzie Arnott, a Morxon GaIia mail carrier, her 19 mile daily round trip and charming persona. Reports of a hyena bite incident in Bethlehem and various local odds and ends including a 7 pound muskellunge near Erie, a misplaced watch, and humorous misfortunes from Johnstown and Mount Union.
A long jumble of clipped items reports odd happenings and small-town notes. Events include land title searches in Carroll County, a Waterville man’s missing gold watch, a fisherman’s find, a live snake captured near Ballston, a record bass catch at Deal Lake, a court suit in Omaha over wages, a religious “rat” haunting Trinity and Baptist churches, a landmark buttonwood tree cut at Castleton, a grass palace project in Creston, Samoan natives in Chicago, a Three Oaks featherbone industry, a Red Bank bank teller saved from drowning, and eerie burials near Lafayette Cemetery Phila.
A collage of jokes and snippets from various papers mocks economics discipline and social norms. It includes banter about pensions, a mad chat, and light gossip involving misread headlines and mock dialogues. The tone is satirical, reflecting early 20th century newspaper humor.
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