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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1890
Page
4
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Pittsburg readers learn that Christopher L. Magee here voices opposition to Senator Quay's plan to expedite the tariff bill and the federal election measure. He urges Republicans to use their majority to pass key acts, while The Dispatch defends Quay’s stance and hints Hoar’s coalition may block it. The piece notes a surprising shift from taciturn leaders.
A 19th century outlook praises forthcoming advances in science and industry. It foresees electricity transforming propulsion and storage systems for ships, suggests aluminum may replace steel to reduce dead weight, and envisions lighter vessels achieving higher speeds with advanced engines.
The article notes a rise in violent storms across the north with cyclones and tornadoes more frequent from North Carolina to Texas and North Dakota to Kansas, defying typical patterns. It cites Wilkesbarre and Lowell as examples and cites a Tribune suggestion of a shift in the tornado belt.
The article explains that low barometric systems tend to follow preferred routes, with recent activity near the Canadian border. It notes shifts in storm tracks could alter tornado activity, predicting colder winters for the North and renewed tornado attention for Gulf States as conditions change.
The rush of money scarcity unsettles operators in New York as borrowing costs spike. A sharp silver price rise from 4 cent to 120 per ounce follows the Treasury law change, with early signs suggesting broader benefits to the nation though the full industrial impact remains unclear.
Baron de Hirsch extends his benevolent effort aiding Russian Hebrew immigrants in America. He has sent twenty thousand dollars to Montreal and funds a ten thousand dollar monthly support in New York to Americanize newcomers. The program includes English language basics and technical training to create self supporting, skilled yet versatile workers. Lectures on U S government and history will run in fall and winter to ease adaptation amid rising immigrant arrivals.
The article derides Prohibition leaders but exposes Reverend W R Covert disguising as a liquor dealer to probe Senator Quay. It notes Quay’s reply on submitting the amendment to voters and questions the morality of party tactics. Also mentions Allegheny population and capital punishment stance amid local politics.
A cry of fire drove a man from the state in New York while a West coast cyclone battered Pittsburg with electric winds. Despite heavy water and narrow escapes, the city endured the storm with notable calm and illumination across the square footage reported.
A mosaic of opinion piece snippets references new bridges in Pittsburgh and Ohio River projects, world fairs, Kaiser and Czar antics, labor strikes and political intrigue, rising streetcar talk, and a provocative note on gun laws and reform. The tone mixes bold forecasts with social critique and local color.
An old Black man found casting a net in a creek insists his act is religious guidance, arguing that the Spirit moved him to fish. He explains the bag holds only a few fish kept to humble pride and refuses to admit theft, while acknowledging possible jail if lawmen pursue the matter.
A young Virginia doctor on a night call encounters an old Black man with a fishing pole and asks the time. The man replies that there is no time yet because the sun has not risen, illustrating crude ideas of time in the rural South.
In summer 1889 Tacoma hosts the Alabama Senator Pugh and party at a hotel bar. After requesting a mint julep he receives mint from an attendant and is impressed, exclaiming about the country and its resources.
The day’s leader addressed a large audience on America’s birthday, urging the invocation of music worthy of the occasion. He asked the band to perform the national anthem, and the imported band obliged with Die Wacht Am Rhein amid patriotic fervor.
Prominent people visit Engelberg and Lucerne while Frederick H. Haslam plans to gift Daniel Webster’s rod and reel to ex President Cleveland. Other items note Florence Drake’s athletic vigor, Dr Ameé Raymond’s NY medical practice, Miss Minsie Cuay commanding a lake steamer, and various political and civic updates.
A minstrel comic at the Academy of Music last night delivered a new joke about slipping on a banana peel in front of a church and landing before a policeman who sent him to the station house for diving out of a church. The crowd applauded vigorously.
Philadelphia August 2 Physicians at Presbyterian Hospital report a remarkable recovery in 14 year old Harry Reigel who fell from an elevator and dislocated his neck. Using extending weights and a jacket apparatus the bones were realigned and after a month the neck shows proper setting with full neck power restored. The case is hailed as extraordinary surgical work.
Four men exploring the Pennsylvania Joint Lumber and Land Company timber lands along Slate Run and Youngwoman’s Creek cornered and killed twenty one rattlesnakes in a three day span. They first flushed several from under a top rock then continued with forked sticks and handspikes to dispatch remaining serpents. The snakes ranged three and a half to five feet, with black and yellow coloring.
A chaotic column cites Marto Snows who led a strike on Tron Mountain Railroad now selling peanuts in a St Louis depot amid public indifference. It notes a Perth farmer murdered his wife to obtain a divorce and jokes about Chicago’s World's Exposition site ambitions.
In Washington C H Ohio on August 21 a Cox child presumed dead in a suspended animation case revived when the mother spoke the child's name. The mother asked if it wanted water and the child nodded, prompting a joyous reunion as relatives learned the youngster was alive.
Michael Davitt argues for sending John Boyle O Reilly’s remains to Ireland for burial. He contends the departed patriot loved the United States and especially Boston where he flourished, found fame, and made his home and friends.
The Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias held mostly secret work with officer and committee reports considered. The Committee on Appeals saw many cases before adjournment. Tomorrow officers will be installed and another meeting item decided.
A Norristown stock company with 135000 dollars capital plans to buy Adam Scheidt's brewery in the borough and run the brewing business. Scheidt will retain a controlling stake as prominent wholesalers and dealers are expected to own all remaining shares and focus on Scheidt's beer, excluding Philadelphia product.
Reports mention Evrerows reservoir water search. newlywed Harrisburg couple honeymooning by canoe. Du Bois population growth and free delivery. blackberries price in Panxsutaway. Mrs Wuchter nearing 188th day. camp meetings lit by portable electric plant. diphtheria concerns in Luzerne mining towns. Anna Conuns described as 6 feet 5 inches tall and largest Pennsylvania Railroad worker. Hungarian escape after rope-lynching at Plymouth. Lower Saucon teachers whitewashing schoolhouses. Warren Chair Works expansion plan. Reading Catholics pushing flag on schools. Schuylkill iron ore rate hike from 164 to 265 per ton. Miller farm 189 acres in Lower Heidelberg tied up in litigation. Union City PA Volunteers to hold reunion September 16 at G A R Hall. regiment drawn from Erie Warren Crawford Mercer counties.
Funeral services for the late Charles S. Huntington were held yesterday afternoon at 2:50 at Trinity Church. Rev. W. C. Lamson conducted the Protestant rites, and a large crowd of friends filled the church, reflecting a simple yet impressive ceremony.
A party of about 80 distinguished Mexican gentlemen arrived in Chicago for pleasure and toured the city. They are private citizens, not officials, and plan to continue their journey east aboard the Michigan Central.
Within six weeks the city ordinances for preventing smoke will go into effect and be rigorously enforced. Large soft coal users will receive notice accordingly.
Mrs Sarah A Jackson widow of Eil Jackson of Race street Allegheny and mother-in-law of HB Kerr of Pusey & prr died at 4 45 am in Valley Camp after heart trouble. Her death was not unexpected by relatives. She had long been a member of Our Lady of the M E Church. Interment to be announced.
Mrs G B Meyer wife of . H Meyer president of the German American Insurance Company died yesterday afternoon at the same residence on Iowa street. She was described as a lady of high qualities and a sympathetic figure whose loss will be deeply felt by many friends.
Mrs. Helen Campbell addressed Chautauqua crowds on the social and economic condition of women from 18th and 19th century changes to factory life. She argued education and intelligence drive progress and cited Lowell factory girls, ten hour labor protests, and Knights of Labor as forces shaping workers rights.
August 2 report from Parkersburg notes Holly Armstrong, Jackson county businessman and politician, kept meat indoors to stay fresh but found it often vanished. He finally confronted the thief, a six foot long black snake, six inches thick, suspected after repeated disappearances of beefsteaks and mutton chops.
A terse collection of observations on gender and family faith. The piece muses on a man’s ego, affection from lovers, and the evolving role of prayer within domestic life, contrasting modern behavior with old-fashioned habits and the constant motherly calling.
At the American Bar Association meeting 250 attendees heard James Carter deliver a stirring address on the Ideal and the Actual in the Law. Committees reported on judicial administration remedial procedure and verdict forms while debate continued. Officers to be elected tomorrow.
The speaker argues that discharging workers for belonging to the Knights of Labor is a mistake. He urges workers to organize amid government favoritism, citing Grand Master Workman Powderly and Vice President Webb of the New York Central Railroad.
Chicago was cut from telegraphic lines for about a half hour due to Edison Company dynamo system failure. Western Union and Associated Press operators paused as all instruments halted, leaving the busy room in unusual silence for a brief outage.
Manuel Geranta Marquis Deprez, Auditor of the Spanish War Department in Havana, paid respects to the President during a Cape May visit. President Harrison swam in the ocean and this was his last Cape May visit before heading to Washington. The family will prepare to travel to Cresson thereafter.
Postmaster in Cincinnati receives a misrouted letter intended for M. Auguste Crebaum in Paris. The missive, mailed in Zurich to the Hotel Central, was diverted to Herr R. Schock in Cincinnati who opened it. It will go to Washington then back to Paris after a journey of about 10 000 miles.
Hon. M. A. Lemond of Pittsburg checked into the Girard House yesterday on his way to the seashore. The fisherman expects big catches of funny prizes and fears neither shark nor salamander, sucker nor shrimp.
The national encampment will be held in Joplin Missouri from August 7 to 8 with representation from every state and territory. Missouri and Kansas governors will attend with staffs and John M Thurston of Nebraska will deliver an address. A military parade and convention business will accompany the gathering. The organization has about 185000 members with over 28000 added in the past year.
A distorted note from Chicago Tribune mentions Missouri population growth and cites old bushwhackers robbing a train. The passage claims Missouri plans to curb surplus by forming a full band to counter crime.
The National Electric Light Association finished its sessions today and settled on Providence Rhode Island as the next meeting site for February 10, 1501. An amusing note from the executive committee closed with the song Auld Lang Syne as the adjournment term.
A mosaic of brief clippings notes varied topics. Items reference Chicago World’s Fair site hints, a Patterson strike, railroad earnings per mile, codfish propagation, religion and politics at camp meetings, social chatter on public dinners, Washington gossip, a mother’s night walks, Pinkerton guards in Albany, Philadelphia gas price hikes, and potential factory movement to Warren.
A miscellany of brief notices reports curiosities and oddities ranging from a Maine woman’s dental oddity to a Calfornia fossilized amphibian skeleton and a vast algebra of stray facts. The items include village anecdotes scientific tidbits natural curiosities and unusual local happenings with dates places and names sparse or fragmentary.
A collage of light humorous lines and dialogue snippets from cartoons and poems. It features quips about fashion showing necks this summer, tourists discussing races, slang about Boomtown and lotteries, and quick exchanges from Tramps and a quotable visitor. The tone mirrors a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper humor page.
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