Exemption of Pittsburgh Utilities From Local Taxes Scrutinized
A Pittsburgh editorial condemns tax exemptions for utility and gas companies tied to city franchises. It argues Allegheny County Electric Light, Pittsburg Gas, East End Gas, Consolidated Gas, Monongahela Bridge, and Monongahela Water evade local taxes, while using city services and profiting from public rights of way. The piece calls for restoring assessments and letting courts rule on exemptions, warning the practice harms other taxpayers and is an evident injustice.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny County Electric Light Company
Pittsburg Gas Company
East End Gas Company
Consolidated Gas Company
Monongahela Bridge Company
Monongahela Water Company
Jones
City Hall
Immigration inspectors blamed for ineligible pauper arrivals
Examiner Hoffman reports the return of a German dying of consumption and his destitute wife to the Fatherland after landing. Pittsburg officials condemn New York inspectors for careless immigration checks and warn against Pittsburg becoming a dumping ground. The couple had five cents, highlighting the need for strict enforcement during this period.
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Hoffman
Department of Charities
New York
Pittsburg
Tin plate industry proves protection’s value in U S
Treasury report by Ira Ayers finds American tin plate industry thriving under McKinley tariff. It argues protection enabled the infant industry to develop and defend against foreign cheap labor, disputing free trade predictions of high prices and failure.
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America
Treasury Department
Ira Ayers
Department
Friends of Protection
Free Trade Party
Protection Makes a Sweeping Victory Likely in November
The piece argues that protectionist policies have proven beneficial to American prosperity and industrial independence. It contends that the proponents of free trade who dismissed pragmatic trials have offered flimsy calamity theories and will face defeat in November.
Half Way Measures on Cholera Policy Sparks Outcry
The author denounces Washington for slow action on cholera and urges total port closure until cold weather. They call for an immediate halt to rags imports and a strict quarantine, arguing that current inspections are inadequate to prevent landings from Europe and stressed cargoes. The piece urges public pressure on authorities to adopt stronger, decisive measures.
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Washington
Europe
Hamburg
Havre
Prohibition Party Candidate John Bidwell Seeks Presidency
The document lauds Bidwell of California as the Prohibition nominee with a formal acceptance letter. It urges abolition of liquor, female suffrage, and federal money policy, claiming no real tariff difference between Republicans and Democrats, while.warning against centralized power and asserting wise citizens must create good governments.
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John Bidwell
California
Congress
Prohibition Party
Agricultural Growth and Urban Migration in Tariff Debate
The New York Press argues that agricultural wealth has grown since the war, but at a slower pace than urban and industrial wealth. It notes increases in land value, machinery, livestock, household goods, and farm outputs, while population and city growth outpace rural areas, due to roads, transportation, and urban attractions.
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New York
Presa
Pennsylvania Showcases Tin Plate Industry Value of Protection
Pennsylvania stands as a leading tin plate producer and a strong example of protective policy benefits. The state profile highlights its manufactory strength and economic gains from protectionist measures.
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Pennsylvania
Cattle cry against protectionism and labor issues
A critical editorial warns against free trade and partisan misrepresentations while denouncing strikes and labor unrest. It attacks political figures, praises protectionist policy, condemns European praise of Cleveland, and mocks proposed bullfights and bicycle police in Ohio.
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Hhis Party
Springer
Cleveland
Europe
America
Outcry Over Trolley Innovations and Civic Woes in New York
A volatile public debate in New York pits trolley system changes against municipal mismanagement under Tammany rule. The piece links regional governance, Cholera risk in Fayette County and Hamovee free port, and global distribution centers with heightened epidemic danger. It notes summer heat on The Sun and critiques Canada’s cabinet on economic discrimination toward America.
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New York
Canal question hints at toll discrimination and Mars
The passage comments on the canal issue as toll discrimination affecting Canada and the World Fair exhibit, notes a vagrant from the workhouse, warns Canada against sulking at the fair, and criticizes untaxed corporations and congressional delegates in the Twenty-first District.
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Canada
Masters of Men and Political Winds Across Nations
The item notes Amor Dvoracek as a Bohemian butcher's boy turned composer with a Suite in D. It highlights Missouri Governor candidate Mason Warner drawing crowds, Massachusetts Lt Governor Hart's strong GOP position, Rev F B Meyer moving to a London church, and Count von BiumenThal as a long-serving Prussian officer of rank above colonel. It also mentions Ella Belden's upcoming marriage to Judge Harrison, the Marquis de Gardes buying Tasso manuscript, Parsee MP Naorosi choosing oath by affirmation, and Privy Councillors kissing the Queen’s hand at Osborne House.
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Amor Dvorae
New York
Bohemia
Sweetbreads
F. B. Meyer
Northfield
Mays
London
Newman Hall
Count von BiumenThal
Quellendorf
Koethen
Proseian
Cedarville
Springfield
Whitelaw Beld
Ella Beld
Nives
Ophir Farm
Robert Carter Harrison
Supreme Court of California
Prince de Uarde
Tasso
Naorosi
Huxney
Jesse Collings
Osborne House
Count Harris Von Fleckenstein and Miss Kate Forbes wed at Cardinal Gibbons
The marriage unites Chicago socialite Count T Harris Von Fleckenstein and Miss Kate M Forbes of Southern Maryland. After the ceremony at Cardinal Gibbons they departed for Chicago to begin residence together.
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Batrimony
T. Harris von Fleckenstein
Chicago
Kate M. Forbes
Maryland
Cardinal Gibbons
Mess
First omnibus tale dates and city launches
The note recalls the first omnibus published in Paris in 186 and credits New York with a five year lag. A mention notes rain in Philadelphia at the moment.
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Boston Globe
Paris
New York
Philaelphia
Farmers Encampment Ends Amid Rain and Unattended Speakers
On the final day of the Lancaster county farmers encampment, showers reduced attendance and several expected speakers were absent. Congressman Marriott Brosius and State Rep. William Brosius, both named Brosius, spoke on agriculture's power and the ballot. They urged farmers to engage in primaries and support tariffs and protection to bolster farm as well as national interests.
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Brosius
Guerna
General Hastings
Lancaster County
Marriott Brosius
William Brosius
Witl
Congress
Ameri
Gennl
America
William Brentus
Morgan Misrepresented by Editor Letter Attacks Labor and Republicans
A letter to the Dispatch defends Republican Congressional candidate T. R. Morgan in the McKinley district. It says Morgan does not oppose labor organizing and allows workers to join unions, condemns claims he dislikes labor. The piece accuses opponents of using false charges to harm Morgan and labels such critics as not true Republicans.
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Dispatch
Morgan
Congress
McKinley
Tarvis- Paton
Morgan Engineering Comey
Steel in Homes Promises Fireproofing and Savings
A look around notes architects considering structural steel or iron for house frames floors stairs window frames and roof girders. Initial costs rise but wear and tear reduce, making homes closer to fireproof. Pittsburgh area industry leaders discuss steel and related firms and products.
Economists At Chautauqua Hear Precise Lectures
Economists at Chautauqua attended sessions in Collezne Hall amid bad weather. The meeting focused on highly technical theories with few practical points. A. N. Patton spoke on interpreting Ricardo, while J. H. Hollender discussed municipal activity and the Cincinnati Southern Railroad. The Statistica committee presented extensive data on private indebtedness. Tomorrow ends the meeting with a morning session and afternoon business meetings.
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Cuarraigua
N. Y
the Economic Association
Collezne Hall
Ctiff
N. Patton
Ricardo
J. H. Hollender
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Louisville
Committee On Statistica
Obituary notices from multiple 19th century figures
A collage of death notices lists Jared M B Brackmeyer a Wood Street bookkeeper age unknown at parents home in Fourth Street Braddock and Pittsburg. Rev J D Paris Hawaii missionary died July 25. Chief Justice Irving of Maryland died aged 64. Commander Has clever military attache German embassy and other obituaries including Miss Mary Murfree and Thomas Topp noting local journalists and assorted officials.
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Jared M. B. Brackmeyer
4. D. Ache & Co
Wood Street
Pittsburg
Braddock
Fourth Street
A. J. Brackmeyer
The
Union Insurance Company
Masonic Lodge
J. D. Paris
Kona
Hawaii
M. Grant
New York
Mr. Paris
Irving
First Judicial Court of
Maryland
Princess Anne
Bar of Muides
Cincin
Haselclever
Veggie
Ey Poe
William Murfrre
Suboress
Mary Murfree
Charles Egbert Craddock
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Japox L. T. H. Irving
Maryland Court of Appeals
Burtington Fhisa
Thomas Topp
Music In The Air At Forty Fourth And Butler
Street M. E. Church organized an open air concert on a vacant lot at Forty four and Butler streets. A brass band performed with Clark E. Stewart and B. C. Taylor assisting. admission was ten cents to prevent overcrowding. The audience remained orderly and content. Next Sunday Shadyside Presbyterian Church will resume its choir rehearsals under Samuel M. Brown with Zetta Stewart bombruno? Altton Parmlee J. Morris Stephens and William Sutley. (Note: OCR errors present for names)
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M. E
Butler Street
Lawrenceville
Forty-fourth
Butler Streets
Clark E. Stewart
B. C. Taylor
Shadysiae Presbyterian Church
Ita
Samuel M. Brown
Zetta Stewart
Alton E. Parmlee
J. Morris Stephens
William Su
Social Chatter at East Birmingham Church Rows
Social notes from East Birmingham mention the Rev F K Farrand losing soprano Miss Sadie Pitts who sails to New York to study at the National Conservatory. Other church figures and locals enjoy travels and gatherings at Atlantic City, Asbury Park and Bedford Springs as autumn returns.
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First Presbyterian Church
East Birmingham
F. KE. Farrand
Ginger
Sadie Pitts
New York
National Conservatory of Music
Pitts
Samuel M. Brown
Shadyside Presbyterian Church
Richard Holmes
Europe
Morton Villa
Marchand
McCullovce
McCullough
Marchand Street
Asbury Park
Thomas Kins, Jr
Alvin Theater
Atlantic City
Witliam
Messrs. J. G. Bennett & Co
Ma Samve
Hamilton
North Highland Avenue
Lakewood
Fonseca a Failu E Brazil's First President Dies
Across major papers reactions to the death of Fonseca, Brazil’s first president. Editors call him a weak yet bold revolutionary leader whose fall marked a transition from imperial to republican power. Critics note financial disaster and forced retirement ending his influence.
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Fonsman
Brooklyn Eagle
Dropono Pa Fontarca
Republic of Brazil
New York Sun
Fonseca
Brooklyn
Oltison
Washington
Buffao Express
Rainmaking party to test weather experiments at Snake Butte
General Dyrenfurth and a government rainmaking party are expected in Pierre to conduct rain making experiments at a high point two miles from the city on Snake Butte. Conditions are favorable with half an inch of rain in the past two days and overcast skies.
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Preraz, & D
Dyrenfurth
Pierre
Snake Butte
McKinley in High Demand as Speaker and Candidate
Cleveland notes McKinley draws large crowds as a speaker this fall and predicts his influence will grow even more as a political candidate four years from now.
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Cleveland
McKinley
Isaac Pusey Grey Leaves Forest Wish to Sit High
An uncertain report notes Isaac Pusey Grey emerging from the woods and expressing a desire to sit atop the tallboard of the bund. The fragmentary item hints at a local intrigue or ceremonial act without further details.
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Chicago Mail
Isaac Pusey Grey
Curious Condensations From A Wandering News Page
A collage of curious notes from 19th century reporting spans transport, science, crime and oddities. It covers street railways hiring many workers, tanning of elephant skin timing, irrigation plans in Utah Idaho, ice yachts, huckleberries in New York, local governance in Alabama, postal mishaps, and strange global tidbits.
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Utah
Idaho
New York City
Deratur
England
America
The Elder Ajax Defied the Lightning in Days Gone By
Excerpted lines recall Uncle Jack and Tommy conversation about grades and generosity. A child’s kiss and a wish to return it frame a nostalgia piece. Dialectal snippets from The Boston Courier and Chicago Tribune style blur with echoing references to Ajax the Elder and bygone heroics.
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Bradder Perkins
Thas
Chiego Leve
Ajax
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