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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1892
Page
7
The notice details postage free in the United States and various delivery rates for the Daily Desrator, including weekly, monthly, and yearly options. It lists prices per year, quarter, month, and week, with Sunday and Sunday-inclusive editions, and notes carrier delivery terms. The date shown is Tuesday, August 1.
Democrats in Clearfield and Centre counties press for a new basis of representation in congressional nominations. They reject renominating Kripps of Clarion until a proportional system based on county votes is adopted, arguing for open nomination methods that reflect the popular vote and curb the conferee system.
The piece lauds medical ethics and the heroic professional spirit shown by doctors during epidemics. It cites New York typhus volunteers, European cholera efforts in Vienna with 435 doctors, and Dr Hanns Graham in Berlin rallying American students for cholera work. It notes Pasteur and unnamed physicians as examples, predicting many American doctors will rise if the epidemic threatens the United States.
The new national Socialist platform is reviewed, noting a mix of sound ideas such as compulsory education and forest and water management with proposals viewed as harmful or impractical. Critics say the plan mirrors European conditions and would curb American institutions.
The Metropolitan Opera House in New York, famed as fire proof, burned after flames gained ground. The blaze highlighted the vulnerability of so-called fire-proof structures even as Chicago’s fires showed similar weaknesses.
The article recalls devastating fires in iron brick and granite structures and questions the reliability of fire-proof design. It notes Pittsburg and other cities as examples and suggests underwriters impose extra rates on buildings advertised as fire proof to curb architectural overclaims.
The article reviews William M. Springer’s tariff speech calling for free trade arguing that tariffs have failed in three areas. It counters that rising strikes and mortgage debt reflect broader industrial growth and expansion, not fault with trade policy.
A Chicago dispatch notes the success of down draft smoke consuming furnaces in reducing smoke from steam plants, with cost recovery in under two years and strong enforcement pushing installations at ten to twelve per week. It urges Pittsburg to extend anti smoke provisions to the Grant to Tenth street business core and promote local display at the World’s Fair to attract orders and investment.
An article recalls a Georgia lynching episode where a mob seeks to punish the wrong person. Two property owning women are linked to the case, with the mob fixating on a foster son named heir as the target. The piece notes the danger of mob rule and misidentification in violent justice.
An attempted lynching was halted by prudent neighbors and a legal trial revealed the man’s innocence. The killers were a moonshine gang whose illicit stilles crime led to the murdered woman’s death after she threatened to expose them. The piece questions mob justice and notes possible misdirection from the real culprits.
The piece mocks officials for biased daily cholera updates in Berlin while praising truth over rumor. It notes New Orleans plans a proper sanitation system and suggests a public welcome when the city implements it.
The article emphasizes pumping a long undisturbed cesspool with a copious pungent disinfectant. It stresses safety for bystanders and notes cesspool accumulations are highly potent even in the chilly morning.
In coverage of Afghan disturbances and Pamir unrest, the Tory press in England shows harsher anti-Rossi rhetoric than Rossi himself, reflecting a more bellicose stance in British blue books and editorials.
Mayor Grant of New York praised strict measures and vowed to improve the quarantine system. He and his officers commit to hard work to fulfill the promise of perfection in quarantine. Corbett's supporters are mocked as Corbetters amid bets on his chances.
A harsh critique targets the armor plate seating and riveted sections of forthcoming warships. The article notes widespread defensive reactions among stakeholders before public disclosure and mentions the Patent Office recently recorded 23,620 inventions in the past year.
The text contrasts perceived harmlessness of Cormxese immigrants with risks of cholera infected persons and calls for stopping smuggling leakage to prevent percolation of disease. It also notes the National Convention of Socialists appearing to seek everything it wanted but now seeing limits.
The piece condemns saving a few pence at health’s expense, calling cheap sanitation foolish and dangerous compared with proper sewerage. It suggests occasional fighting as a career pun, stressing that neglect invites disease and ruin.
In a collage of opinions the piece notes Martian isolation and quarantine relief, comments on Darwinian boxing rules, a jab at German students and a dig at a wild cat currency. It also mentions a two week Exposition return, Anglo American fruit demand, and a large platform plank count for Allogheny county politics.
Avetst Stringberg, a Swedish author famed for hostility to women, faces ongoing trouble. Bishop Paret travels home from Europe by sailing vessel likely to take three weeks of ice voyage. Desis Kearney again proclaims Japanese must go. Sir Archibald Geier, Scotland’s leading scientist, is 60 years old and declines knighthood for the title professor. Colonel S. H. Boyd arrives in San Francisco en route to Missouri on medical leave. Rev. Da Furnass, beloved Unitarian pastor at Wallingford, shows steady recovery after illness.
In a spirited talk among Pittsburg residents the piece highlights rising property values in Allegheny County, gas supply gains, and plans for a Teegard tom country club revival. It notes real estate gains since 1864, the Penn to Hiland lot, and a shift toward home investments over distant opportunities. It also touches culture rumors, memorial spoons as jewelry, and political chatter around 1880s Republican strength and cholera concerns.
Simon Wine of Boston, a 6 year old birthday figure in 1860s notes, is named as the party’s presidential candidate. A photographer and printer, he popularized ferrotypes and tintypes, introduced post stamp size photos, and improved the Southworth camera. He faced patent disputes but expanded his ferrotype business nationwide. He joined the Socialistic Labor party recently and is seen as a practical, radical yet respected worker.
Kansas City Aug 20 The Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias selected Washington City as the site for the next encampment in a close vote. Winnington led Louisville by a margin of 40 while Finnapolis was eliminated after preliminaries. No other business was taken up. Constitutions changes were set as a special order for Wednesday.
Advices form Gray Gables state Mr. Cleveland caught two fish simultaneously the one a toad fish named Tammany and the other a Magwomp grunter.
A Lewisburg Pa resident, J A Gundy, thanks The Dispatch for publishing a full and fair report of his remarks in Gretna on the Pith. He notes appreciation despite opposing views and endorses unbiased coverage to educate the people.
Three state party chairmen gathered at the Girard House to parse the Baker ballot law with Harrity absent in New York. Reeder, Wright, and Patton pressed for an official ballot form while Patton warned of Prohibitionist nominations and education campaigns to secure votes. Reeder planned to visit Harrity in New York to seek a decision ahead of Harrisburg meetings.
The White House Interior is being restored to a colonial look with new tracery in ecru cream and terra cotta and old gold. Work replaces Eastlake patterns in the main vestibule and corridor. the state dining room and Blue Room were updated last year, with funds permitting more this year. Mrs Harrison aided by locating long-forgotten furnishings tied to Washington, now renovated for historical value.
Miss Branch M. Ereeson daughter of a Columbus physician returned from the East and said she believed death would come soon. She gave her mother funeral directions before falling ill with typhoid fever and dying two days after returning home.
On the 4:57 pm train H C Frick arrived at the Mountain House to confer with iron men B F Jones A E W Painter and others in private cottages. Postmaster General Wanamaker followed later by the Limited and intends to stay some time likely bringing more of his family for the remainder of the season.
The Pennsylvania Iron Company of Lancaster PA started work this morning after two months of idleness, employing 80 men. The plant accepted a wage cut from 60 to 65 cents.
General Jamra Blauvelt of Nyack N G died at the Cockmen House Mount Pleasant Catskills while with his family. He led the Seventh Brigade N G and held several civic positions. John G Allen secretary of the Law repe criic branch Y se C A died at 44 Davidson after a brief illness. The ML C A will act on his death today.
Obituary notes the death of Nope K Rorse, principal of the Sixth District School of locineall and among the oldest teachers, while Samuel Cail, deputy clerk and clerk of the United States Courts in Louisville for seven years, dies at the Horton Infirmary after stomach illness and recent mental strain.
Postponed opening reception for the U P Home for Aged Women in Wilkinsburg delays move to Maple Shade. An all day sewing event is planned. a charity fair at Turner Hall on Forbes Street has begun with flags and war relics. The Home’s 21st anniversary dinner is set for September, with Avery Club concert proceeds aiding Homewood A M E Zion Church.
Seola Chatter and several named guests visited Camp Eden on the Chen t river last week. St James P E Church in Allegheny hosts a church social planned by its sixth street and Penn avenue guild. A river excursion is planned by the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor from McClaren Avenue Presbyterian Church next Thursday. A wedding of Miss Etta Batery to Harry Ware took place on August 27. Various dinners, birthdays, and entertainments are noted along with reopening of the Pittsburg Library and upcoming nuptials.
The article notes Oliver Wendell Holmes is eighty three today and in comparatively good health with eyesight the main issue. He honors four great contemporaries born in the same year and recalls Whittier and other poets as part of his tribute from publishers and friends.
The articles quote Labouchere and allies criticizing Queen Victoria over cabinet placements. Reports note Labouchere’s anger at his exclusion and public scrutiny of royal favor. Several papers describe Labouchere as a lightning rod for political commentary and press attention.
A collage of odd facts and antiquated trivia spans postal card usage, population figures for Arizona, Cicero’s writings, early electrotyping, steam age transport and finance. The items mix achievements, curiosities, and numerical tallies across nations, industries, and inventors.
Fragmented poetic column mocks political fervor and a campaign scene with lines on Harrison and a voter rally. It blends altered names, random imagery, and a decorative lyric tone with odd phrases and stray personal vignette.
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