The Dispatch Real Test Coming in Political Strife
The Dispatch notes bitter feuding over the Republican nomination for Speaker and the split among Pennsylvania representatives over Reed and McKinley. It argues the real test lies in Congress decisions this winter on business matters, assessing the administration and party by official actions rather than personal rivalries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennsylvania
Reed
McKinley
Quay
Bayne
Dalzell
Congress
The Exposition and the Merchants Propose Extension
Merchants praise the Exposition and support a sensor extension to keep it open longer. They argue a longer run boosts business yet caution against year round operation. Extending the exhibition is seen as evidence of local support and potential to broaden its influence.
Prosperity of the Iron Trade and Its Stable Demand
Reports on the iron trade show health in demand and new uses for iron. Steel has taken some markets, but iron remains strong in architecture and minor forms. Prices staying reasonable support continued activity and prosperity, with export to England briefly rising but not altering long term stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
England
Senate Committee Report on the Pacific Railroads
The article notes the ongoing, long standing Senate scrutiny of Pacific railroads. It frames the relationship between major corporations and the legislature as perpetual and often for show, citing occasional government travel as the expense tied to this oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Senate committee weighs debt extension amid railroad security questions
The report from investigators after touring Pacific railroads under Senator Stanford suggests Government debt should be extended fifty years. Central Pacific representatives had argued the debt was not worth the security and urged a one hundred fifty year extension. The public questions the opposite conclusions reached by both sides and calls for direct market negotiation to repay the debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee
Pacific Railroads
Stanford
Central Pacific Railroad
Frye
Armour Testimony Reflects On Capitol Committee
The Chicago financier Mr. Philip Armour testifies before a Senate committee on dressed beef and hog packing while invoking attorney advice when pressed on questions about combinations and railway favoritism. The public will judge his remarks by what he declines to testify to at the inquiry’s critical points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Armour
Chicago
United States Senate
Washington
Senate
Armour
Standard Oil and Sugar Trust
The Problem of Fire Insurance Examined
The article argues that broad rate increases after recent fires in Lynn and Boston are not a lasting solution. It urges better building construction and vigilant prevention, with incentives for owners who adopt safer practices, as the real path to profitability and public protection. It notes underwriters’ losses, many insurers exiting, and stresses targeted, preventive measures over blanket premium hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Boston
Pittsburg
River Coal Troubles in Wage Dispute
The river mines will mine no coal at the 2 1 2 cent wage rate amid a dispute that echoes past coal strikes. The piece notes markets fail to justify the rate and criticizes using strikes to force settlements, citing a year ago when mines shut three months but restarted once wage terms were accepted.
Break in Atlanta Drugists Sparks Patent Medicine Price War
The article reports a fracture in Atlanta druggists led to a price war over patent medicines. It notes that combinations generally mark prices at three to four times cost, but a dispute among Atlanta druggists has disrupted the balance, prompting competitive pricing and conflict among stores.
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Atlanta
Atlanta druggists battle price cutting in pill and soap wars
Critics accuse local druggists of undercutting to smash price fixing, with rivals selling liver pills nerve liniment and Pears soap at 89 cents per box while maintaining overall drug costs. The piece notes dramatic discounts, calls it an assault on combination pricing, and predicts a return to standard pricing once competition ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Amelioration of political prisoners questioned
An Eastern contemporary notes skepticism toward reforms for political prisoners in Alberia. The writer argues such doubt may reflect the general reaction to reforms and questions how US policy could improve prisoners in Biberia, even speculating about deploying a navy up the Lena delta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberia
United States
Biberia
Lena Delta
Portu gal citizen protest over expulsion from new Republic
Dom Prepro declared himself American and a Republican when last in Portugal. The note argues it is unjust he cannot stay in the new Republic to grow up with the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dom Prepro
Portugal
New Republic
Massachusetts Workhouse Policy Sparks Press Debate
The New York Herald denounces Massachusetts plan to send drinkers to the workhouse for six months as narrow minded. The public may see it as a shift in liquor law policy aimed at punishing sellers while treating buyers leniently. The Cronin trial continues with prosecutors' oratory affecting defendants, leaving defense in a position to counter.
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Massachusetts
New York Herald
Cronin
Beavers and Prophecies Stir Up a Grey Quarterly
An itemized column notes beavers as cold weather prophets and mocks a St Louis connection. It discusses Alaska pushing for territorial government and a local steel rail price comparison between London and Pittsburgh. It mentions Allegheny Traction bridge progress and German interests in Brazil amid political ambiguity. It concludes with nitro glycerine warnings and Long & Co. versus Lawrence Bank statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
St. Louis
Prominent Figures and Royal Retirement Noted in Briefs
A collage of notices reports Jay GovLp's retirement netting several million, Rev H D Ward and Mrs Ward wintering in Washington, Syracuse University's Larrie to lecture at Lasell on The Founders and Reformers of the Christian Church, and Will directing burial at Kensal Green with a plain cross. Also mentions the Empress of Austria yacht sailing, Queen Vierorts manuscripts posthumous, and a vignette about W H H Miller rising from Keokuk lawyer to U S official and Santa Fe chief counsel George W Movurary.
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Jay GovLp
H. D. Ward
Wari
Elzabeth Stuart Phelps
Washington
Clares
Larrie
Syracuse University
Lasell
Auburndale
Mass
Christian Church
WiLxtre CoLliss
Kensal Green
Empress of
Austria
Mediterranean
Queen Vierorts
Victoria
Trirty
W. H. H. Miller
United States
Keokuk
Iowa
Miller
Congress
Hayes
Santa Fe
George W. MovUrary
Ex-Senator Riddleberger Planned Temperance Lectures
A New York World note describes former Senator Riddleberger planning to tour as a temperance lecturer, likely addressing a broad audience. The item signals his shift from politics to public moral reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Riddleberger
Southside reminiscence and oddball wartime tales
A playful reminiscence recalls Southside figures from the Civil War era, notably Uconsy Scharff and Billy Scharff the carman, with Cooney’s boastful Army stories, quirks of memory, and comic verses about wealth and perseverance. The piece blends humorous anecdotes, doggerel, and social vignettes for local color.
Controversy Over Sale Price of Afro-Exploration Book
The piece discusses alleged book deals and sums up to £40,000 for Emin relief ventures, noting doubts about the figures and mentioning Omar Bates, Emin, and Stanley. It mentions publishers wanting a work titled How I tell Emin and German papers critiquing coverage of the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diafatch
Lupton Bey
Omar Bates
Emin
Mohammedaniem
Iria
Stanley
Ewin
A Certain Cure: French Doctor Recommends Breath Cure
A Detroit Free Press item reports a French physician recommends holding breath several times daily to ease dyspepsia. The piece notes a suggested extreme version could involve holding breath all day, presented as a "sure cure" for the condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Preta
Cleveland Seeks Democratic Nomination for President
The notice notes Mr. Cleveland’s interest in securing the Democratic nomination for President in 132 but treats the claim as a mere official statement rather than news. The piece presents the political maneuver as background rather than a developing event.
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Philadelphia
Cleveland
Obituary Notice for Mrs. Wood and Mr. Dewees Wood
In a local obituary notice Ann J. Wood the venerable mother of Mr WW Dewees Wood a noted manufacturer is reported to have died in Savannah. The text also references Taylor father and Hobart tied to a firm and a cashin g et cetera, with a reference to a residence and a banner event.
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Atses Taylor
Hobart
Ceketet & Gos
Hi Rate Geheny
Ann J. Wood
WW. Dewees Wood
Akon “Facturer
Savan
Guessing on the Governorship Nomination
Philadelphia dispatch notes speculation on the 1890 Pennsylvania governor race. Quay may back George Delamater of Crawford. Hastings faces Delamater. Monteath and Magee also named. Lieutenant Governor Stone and Brous potential dark horses. Mayor Fitler backs Hastings, stirring local alignments.
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Philadelphia
United States
Quay
George Wallace Delaminter
Crawford County
Crawford
Delamater
Daniel H. Hastings
Center County
Hastings
E. A. Montooth
Allegheny County
Charles W. Stone
Warren County
Beaver
Brous
Wera
Cameron
Edwin H. Fitler
Sarees
Filler
Senator Quay
Eight Living Former Speakers Of The House
Frank A Burr notes only eight ex Speakers remain alive led by Robert C Winthrop of Massachusetts the oldest and still serving in public life. Other survivors include Nathaniel P Banks Galusha A Grow J Warren Keifer Virgil D Parris and several others with varied careers since their Speakerships.
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Frank A. Burr
Philadelphia
House of Representatives
Robert C. Winthrop
Massachusetts
Daniel Webster
Senate
Boston
Nathaniel P. Banks
Galusha A. Grow
Pennsylvanua
Ana Mare
James G. Blaine
Samuel T Randall
John G. Carlisle
Big sale of autographs in London crosses the Atlantic
In London this week a large autographs sale drew many American commissions for prominent legal figures. Prices ran higher than expected and several lots halted before hammer. Items slated to cross the Atlantic include letters from Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, plus a missive from a son-in-law complaining of fair treatment. The poet Sabin paid £20.
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Atlantic
Dispatcch
London
Ben Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Sabin
New York note on a fake check case involving a philanthropist
In police court Rev. Stephen Merritt testified about Leonard E. Clair who passed a worthless $0 check for $32 at Merritt's undertaker shop two days earlier. Clair posed as a philanthropist and paid the widow of a laborer, pocketing $17 change after the check bounced. Bank records show Clair had circulated bogus checks for months. he was remanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uconsy Scharff
Billy Scharff
Caraman
Cooney
Commissariat Department
Banks
Virginny
Antietam
Harper's Weekly
Billy
Antistam
New York
New Yoas
Stephen Merritt
Leonard E
Clair
St Clair
Merritt
St. Clair
Rev. Merritt
Second Nations
Fatal row in The Gap ends with hospital death and jail
Dying longshoreman James Hodderman at New York Hospital after a confrontation with Charles Bands. Nellie Devile, 16, Sands' sister-in-law, implicated in the melee that led to Hodderman’s injuries and his possible 48 hour death window. Sands, Nellie, and Hedderman jailed as investigators probe the Thanksgiving gathering.
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Westside
James Hodderman
New York Hospital
Charles Bands
Jost
Saris
Hedderman
Nellie Devile
Sands
Nellie
Positions Worth Having The Speaker’s Power In Congress
A 19th century dispatch analyzes the Speaker’s authority versus the President, noting the Speaker can block legislation, shape rules, and influence members. It details lucrative House posts including Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, Doorkeeper, Postmaster, and committee clerks, with salaries and patronage.
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House
United States
Senate
Congress
Great Britain
Poser
A Grievance Over Free Speech on the Nation’s Deck
A speaker rails against gag laws that silence questions on ships and public services. He criticizes authorities from wheelmen to clerks and doctors for withholding information and enforcing quiet, urging open dialogue and accountability across sewers, finances, and city offices.
Curious Condensations From The Week In Industry And Oddities
A garbled collage notes: Wabash Railroad and iron industry items, British unions, cement binding with sugar, women operators in an unnamed hospital, London boot trade resolutions, New York Hotel Brunswick using casings for cooking, Wisconsin horseshoe patent, Judge Blandford’s remarks, a Michigan infirmary horse cure, a New York canal syndicate purchase, a Philadelphia furniture exhibit, and long-serving U.S. Army officer Commodore Henry Brace.
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London
Branawick
New York
Wisconsin
Mark Blandford
Seaprome
Mo Bowel
New York Capitaliaty
Virginis
Nerth Carotina
Uartisack Sound
Philadephia
Tau
Paris
Asia
Mookerjee
Ibrary
United
Edgar Baltus Reported Dangerously Missing in Paris Hotel
Fragmentary text places Edgar Baltus at the Cavendish Hotel in Paris on an unclear date. The garbled passage suggests danger or a threat but lacks coherent facts, making the event hard to verify or detail. No additional names or organizations are clearly identifiable.
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Edgar Baltus
Lonpor
Cavendish Hotel
Paris
Scranton Jeweler Shot Over Dog Dispute In Waverly
The Scranton jeweler Tous Owzwa was fired upon near Scranton at his path from the railroad station by Jesse Waite of Waverly after speaking to Waite's dog. Waite was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tous Owzwa
Scranton
Lves
Waverly
Jesse Waite
Weverly
Waite
Hanting
Owens
Fragmented World of Wits and Words Across Time
A garbled collage of quotes and lines depicts satirical and theatrical snippets. It references politicians, bishops, judges, and a Brasilian figure, with disorderly dialogue about politics, morality, and public life amid curious misreadings.
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Bente
Distatce
Alaska
Allegheny
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Brazil
Dom Pedro
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Howells
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Pelmell
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NEW York News Notes
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Brooklyn
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Scorre
Carisle
Randall
Raed
Maine
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Vars
Rico
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Anson G. McCosie
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Abi
Carleton
Will Carleton
Betsey and
Old City Hall
India
Wilson Fett
Waittey
Pepe
Dickens
Talkville
Raphia
Smate
Guip
Nan
Chance
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Boesia
Ene
Iron Founders’ Union of Great Britain
Eilowstis
Siam
Weatern Uoom
Sommock
Obie Paper -Ptinta
William Jonet
Malta
Alice Blossom
Northampton
Akron
Reading
Lebanon Valley
Peesisbur
Richmond
Joan Suaso
Audenried
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W. Va
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Gwendolin
Jack
Toledo
Pope
Siateursa
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Yao
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