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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1889
Page
4
The text lists subscription options for The Daily Dispatch including weekly and Sunday editions with rates per year and per week, delivered by carriers in Pittsburg. It notes various durations and mentions Sunday editions and monthly terms, dated Monday, December 2, 1588.
Yesterday the city saw unusually calm streets with no arrests in areas famed for disorderly conduct. Officials ponder whether weather, fear, or prior revelry drove the change, but the result is a marked shift toward orderly behavior across known trouble spots.
The report shows Germany fearing Britain may recruit Stanley for African colonization and aim to enlist Emin Pasha. The piece criticizes exclusive Congo protection and urges Stanley and Ewin to uphold an international policy that shields Africans from oppression and opens trade on equal terms.
The piece notes the Sugar Trust’s defeat and Chicago grain gambler Claus Hutchinson being caught in a corn corner. It explains how pure gambling mixed with legitimate trade led to losses as market prices fell then rebounded, forcing bettors to pay high prices while a firm secured actual shipments. It argues honest value-for-money as the sure road to wealth.
The New York dock scandal exposes Colonel John O Byerne as the source of lucrative legal fees tied to oystermen. He claimed the £15000 payout was for local services but kept the funds, avoiding Albany. Critics say his work protected corrupt legislation and he later retreated to New Jersey.
A column in the Albany Journal criticizes a clergyman for linking trusts to harm, arguing that massed capital enables industrial organization and questions the preacher’s certainty of facts regarding the impact on farmers and crop values.
An analysis contends that large firms and trusts do not lower costs through massed capital. It argues that trusts merely consolidate existing capital to curb competition and extract undue profits, harming workers and debunking trust advocates' claims.
An editorial laments the repeated failures of so called fire proof buildings in Boston and Minneapolis Tribune structures. It notes brick and stone offer limited protection and urges safer design with greater open spaces and fire brick linings, while joking about steamship captains and the World’s Fair.
The article notes insurers avoid overpricing Pittsburg risk due to strong local construction and prudent oversight. It argues frame buildings proliferated in the city center yet fires have been scarce, suggesting light rates and better building standards are wiser long term. Local insurers report profit from Pittsburg business, with some loss in outside agency operations.
The letter cites a Minneapolis Tribune rebuke of unfounded charges over Johnstown relief money. It notes Pittsburg received and disbursed aid, with a dispute over debris removal costs, and defends Pittsburg’s name against sensational claims. It ends with a quip about Secretary Blaine and future Democratic roosters.
Claus Spreckels emerges as a popular figure in American commerce while the Sugar Trust seeks to corner a new refiner by buying molasses stock. Spreckels reveals supplying trust from surplus stock for profit, signaling an active enemy and a possible victory against concentrated power.
The piece suggests opponents argue the Federal Steel Company is stifled by fear of losing to competition at the national level. Dr Douroco Freeze of Rio de Janeiro, once ridiculed for yellow fever microbe work, now advances a new claim.
The piece argues 25 deaths among 10 000 inoculated with attenuated virus, notes missing exposure and acclimation data, and claims Frere’s discovery rivals Pasteur. It also discusses winter weather improving 18's reputation and Edward J Pryuts opposing federal divorce laws while Phelps suggests no clear path, and notes free proof buildings increasingly burning.
The article notes GLADSTONE anticipates a secure Liberal majority in the upcoming Parliament. It suggests American politicians prefer confirming majorities before elections rather than after, stressing caution in relying on post election outcomes.
A string of society vignettes notes Senator elect Prewer of North Dakota as an author. Kalakaua of the Sandwich Islands turning fifty three. Jonny B. Allen of Washington tipped as youngest looking senator. Governor Campbell of Ohio a smoker. Senator Quay enjoys novel reading with authors Fielding to Thackeray. P. Amourvarr, Chicago pork baron, rose from California gold rush. J B Burros of Abilene praised for dress and nicknamed Berry Wall of the West. Talleyrand autograph letters sold in Paris. remarks on Daniel Webster by Martin Farquhar Topper. friendship ties to Emperor William via Mr Poulney Bigelow of New York.
The article notes Congress drives demand for terrapin in Washington while New York and Baltimore also show interest. Prices range from 15 to 25 dollars per dozen, with Thunderbolt described as terrapin HQ. Terrapins are kept in pens, fed shrimp and fish, and shipped by barrel to the North.
In western Salisbury township Lahigh county within a two mile radius ten residents share blood or marriage ties and total ages reach 782 years. Names listed include Bobo Boger 01 years Paul Kook Reinhar Sr and others with ages 76 70 71 and 76 years.
Antwerp authorities severely punished the owner and engineer of the ear t ridge factory after a blast last summer. The piece condemns emigration to the United States. It notes 17 railroad accidents in one month with no blame assigned, mocking the state of life.
Editorial columns from Philadelphia and New York praise Rep. Reed of Maine for Speaker of the Fifty-first Congress. The New York World and New York Press deem him the best choice. the Philadelphia Record and Times note his leadership and party progress. sentiment stresses his brains, experience, and decisive style.
A review contrasts The Quiet Life with bustling modern living and praises The Quiet Life as a lasting artistic work. It highlights Abbott Parsons sketches, poets like Pope and Cowley, and the life of Philip Howe, plus Marie Bashkirtseff and Saint Theresa biographies, noting translations and illustrations.
In Mill Brook Mountain near Beaverkill, New York, Mrs. Sisson battled a large male bear threatening her home. Her husband Marcus Bisson returned during the struggle and shot the bear dead, while the woman had struck it fourteen times with an axe, saving herself and two children.
A New Zealand letter to the New York Times describes South Pacific oysters in coral seas producing large shells and potential pearls. The healthiest animals yield the finest pearls, while larger stunted forms hint at disease. pearl value rose as natives traded shells for beads and tools, with Paumotus exporting vast amounts for European markets totaling millions.
East End Council No 20 Royal Arcanum will stage an evening of entertainment at the Gymnasium Hall on Thursday night December 5 for the benefit of the library fund.
In Titusville, November 1& the writer recalls halcyon days of girlhood. Rain on windows, mossy walls, and gatherings bring back a house full of faces and a mother’s loving glance. Childhood treasures, a barn, a spring house, a brook and orchard sing memories.
The article explains how seasons arise from Earth's orbit around the sun. It notes the four seasonal divisions are arbitrary and tied to key orbital positions. It describes the elliptical orbit and the axial tilt that creates seasonal changes.
The article explains that axial tilt causes seasons and outlines the four seasonal markers March 20, June 21, September 22, and December 21. It notes the sun’s position at the equator during equinoxes and the solstices at the Tropic of Cancer and the Northern Hemisphere limit, with summer and autumn transitions described.
The text explains the Winter Solstice marking summer in the Southern Hemisphere and winter in the Northern. It notes the sun’s greatest southern distance in mid-winter and discusses the sun’s apparent diameter on the eleventh, its distance of 90,590,000 miles, and the shortest day on the 21st with sunrise around 4:55 and a day length of 9 hours 13 minutes.
The article describes an eclipse on the 22nd with a total phase visible along a belt less than 100 miles wide from East Africa across the continent into the South Atlantic and up the northern South American coast. Prof David P Todd leads observers. weather could yield valuable data. Mercury’s rapid motion explains its name and cycle. it will be visible as both morning and evening star through January.
The note tracks Venus as morning star nearing the sun with a diameter near 10 arcseconds and full phase, rising about 7 am on year end. Mars appears as morning star with a 6.6 arcsecond diameter, rises at 2:30 am on the 5th, then 2 am on the 12th, located in Virgo and approaching Spica with a red hue tied to the Roman god of war.
The article notes Jupiter approaching the sun with diameter about 31 arcseconds in Leo near Regulus, and Saturn as a morning star rising around 11 16 PM on the first of the month with rings near their widest angle earlier. It forecasts Saturn’s visibility fading as the rings appear thinner and harder to observe.
Uranus appears as a morning star about A M near Splea in Virgo with a disc visible in a good telescope and Neptune shines as an evening star crossing Taurus around the 11th and 12th. The Moon's cycle notes a full moon on the 7th and a new moon approaching on the morning of the 1st. Luna remains a steady beacon with mornings often bright.
Nine tonguga Chinese laundry companies from New York Brooklyn and Jersey City meet at Soon Fa Goon Son Hall at 16 Mott Street to finalize a formal combination. The union plans annual dues and uniform rates for all member laundries with card holders eligible to work anywhere at union rates. Observers note the pact’s scope could influence industry practices city wide and beyond.
A long page lists varied topics from politics to literature and crime. Mentions Thomas H Reed Maine nominated for Speaker on second ballot, Chicago monarchs, and disasters including a nitroglycerine blast at Oz City. Also notes royal tensions, newspaper fires, and literary pieces by Bret Harte and Mary J Holmes.
An Omaha letter to the New York Tribune recounts Jere Bil a rural island resident who trusts his crows as weather prophets. He claims they predict 48 hour outlooks better than the Signal Service, signaling storms by movement and retirement to sheltered areas and returning when clear weather resumes.
A 60-year-old former mechanic turned early riser waking a growing list of customers in New York. He works as a night supervisor and now has over a dozen patrons, earning steady pay by ensuring early rising for a city that never sleeps.
A Reaptre girl delays her wedding over securing a white Sam. Berks County hopes for natural gas. Read ing mechanic Ganster patents a clockwork street lamp system that auto switches with the moon. An Ohio train faces a skunk incident. A Wheeling man finds $5 in a closet. Warren resident reports a ghostly encounter. Mount Penn area eyes a summer resort at Sawmill overlook.
A garbled jumble of notes reports varied curiosities and oddities. Items include marriage rumors, legacies, shooting prizes, a Jamaica heiress, a Kalamazoo death, a dog’s return journey, a novel rat trap, a school board gift, a coal palace, a February Flower, a rattlesnake encounter, a phantom lynching tale, superstitions about a haunted house, and other short items from distant places.
A scrambled column of quips and brief excerpts from various papers. Jests about interviews, society lore, a curious freak of nature, cafe banter, and remarks on politics, religion, and cheap Christmas gifts. The item reads like a mixed page of humor and quick notes from multiple sources.
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