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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1892
Page
7
The piece promotes a Pittsburg newspaper magazine symposium featuring leading American writers. Ella Wheeler Wilcox advocates honoring a woman and names Amelio Rives as deserving. The event promises humorous and varied discussions on Yankee poet Lavreste and related topics.
An illustrated digest lists items on celebrity culture politics and oddities. Features include President Cleveland duck depredations island curios plans for Christmas gifts cabinet resignations and upcoming comet talk. Notable sections cover theater reviews fashion flowers and European royal pretenders.
The obituary surveys Jay Gould as a centurys emblematic financier. It contrasts his democratic personal style with a career marked by corporate mismanagement and public moral impact. It notes contemporaries and the era that produced such figures, and observes stock markets showing little reaction to his death.
Rumors that terminal facilities are being secured to admit the Wabash and Reading railways to the city point toward a long awaited through line. The reports note renewed efforts by lines seeking connection with Pittsburg as a major freight origin point, with hopes for prompt, material confirmation of the plan.
Pittsburg officials note railway facilities and growing competitive influences could greatly aid local industries. If new lines are truly coming, they should receive substantial encouragement and support.
The typhoid epidemic in St Louis is linked to contaminated water, with cases rising from 200 in October to 930 in late November. Investigations point to inflow pipes near sewers and polluted river runoff from factories as the spread mechanism, urging universal water-supply precautions and strict sanitation.
Chief Brown allows inmates to stay until the Mayor sets a day for expulsion. The move risks politicizing enforcement and shifts responsibility to Mayor Gourley. Critics say the Department of Safety overstepped and actions lacked orderly procedure, leaving the policy in doubt and public trust frayed.
The Louisiana Sugar Planters Association signals a willingness to accept a tariff duty of one and one half cents per pound instead of the two cent bounty, signaling how Democratic tariff reform debates translate into revenue needs and protection for sugar interests. The piece also notes broader concerns about revenue, public building costs, and municipal accountability in Philadelphia.
The writer critiques delayed city governance in Philadelphia and broader U S municipal issues while praising World’s Fair child care planning. The article highlights women running a building for infant care at Chicago’s fair and promotes the Kindergarten and Lloyd systems as valuable for future American welfare. It notes social unrest in Spain and urges adoption of scientific infant education concepts.
The piece argues that hope remains while there is life and that the monetary conference should yield a practical, implementable solution. It warns that palliatives postpone issues and worsen disease, urging a real cure for currency ills that can be achieved now rather than later.
The Pittsburg rapid transit transfer system suffers long waits between cars making travel tedious for workers. The piece notes that pauses grant chances for rest or vocabulary building, while mocking idealists and praising philosophers who may seek solace in modern civilization’s flaws.
The piece notes Pennsylvania leads in cigar production and Pittsburgh exceeds most cities in smoking output. It questions whether the public should enjoy the smoke for free or gain profit by reducing its consumption.
The piece complains that natural gas and electric services fail during cold snaps. It argues utilities prioritize profits with little regard for customers, noting repeated outages at dinner hour despite bills being paid and dividends declared.
Drawing lots has been instituted as a method of deciding an election tie in Kansas. The plan is viewed as an improvement over the counting out method that has been prevalent in close contests by all parties.
The text denounces Panams scandal figures including bribed deputies subsidized papers and religious advisers. It argues for rigorous prosecution and harsh punishment for those in public trust who engage in wilful dis honesty and betray the public’s savings.
Artificial rain making is as successful as comet chasing. There are faster ways of wasting time, money and enthusiasm than either of these.
General Dyrenforte, aided by a large staff, has exploded charges and launched balloons in Texas, spending thousands without causing rainfall. He says the test is a scientific success so far, but the public urges him and backers to stop before more damage.
The excerpt contrasts the pauper and the millionaire regarding nature’s debt, noting people prefer to be wealthy while facing the same ultimate obligation.
At a large gathering in an Ontario town more than a thousand voters backed annexation to the country. The push for union is advancing rapidly and suppression would inflame public sentiment.
A series of brief notes mentions Justice Freco of the Supreme Court nearing thirty years on the bench, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires possibly becoming a Cardinal, and French author M. Adolphe Taine gravely ill in Paris. Other items cover a centenarian voter, Oliver Wendell Holmes to write the World's Fair ode, royals visiting Farnborough, Navy orders reassigning Commodore Skerritt, a giant German soldier shown with a small Private, Greek royal silver wedding gifts to a reform school, and Germany’s World’s Fair gifts collection worth millions.
Fragmentary text notes doubt over five states not backing Cleveland with Tyanis as an exception. No clear event, date, or full names provided.
A reader sends ivy samples and a plan to train climbers along chain and posts on brick walls. The suggestion, called chain and ivy, promises a year by year green display that endures winter.
Obituary notes report Mrs Catherine E Brickell aged long resident of the city dying Thursday with funeral at her residence also honors to her son Captain David Brickell and relatives in San Francisco Eliza E Cutler noted for wartime flag bearing at Garfield Hospital Washington other obituaries mention General George Arrwax and Catherine Hendrick etc details sparse due to damaged text
A formal debut reception at the Johnston residence Allegheny draws prominent society figures from both cities. The United Presbyterian Women's Association announces its annual reception and bazaar next Thursday and Friday in the old post office building with extensive committee rosters and volunteer roles.
The Chamber of Commerce Board held a special meeting to honor J. D. Berni a director since March 8 in memory of a philanthropist and trusted member He served on the Statistics and Membership committees A drafts committee was appointed to prepare resolutions and the group adopted the tribute before adjourning.
A collage of curious notes from history covers frog farming in Michigan champagne cork prices salt production and pyramids moved by rollers. It lists diverse items from Shakespearean scenery to canaries aboard ships to royal diamonds and novelists in Britain.
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