Daily Dispatch era pricing and delivery details 1890
The Dispatch advertisement lists establishment dates then notes sales points at Brentano's New York and Paris, with subscription terms for various durations. It details prices for daily and weekly editions, including Sunday, and carrier delivery at 5 cents weekly, in Pittsburgh on Monday December 14, 1890.
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Dispatch
Brentano's
Union Squere
New York
Ave. de Opera
Paris
France
Actel
BONDS FOR BANKERS Raise of Two Percent Bonds Sparks Debate
The Treasury and Senate leaders, with New York bankers, discuss two percent bonds to boost bank circulation while rejecting a new debt solely for bankers benefit. Critics warn of public cost, capital losses, and ill effects on taxpayers. Also touches on poll taxes and educational qualifications affecting representation.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
New York
Treasury
United States
Drsratcu
Sherman
Limitations of Suffrage Debate Stimulates Reconstruction Era Question
Senator Dolph of Oregon proposes an inquiry into whether any state denies voting rights to citizens over twenty one or abridges them in any way beyond rebellion or crime. The Fourteenth Amendment would reduce state representation if such abridgement exists, with Mississippi's poll tax and educational requirements cited as potential violations. The discussion aims to gauge the constitutional point by examining a politically sympathetic case.
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Pennsylvania
Dolph
Congress
Republican Party
Oregon
Delph
Mississippi
High bidding for land blocks Cherokee strip sale
The essay argues the United States should not permit a single corporation or capitalist to control the Cherokee strip despite lofty bids from cattle firms. It questions the real value behind offers from $10 million to $50 million, warns that such land absorption risks landlordism, and urges keeping land in the hands of actual cultivators or the Cherokee Nation.
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United States
Prairies
Mendo Pot
Pittsburg Gas Venture Begins Drilling At Exposition Well
Work starts this morning to drill into the fifth sand at the Exposition gas well in Pittsburg. Early gas shows on top of the sands suggest a steady flow may yield 50 to 75 dollars daily in fuel value, sparking hopes for a cheap abundant gas supply and an end to coal smoke.
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Exposition
Pittsburg
Progress on Government Building Fence Removal Signals Near Completion
The pace of removal of the fence around the new Government building indicates nearing completion of the long-drawn project. Posters and dramatic decorations will be missed, yet the building’s full use may soon be opened. The post office, planned for the Pittsburg of the 1870s, proves inadequate for the Pittsburg of the 1890s, prompting plans for an addition before occupancy. This shift highlights decades-long delays in expanding government facilities.
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Pittsburg
Wrex Elum Press Leaves Politics for Cold Spread
Wrex Elum drops political duties as his refrigerating press proves so successful that the company president should resign from the Pension Bureau to devote himself solely to advancing artificial cooling.
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Wrex Elum
Pension Bureau
Rail road ownership debate among Farmers Alliance
The text argues that government ownership of railroads would raise spoils of office but that does not block Alliance acceptance. It suggests financial powers should consider the premises and cautions against presenting rail government control as the alternative, urging clarity in the policy point.
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Farmers’ Alliance
Pickwickian Sense Ensures Fresh Senators Hoar Bauer Jest
Senators Hoar and Bauer have concluded that their mutual remarks were made in a purely Pickwickian sense. The exchange turns on lighthearted, non serious intent as both acknowledge the playful nature of their barbs.
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Hoar
Bauer
Draw Poker Faces Court Ruling in Kentucky
The great American game of draw poker enters Kentucky courts as judges decide whether a straight should always beat other hands. The case promises an authoritative decision clarifying poker hand rankings and rule interpretations in gaming disputes.
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Kentucky
Contested wills and philanthropy lessons from leaders
The piece discusses disputes over wills and charitable gifts including a $3,000,000 bequest to twenty colleges. It suggests Kentucky court decisions could settle issues, notes the A. P. controversy affecting pulpits and public bids, and cites Carnegie as a model to distribute wealth in life. It also mentions gas potential beneath Pittsburgh’s fifth sand two thousand feet deep and citizens’ hopes for energy wealth.
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Fayerweather
Mr. Carnegie
Thirteen Islands superstition and a fire protection lesson
The Philadelphia Times calls the Sandwich Islands thirteen unlucky for U S admission, while noting the U S began with thirteen. A Rochester fire incident then offers towns a lesson in prudent fire protection spending.
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Sandwich Islands
Philadelphia Times
United States
Rochester
Public jeers fade as Brodie shows sound sense at last
The stance toward Steve Brodie shifts after his refusal to jump from the Forth bridge. Critics admit his decision displays practical sense previously unseen in his career. This moment marks the first occasion the public may regard him with respect.
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Steve Brodie
Forth Bridge
Stephen
Labor and literary notes span Hawaii to Virginia
The clipping surveys figures in arts and politics from Ena Kalaka ua writing on Hawaii labor issues for the San Francisco Argus to Owen Meredith as ambassador in Paris. It notes Arabi Pasha's exile, Emersons son lecturing on Thoreau, and a Virginia holiday for General Lee's birthday with veterans’ plans.
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Ena Kalakaua
Hawaii
San Francisco
Janie P. Claree
James W. Clarke
The
Globe
Lonp Lytton
World of Letters
Owen Meredith
Paris
Arabi Pasha
Ceylon
Lirrie Lioxwe
Bonwert
Lord Fauntleroy
Vivian
Washington
8. H. Burcett
Waldo Emerson
Edward W. Emerson
Thoreau
Concord
Emerson
Oregon Sets Example With Song Birds Import Plan
The Portland Oregonian reports Oregon’s success with German song birds and Chinese pheasants as an example for older states. Seid Back, a Chinese merchant, orders more birds from China on the Coloma, hoping to bring alive the descendants of the birds and echo Confucian melodies alongside German song birds.
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Oregon
Portland Oregonian
C. N. Denny
Society For
Seld Back
China
Coloma
Seid
Bong Kong
Confucius
Varus
America
British Isles
Explorer among continents and tribes travels far
A Chinook Indian woman, famous to Father Huk, travels the Pacific with Indians, meets him years later in Asia's interior after surviving a wreck near Benniness Strait. She continues northward seeking new lands, an extreme explorer who may be the first American Indian to meet Asiatics, prompting questions about her discovery and the lost tribes.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Huk
Pacific
Benniness Strait
Asia
Father Holt
Israel
Deaths of a Day and Deaths of Prominent Figures
Edward H Broadhead a leading capitalist of Milwaukee dies at age noted in the report. He was identified with banking and finance in the city. Also reported is the death of the artist and caricaturist George Cruikshank’s widow, followingpox complications on December 4.
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Edward H. Broadhead
Milwaukee
Eee
Oeace Moring
Mra
George Cruikeshank
George Cruimeshank
Snap Shots In Season and Christmas Gift Chains
A collage of brief items and quips on gifting during Christmas, social mores, and public notes. The piece blends verse and prose about surprise gifts, holiday cheer, aging, and light political asides, including remarks on money, wordplay, and cultural icons.
Fragmented Odds and Ends Weaving Through Daily News
A collage of odd phrases hints at weather forecasts pessimism about winter and public doubt in afterlife. Scattered sentences touch on destiny and danger as ships, bankers, and theaters appear as motifs in a fragmented, era-tinged piece. Willie Winele is mentioned among unnamed items.
Unique Greenwood burial plot of maiden ladies in one enclosure
A Greenwood plot enshrines more than twenty gravestones for women once living as an old maids society. The guide cites a tall slab over each grave recording their deaths and ages, some over 100, widest at 112. The last burial occurred long ago and the site may remain undisturbed. Visitors often pause at this peculiar, historic resting place.
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Greenwoods
New York
Old Maids
Society of Old Maids
Green
Tombston
Greenwood
Military Punishments Reform In Regular Army
Washington reports Acting Judge Advocate General Lieber backward looks at military punishment reforms this year. He praises new measures easing court martial discretion and endorses a recently passed act limiting punishment, aiming to equalize penalties across departments and promote enlisted welfare.
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Theegular
Washington
G. Norman Lieber
Proctor
Engineering in India. One of the World’s Great Masonry Feats
A British report highlights Bombay Presidency’s new dam to secure water supply. Engineer Glover, a Scot, oversees a two mile long, 115 foot high structure. Base width 105 feet, top road width five feet. Cost 500 000 sterling. Eight square mile lake to form. Glover employs 14000 Hindus trained for the work. Scaled by veteran Mali Gaselie’s claim of 500 000 Indian craftsmen available for public works.
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Bombay Presidency
India
Bombay
Glover
Hombay
December Wild Flowers Bloom in Oregon Meadow
A bouquet labeled Marguerites was left with a note for Oregonian reporters. The flowers, usually midsummer daisies, were found growing in an Oswego meadow on December 4, 1830. The piece notes December blooms in the Willamette Valley, contrasting eastern snow with local mild spells and mentions Christmas bloom variations and occasional frost before holidays.
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Oregonian
Oswego
Ore
Willamette Valley
Ik Ie
New Niagara Bridge Project Proposed by CPR
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company filed notice for an act to incorporate the Ontario and New York Bridge Company to build a railway bridge across the Niagara River near Niagara Falls or another chosen point. The bridge would link Canada and the United States, allow amalgamation with a U.S. company, and be open to all railway firms on equal terms with tolls collectable.
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Ottawa
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Ontario and New York Bridge Company
Niagara River
Niagara Falls
United States
Canada
Pennsylvania Reserve Division After Fredericksburg Anniversary
Washington observers reported Pennsylvania Reserve Division members in the city marking the Fredericksburg charge anniversary with a commemorative gathering. Speeches highlighted the unit’s service under General Talley noted in the conclave, reflecting on the Civil War event and its veterans.
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Wasshington
Pennsylvania Reserve Division
Ssempted
Red Horse Inn at Stratford on Avon Hosts Quirky History
Stratford on Avon hosts a quirky inn tale praising the Red Horse Inn for its name and memory of Washington Irving. The narrator guides visitors through a cramped, candlelit entry with cobblestones, a kitchen stair to a dark upper floor, no parlor or office, a gracious landlady, and a sixpence bootsman helping with luggage.
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Red Horse Inn
Stratford-on-Avon
Shakespeare Hotel
Washington Irving
Stratford
Pitts Burgers
Register
Abe
A Visit to Stratford’s Red Horse and Shakespearean Echoes
The essay recalls a traveler’s pause at the Red Horse Inn and a stroll through Stratford on Avon. It contrasts Stratford’s poised, tidy present with Mr White’s disappointed view of the town, noting Shakespearean sites, the mulberry tree tale, and reflections on the birth and burial places of the poet amid gentle river scenes.
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Stratford-on-Avon
Richard Grant White
Stratford
Cas
Shakespeare
Avon
Mr. White
Red Horse
England
William Dugdale
Warwickshire
Stratford On Avon
Will Shakes
Sir William
Shakespeare’s Stratford Recalled Through Homey Legends
A textured reminiscence of Stratford upon Avon recounts William Shakespeare’s life in the village. It wanders from Anne Hathaway’s cottage and shy courtship to the famed grave in Holy Trinity Church, noting the puzzled depictions of Shakespeare and the town’s blend of old charm and modern touches.
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Bhottery
Sasagh
William & Shakespeare
Anne
Will
Holy Trinity Church
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Mary Queen of Scots
Stratford
Guild
Esquire Etiquette Frustrates Letters And Wills
James Payn laments the overuse of the title Esquire in personal and legal correspondence. He notes abroad postmasters ignore it, obituaries omit it, and many letters misaddress married or single women. He recalls readers reacting to errors like mistaking Mrs for Miss or Miss for Mrs. and the ensuing offense.
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James Payn
Jones
Esq
London News
Mr. Jones
America
Gansay
Misa
Threadneedle Streets Lady and the Bank of England history
In the Illustrated News of the World James Payn recounts the Bank of England’s early days and its perilous years. It notes bullion shortages and the bank’s 1745 stress, with tales of its founding capital and a scheme to unite distant oceans. The piece blends history with minor satirical ironies about governance.
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Bank of England
Bank of France
James Payn
Illustrated News of the World
Jerona
Threadneedle Street
William
Mary
Paterson
France
Atlante
Pacific
Grateful Letter Carriers Form Cox Monument Group
Chicago letter carriers meet at the Government building to raise 5000 for a monument to the late Mr Cox. A three member committee will pick one man from each station to solicit contributions. The monument, to be erected in New York City, may be unveiled next January. The 8. 8. Cox Monumental Association of Chicago is formed.
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Chicago
SS. Com
New York City
Cox
Congress
Cox Monumental Association of
Postal relations with Germany aim to speed mail service
A German delegation headed by A Sachex and H Petgold Oberpost arrived in New York to seek arrangements with the Post Office Department for appointing postal agents on transatlantic steamers. The plan would have agents distribute and inspect mails aboard ships en route to the United States, making mails ready for delivery on arrival and saving about 12 hours. The German government would provide agents aboard steamers bound for the country.
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New York
A. Sachex
H. Petgold Oberpost
Berlin
Bremen
Post Office Department
Brazil's New Constitution Debate Opens in Assembly
President Da Fonseca urged speed in the constitutional debate as the assembly began discussions on the new constitution. He read a message thanking the body for its confidence and requesting rapid progress in the consideration of constitutional provisions.
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da Fonseca
St. Rio Jaxermo
Ingalls Targeted by Atchison Farmers Alliance
The Farmers Alliance of Atchison County Kansas passed resolutions urging Ingalls retirement from the Senate and the election of a Farmers Alliance member in his place. Atchison is Ingalls home, and the note appears in the New York Herald. Additional verses list humorous ascriptions for various groups and professions.
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Farmers’ Alliance of
Atchison County
Kan
Curious Condensations of a Curious World in 1900s Maine and Beyond
A compilation of brief items: Maine suffered sixteen railroad deaths and twenty six injuries this year. Green River Washington hosts many dogs, killed for fertilizer. Liverpool hosts social climbers, a gunyard mishap at Mare Island, and a polar balloon proposal. Portland unloads oil ships swiftly. New York is split by rivers and state lines. Berlin vault coffins move for the Fursten st cathedral. Bristol PA chicken thief tied to a market man via button clues. Nebula notes from Warner Observatory report hundreds of new stars and Swift’s tenth hundred. Sunflower of record grows twelve feet tall with a massive stalk. A historic New York doll copied from Velasquez poses in armor. Chinese coal ships dock in San Francisco, Japanese Kobe and Welsh Cardiff origins noted. Crabs amputate own limbs when threatened. Arctic fishing methods described. Evanston co operatives feed 268 members via central meals. Cumberland Nova Scotia builds a small one mile rail. Yale freshman exam notes poor physical condition among two hundred. Texas steer panic leads to legal suit over losses. Chickadee wintering patterns discussed along with western timber claims. Wrath silver customs near Rugby Coventry describe old Anglo Saxon tribute and Duke of nea’s feasting.
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New York
Furstenst
Berlin
Prussia
Bristol
Swift
Warner Observatory
Succes
Velasquez
Ferdinand II
Tuscany
San Francisco
Champion
Kobe
Japan
Carnarvonshire
Cardiff
Wales
Blue Jacket
Beattie
Washash
Nanaimo
British Columbia
Rogus McPherson
Cumberland County
Nova Scotia
Jay W. Seaver
Yale
Texas
Kansas
Entangled Social Snippets From Early 20th Century Press
A collage of short lines from various papers captures social chatter and quips. Fragments reference clubs, hypnotism, gifts, barbers, fashion, travel incognito, and dinner chatter, with a tone of gossip and light humor across noted newspapers.
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