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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1891
Page
15
The Dispatch announces its establishment and office locations in Pittsburg Illinois with details on subscription prices and delivery, noting carrier responsibilities and rates for weekly and Sunday editions. It outlines postal handling and distribution terms, including carrier delivery prompts and postage for copies.
Julie Stowe writes that the Legislature validly passed the 1883 act authorizing county salaries and that county officials are likely to receive pay for the current term. The ruling splits privately, but Stowe’s opinion supports the law’s constitutionality while criticizing political handling of public funds. The piece warns current officials to share blame with the political system.
A political correspondent analyzes Pennsylvanian voting patterns, arguing that Democratic leaders and Mugwump tendencies hindered the party. The piece critiques Governor Pattison's independents strategy, notes independent votes shifting outcomes, and highlights the state’s complex Republican leanings on national versus state issues.
The article argues that national issues drove elections this year, mirroring Blaine’s 1884 vote significantly. It notes Pattison’s unique position as the only Democrat elected Governor of Pennsylvania in this generation and implies independent support was decisive to the party’s success.
Yesterday morning’s smoke fogged lower Pittsburg, staining architecture and goods while injuring eyesight and health. The piece notes thousands in direct losses and argues for better smoke abatement and efficient smokeless fuels, urging public demand for complete combustion to prevent future incidents.
Delegates withdraw from the Democrats fuse with the Farmers' Alliance and back an anti lottery ticket while about thirty anti lottery delegates stay in the convention. A Republican ticket is discussed to exploit the split, risking a broader defeat of the lottery.
Urban planners in Boston New York and Pittsburg confront street crowding as business grows. The piece weighs options from widening streets elevating light traffic and considering underground or elevated rail, noting cost slow progress and the need to balance safety, efficiency, and city aesthetics while proposing lighter structures for pedestrians and light vehicles as a first engineering step.
The passage argues for an elevated structure to separate light traffic and pedestrians from upper-story routes. It claims to reduce crowding on lower streets, keep heavy traffic on solid ground, free tracks for faster traction lines, and elevate store showrooms to dodge noise and dust. It forecasts 66 percent more capacity for heavy traffic and one third less congestion, at a fraction of elevated or underground railway costs.
The report says Judge Gresham might resign if Woods is confirmed, viewing the nomination as a personal slight and a dangerous promotion tied to suppressing inquiry into electoral corruption. It argues the move could create a new judicial vacancy and questions public duty versus personal enmity.
The column surveys insurance rate actions by the Board of Fire Underwriters in Chicago and discusses high rise building risks. It perilously notes that insurers lack charter authority to regulate height. It also mocks figures like Mrs. James G Blaine Jr and comments on tariff history and tariff logic. It ends with a note on Thomas B Reed slated to address Union College on the Speakers powers.
The Weather Bureau aims to predict weather three days ahead but warns against predicting the third day as if it were the first. It performed well on a cold wave prediction yet has awaited verification after a run of warmer weather since Thursday, as of Saturday.
A contemporary remark questions the civilizing effort in Africa as fruitless, likening it to failed polar explorations. The comment prompts caution in sweeping judgments about Cape Colony, the Orange Free State, the Transvaal, and Natal, urging reference to actual facts.
A proposed union of two New York messenger firms draws debate over speed and efficiency, with critics arguing combined riders may move slower while supporters claim streamlined routes improve timeliness. Officials weigh impact on service, competition, and street traffic.
The dispatch notes that Foraker would not displace Sherman and that Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette labeled him harshly, but the situation has shifted as Foraker supporters now recognize the new dynamic and may reconsider the outcome.
The South Carolina Senate kills the prohibition proposal through an amendment while Governor North Carolina’s remarks may be cited in forthcoming regulatory replies.
The corporation of London votes a present of 12500 dollars to the royal bridegroom elect. This action suggests that if royal corporations and aristocracy convert gifts into cash or negotiable securities, the young couple may proceed without a Parliamentary grant.
A St Louis furniture firm sends Grover Cleveland a child's rocking chair crafted from timber of the Old Log Cabin home of General A S Grant. The letter requests delivery for Ruth Bush, daughter of the president, with wishes for peace and happiness at Christmas and through childhood.
An East End man adores Irish setters and buys a puppy named Prince. A mixup leads a nephew to seize the wrong dog. A ragged boy pursues the car, claims the real Prince, and proves the dog’s bond by recognizing the boy. In the shed the truth emerges, and the rightful owner is revealed through the boy’s loyalty.
In Chenage, Dec. 12 Librarian Spofford described the Scribner's Sons copyright receipt for Britannica as not official. He said the authoritative record is the express receipt book showing April 6 1888, with an entry adjusted to match the receipt, and that no official record exists.
Whittier reaches his eighty fourth year in December 1891 with tributes from Boston New York Toronto and Detroit declaring him a serene and gracious influence. Articles praise his life of purity liberty and truth and note how his verses are read in homes schools churches and public firesides across English speaking lands.
Dec 9 New York report shows Lieutenant Governor Jones pleading with Governor Hill to allow a Christmas to New Year interim governorship. Hill refuses, stating he will pursue his own policy through Flower. Jones returns to his business of making scales for farmers.
Illness recovery for JoRGE TouRGEE at Penver noted. Astoy Rosenstein sells 50 US concerts for 195000 dollars. Senator Congrorr of Atlanta mulls withdrawal due to climate. Dr Keeney criticizes his own gold cure method. Mr Hresen travels from the United States to Turkey via Savoy Hotel London, then Paris and Constantinople. Thomas K Hoowes writes on Pickwick. Carter Harrison recalls Lytton era in India and his own cigarettes at dinner. Senator and Mrs McMillan host a Washington dinner for President and Mrs Harrison with notable guests. Duke of Marlborough wins court approval to sell part of Blenheim estates, Marquis of Blandford opposing unsuccessfully.
A terse war of imagery pleads with Winter to spare the poor and weary. The verse laments hunger and cold facing workers, invokes angels and sunbeams, and hopes for Spring to bring renewal. Signed Prrrenvea with a date.
Naw Yor Dec 19 rich New York magnates fear dynamite in their stockings after the Russell Sage attempt. Some hire armed guards and patrols while others shield offices with watchful sentries. The piece muses on ghosts of ruined men and asks if fear haunts wealth. It also sketches a cockroach editor critiquing stray poetry and headlines the era’s theater misadventures and hardluck entertainers.
A column notes experiments and anecdotes on animal response to music. Cavarly horses and street organ grinders react to tunes with coordinated movement and timing, suggesting animals grasp some musical cues. The piece blends scientific curiosity with vivid street scenes.
Jonathan Harris, age about 100, longtime city employee known for constant work since 1860, was seen weak and carried from the Stewart building to the Controller’s office before returning to his carriage. He died that night, with associates noting his wish to work despite failing health.
In Avotsta Maine Mrs Nancy Britt Kennedy long reported to be 118 died after praying to die for about forty five minutes. She collapsed on the floor as her prayers ended. The exact age remains uncertain though she was the oldest woman in the city.
Multiple newspapers weigh in on cabinet alignments and potential bids in a broad scramble for influence. Key figures include Stephen B. Elkins and Blaine with Harrison, Morrison, and Dudley floated as possible allies or rivals, shaping early 19th century political maneuvering.
The Grant Memorial Committee of the G A R selects F S Simmons of Maine to complete the statue of General Grant for the U S Capitol. The work must be finished by June 1 1804 and will cost $10 000. The statue is a gift of the Grand Army.
Wasnsoetox reports Mr Leech Director of the Mint has just returned from Philadelphia and says that striking of half dimes with the new design will begin on the 2nd proximo in Philadelphia San Francisco and New Orleans.
In a future shift the tariff reform official will wear a red flower in his buttonhole as a symbol of the reform movement.
Obituary notices report the death of Joseph Addison Thompson, postmaster at Media and noted journalist born 1827 in White Horse, Chester County. He served under Lincoln, edited and wrote for multiple papers, and was active in state and national campaigns. Also recorded are multiple death notices including Jennie B., Patrick Connor, and Admiral Thomas Fatrensoy, with scattered notes on other figures.
A compendium of odd notes from New Haven to Guatemala and Seattle. Items cover a coat worn 23 years, tiny Guatemalan coins, colossal devil fish, snow forecasts, rare jet black hare, diverse laws, a Pattison mock marriage, Memphis sisters, railway perils, Pompeii chapel frescoes, Greek antiquity, a Seattle bound ghost, corn bread varieties, and California thrush migrations.
A jumble of quips from New York Herald, Stellyn Eagle, Puck, and Wharton Courter features banter on romance, fashion, and misheard lines. It lampoons marriage, Brooklyn Bridge jokes, and misquoted lines, with a mix of cartoonish dialogue and puns reflecting era wit.
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