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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1889
Page
7
A colorful farce of Dan McGinty’s life chronicles his misadventures from coin toss bets to a fatal coal hole incident and a contested court sentence. The piece follows Dan’s fall, the ensuing collapse of his fortunes, a rumored death, and the coroner’s stubborn belief that he remains alive.
Special agents Brooks and Fogarty pursue smuggled opium in Chinatown, debating stamping duty and proof of illegal import. They reveal high profits from refining crude opium in the city, the risk for handlers, and calls for stronger stamping regulations to curb the traffic.
A fragment discusses medical risk from constipation and indigestion with brands like Hamburg Figs and Baca Fig. Mack Drug Co. Reference to life-threatening outcomes and guidance to treat stomach issues is present, though text is garbled.
Advices from British Columbia report increased opium smuggling between Victoria and U S posts on Puget Sound. Three smugglers were seized at Tamoca with 160 pounds of opium. two are noted Sound country figures Bill Easton alias Black Bill and Jack Powers. They faced US marshal and county jail, released on 1000 cash bonds. opium valued at 2210 dollars.
A December dispatch from Butler reports widespread drilling as mud and oil supply shortages constrain operations. Rival leases race to tap pay zones, with over 100 wells actively drilled daily. Recent finds include Sutton & Walker 66 barrels on Samuel Marshal farm and multiple Well numbers near Q G Shannon and James Welsh, with several sand hits expected to produce 75 to 100 barrels per day.
The article argues for national road reforms and better planning after decades of rail expansion. It cites England France and Germany as road exemplars, calls for a central highway bureau with state commissioners, and urges coordinated maintenance to raise property values and ease travel nationwide. It stresses that rich nations have no excuse for poor roads and highlights the need for systematic, funded improvements.
Trustees of Brooklyn Tabernacle endorse a Winter Chautauqua at Crescent City Putnam Co Indiana to begin mid February 1890 for one month. A stock company is formed and officers elected including J Wood E Gill A Ballard H A Tucker E Branch and A McLean. Details and contacts available at 223 Fulton St Brooklyn NY.
In an inquest on the death of John Bigger staff a foundry worker killed when an emery wheel burst after he removed a regulating attachment to finish work. He was 37, single, and lived on Third Street. The coroner will hold an inquest.
The twelfth annual tomato packing estimate for 1889 places U S output at 2 978 768 cases of two dozen cans each, down 864 373 from 1888 due to heavy Atlantic seaboard rains and September storms. The West and Southwest are forecast to provide about one third of total supply, with high demand for fine goods and price premiums for superior grades.
In East Templetox QuE December 25 a man named W P Ford murdered his wife then attacked his sister in law Miss Busby with a razor before fleeing with his daughter. He fled to a nearby house with the child, started a fire with a fireplace lamp, and burned himself as the house burned. Ford was a member of the Council.
In New York a grand public school building for 4000 pupils rises at St. Nicholas Avenue and One Hundred Fifty-sixth Street. The four story structure will include a tower and 36 classrooms, built of Belleville brownstone. Ceremonies drew over a thousand children with flags and songs.
A list of patents issued Tuesday December 24 to inventors in Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, and West Virginia. Names include Edward Soyer Dayton Ohio disk harrow. Samuel Collins Troy buckeye. Frank Copper A Blair signal system for coking. Gillespie Pittsburg pie joint. Charles Kinney Cine Warne lamp. Lesser pi eran. John Robinson Ham electric machine. Sprague Pittsburg bed posemes. Thompson East for fragile cooking vessels. Sproat Muncy fruit rator. F Van Fins Wikies mitiel. Josiah Woods and Co horse power. Kerr Salem chewing gum trademark.
A New York liquor firm received about 200 gallons of rum and whisky on the steamship Eider. Marked as domestic, the liquor allegedly circulated to gain quality, prompting a move to confiscation by the Internal Revenue service. The value of the liquor is about unknown.
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