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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1892
Page
5
Rev Charlie Edward Locke preached a patriotic sermon at Smithfield Street Methodist Church on Washington's Birthday. He urged use of the flag in worship and warned that liberty rests on vigilant citizens guarding the ballot against foreign influence and party machinery.
The sermon at the First Unitarian Church denounces free lances as self serving traders who follow profit over country. It contrasts free agents with true patriots who work for noble ends and public justice, urging men of firm conviction to serve with unselfish devotion.
A Central Presbyterian Church discourse outlines that the good citizen must study national history and government, track party rise, and engage in elections and immigration, crime, and policy issues. It urges personal interest in national life and active service to assist others.
A large Second Presbyterian Church audience heard Dr Sutherland speak on marriage as a foundation of society and religion. He urged young women to trust Providence over schemes and warned that unwise haste, faulty courtship, and deception jeopardize happiness and legal disputes. He stressed choosing a worthy partner aligned with Heaven’s blessing.
At Union Baptist Church in Carson and South Nineteenth streets a jubilee service marked the sixteenth anniversary and debt freedom. Pastor J. W. Kidd burned mortgages totaling 10 400 in a crematory-like lamp as tears and joy followed a yearlong tithe plan funded entirely by paying members.
Reading from a damaged notice, services at the jail were led by Rev White. Misees Baird performed solos described as pretty. The text notes sanitation has its own peculiar color smell bottle and price titled 45 vents.
Regular quality silks and grounds offered at discounted prices. Changeable Indies and places mispriced at 125 dollars value, new stripe surahs in multiple colors, glaces moire and grenadines advertised. Nearly 800 country blankets to be sold this week with a lively sale on the third page.
A grocer rejects Dr Price s Flavoring Extracts claiming to offer a cheaper alternative that is not genuine. A customer buys Lemon and Vanilla extracts and finds turpentine and poisonous snuff bean flavors in ice cream and cake. The ad-vendor warns that Dr Price s flavors are pure and best, sold by reputable grocers.
A long list of obituaries and funeral notices from Allegheny City and Pittsburgh area, detailing names ages and residence addresses. Entries include Bentet Burns Cathcart Clarke Dewire Dunley Fogel Gregg Hogan Lowrie Marshall Mugale McCarthy McGill McTighe OBrien O Doherty Patrick Reynolds Sherriff Snyder Sopp Stewart Odd Waddle Welsh West Whitehead and Wiles with dates February 1892 1902 and locations on Forty-ninth Hatfield Webster Fortieth Valley and other streets.
In deference to our correspondent and others, we extend our Special Sale. Our furniture offering was too large to be handled by us or customers, so we continue the sale for one more week with the same conditions despite two inclement days.
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