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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1891
Page
4
The Senate mostly opposed the Burdick bill while Democrats supported it, prompting talk of partisan maneuvers and oil region tensions. Commentators note remonstrances from iron manufacturers and county interests, and predict oil producers will track the forthcoming House records.
A botched execution of William West in Washington yesterday renews calls for a kinder method of killing. The rope, tested thrice at 205 pounds, failed to prevent suffering, prompting critics to push for alternatives, including electrical execution in other states.
A pamphlet by the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences and Dr. Johns S. Billings argues cities should be run as business corporations rather than political bodies. Washington is cited as a model with nonpartisan, commission-based governance and strong sewer and street systems, while other cities suffer from vote trading in contracts for projects.
The Dispatch notes Pittsburg faces badly graded streets and insufficient sewers, urges improvement through vigorous action focused on actual city needs rather than political considerations, and cautions epidemics could arise from poor work on streets or sewers.
A newspaper argues that legislative power to curb price gouging by public franchise carriers is limited by existing competition in gas, oil, and telecoms. It notes multiple firms in gas, oil, and a patent-backed telephone monopoly, questioning the need for court-based rate controls absent true monopoly. It cautions against intervention when competition exists and markets show no lasting shortage.
The report proclaims General Da Fonseca elected president of Brazil for four years signaling end of monarchy and a move toward republican governance. It emphasizes need for civilian rule, recognition of popular rights, and ballots over force to ensure Brazil's proper standing among nations.
The piece argues that discourtesy by junior hospital staff in New York City provokes claims of mistreatment in free care cases. It notes patients’ distress, differing expectations, and rumors from both refinement and lifelong charity recipients, suggesting investigation may prove groundless.
The article argues that hospitals face harm from certain patient types who resist care and spread falsehoods. It notes some patients, on recovery, admit error while others feel maltreated. It praises local hospitals for maintaining public trust despite possible reforms and reports about New York facilities remain uncertain.
Philadelphia doctors warn against alcohol and urge root-t taxation for temperance. Danish donors fund Thorvaldsen statue for New York, while Grant statue petitions swell. Markets wait on Westinghouse as a Kansas blizzard hits. Queen Victoria quarrels with Wales over home rule. Naporeox Ives plots Wall Street looting schemes and ex convicts fear prison. Sullivan is whipped by a Southern rail worker, reviving Civil War memories.
A collage of quips on Congress, state legislatures, and society. Satirical lines mock aristocrats, bankers, and officials while riffing on time standards, taxes, salaries, and fashion. Reflects a witty, opinionated snapshot of political and social foibles.
A collage of brief notices mentions Mrs. Kate Courte of Boston as an early traveling shoe saleswoman, Hawaii’s new monarch contemplating native policy, and the Duke of Orleans photographing scenes. Other items describe Margarett Custer Calhoun as Michigan’s state librarian, Clarence Stepman living on New Castle Island, Gladstone’s tobacco aversion, Morris’s weekend poetry, and Mrs. Yun in Washington wearing a Turban. Additional notes cover the Mikado’s summer visit to Wiesbaden, Merritt Ferguson’s early botanical work, Waldstatens quitting Delphi digs, and Sir Augustus Pageet’s high salary as British Minister to Austria.
Reports indicate England launched two additional warships yesterday as part of ongoing European defense buildup, signaling tension in the region and potential implications for global security.
A column mix mocks a defunct bank leader’s guilty confession and its impact on associates, mentions a Philadelphia woman losing speech, and wryly notes if oil regions burn effigies straw prices rise. It cites Calvin Brice’s Ohio Senate seat, a Chinese diplomat alias, a soap trust cost, and Harrisburg lobbyist limits on the House floor.
A 1889 Registrar General report shows marriage rates rose after a decline since 1844. The piece surveys explanations from industrial freedom to culture, then notes the rise again tied to provisions prices. It notes agriculture and scarcity influence marriage, with broader social factors explored.
A 19th century commentary notes high civil weddings rise while church ceremonies decline. It contrasts Quaker minimal rites with the Hebraic service urging fidelity and mutual obligation, suggesting older husbands benefit from reviewing marriage vows in a synagogue.
A German professor experiments with tobacco on animals and reports that goats, stags, and a brown bear eagerly consume cigars. Lions sneeze as if sniffing snuff, while the bear appears to welcome the scent. The piece notes possible motives but presents the professor’s view as not sharing them.
An op-ed urges Americans to walk more and rely less on streetcars and cars. It argues lazy habits shorten legs and harm health, urging people to go outside, take five mile walks, and improve fitness rather than ride to work or errands.
A telegram from Harrisburg reports the death of Cham bers McKibben Sr., long a leading Pittsburgh figure. He arrived from Chambersburg and ran the Exchange Hotel, later served as Pittsburgh postmaster under Polk, then led the Merchants and Girard Hotels in Philadelphia. His family preserved Pittsburgh ties through the Luquesne Club.
Thad recounts an Eskimo table scene with seal meat and blubber as staples and dried fish for winter use. The writer compares tastes to sardines and notes methods such as eating aug mati at with blubber. The piece also likens the fox to the plantation possum and mentions a barter joke about rum.
The text alleges that 4-ola use improves general health and disease prevention. It argues that admission of 50 units supports this and suggests general health acts as a favorable condition. It claims health benefits include preserving phagocytes for better immune defense.
London fogs have disrupted plant life at the Botanic Society gardens with tropical species most affected. Forest and shade plants fared better, while the Victoria regia, a great water lily, suffered likely from soot on its leaves in the smoky air.
A Nashville conflict unfolds as a legislator’s wife is escorted by a stern guardian amid a school stroll. An official observes a tense scene when the guardian orders the wife to line up, sparking protests from pupils and a hasty retreat by the lawmaker.
The Grand Army Band led by Director Charles W. Gaston delivered a fine military program at Comique Hall with Verdi and Weldon selections plus solos by Leonard Wales Steve Sample John Greenawald E H Dermitt Bella Long Jennie Honess and others. The event drew a larger crowd than prior performances and showcased varied talents from the band and local artists.
Walter Gale famed for strict abstinence in The Old Homestead is tricked during a performance when actors fill his well bucket with white wine. Gale pretends to drink then flips the bucket, ending the joke as the pranksters scurry to fix their appearances.
Kansas City dispatches describe a severe blizzard sweeping Kansas on February 28. The cold wave lowered temperatures near 0 and northerly winds whipped snow. 3,000 boomers in the Cherokee Strip, unprepared for emergencies, are reported to endure extreme hardship with meager shelter.
The Western University Dramatic Club staged the three act comedy Had Advice at the Pittsburgh Club Theater aided by the University Glee Club and University Orchestra. Scott as Edmond Hindinet and Riddle and Calvert as bootmakers drew strong laughs in a lively public debut likely to be followed by another play soon.
The Sixth Presbyterian Church dedicates its new dining room and kitchen additions during an annual supper hosted by the Ladies Missionary Society. Mrs Patterson chaired the affair as tables filled with diners while Jam and Gaven presided at the floral and candy booths. The Young People's Society followed with a literary and musical program.
Enjoyable church entertainment drew a good crowd at the Shady Avenue Baptist bazaar opened last evening and expected to peak tonight. The Dutch kitchen, popcorn stand, and tables selling fancy goods candy fruit and china attracted many, with lemonade and ice cream on offer.
Invitations issued for the second annual Purim masque ball of the Disrael Social at New Turner Hall Forbes street on Tuesday evening March 24. Prizes will be awarded for the most original toilets. The Original Royals provide music and caleicam lighting illuminates the hall. Committee includes A. J. Adelsheimer Joseph Frank Hen Biggard Leon Engle Sam Baum Gus Arnold Ike Good L. Kopeman Max Arnold J Bickart Ike Scholem and A Bloch.
The Emory M E Church East End announces a lecture series this week by Mrs B E Munroe starting with England Its Shrines and Its People. This evening she speaks on Beyond the Mississippi and tomorrow on Christ in Arts Monroe is a well known local lecturer and many are expected to attend.
A social at Butler Street M E Church last evening benefited the new Deaconess Home. An informal program of music and readings entertained attendees while six applicants, led by Misa Van Bradenborg, await board approval for membership in the forthcoming home.
A sequence of church and club entertainments were held in Allegheny with performances by the Philharmonic Club soloists and choirs, piano and violin selections, and readings. Lectures and charitable fundraisers at Seventh Upton Churches, Sixth U P, and Old City Hall were announced alongside wedding invitations and Y M C A activities.
Dr. Andrew Wilson notes a Vienna physician reports a cancer remedy using methyl violet injected into tumors, causing disappearance. The claim is presented with caution about knowing what cancer is and its causes. The piece urges testing by medical peers given the rising cancer cases.
Mrs. Mary Moss aged 74 died last evening at her niece Mary Dawes residence on Kavice street near Thirty-third. A Pittsburg resident for 60 years she was an active Bainyaca Street M E Church worker. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning with Rev. C E Locke officiating.
Boston's historic Paul Revere birth house at 19 and 21 North Square faces demolition for a modern building. For about 90 years it remained in good condition under its owner, but a new buyer plans to replace it for greater revenue. North End’s North Square was once the town’s heart.
The article explains phagocytosis by white blood cells as a defense against microbes. It notes white cells move through vessels and tissues to absorb and destroy pathogens. It cites Moetsch Nikoff and Dr. Andrew Wilson, urging strengthening phagocytes to improve immunity.
The Council of National American Societies ends its session with officers chosen led by President G. G. Mwer and secretary James Reynolds. The platform calls for free speech and press, limits on foreign immigration, free public schools, and allotment of public lands to citizens and settlers, while avoiding a separate party and seeking a party willing to adopt its plank. The group claims 1,300,000 voters.
The Eleventh Iowa District Farmers Alliance Conference in Sioux City resolves to apply secret lodge rules to Iowa Alliances and run a full state ticket this fall. President T Farrow may be the governor candidate. adheres to prohibition and low tariff aims amid political talk.
The House spent the afternoon debating the Australian section ballot law and finally approved it by a 61 to 25 vote. The Senate also passed a bill to reduce telegraph line rates in the state to ten words for 15 cents and ten cents for each additional word.
A collage of oddities from 19th century gossip: Dresden plans a 500 family apartment block. a Grand Rapids girl is sent to reform school for truancy. Athens hides a graveyard poker party. Berlin hotels face health scrutiny. Worcester reports Canadians in its city. New York sees rare disease cases and a whistling man in an asylum. Maine meteor sights and Irish relics decorate a wide spread of notes.
A fragmented humor piece notes a Erie county girl painting Plymouth Hock hens for Easter eggs while other light quotes from varied sources drift through. The jumbled text references jokes, engagements, and a Washington hotel porter asides, all conveyed in a clipped, noisy newspaper collage style.
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