Postage Rates and Pittsburg Clearing House Ranking
Postage terms show various rates including Sunday and yearly options. The Pittsburg Clearing House report ranks the city seventh in nine lending cities with 790,694,231 in business, surpassing Baltimore and New Orleans by large margins. The article argues census exclusions for Allegheny skewed totals and highlights manufacturing-driven exchanges despite a 13.7 percent drop since 1880, contrasted with declines in New York and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
West
Baltimore
New Orleans
Pitchure
Cleveland
Buffalo
St. Louis
San Francisco
St. Lews
San Praecipes
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Stead and the Czar review amid Russia biases
A critical look at Stead and his ties to Russia as discussed in the Review of Reviews. The piece contends Stead’s writings reveal strong pro Russia prejudice and defends the Czar while noting Russia’s reform obstacles including vast poverty and poor communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stead
Russia
Pall Mallorete
George Kennan
Alexander Lil
Circes
Alexander Til
Aluminum Age and Its Impact on Future Technology
The article argues aluminum will supplant iron and steel in many uses due to its ductility, conductivity, and lightness. It notes aluminum wires for overhead power, new building applications, and an aluminum yacht, praising reduced production costs and future competitive strength in structural and architectural fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tosley Mar
Kelly
Futur
Iron Saul Steel
Wilenasle
Imagination Shapes Future Elegance in Artful Gowns
The text praises imagined gowns whose airy grace and lace-like fabrications promise elegance while preserving stability and safety. It frames future fashion as a triumph of artistic imagination over practical constraints.
Suppressed Notes on Chilean Riot Language Discrepancies
A Washington telegram challenges the accuracy of Chilean communications about the Valparaiso riot. It reports differences between Matta and Pereira on terms like deplorable or unfortunate and notes suppression by Egan in an abstract. A public hearing is proposed to reconcile sailor and police accounts.
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Washington
Valparaiso
Matta
Egan
Baltimore
Senor Pereira
Senor Matta
New York Press Defends Nicaragua Canal Bond Plan
The paper argues no partisan politics influence the government guarantee for Nicaragua Canal bonds citing Senator Morgan's resolution. It claims large canal jobs rise above politics and notes the project will seek full publicity. It questions how a $100 million guarantee surplus would be used on an engineer valued $55 million project.
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Gore
Chile
New York
Morgan
Senate
Credit Mobilier
Pacific Railway
Canal Ring
Wanamaker Advertiser Dispute Over News Suppression
The Philadelphia Mews criticizes Wanamaker claiming his influence led to withdrawing ads and suppressing public testimony in the Keystone Bank affair. The piece argues ad contracts rely on value and that pulling coverage damages a paper’s credibility and its advertisers. The Kerstone Bank affair dampens credit for many involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Mr. Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Blaine
Harmonious Cabinet
Wewe
Keystone Bank
Kerstone Bank
Critique of Wallace Endorsement in Pennsylvania
The New York Advertiser errs in saying Hill is harmed by Wallace’s Pennsylvania support. Wallace is not a civil service reformer, and the claim would unfairly harm Wallace’s reputation rather than Hill. The piece argues Wallace bears the brunt of the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hill
Wallaace
Pennsylvania
Wallace
William A. Wallace
David B. Hill
Walince
War on Two Nations Sparks Call for Action
The letter argues Siver Garza has declared war on the United States and Mexico and urges either suppression or allowing Mexican troops to cross the border. It compares to a historical Mexican precedent with Apaches and contends a strong response is needed amid night watches and cold, grim imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siver Garza
United States
Mexico
New York Chicago War Over Mana Statue Sale
A committee at the Unicago Exposition refuses to buy the Mana statue atop Madison Square Garden for 2500. New York papers defend the statue as art worth double the price while hinting they want the goddess to depart to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Mana
Madison Square Garden
Yale Harvard debate to be held in Cambridge next Wednesday
A new departure for Yale and Harvard, the intercollegiate debate and oratory contest, will take place in Cambridge next Wednesday. The event signals expanding interest beyond traditional athletic rivalries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Diverse 1890s Opinions Stir Public Notice and Trade Talks
The piece surveys varied topics from long distance telephony rumors, Secretary Maine’s health quips, broom corn shortages, and Panamanian loan debates to aluminum price shifts in Germany. It also critiques Labouchere on Indian Bureau remarks and reflects on Jacksonian influence within the Democratic party amid a Cleveland Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha World-Herald
Labouchere
Indian Bureau
Canada
Proposals on Immigrant Ship Responsibility and Political Fears
The piece notes TH proposals by Congressman Stump to hold steamship lines accountable for immigrants. It highlights Senator Sherman expressing tender fears for health of Messrs. Rinnie McKinley and Palmer amid a tense campaign. It mentions Prrrspung housing homeless youths and a London plan to house five hundred in a residential club, suggesting a smaller local copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Stump
Maryland
Sherman
Messrs
Rinnie
McKinley
Palmer
Senator Sherman
Prrrspung
London
Naval Officers Run This Country for Their Own Use
A misapprehension that the country is run for naval officers must be corrected. The text argues such belief would be exposed as faulty and requires a thorough, convincing rebuttal through public discourse.
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Tur
Divergent Portraits of Garza From New York Papers
Two New York papers offer conflicting depictions of Garza. One calls him a tall stalwart leader at 6 feet 8 inches with a fine military carriage, while the other portrays him as slight in build with poor horsemanship who leans on his pen for leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garza
New York
Charles M. Hughes
Ohio
Hame
Lima
Cies
Familiar Names In Brief Portraits Of Notables
A series of short sketches notes Emreron WILLIAM favoring corn flower and red rose, Covonet A. K. McClurr as six foot three inch president of Philadelphia Clover Club, and James Pays critiquing dogma. It covers Tur Duke of Clarence ill at Sandringham with influenza and pneumonia, CaTaRINO GARZA as a restless border figure, and mentions Mrs Charles D. Haines as female railway president. Franklin Vincent Jo, Louise Mirren at the British Museum, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps’s husband HeEsent WAED, Clark E. Carr in Russia, and Guy de Maupassant’s reported mental decline.
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Emreron
William
Covonet A. K. McClurr
Philadelphia Clover Club
James Pays
Tur Duke of Clarence
Prince of Wales
Sandringham
Catarino Garza
United States
Charles D. Haines
Kinderhook
N. Y
The
Hamilton and Kingston
Louise Mirren
Frank Vincent
Malta
Asia
Peekskill
Clark E. Carr
Denmark
Russia
Guy DE Maupassant
Colima Volcano Erupts Shattering Stones Four Miles Off
The Volcano de Fuego also called Colima in Jalisco remains active with frequent explosions. Large stones have been hurled about four miles and ashes rain on Colima and Zapotlan towns. Residents near the mountain fear a panic if eruptions persist.
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Crry
Mexico
de Fuego
Colima
Jalisco
Zapotian
Red Tape at the Barge Office Delays Immigrant Landings
In New York on January 10 the Treasury directive blocks landing of immigrants from European steamers Umbria Adriatic and La Bourgogne arriving Saturday. Steamship companies protest and may alter arrivals to weekdays to avoid the weekend rule.
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New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Umbria
Adriatic
la Bourgogne
The Problem of Poverty and Social Reform in Pittsburgh
The article argues poverty's roots are complex and not easily blamed on individuals. It urges studying social economy, cites works like How the Other Half Lives and Progress and Poverty, and calls for lectures at Carnegie Library to inform measures. It notes rich intentions but poor knowledge of solutions, praising general good will.
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General Booth
Msst
England
New York
London
Association For the Improvement of
Henry George
Lawrence Gronlund
Cooperative Commonwealth
Carnegie Library
Harlow
Architects
Duxbury
Pittsburg
Perquisites at Federal Offices Face Cut by Congress
Democratic Representatives push to end fee system in federal offices arguing it burdens citizens and inflates officer emoluments. Plan aims to pay salaries and turn all fees to the Treasury. Missouri's Mr ONeill backs stamping envelope reform to supply at cost, removing profit to postmasters and ensuring excess profits return to the public purse.
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Waseinotor
D. C
Congress
Appropriations Committee
United States Treasury
O'Neill
Missouri
Appeal to Southern Farmers to Reduce Cotton Acreage
A conference of state Commissioners of Agriculture from Alabama Arkansas North Carolina Georgia and Tennessee backed memorandum urging a 2 percent cut in cotton acreage for 1592. They call for immediate organization of state districts or townships and broad cooperation with alliances granges and chambers of commerce to diversify crops for home consumption.
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Mewrnats
Peabody Hotel
Commissioners of Agriculture
Alabama
Arkansas
North Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Memphis
Boards of Trade
Chambers of Commerce
New York cruiser model added to Navy Department display
Visitors to Secretary Tracy’s corridor see a six foot model of the cruiser New York among a set of naval models including Baltimore Newark Monterey Yorktown and Petrel. The New York model is detailed from keel to water line with salmon hull, cream white above water and bronze funnels. Secretary Tracy tags it a valuable teaching tool for those far from the coast to understand a man of war.
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Wasmxcton
Navy Department
Tracy
Navy
New York
Baltimore
Newark
Monterey
Yorktown
Petrel
Chicago
Department
Pearl Found in Oyster Supper Pearls Worth 2500
At a High Bridge New Jersey oyster supper Mrs. J W Hammer bit into a hard object in a half shell and pulled out an extraordinary pear. A Philadelphia jeweler present valued the gem at at least 2500 dollars for its perfect formation and color.
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Prarsroteip
N. J
J. W. Hammer
High Bridge
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hammer
Philadelphia
Obituaries from Parkersburg to Bethlehem and beyond
A stream of notices honors Mrs. Henry Logan of Parkersburg and several other deaths. It notes Henry Logan philanthropist, Judge Charles M. Hughes, Andrew Lee, Sheriff Jon N. Guten, Mrs Vanduerden, Arch Bishop Hezekiah, and Miss Josephine Florence Medill among figures recalled. Also listed are Salome Perszat, Hubert Bradford, and Thomas P. Tar yon with brief death summaries and contexts.
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Jons N. Guten
Somerset County
Vandueredn
Revolutionary
Middletown
Conn
Heeykame
Utrecht
Netherlands
Medit
Chicago Tribune
Paris
Cartaty
Hubert F. Bradford
Uultell States Navy
Portsmouth
NW. H
Ren Bradford
Naval Ay
Massachuse Ot
Tai
Salome Perszat
Oliteat
Moravian Church
America
Bethlehem
Ips
Wilows’ House
Thowas
P. Tar
Councils Bluffs
Treynot
Northwestern Associated Press
Law and Order Society Targets Sunday News Sales
The MacKeesport Herald condemns the Law and Order Society for seeking to strike at Sunday newsboys and pagers across Allegheny County. The piece argues Sunday laws harm public benefit, call for clear permits, and warn against equating luxuries with necessities while proposing protections for essential daily work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacKeesport Herald
Law and Order Society
Allegheny County
Law and Order
Bold defense of reformers in Pittsburg press debate
The piece argues newspapers fear the Law and Order Society could ruin Pittsburg with crankism. It praises the crank rightly pushing reform, noting Allegheny county saw 36 murders last year and that reform movements often start with entertaining crusades that awaken public sentiment.
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Bradford Star
Law and Order Society
Pittsburg
Allegheny County
Attempt To Stop Pittsburg Sunday Papers Reaches New Stage
Minneapolis Tribune notes another bid to suppress the Pittsburg Sunday papers. The battle uses a century-old law, still behind modern sentiment, as supporters press forward against newspaper circulation beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis Tribune
Pittsburg
Cranks Seek to Suppress Sunday Papers in 1892
Indianapolis Sentinel denounces Pittsburg cranks attempting to suppress Sunday newspapers by using a century old statute. The writer calls such efforts grotesque anachronisms in this year 1892.
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Indianapolis Sentinel
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Residents Oppose Sunday Newspapers
The Pittsburg community votes against Sunday editions urging change as critics call for broader reform and a cautious media approach.
Cleveland in headlines across papers from loyalists to critics
A collection of 19th century newspaper blurbs shows varied reactions to Grover Cleveland. Critics accuse Democrats of indecision and tariff versus silver policy while supporters praise Cleveland’s integrity and leadership amid party tensions.
Bound To Have These Church Braver Falls Presbyterians Split
In Braver Falls a group of families seeks to withdraw and form a new church. A committee examined the petition but no decision was announced. Rev Dr Parkinson faces accusations and denies intent to preach at a separate church while defending Presbyterian concerns. The existing church claims 500 members with ample work for the pastor.
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Braver Falls
Parkinson
Hags
Arind
Ormanizapen Sacey
Admiral Rodgers Honored by Metropolitan Club Obit
The Metropolitan Club met to adopt resolutions on the death of Admiral C. B. Rodgers. Judge John Davis Admiral Franklin and Marcellus Bailey formed the resolutions committee. Davis praised Rodgers long service and iron hand in velvet glove phrase. Odgers was elected president of the club for three consecutive terms. Funeral services will be private tomorrow at St. John's Episcopal Church.
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Wasursatos
D. C
Metropolitan Club
C. BR. P. Rodgers
Schofield
John Davis
Franklin
Marcellus Bailey
Davis
Admiral Roders
Admiral Odgers
St. John's Episcopal Church
Progress of the Long-Distance Phone Reaches Bellerosty
Bellerosty on January 1 reports the long distance telephone line now connects with New York Philadelphia and Pittsburg, enabling direct communication for residents and businesses.
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Bellerosty
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Treatment of the Grip A French Expert’s View
Albert Robin, a noted French authority, urges bed rest to prevent influenza complications. He recommends warm aromatic potions to induce sweating and small quinine doses three times daily. He warns against antipyrine and advises convalescence indoors for four to eight days after fever ends.
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New Yons
the Herald
Yaris
Albert Robin
Coming Week Notes From Congress in Washington
The weekly Congress preview reports a quiet Senate with possible early committee reports and nominations in executive session. The House lacks a set agenda pending new rules and will focus on bill introductions and clerkship allocations, with debate likely over small committee clerks and economy. K Blount seeks reconsideration of the Russian famine relief vessel appropriation and may urge sending the resolution to the Foreign Affairs Committee.
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Wasarxotrox
D.C
Senate
House
Ees
Committee On Accounts
K. Blount
Foreign Affairs Committee
Russian Imperial Engineers Outline 10000 Mile Siberian Rail Project
Russian Imperial Engineers of Construction report on surveying for a Siberian railroad extension to the Pacific. Alexander Ryjoff notes 290 miles surveyed to Vladivostok, with the line reaching the East Siberian capital later. Estimated total length about 10 thousand miles, cost 400 million rubles, aims for completion in eight years. This railway would connect Russia to an open port and bolster war and commerce.
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Siberian
Cutcaco
Russian Imperial Engineers of Construction
Siberia
Pacific
St. Petersburg
Alexander RySoff
Daniewski
K. Cegiinaki
Mr. Ryjoff
Viadivostock
Grafsti
East Siria
Jenelinbisk
Vlndivoatock
Russia
Pacific Ocean
China
Handyman Spencer Makes War Scenes With a Connecticut Knife
John Spencer of Willimantic, an aged Yankee with a pocketknife craft, exhibits seven war scenes carved from wood. One piece, The Foraging Scene, shows Union troops looting a Southern plantation with a log cabin and a blue jacketed boy courting a damsel as a pig squeals. A second panel depicts a battle between Union and Confederate forces. Spencer spent two years carving this panorama and promises more works at the World’s Fair.
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Norwice
Jan. W
Connecticut
John Spencer
Willimantic
Mr. Spencer
South
Itu
Spencer
Changes at the State College
Prof. Thomas F. Hunt of the Pennsylvania State College agriculture chair has accepted a call to Ohio University. A Chair of Veterinary Surgery has been established at the State College during the winter term with Dr. L. N. Bush as lecturer.
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Butteroore
Avedal
Thomas F. Hunt
Pennsylvania State College
Ohio University
State College
N. Bush
Missouri to call extra session on redistricting
Jan 10 report says Governor Francis will summon an extra Missouri Legislature session in early February. The purpose will be to redraw the state’s congressional districts for the next reapportionment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miscouri
Jurrensos City
Missouri
Francis
Latter Day Financiers Vindicated by Chicago Mall Ruling
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court holds bank directors cannot be compelled to direct. The decision vindicates many modern financiers and signals a promising development in 18082 era industry.
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Chicago Mall
Pennsylvania
Supremoa Court
Curious Condensations of Natural Curiosities Across World
A collage of science and trivia notes includes experiments on air pressure and hearing distances, animal lifespans, oyster shipments, giant trees, fish discoveries, ancient feasts, and measurements of mountains. It mentions phenomena from Munich microscopy to Pennsylvanian moonless Februarys and the Vatican’s grandeur.
Seance and satire echo in old papers
The fragment blends a Chicago Tribune style seance gag with a street chatter about Kitty and Ned lamenting a lost visage. A garret scene recalls a writer's hunger for a plot as a muse awaits inspiration.
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Fire Dispatch
TRS
Redness
Smithfield
Diamond Streets
Diamond Street
New Dispatch
Fastten
Thittne
Pispaat Hess Giwaysie Srewden
Tueetheers
Pipatch
Teems
Tracy Dieraten
Bates
Westy Discarar
Putsen HG
Pittselvag
Stead and the Czar
Maine
Europe
Burchard
Germany
Frat Materna
Herr Frederich
Vienna
HeEsent Waed
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
United States Navy Department
Deat
Henry Logan
Parkersburg
African Methodist Church
Logan
Andrew Lee
East End
Lyric Street
Ceme
Mr. Lee
Akoehind
Washington Post
Grover Cleveland
Mu Crurverarn
Indiana
Iowia
Inter Ocean
Tammany
Democratic Party
Atlanta Journal
Presbyterian Society
Beaver Falls
Admiral Rodgers
Colnrate
Truckee
Cal
Illinois
Munich
San Franccisco
San Mateo County
Albatross
Honolulu
Cole Harbor
Nova Scotia
Arnott
North Atlantic
Albinus
Severus
Great
Eads Bridge
Australia
Aristotle
Raveng Nas
Cumberland
Texas
Iit
Atlantic
Vatican
the of
Rome
Tiber
Vaticanus
Vaticanium
Charlemagne
Iiver
Dhawalaceri
White Mountain
Everest
Dhoawalagert
Jawakir
Chamalari
Gossingthar
Jessie
Kitty
Ned—Yew
Puck
Trashington
Hawes
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