The Dispatch Advertises Its Office and Distribution Details
The Dispatch notes its establishment, filing details, and offices at Smithfield and Diamond Streets with publishing rooms on Diamond Street. It lists the advertising office in Tribune Building New York and mentions sales points in New York and Paris, inviting advertisers and friends to visit or obtain copies.
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Smithfield
Diamond Streets
Diamond Street
Tribune Building
New York
Porelen
THE
Dispatch
Eiventone’s
Caton Square
Ave. de
Parcel Dispatch Rates For Various Dates And Subscriptions
The notice lists pricing for different dispatch issues including weekly and Sunday editions. It mentions monthly and yearly terms with figures like 50 tails per week and 15 0 per date. It specifies delivery by carriers and mentions Sunday delivery restrictions.
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Parmy Presrancs
Darcy Dreraton
Datty Dispatch
Sheents
Westinghouse industries face financial restructuring
Fittsburg editorial argues the Westinghouse industries owe their trouble to financing and management rather than opportunity. It urges a cautious reorganization on a stricter business basis, with water and waste eliminated to restore stability and bolster industrial welfare of the town.
Overcrowded Dixmont Asylum Hailed for Care Shortfall
The annual report shows Dixmont asylum housing far more than its capacity with over 100 excess patients. The piece urges benevolent wealth to aid suffering humanity and notes the state should step in if private charity fails.
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Dixmont
Change the Prison System Reform Ideas Outline
A critique urges radical prison reform arguing current reformatory institutions fail to reform. It cites offenders sentenced for minor crimes returning to crime, due to depravity and flawed systems. It condemns mixed confinement, solitary rules, and unsupervised jail populations that corrupt youths and propagate crime.
Why Not Change the System to Prevent Crime
A speaker argues that releasing prisoners into a world of want tempts them to crime and that wrongful incarceration harms innocents. Prisons grow while crime rises faster than population, suggesting reform may cost upfront but save money by preventing crime.
Wealth distribution and the French loan model analyzed
The piece argues France's rural wealth sustains a stable republic and credits small-scale industry and farming. It warns that in a growing US, private fortunes could concentrate wealth, reducing democracy and burdening the many with taxes. It urges proactive measures to curb monopolistic wealth growth before population density rises.
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France
Paris
Republic
Greece
Rome
Infighting And Political Tangles Dominate Newspage
The column surveys election jitters in Kansas with Ingalls facing defeat and Dr Koch publicizing lymph for tuberculosis treatment. It notes Virchow’s attack, shifts in currency policy, Harrisburg bills, and governor politics while touching on Indians, miners, and tariff dynamics.
Coraopolis Gas Boom Sparks Regional Prospects
Coraopolis experiences a gas boom as two large wells near the town promise abundant, cheap fuel for years. The second well is among the region’s largest producers, suggesting another major gas field like nearby Pittsburgh's. Local gas firms are criticized for not securing this plentiful resource.
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Coraopolis
Pittsburg
Notable Early 1900s Figures Span Arts Politics and Society
The piece notes M Eiffel as a Senate candidate, Campanini regains his voice after surgery, Louise Shepard to wed William Schleeflin, Gertrude Rivers cites illness rumors, Prof Hammer Cooke breaks gender pay barriers, and profiles of Hien Gardener and novelist William Westale. It also follows Japanese Minister TaTese’s Washington arrival with entourage and career milestones from 1877 to 1899.
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M. Eiffel
Tower Fame
Campanini
Louise Shepard
Elliot F. Shepard
New York
William J. Schleffelin
Gertrude Rives
Richmond
Amelie Rives-Chanler
Paris
Hammer Cooke
Cornell
Hien Gardener
Lora
William Westale
Loughton
G. TaTese
United States
Washington
San Francisco
Tateno
Imperial Household
Oaaka
Senate
Debate over international copyright and royalty bills
The piece compares two US Senate copyright options. The first, backed by Congress, requires foreign works to be printed in the United States with no foreign plates, protecting publishers and foreign authors. The Teller royalty bill would pay foreign authors a set royalty while allowing multiple US publishers to issue copies, benefiting American readers and authors through market competition.
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Senate
House
Teller
Deaths of a Day Mrs Elizabeth Downing Dies in Philadelphia
Mrs Elizabeth Downing died yesterday at her daughter’s residence in Philadelphia at age 9 years. She lived in Philadelphia 73 years and was mother to four children including Mrs McDaniels, superintendent of the Consolidated Gas Company, RB Weekee treasurer of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and Wil a Downing, a Philadelphia merchant. Funeral set for Monday at 1 A.M. in Philadelphia.
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Elizabeth Downing
McDaniels
Philadelphia
Downing
McDanieels
Coneal Gas Company
wWeekee Petroller
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wil A Downing
Senatorial changes after November buzz saw
After election turmoil the Senate will differ from the House. Farwell lost the Illinois nomination to Oglesby while Blair failed in New Hampshire as Gallinger secured the nomination. The piece notes shifts in party support and concerns about the chamber’s future.
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United States Senate
House
Farwell
Illinois
Oglesby
Blair
New Hampshire
Gallinger
Notable Obits and Deaths Link to Prominent Locals
Mrs Rebecca Robb Johnston died aged six years and was mother in law to John W D Asrson of John A Renshaw & Co. Remains from 2 Marion Avenue Allegheny to-morrow morning. Mrs Susan McKenna widow of William McKenna died yesterday at 72. Funeral from No 66 Crawford Street Saturday. John A Hart mayor of Chattanooga and Tennessees wealthiest died this morning from a second stroke. W H Dills of Fr Watse Inc died in Auburn England after heart disease.
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Rebecca Hobb Johnston
John WD. Asrson
John A. Renshaw & Co
Marion Avenue
Allegheny
Wa. M
Susan McKenna
William McKenna
Afernoon
Crawford Street
John A. Hart
Chattanooca
Chattanooga
Morning paper as light in dark world of news and life
An essay on how missing a newspaper in the morning disrupts daily life and mood. It frames the paper as a daily light and a thread linking Yesterday to Today, offering solace in its stories of sorrow and joy and the enduring world drama.
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Observer
The many snippets echo a nation’s discord and satire
A collage of editorial asides and quips lampoons politics and society. It mocks Justice as a blind female, notes on Ingalls and political figures, and jests about brokers, pugilists, and public discourse.
Willie Winkle: Readers Detect Silvery Ring in Ingalls Speech
A fragmented verse like note hints at a Carlisle penitentiary graduation and a circulating anecdote about an embarrassed lover and a tremulous bookkeeper. The passage names Willie Winkle as a likely focal figure in this truncated item.
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Ingalls
The Witch of Prague Serial From The Dispatch
The Dispatch begins a treasured serial by F. Marion Crawford titled The Witch of Prague. The Wanderer seeks Beatrice while the Witch of Prague uses hypnotic powers to win him, amid dramatic scenes in Prague over four weeks.
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F. Marion Crawford
Dispatch
Mr. Isaacs
Prague
Dnorna
Mr. Crawford
Wanderer
Beatrice
Witch
Witch of
Arabian Eeyork
Kafka
Simon Abeles
Marion Crawford
Bohemia
Free coinage measure approved by Senate
The full text of a free coinage bill introduced by Mr. West and passed by the Senate outlines a plan to set the dollar as the unit of value, allow coinage from 41234 grains of silver or 2544 grains of gold, and make coins legal tender for all debts. It permits bullion owners to deposit at U S mints to be minted into standard dollars or bars for their benefit, with restrictions on debits under $100 and bullion suitability for minting.
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Washington
West
Senate
United States
Treasury
Judge White Offers 100000 For Wilson Monument
Indiana county judge Harry White proposes 95000 to the State for a James Wilson monument. If interest is denied, he adds 2500 more and urges 5000 additional from the Legislature to total 10000. The governor counsels 7500 for the monument and notes the State bears no legal obligation to pay interest on treasury deposits. James Wilson helped shape early American government and was the first Pennsylvania Justice in the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Habrisburg
Harry White
Indiana County
Judes James Wilson
Neading
Carlisle
George Washington
Pennsylvania
United States Supreme Court
White
Independence Square
Philadelphia
Verestechagin Exhibition Praised For Magnificence
The critic finds Verestehagin’s large canvases dazzling and dramatic, noting the entry into Jeypore and the field hospital after Plevna as standout works. He criticizes battle scenes for theatrical realism and mentions the cataloged riot of color and size that dominates the collection.
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Carnegie Hall
Federal Street
City Hall
Verestehagin
Prince of Wales
Jeypore
Plevna
Verestchagin Exhibition Earns Mixed Critique in Review
The critic finds no poetry in most of Verestchagin’s works praising warm colors and foreign allure yet deeming the painter’s soul cold. A trio depicting a Russian sentry’s fate at Shipka pass earns memorable note for quiet pathos amid otherwise grand but distant scenes. The reviewer doubts broad public enthusiasm despite the powerful but somber death sequence.
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Verestchagin
Verestehagin
Russia
Shipka Pass
Signs and posters at Carnegie Hall criticized
A council committee questions the plastering of signs and posters on the Carnegie Hall front. They argue entertainments may be announced but should be modest and harmonious with the building. The committee plans to restrain transient lessees as advertising is valuable only in proper places.
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Carnegie Hall
Rat Returns to Piano Nest in East End Home
A well fed rat reappears inside a piano after a previous report of its music loving residence. A pianist found a mass of music in the instrument with scraps from Chopin and Spohr and even a boy soprano piece. The rat had built a sturdy nest among the bass wires using torn sheets and scraps, showing its fondness for music.
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Spohr
East End
Not At All Excited Indian Pupils at Carlisle Attending Strictly to Studies
Two notable women visited the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. Mrs. B H Pratt, wife of Carlisle Indian School’s superintendent, reported Sioux pupils from Dakota camps remain diligent despite family wars and disrupted letters. Annie Wittenmeyer, renowned G A R nurse, promoted the Brookville Soldiers Home and the shift toward veteran care beyond government aid.
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Harrisburg
B. H. Pratt
Carlisle
Dakota
Lincoln Indian School
Philadelphia
Capitol
Annie Wittenmeyer
Brookville
Jefferson County
Wittecmeyer
Woman in Wisconsin Slumbers for Three Weeks
Mrs Melvina White wife of a Wheaton farmer has slept for three weeks in Eau Claire Wisconsin despite repeated efforts to wake her She has received little nourishment during the period and is now deemed unlikely to recover The case attracts local concern as doctors and family await any change
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Wisconsin
Eau Claree
Wis
Melvina White
Wheaton
Parthenia shines in Ingomar amateur stage at Washington Library Hall
Miss Edith Smithson stars as Parthenia in Ingomar with a strong amateur cast led by J C Kober as Ingomar. Dr J A Hageman gives a dignified Masailia. a charity performance at Washington Library Hall drew a large audience and will be repeated tonight.
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Parthenia
Ingomar
Washington Library
Edith Smithson
Seth
Miss Smith
Theane
Sam Williams
Polydor
Arthenia
Thim
J. A. Hageman
Jimaydh
Mahden
KR. C. Sheplar
Miss Smithson
Myron
P. Schwartz
J. C. Kober
Notable Afternoon Tea Hosted by Mrs Andrew Fleming
A refined social event yesterday at Mrs Andrew Fleming's Western Avenue home featured floral-decorated rooms and color themed interiors. Honoring her daughter Mrs Alfred Fell of Philadelphia, the gathering displayed elaborate attire and attendant society ladies, with menu and service by Mrs Kubn.
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Andrew Fleming
Western Avenue
Twenty-Five Years United Taggarts Celebrate Silver Wedding
Mr and Mrs BR Taggart of Palo Alto street Allegheny marked their silver wedding with a small gathering of many friends last evening Major Taggart is son of Rev Samuel Taggart and brother of Rev Samuel Tags organizer of the YMCA and veteran of the Civil War Mrs Taggart traces kinship to Colonel W W McNalty First Pennsylvania Cavalry and Major General Williamson Readers note the couple have four children and received gifts from guests
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BR. J. Taggart
Palo Alto Street
Allegheny
Major Taggart
Samuel Taggart
Samuel Tags
Y. MC. A
Wedded in Hazelwood Bowman McKibben Nuptials
Miss Margaret McKibben wed William L Bowman at Hazelwood Presbyterian Church last evening in a stylish ceremony. Pittsburg guests attended a reception at the bride’s parents’ home on Mobile Street with flowers music and supper.
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Bowman
Miss McKibben
Mobile Street
Lectures and social whirlmark Pittsburgh society doings
Last evening William H. Graham spoke on travel in Europe in the Pennsylvania Railroad Department rooms, with Rev J F Regis Canevin to lecture next Sunday on The Catholic Church and the Colored Race. The Woman's Committee prepared for Mrs CL Wade and Miss Virginia Hyde visiting the Press Club, while concerts, dances, and village entertainments filled the social calendar.
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Europe
William H. Graham
Pennsylvania
St. Vincent de Paul
Holy Trinity School
Carner Fulton
Center Street
CL Wade
Virginia Hyde
Pittsburg
J. A. Ballantyne
Bingham Street
M. E
Ballantyne
Dr. Huselton
van Wagonner
Kingston
WN. Y
Faustz Youns
Fifth Avenue
Oakland
United Hebrew Relief Society
New Turner Ball
St. Martin’s Church
West End
William H. Burt
J. L. Garner
Nanwie Jonls
Roup
East End
Linden Club
Second Presbyterian Church
S. M. Morgan
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