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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1892
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR indicates a notice about second class mail matter or transfer at Pittsburgh Post Office with unclear details and dates. The readable elements suggest postal classification or processing actions rather than a full public notice.
Teetags free to the United States appear in a dated notice listing periods of rates and terms. The document details monthly charges including Sunday rates and weekly carrier delivery options, with specific dates and durations noted for various service plans.
A public notice accuses the Auditor General’s office of withholding information about state finances. The article contends $5,090 for the extra Senate session and $76 cited as wasted funds reflect favoritism and neglect, alleging a post election delay to dodge accountability and highlight party abuses.
The piece argues that workers need Sunday rest and access to papers news parks and libraries. It contends the 1794 law restricts learning and leisure and would hinder street cars parks and cultural venues. It criticizes newspaper publishers as claiming public interest while stressing supere syndicate concerns.
The piece argues that the genuine public demand for convenience drives meritorious work while the suits initiated this week before Alderman Roche are doomed to discomfiture, as they are seen as impractical and unwarranted by the public.
The article flags Mr Holman’s push to curtail subsidies and bounties as popular, noting opposition to grants in money and credit. It highlights the Nicaragua canal proposal, including a claimed $100 million loan with a $5 million abolition, and credits the Democratic House for siding with restraint against stock promoter schemes.
In a forceful attack on the Louisiana Lottery Cardinal Gibbons denounces the lottery as a corrupt menace to the nation. He urges upright citizens to act, support prohibitory legislation, and protect the weak from the lottery’s fatal odds and wasteful income.
The piece cites Beattie the New York street cleaning commissioner arguing private contracts would clean streets for 750 000 annually while city gangs cost 2 000 000 with poor results. It frames competition as vital and condemns political control of public work, warning that elected bias undermines efficiency and that socialism may only be needed in a future millennial era.
A Harvard faculty debate over William Lloyd Garrison’s bombshell attack on the D. K. E. Society draws wide comment. An Eastern contemporary mocks Garrison’s view of sophomores as fools, while restating arguments on barbarous practices.
The piece argues Harvard’s role in shaping undergraduates is limited and often denied by the faculty. It recalls a pessimistic view that Harvard cannot fix student folly, turning the school’s value into an unknown quantity. It suggests parents must seek other institutions for truly moral training.
A New York meeting highlights renewed interest in a 20 foot ship canal proposed by Prof. Lewis Haupt linking New York harbor with Delaware and Chesapeake bays. Advocates urge integrating such canals into a broader system, stressing priority for river to lake connections before ocean access projects.
An Oxford Ohio community lynched a colored man after a brutal murder, shocking observers who say the act defies lawful punishment and reflects a barbaric regression from civilized standards. authorities must condemn such mob action.
The L. O. triumvirate oversee Pluteburg as the frontier puzzle shifts to a lone Texas woman named Garza who is employed to find the missing Garza and crack the mystery.
A 1887 Pennsylvania school principal wrote to dead author Nathaniel Hawthorne Stephen Hawthorne lore notes that the postal service in Salem redirected a letter to Hawthorne's publishers. This anecdote highlights limited knowledge of national literature and lingering fame of Hawthorne in his own country.
Jay Gould is not omnipotent and after a quarrel with the Western Traffic Association the group plans to operate without him.
A theory proposes a death in Indiana involved hypnosis by a lover who induced self poisoning. Critics note such cases are hard to prove yet embolden speculation about hypnotic influence. Meanwhile a young man suspected faces an uneasy situation as political campaigning lingers on a cold day for Federal offices.
A New York paper claims Pennsylvania has a patent morality ballot law and a candidate who loses despite a majority, noting the law’s not yet in effect. It mentions Representative Colbertson’s unusual political reception and hints at opposition to a free silver coinage bill as President Harrison and the House debate.
The passage cites a heated mix of political topics including a Republican Senate's past free coinage measure, Pennsylvania senator's vote, local town ambitions in Wartz Allegheny, Texas energy choices, and a hypothetical United States claim stretching to the Straits of Magellan. It also notes Chilean reception of harsher policy and Prussia's finances contrasted with imperial bluff.
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans a fifteen mile cut in service by reusing the Portage road from Cresson to Petersburg, abandoned years ago. Officials cite faster World’s Fair rapid transit competition and rising main line traffic as reasons for the shortening. The Eighth ward fields eight Job named candidates, with Jones out.
A Pittsburgh Times editorial condemns the Law and Order Society for deceitful tactics against small shopkeepers. It argues Sunday observance should be a matter of public policy, not fanatic legalism, and supports court review of the disputes while rejecting retrograde Sabbath enforcement.
The Law and Order Society presses the arrest of persons linked to Sunday newspaper sales as part of a broader effort to test the 17 percent law. Newsboys, carriers, and editors face exposure, with unions pledging support while cases proceed to higher courts for a ruling on necessary Sunday labor.
The Law and Order Society denies any religious motive in its campaign against illegal clubs and speak-easies. Officials insist the effort targets public nuisances with fines and costs, contrasting it with broader suppression aims.
The World’s Fair Commission plans to open an office in Pittsburg, identified as a leading manufacturing center in the state and nation, as Roche and fellow brothers prepare to support the effort.
A montage of brief notes lists Neal Dow living in his Portland home at 87, Mrs. Perren wife of a Kansas senator, Governor Brows wealth via his wife, Bisgor Warr's Japan trip, Dr Edward BeepLer's China return, Princess Delene of Montenegro as a royal beauty, the Duke of Cambridge famed for harsh speech, President Mount praised by Chileans, Confederate General S M Greenwood in Mexico amassing fortune.
The piece argues Sunday law prosecutions target petty tobacco and candy sellers, amid broader calls for reform. It warns against forcing outdated practices on modern life, noting grants for workers rest while resisting punitive actions that punish the poor and overlook wealth and power.
Two hunters near Gadsden report a bright fiery meteor that flew low above the pines, split a furrow, struck a tree, exploded, and scattered debris. The event, accompanied by a whizzing sound and a sulfurous odor, shook the region.
A Pittsburg area statement condemns the Law and Order Society for trying to ban Sunday newspapers. It argues workers deserve Sunday rest and reading, praising Sunday papers for current news and quality literature as a vital liberty and influence in Allegheny county.
Thirty degrees below zero recorded this morning as vast steam bursts from holes on a mountain side 500 feet above the town. Visitors report the slope honeycombed with openings, suggesting a subterranean hot water lake. A test by a staff is expected.
A column cites multiple papers discussing the Sorosis society’s debate on managing husbands. Advice ranges from witty quips to the gospel of kindness, with various editors recalling opinions from St Louis, Cincinnati, St Joseph, and New York Society.
The Toledo Commercial notes Pittsburg's Law and Order Society delays serving warrants against Sunday papers. It suggests critics see the old bine laws as overextended, aimed at press reform, and argues for repealing statutes that allow fines on the weak for acts unpunished when by the strong.
A snippet notes the Pittsburg Law and Order League calling to revert to old blue laws to arrest newsdealers for Sunday papers while readers could be charged under newer Sabbath labor laws. The remark frames a debate over enforcement and legality.
The Pittsburg Law and Order Society campaigns against Sunday newspapers, aiming to ban them. Warrants were issued for the arrest of many newsboys and dealers, with managers ignored, as the group seeks to convict youths to seize months of their earnings.
The Pittsburg Law and Order Society dwindles to a handful of cranks and makes a last bid to suppress Pittsburg Sunday newspapers after recent court ridicule and roasting. The group, once a century old, remains a fringe force in the city’s public life.
The Law and Order Society of Pittsburg begins its campaign against the Sunday papers. The first arrestee vows to fight the matter through all courts until a favorable verdict is reached, showing a Partingtonian stance in the dispute.
A test case arises over printing and selling Sunday newspapers on the Sabbath. A newsdealer and a newsboy have been arrested while publishers and printers may face suit. The outcome is awaited as decisive measures were recently set in Pittsburg after years of discussion in Pittsboro.
The piece argues newspapers are indispensable to all readers from businessmen to teachers. It highlights advertising, market and trade data, scientific and literary updates, and daily distractors, urging readers to study sections from telegraph to local and advertising pages and to imagine a world without papers.
The Peabody Museum Honduras expedition reports safe arrival after a 103 mile mule journey to Copan. Officers plan six months of study in the ruins with 36 native laborers clearing debris and making molds and photographs of hieroglyphics while Guatemala and Honduras grant material free of duty and official support.
A horse belonging to a female worker on Courg and Vine streets attacked an eight-gallon tub of bulk oysters, chewed the shells and drank the liquid enthusiastically. An officer tried to seize the animal but was driven off as the horse finished the contents and showed continued eagerness for more.
The Boston Herald notes Hill and Holman as the current ticket but suggests Democrats might drop their Hs in the upcoming contest, reflecting cautious strategic choices within the party.
The report lists the death of Randolph Rogers the noted American sculptor at Rogers Villa in Rome born in Waterloo New York 1818 1815 details of his early work in Ann Arbor and New York City his return to Italy and major works including the Capitol doors and the Washington Monument at Richmond It also notes deaths in several states including John Reynolds Joeniw Drowsy Joseph Skillex Andrew McCurnock Roseer Farrrparmy Miss C M Trowbridge Captain Charles Schultern Rev W M A Flengng General Rongat Ransom and others with brief biographical notes.
Western University of Pennsylvania Dramatic Club staged two plays at the Pittsburg Club Theater. "Early Vows" and "Chums" featured university students as actors and ushers. Local artist Mantis B. Leisser returned to Pittsburgh, welcomed by the Academy of Science and Art, announcing plans to establish a permanent studio.
The notice describes fashionable dances at the Duquesne Clio house and Hotel Kenmawr honoring Miss Jena Watson and Mr James Hatlman. It notes patronesses Mrs A W Pointer Mrs Wynn Sewell and Mrs W G Perk and hints at society rumor about Linden Clad management hiring a Deleartism exponent for Indy’s evening. It mentions Attendees including debutantes and society figures and lists entertainments at Miss Spong’s and Mrs Stevenson’s events.
Witxrsearne January 13. The Behirh Valley Coal Company orders suspension of work at Hekeberg colliery near Pittston until April 1 due to weak trade. The move will cause widespread unemployment among workers.
One hundred eighteen pupils at the military school of St Cyr are prostrated with influenza. The disease is spreading rapidly in Northern Italy. In Copenhagen 1,600 cats and 72 are reported.
Local phrasing hints at a social clash as a drummer’s role shifts amid changing power dynamics in Chicago, with a provocative note that the usual balance between drummers and the crip figure is reversing.
The piece compiles scattered opinions from papers like Pomona News Boston News and New York World on Mugwumps and their political influence. It notes divisions within parties over candidate support and the idea of establishing separate Mugwump factions in New York Massachusetts and beyond.
A compilation of curious facts and snippets from around the world. Topics include demographics, weather, geology, travel, animals, culture, and legends. Notable items mention 21 British female doctors, vast language counts, whale and tiger remains, Port Said as a bazaar of goods, and a World War era mood of wonder.
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