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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1891
Page
6
In Pittsburg trustees debate the Desconness Home project with tension over Woman's Home Missionary Society influence, amid staffing and property concerns. The board considers hiring constraints and aims to open the home by early April with a committee led search for property and leadership.
The Duquesne Clubhouse awning hosts a stylish gathering for Miss Mary Irwin Laughlin as Miss A M Bissel leads guests. Flowers, music and a lavish menu set a summer mood for about 400 society members with hostesses F S Bissell A M Speer and guests from Philadelphia and Chicago.
The Pittsburg Woman's Club met yesterday with talks on The Soul of the Exile by Miss Janie Cord Verestchinach Art by Mrs George Schlenderberg and The English of To Day by Miss Minnie Moore. President Mrs S Wade gave an inaugural address praising the club and future prospects. If Mrs Crowley visits Pittbsurg next week the club will honor her as first President of the Sorosis.
The Allegheny Musical Society presented a Carnegie Hall concert with Grace Miller soprano and Maud Powell violinist. Missing or garbled portions note Powell as a premier American violinist and announce next program March 17 1891 featuring The Sun Worshipers by A Goring Thomas.
Miss Farrent of Edgewood and Mrs C L Taylor of Irving Place hosted gatherings yesterday afternoon. The Allegheny Cotillion Club plans a Monongahela House dance tomorrow night. A Shakespeare readings series and a Press Club meeting postponement are noted along with a Mendelssohn Club Boston concert at Old City Hall next Tuesday. The Allegheny Florists and Gardeners Club meets tomorrow at Girard Hotel to adopt by laws. A lecture at Sewickley M E Church and a Riley appearance at Old City Hall are planned for late month. The Fourth Avenue Baptist Ladies announce an evening supper at 5:30 to 7:30 with further events next evening.
The Globe notes Canada and Britain first proposed closer trade with the United States as a solution. Washington offered to remove customs barriers or form a joint commission to study the ground. Blaine signals willingness to a broad trade arrangement, while American ministers push for a one sided reciprocity.
The Dunn gospel temperance meetings on New Grant street at the Standard Theater drew growing crowds last evening. The Moorhead Halis Choir led with song. speeches by Rourke Kennedy Murphy and Mr Dunn followed. About 20 men signed the pledge as the meetings continue nightly this week.
Police received a report from Dore Schengle claiming her husband attacked her yesterday. The couple had traveled from an unspecified location five days earlier and were living at 63 High Street.
Special telegram from Franklin recalls the birth of the heavy oil industry twenty years ago when heavy oil discoveries on the point and the Galloway farm spurred capital, the Galena Oil Works, and Eclipse Refinery. Labor pays poorly, producers struggle to earn a living, and front district wells show limited capacity. December production and recent drilling activity are listed amid local field notes and obituaries.
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