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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1891

Page

4

The Dispatch Advertisement and Office Details

The notice lists the Pittstown post office entry date November 4 1902 and the Dispatch offices at Diamond Street and Smithfield Streets with advertising rooms in New York's This One Building. It notes Brentano's Union Square and a Paris address as places where the newspaper is available and promotes foreign and home advertisers.

Smithfield Diamond Streets Diamond Street Fasterxn New York Dispatch THE Brentano's Union Square Opere Paris France

Postage Rates and Subscription Plans Listed

The notice outlines United States postage rates and subscription options for daily and weekly newspapers. It specifies annual, semiannual, and weekly terms with details on Sunday inclusions and delivery times, indicating varying prices per year and per week based on editions.

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New Speaker Faces Grievances Over Committee Placements

Pittsburg reports Representative Jones of Allegheny County criticizes Speaker Thompson for assigning him to nominal committees. Jones argues corporations must follow the Constitution and laws and sought a post on the Corporation Committee. The Speaker must balance many new members, so Jones remains hopeful to influence policy on the floor.

Granger Thompson Harrisburg Jones Lowing Allechenr County Abou Ben Adhem Aristides Solomon

Poverty and Cold Weather Across Europe

The French government allocates funds for relief of the poor as Europe endures an extreme cold spell. London faces ongoing hardship amid police refuting Salvation Army claims about aid on London Bridge. Germany suffers hungry crowds praying for relief, while authorities blame broader social conditions. The piece notes the Republic’s perceived superiority over monarchies in facing the crisis.

London Booth Salvation Army London Bridge Beng Germany Europe

Billingsley oil transportation bill revived in legislature

Rep Burdick of McKean county introduces a measure to regulate crude oil transport and storage with a new provision that pipelines ceasing operation lose their charter. The plan sets caps on pipeage charges and storage costs, preserves 30 days free storage, and fixes steaming deductions at two percent, backed by the Producer's Protective Association and facing pipeline opposition. Harrisburg is poised to become an oil town during debate.

Burdick McKean County Billingsley Seaboard Producer's Protective Association Harrisburg North Carolina South Carolina O Co New York Holt County Satohnes Ment Chicago Baker City Ore Atchison Lucy Cook Burgin

Oil producers seek legislative arbitrator over pipeline charges

The piece argues that Standard Company and the pipeline abuse monopolistic power by imposing high charges for pipeage and storage. The bill asks the Legislature to act as arbitrator when no other recourse exists. Debate over whether the proposed figures are fair remains, but relief for oil producers is clearly needed.

Standard Company Billingsley House

Employers' Savings Fund at Bourne Mills Creates Silent Partners

The Bourne Mills Corporation of Fall River Massachusetts adopts an Employees Savings Fund Account. Employees may deposit a dollar or more from wages to earn 5 percent interest and withdraw with ten days notice. Deposits up to 100 dollars may be moved to a savings bank. The plan is voluntary and refundable even during strikes, linking worker savings to company profits and long term employment. It seeks to show mutual interest while leaving management with owners. It is presented as superior to compulsory insurance schemes and as a practical test for employer-employee bonds.

Borne Mills Corporation Fall River Mass Bourne Mill Corporation

Injustice Seen in Tracy Reiter Affair Should Be Corrected

The piece argues that an uncorrected injustice against Commander Reiter persists and warns that Secretary Tracy’s conduct could harm the nation. It suggests a full inquiry into Reiter is essential for public service integrity and to prevent future missteps.

Tracy-Reiter Commander Reiter Tracy Barrandis State Department Barrundia Reiter

Pittsburg Embraces Verestehagin Collection At Carnegie Gallery Preview

Public interest in art grows as crowds flock to the Verestehagin paintings, echoing last year's Carnegie Loan Exhibition. The enthusiasm signals strong support for Andrew Carnegie's planned $1,000,000 gallery to turn Pittsburg into a national center for American art and culture.

Carnegie Verestehagin Andrew Carnegie Beatty Pittsburg

Underground Railways: A Cheaper, Faster New York System

The Dispatch notes rapid transit dominates New York discourse with underground railways favored over elevated lines. Elevated roads are deemed unsafe and slow, while underground systems proposed by experts including Austin Corbin Thomas A. Edison and Erastus Wiman prove practicable and cost effective.

New York Dispatch Manhattan Austin Corbin Thomas A. Edison Erastus Wiman

Elevating Railroads and Municipal Franchises A City Dilemma

A discussion warns that elevated railways backed by strong political machines hinder progress toward surface street solutions. It argues Gould’s power blocks underground or surface road expansion, urging Pittsburg to prepare for such urban transit challenges as cities grow.

Jay Gould Gould York New York Pittsburg

Kansas Officers Cut Saloon At State Line

Kansas officers sliced off the Kansas end of a saloon on the state line to stop liquor sales without a license. The owner claimed operations were in the other state, but Kansas authorities seized their side of the business, leaving the seller in Missouri jurisdiction.

Kansas Missouri

Bribers and Bribe Takers In Ohio Idea Debated

The Ohio bill to shield receivers of bribes from prosecution comments on bribery as a flourishing practice. It would make giving a bribe criminal while allowing bribe takers to testify, a policy seen as likely to deter honest work and encourage repeated bribery while failing to deter givers. Other items note Southern force bill fears and Senate election delays.

Columbus Ohio Richmond

Jopoczx RCHESON Favored for Circuit Court Judgeship

The text indicates Jopoczx RCHESON is believed to win the Circuit Court Judgeship. His appointment is expected to give general satisfaction, marking a worthy succession to Judge McKenna and underscoring qualifications for the position amid local political and legal expectations.

Jopoczx Rcheson McKenna

Pertinent Personalities

A sweep of brief portraits covers Riper MacGarry and wife, Oscar of Sweden turning author, Senator Farwell's daughters anxious over his retirement, Mrs. Lucy V. Ames managing an estate, Benjamin H. Currantn's oath record, General Minnes and his generous mess, General Evonne A. Care a West Point graduate with Miles, Vice President Morton with Roman nose and formal manners, Ex Secretary Bayard aging since leaving office, and notes on political vitality versus retirement including Blaine.

Riper MacGarry Eine Oscar Sweden Farwell St. Louis Lucy V. & Ames Mound City Benjamin H. Curntnn Boston Massachusetts National Bank Minnes Julius Cesar Evonne A. Care Miles West Point Morton Senate Bayard Washington Blaine

Pirates Dispatch Promises Unmatched News Gathering Capabilities

The Pirresvure Dispatch boasts a new fireproof building and upgraded printing equipment. It claims Europe cable reporting, exhaustive commerce coverage, and a daily circulation over 30,000 with Sunday editions more than doubling that.

Scotsdale Independent Pirresvure Dispatch Dispatch Pennsylvania Europe Department of Commerce

His Greatest Hit On Stage Shown By A Scene Painter

A Somerville Journal tale recalls a man in a long black coat claiming an acting past. He explains he once was a scene painter who accidentally struck the leading man with a dropped pot of paint at the Arch Street Theater in Philadelphia five years earlier.

Somerville Journal Arch Street Philadelphia

The Empress of India Trial Run At Barrow

The Empress of India, a new ocean greyhound built at Barrow, completed a trial trip with a very satisfactory test. Owned by the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company, the screw steamer is to run between Vancouver and Japan.

Empress of India Pacific Lorpox Barrow of India Canadian Pact Railroad Company Vancouver Japan

The Nation’s Discord and the Lost Chord of Public Life

A reflective meditation on harmony and discord in society, comparing natural order to political strife. The piece laments false notes in public life, warns of conflicting interests, and imagines a mastery that averts catastrophe through unseen forces. It weaves political quips and cultural asides into a broad critique of governance and public temperament.

Deaths of a Day: Centenarian Mrs. Mary Ruane

Mrs Mary Ruane aged 109 died in Jessup seven miles from the city. Born and married in Ireland she and her husband later settled in the Lackawanna Valley. She left five children eight grandsons thirteen granddaughters fifteen great grandsons and sixteen great granddaughters.

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Destitution and labor tensions in the era of reform

The piece notes destitution is rare locally while prompting relief efforts. Governor Pattison supports a movement by introducing three bills in Harrisburg. Western railroads notify telegraphers to drop unions or resign, a blunt tactic against labor, with limited merit beyond candor.

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Ovide Musin and Ensemble Thrill Small City Hall Audience

Ovide Musin and his artists performed at Old City Hall in a refined concert blending violin, soprano Annie Louise Tanner and pianist Edward Scharf. The program featured variations on Paganini and Souvenir de Hiden, with strong encores and praise for each performer including Inez Parmater and Karl Storr.

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Wedded in Wheeling Glesenkamp Bride Annie Hess

Joseph A. Glesenkamp wed Annie Josephine Hess in St. Joseph's Cathedral Wheeling West Virginia last evening. More than 1000 guests attended from Pittsburgh with special cars, reception followed at the Arion building, plans include Southern travel and a new East End home.

Pittsburg Joseph A. Glesenkamp St. Joseph's Cathedral Wheeling W. Va Annie Josephine Hess Christian Hess Arion Ian Mra. Glesenkamp

Delightful Afternoon Tea at Wood Mansion

Two charming hostesses Mrs Richard Wood and Mrs P F Smith presided over a fashionable afternoon tea yesterday at the Wood mansion on Ridge Avenue from 3 to 6. The residence was thronged with society ladies, festooned with garlands and pink and white carnations, La France roses perfuming the air.

Wood Mansion Ridge Avenue Richard Wood P. F. Smith

First Concert Opens Southside Presbyterian Series

Splendid music last evening inaugurating a Southside Presbyterian Church concert series drew a comfortably filled house. Performers included John Jones tenor, Miss Jean Evans, James Bebout, Miss Kate Slocum, Miss McKinley, Ed Schmertz, and Maymo Burnett with varied vocal, violin, and recital pieces. The East End G. K. Musical Club plans next week at Orpheus Hall with orchestra, mandolin, recitations, solos, duets, banjo, and dancing for a charity program.

Southside Presbyterian Church John Jones Trinft P. E. Church Jean Evans James Bebout Kate Slocum Maying Miss McKinley Mr. Jones Ed Schmertz Miss Evans G. K. Musical Club East End Orpheus Hall

Social and musical evenings brighten Wilkinsburg listings

Social chatter recounts a last evening at M. E. Church Wilkinsburg where H L Chapman spoke as eye witness to the great Johnstown flood. Proceeds go to Ladies Aid Society. Also a mitten club concert at Mrs Charles A Brown's on Meyran avenue raises funds for Jeres Home. Various church events, concerts, weddings, and entertainments are noted across Pittsburgh areas with speakers, recitals, euchre, and social meets.

M. E Wilkinsburg Her. H. L. Chapman Johnstown M. E Ladies Aid Society Ladies’ Mitten Club Charles A. Brown Meyran Avenue Jeres Council No. 12 Order of Chosen Friends Masonic Hall Allegheny Gernert William Wilcox Point Mfeeze Presbyterian Church Lawrenceville Baptist Church Forty-fourth Street Carnegie Library Mark Watson Harriet Watson Jennie Smiter J. Hartman Kates E. F. Benron Royal Edinburgh Concert Company Scotland Carnegie Hall Kate O. Larra Pittsburg Agnes Vogel Allegro Club H. H. Farren A. H. Long G. 0. Langenheim W. F. Braun Pittsburg Female College Brainbridge Council Lawrence Turner Hall

The Man and His Superlative Cigar

A tale about a man who savors a fine cigar despite rules against smoking on a streetcar. He struggles to keep the smoke alight as he rides to the Southmole and Lake Erie depot, finally reaching Thirtieth street with the cigar still burning. The anecdote extols devotion to a good cigar.

Monongahela House Lake Erie Thirtieth Street

Durkes Split Paralyzer Rum Cocktail Described

A bartender recounts a potent drink named Durkes Split. It combines Jamaica rum, curacao, lemon and ice and is described as a paralyzer from way back. The tale notes others' delayed effects as they left into frosty air, with the narrator wary of similar seduction.

Fixed by Telephone Folly Ends in Happy Homecoming

A husband tries to call his wife to cancel dinner plans after meeting an old friend. Misdelivery of calls and a series of delays frustrate him until he returns home late but in a mellow mood, hearing his wife say he was “fixed beautifully.”

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Promising Young Man Stranded By Economy In Fort Wayne

A young man seeking an elopement finds Economy delay at a Fort Wayne railroad stop. He hops a slow freight to reach Leetsdale but drops a rubber with a hole, returns to retrieve it, then gives up and returns to the Economy waiting room.

Fort Wayne Leetsdale

Senator Ingalls Delivers Swan Song Speech

The Birmingham Age-Herald notes Senator Ingalls gave what it calls a swan song speech, suggesting it may be his last utterance in the Senate as he nears political retirement.

Birmingham

Warmth Versus Fire Heat in The New York Herald

The piece questions Blaine's chances of provoking a war with England over ossessskio sacque fate. It notes the American heart is not stirred strongly on this subject and hints at broader war sentiment and diplomatic tension.

New York Herald Mr. Blaine England

Governor Hill Faces Senate Start and Resignation Debate

A set of editorials from major New York papers argues over Governor Hill's fate as he prepares to become a U.S. Senator on March 4. Debates address whether he should resign, the propriety of him holding both offices, and the political implications for the Democratic party.

New York World Governor Hill Congress New York Tribune Senate Hill Albany New York Times Ind New York New York Sun New York Herald Dem Ixill Jones

Unclear Fragment Requests No Clear Event

The provided text is an unclear OCR fragment with no identifiable event, person, place, or organization to summarize into a headline and summary card. It does not convey a coherent news item or factual incident suitable for a two-line record.

Curious Condensations Sparks From Global Briefs

A collage of brief notes reports coal from Australia to England Mardi Gras in Bancroft Michigan a man in Manchester Michigan found crawling on snow and a range of oddities from Versailles water shortages to Berlin influenza like illness and a train bound dog in Palatka Florida to a New York dinner bill 2500. The items touch on politics science crime and local curiosities with scattered dates and places.

England Australia Bancroft Mich Washington Manchester Nantwich Versailles France Morocco Berlin

Waifs From Witland and Small Jokes Cited

A collection of short comic bits and anecdotes from various papers. The notes recount a boy’s honest reward request, a Calcutta doctor miscommunication, a manuscript trade with editors, soda versus ale humor, and light verse about school lunches and industrious habits. Names include Judge, Greeneburg Sparks, Algernon, Tom, Dr Koch, Barkine Smithers, Lannon, and The New York Herald.

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