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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1891
Page
14
Article notes the typewriter's Pennsylvania inventor and early use in Pittsburg. It details high costs and rental terms, stressing the device as a costly necessity. It mentions widespread adoption with about 2,000 machines in the area and vivid anecdotes about romance and discipline around rental agreements.
A sports writer recalls the heated tension and mixed loyalties of editors and fans during a baseball game. He describes editors’ roars and groans in response to hits, errors, and near-misses as Boston players struggle in the reporters’ box.
A young shopper learns to choose lamb by color as Mrs. Wilson guides her daughter through selecting meat. The market scene shows careful wording and a subtle social cue as the girl requests three pounds of lamb of a lighter shade while avoiding mutton.
A passerby on Penn Avenue meets a crippled man lacking arms. The sympathetic speaker notes the man has smallpox and wonders how he contracted it, leaving the exchange unfinished.
A fragment notes a fan’s appreciation praised by postoffice workers as a visitor entered Friday and inquired for a poet amid a crowded scene at the mail station.
A private conversation with an official leads to a staged peppered prank. The postmaster and several others are introduced to a “demon” and subjected to a harmless 10 cent Oriental perfume ruse, spreading laughter as the joke moves through the room.
Captain Orcutt recalls being among 800 Union soldiers who sang national airs at Libby Prison and describe escapes, starvation, and brutal confinement. He recalls prison camps at Andersonville, bloodhound pursuit, and times of hunger as he reflects on wartime experiences and liberation.
G Roenigk a World's Fair Commissioner said the Harrisburg meeting saw Governor's enthusiastic speech and urged a strong state exhibit. He opposes co operative schemes to fleece the poor and warned he will not lend influence to questionable plans. Commissioners may hold monthly meetings in Pittsburgh Philadelphia Scranton to hear public input.
Andrew Bryce laments a strike and argues against partisan politics. He says a true patriot votes for the people's best interests and that the future conflict lies not between labor and capital but in labor’s rights versus capital’s accumulation. He asserts the worker as producer has the first claim on what they create.
A local dealer reports tents selling well as camping out grows in favor. Many residents camp over the Fourth with plans to continue, saying demand has risen yearly along the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers.
An advertisement notes a single tent type available among many offerings for summer use. It highlights practicality for outdoor stays and emphasizes versatility and shelter options.
Jim McKnight, known as a zologist at Schenley Park, staged a prank by dragging a dog on a clothesline past City Hall and the post office corner. Bystanders laughed as Jim, chased by a friend, reclaimed the dog after a short chase through Fifth Avenue, with Officer Grimes amused by the scene.
A Fifth avenue merchant discusses shoe fashion noting long narrow styles with comfortable fit for many, warns of risks from oversized shoes, highlights bootees with patent leather tips, and introduces a new high cut rubber named Romeo offering weather protection and a gapless fit.
Downtown saloonkeepers report slow receipts as Fourth of July activities divert patrons. A Fifth Avenue caterer notes lower trade yesterday with many people visiting, lunches with friends, and afternoon social lawn games. A wholesaler reports May and June sales $20,000 behind prior years, and idle bartenders rise as restaurants cut staff to test demand.
A hotel clerk laments the dullest Fourth of July in ten years as strikes deter visitors. He notes few names on the sightseers page, many countrymen passing through, dining, and leaving, while strikes force locals to flee the city.
Mrs. Gusher in Ridge Avenue comments on the Prince and Princess of Wales as artists. She cites a printed head from a dorm wake and notes the Prince's fondness for painting things red, sparking a humorous exchange with her husband.
Two lawyers Frank James and Sol Schoyer teased Attorney Garrison during a discussion of a hearings. The exchange joke centers on Garrison and his client with the quip that Garrison believes he has ammunition as well.
Residents planning departure can visit the dispatch business office for information on rates and accommodations at cottages.
Fire workers report smoke and fire damage with silverware and jewelry damaged by smoke and heat. Residents describe alarm and swift evacuation as investigators assess the scene for further losses.
Ellwood water power from the Connoquenessing is planned to drive all local mills with compressed air. A stock company of real estate and mill owners has formed to erect hydraulic machinery and replace coal and gas, with expected savings in the millions. Work will start once the company is organized.
J C Kober's Dramatic Company presented Damon and Pythias at the Bijou Theater last evening to enrich Gilt Edge Lodge of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association. Kober starred as Demon with strong artistic work and Elmer E Shaner delivered a powerful act. Miss Blanche Orwald and A aster Reed Shaner contributed notable performances as well. The costuming showed Kober's careful provision and a fairly large audience enjoyed the show.
On Tuesday morning twenty five families depart the Southside for Ellwood Indiana as Geore A Macbeth and Company locate a new chimney factory there. The move is to reduce summer living costs and start up the new plant. Nine families already relocated with more to follow. The firm keeps its headquarters on the Southside and will operate the old factory as long as the lease lasts.
A national record shows boiler explosions in 189 with 226 incidents the highest in nine years. There were 244 deaths and 351 injuries. average fatalities per blast stood at 1.45 with 2.02 injuries. Improved safety likely reduced casualties in later years.
Deputy sheriffs remain in charge at Duquesne as strikers conduct themselves orderly with no outbreaks reported. If the firm hires nonunion labor as threatened, trouble is expected. The Amalgamated Association lodge at place, comprising nearly all skilled mill workers, meets today signaling a prolonged strike. Also noted are transfer negotiations for the Norway Tack Company, and Birmingham street car workers don new uniforms. A Labor Day river picnic aboard the J M Gusky drew hundreds, and a Bijou Theater benefit for striking carpenters is planned for July.
Readiness surrounds a big labor gathering in Steubenville with Pittsburg expected to lodge several thousand attendees. A special train departs at 8 o clock and more runs follow until all who wish to go are accommodated. Delegates to the American Flint Glass Convention depart tonight for an eight o clock session. The convention will host 215 delegates representing retail points across the United States and provinces from Sandwich Massachusetts to San Francisco California and from Nova Scotia to Tallapoosa Georgia. This Flint glass workers convention is described as the largest ever held since the order reached its state wide limit.
W A Bunting the robber stamp and stencil maker will treat his employees to a second annual weeklong outing at his expense. The plan is a new idea and is well received by the staff.
The report notes Heinz and Co denies securing Summer Glass Works while Huntingdon Car Works closes leaving 300 workers unemployed. John Barclay of Greensburg wins water main contract Mt Pleasant to Tux Belmont. Belmont Glass Works idle for 26 years. Monongahela river locks repairs to begin by Romonamee Nation Co. Gondola Tank Works to start Monday employing about 100. West Virginia Central Railroad plans town, blast furnace, and iron works in county.
Board of Managers set July 7 meeting to approve erection of a new asylum for newsboys boot blacks and indigent boys opposite Old Avenue. Mrs Schenney's gift deed is awaited with C L Magee donating 10000 dollars and a Charleroi plot worth about 1000 dollars. State funds totaling 10000 dollars plus local contributions form the new funding. Plans include a large ground with training and a distinctive badge to foster responsibility among the boys.
John Newell of Fifth Avenue restaurant tells of an odd encounter when a stranger asked to use the telephone. After a brief argument over Central exchange, the man left, muttering, amid remarks about the quarrel and Newell’s quick temper.
A garbled ad from Saonnton Bros in Allegheny notes price reductions on ice items and a large loss due to a failure to follow through. It references a drastic cut from 35c to 8c and mentions advertising throughout last week.
Rose Coghlan reportedly near signing to play Rosalind in an outdoor production of As You Like It with manager George W. Jenks noting a strong cast already attached. The event is expected to be staged later than a Belmont Avenue street scene suggested, with high production costs and public interest emphasized.
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