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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1889
Page
4
Two trained fighters met in a prize ring yesterday as the nation watched. The blow struck by brutal showmanship highlights a public taste for ill directed pugilism and reflects on civilization’s slow progress away from barbaric spectacle.
Critics reveal that Julian Hawthorne and Gail Hamilton authored the Arthur Richmond letters in the North American Review. The suggestion that Allen Thorndike Rice wrote them remains uncontradicted by the actual authors, implying doubts about crediting Rice. The passage notes a pretentious Junius like style and praises the loss of that political literature for clearer integrity in politics.
Readers ponder the persistent rainy spell of the past three months with theories from the New York Tribune about general humidity and ocean breezes. Critics note such explanations do not reveal the true cause, as rain simply fell from clouds despite scientific terms.
The article notes Pittsburg enjoys growing natural gas supply with new fields sustaining output. After Murrysville and Washington county expansions, Grapeville and Belle Vernon yield large strikes, signaling lasting daily availability and regional development.
The text extols a massive gift volume and gas‑driven growth in Pittsburgh, noting the city rose from tenth to seventh among American cities, surpassing New Orleans Cincinnati and Baltimore and rivaling St. Louis and San Francisco. It credits expanding manufacturing and mercantile gains and new towns sprouting on former fields, predicting continued population and business expansion with vast undeveloped resources.
A UK observer argues a Pottery Trust would push up prices by limiting competition and spur new factories, while reducing consumption and inviting substitutes. He warns rivals may be acquired or coerced to submit to discipline, undermining industry vitality.
Readers either celebrate Sullivan and Kilrain as artful competitors or condemn prize fighting as a social ill. Newspapers fed curiosity with detailed accounts of preparations and the ring climax, shaping opinion. The public remains divided between admiration for athletic daring and desire to see prize fights curtailed.
The Woodstock speech asserts money has no influence in politics and that Washington and Lincoln rose to power by virtue rather than wealth. The article urges the dismissal of money-driven candidates and calls for ongoing reforms to retire affluent political players and billionaires from campaigns.
A prominent Kansas City resident died by his own hand last week after the Chief of Police disclosed a record showing he was an accomplished swindler. Officials say past misdeeds of influential citizens were rarely exposed during life due to large contracts. The piece critiques denouncing but not punishing prominent figures and notes Irish Nationalists may oppose large Salisbury era appropriations.
The Chicago Times suggests Secretary Windom must explain to Minnesota voters how he managed to save enough to win the United States Senatorship. The piece hints at scrutiny over his finances before a Senate appointment.
The Times criticizes housing, political graft, and labor trends. It questions salaries vs. wealth in politics, notes a revived Butcher's Run sewer plan after floods, and discusses foreign labor filling window glass work. It also covers oil pipelines, Victoria’s tastes, Ohio Senate bids, Governor Hill, Behring Sea talks, and Whisky Trust slang.
The article compiles miscellaneous anecdotes about public figures and events. It highlights Lord Morley’s orderliness, a statistician’s claim about hair color, Wanamaker’s modest offices, and debts of the late Austrian Crown Prince. It also notes James Tyson’s wealth, the Barrowns’ Bruce lineage, Shah’s Berlin conduct, Gladsone’s escape tale, a Belfast railway tragedy, and Great Northern stock dealings.
The article invites Pittsburgers to explore the McKean tract near Sewickley as a potential summer retreat with scenic hills, valleys, and reservoirs. It notes few hotels exist and suggests rail ads could promote the region to boost tourism, mentioning Westinghouse among early visitors. It ends with a poem to McManes and hints at local political figures.
A decades long controversy surrounds the Arthur Richmond letters in the North American Review. The anonymous author, suspected to be Julian Hawthorne, Gail Hamilton, or Tyrold Rice, drew praise for wit and invective while fueling partisan scandal. The letters’ authorship remains debated amid reports of posthumous attribution.
A London Globe correspondent reports public fear of invasion by leprosy, but argues the disease is not contagious through ordinary contact. It is only transmitted via exposure of abraded skin to leprous discharge, and likely hereditary in many cases. The writer urges calm, notes occasional cases from the East, and warns against using lepers in meat work or food contact as a precaution.
The piece notes in tongue in cheek fashion how passport clerks at the State Department photograph and describe applicants. It highlights the careful, perhaps intrusive, eye for height weight hair color and facial features as part of citizenship verification.
A satirical poem critiques social pretensions in high society. It mocks women’s appearances and propriety while noting fashion and social rituals such as rides in the Row visits to shops and hops, and the push to display piety through bonnet fashion.
A wealthy New Yorker lends 17 cottages and a club house near Long ranch to Life's Fresh Air Fund for a summer village. Proprieties pay yearly rent. cottages accommodate up to 200 children. Adelbert Bennecke, German inventor, arrives with wife but is detained under contract labor law and to be sent back next week on the Rhwrtla.
Antonio L. Aste the wealthiest bootblack in America wed Miss Annie Barbieri in New York. He owns bootblacking suites on Fifth Avenue paying 1000 a year and has saved many thousands. The couple, after a wedding supper, left by train for Niagara Falls with Aste giving his bride diamond earrings.
Robert and Ayre of Bridgeport accuse Charlies Orr of pursuing Mrs. Ayre after Orr boarded in the Ayre family home. Ayre discovered Mrs. Ayre with Orr, forced their departure, later forgave her, but she left again for Orr. Ayre, now ill, plans divorce and legal action against Orr and Mrs. Ayre.
Senator Don Cameron and Mrs. Cameron lodged at the Brevoort House and departed for Pennsylvania. He learned of his father's illness by cable while in Scotland, reached London after four days, and found a telegram announcing the father’s death. The elder Cameron appeared in good health the night before the European trip. He would not confirm resignation rumors.
Mrs Ellen Johnson seeks 8000 damages in Mansfield alleging her husband James Johnson fell drunk March 3 at a saloon causing a broken collar bone and lasting injury. The report shows unclear names and shaky OCR but centers on a civil claim against saloonkeepers.
A St Louis Globe Democrat observer asserts men with side whiskers are cold blooded and selfish. He recalls challenging peers to name warm-hearted or selfless side whiskered men and notes casual converts after a store discussion.
A collage of quirky anecdotes and local curiosities cited from diverse tips and notices. Arthur Blackford of Chattanoora is jailed in a street incident narrative while other items recount oddities from Chicago accidents to a Tiptonville poker folly and a humorous Cairo grocer inquiry about snoring. Francis Walke honeymoon at Asbury Park and family ties to Rear Admiral Walke appear alongside a Georgia Alston clan boast and a strange shell egg find.
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