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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1889
Page
7
The paper invites readers to voyage to foreign lands and oceans, with scenes of palaces, cathedrals, jungles, deserts, and seaside shores. It promises high quality writing from top authors and illustrated articles, highlighting Edgar Fawcett's American romance as a key feature.
E Berry Wall known as the King of the Dudes explains the proper caper in a humorous feature. The piece profiles his persona and stage presence, highlighting his wit and style as he outlines how a caper should unfold.
Promotional text lists subscription offers for daily and Sunday newspapers with various durations and prices. It mentions daily, weekly, and Sunday-delivery options, including carrier delivery costs. The legible items indicate pricing and terms for year and monthlong plans.
The Homestead Steel Works dispute grows more dangerous as workers clash with non union men and deputies while employers hire armed guards via a detective agency. The piece calls for constitutional authority to restore order and warns of public accountability for both sides and the risk of mob law.
The piece argues against partisan attacks on the Pensions Bureau and Commissioner Tanner. It says increases in pensions follow the law and are reviewable by the Interior Department, with no evidence of overreach. It calls much criticism stupid and malignant while acknowledging potential lawful reform needs?
The piece defends Commissioner Tanner amid debates over pension law. It argues that while some veterans urge liberal policy, condemning Tanner for enforcing enacted laws would be cowardly and create future issues. Responsibility lies with Congress, not the Commissioner or President, to amend pensions.
Critics question a 1.7 million relief total for Conemaugh Valley aid. The article defends the commission’s integrity, notes expenditures are about half that sum, and urges full transparent accounting while warning against profiteering and delays.
Wide circulation claims Harrison is physically worn down by the strain of serving as the executive amid endless demands from office seekers. The piece argues the spoils system harms public welfare and suggests selecting officeholders by tests of intellect and proven ability. It warns reforms may be possible once the nation abandons public office as political spoils.
A call for public support of the Sheriff in Homestead as he uses all powers to preserve peace and enforce the law. The piece argues resisting officers invites private Pinkerton guards and stresses laborers must back lawful authority to avoid chaos and capital assault.
Report from Dakota notes drought may abort the wheat crop but relief comes as farmers in the region shielded by favorable conditions elsewhere. Constitutional Convention updates obscure details but suggests ongoing deliberations and pending decisions at state level.
The text argues for abolishing the state Senate, replacing it with a single legislative body to curb aristocratic tendencies. It compares recent Congresses and state legislatures, suggesting self-government could be achieved without a second chamber.
A mosaic of notes recounts Rupert Garrett in Bar Harbor and Gladstone’s wine habit. Russell B. Harrison meets Lord Salisbury. Julian Hawthorne’s five dquesters bear classic names. Bonn honors Beethoven with Sevres china valued at $500,000 and Queen Victoria’s famed collection.
The piece notes Ginn Co Boston is publishing an adapted edition of Hughes Tom Brown's Schooldays for American boys. Hughes declined altering passages. A later expurgated edition with a memoir is criticized for misstatements. It also previews a strong Bijou season led by R M Gulick with stars and companies like Little Lord Fauntleroy, Nerby, and Clark & Emmet, plus W H Crane rehearsing in Boston August to September for Chicago shows.
Two half clipper ships the Baring Brothers and the Sterling began a race from Sandy Hook to the Golden Gate loaded with full cargoes. The voyage is expected to last about 100 days. The Baring Brothers is 2000 tons, the Sterling 1000 tons.
Eight freight cars detached on a Cedar street hill in Paterson New Jersey, rolled to a switch engine and telescoped three passenger cars. Fireman Joseph Borden was mortally injured as a fire started by the switch’s furnace. Brakes defective caused the wreck. property damage about 10000.
A Philadelphia bound compilation discusses the heart blow as the next pugilist craze following Sullivan Kilrain bouts. It cites Mitchell’s stomach blow and Sullivan’s jugular swing as precedents, warning the sport’s delicate machinery may suffer as fighters seek new targets.
The Louisville Courier-Journal pieces argue royalty is a burden with 53 Victoria era descendants and high annual stipends. It notes Queen Victoria’s windfall savings, the throne’s ceremonial role, and a cautious British mind averse to violent change.
A letter to the editor defends Chiriacahua Apache scouts once allied with Geronimo, noting their service in the Crook era and their later confinement as prisoners of war. It credits the Indian Rights Association with securing improved conditions and argues for a permanent home and fair work opportunities rather than lingering government pauper status.
An old fashioned Fourth of July celebration in Monteagle Tennessee featured C P Fitzgerald as the day’s orator. The speech urged unity beyond sectionalism, extolled liberty, and invoked the Constitution and young America while interspersing political slang and humorous asides.
The Standard Oil Company extends its reach by creating South Penn Oil and North Penn Oil to dominate Southern and Northern Pennsylvania fields. Leaders like N. F. Clark and J. E. Poster join, with strict noncompete clauses. The policy aims to suppress independent producers and tie land and production to the trust, leaving only Joe Craig as a remaining large challenger.
A string of quirks and misadventures from Philadelphia and nearby towns. A bootblack markets “Boots Blacked Yellow” while a girl seals envelopes with gum. A conductor crawls the funeral crowd, and a waiter's tip reminder arrives via a fluttering finger bowl. A Granville Run lad bitten by a copperhead ends with a fatal wound after home remedies fail. An Easton boy misclassifies toads as frogs, upsetting his father over lemonade. A lamp explosion in Erie burns a man, while Mrs. Lew near Hamlin suffers a grave scratch from a kitten. A Pottstown brick kit damages yards and gardens. A Colorado man learns his brother Hulbert is thought dead in floods, the East hotel Hulbert House. Mosquito anecdotes from Reynoldsville and Cincinnati close with a wry note on wine and bites. A Baltimore paper quips that a comet could power a locomotive on time after a collision.
A jumble of brief items reports on cable cars in Chicago moving at fourteen tiles per hour, a yellow dog in New York owned by twenty urchins, a Newfoundland rescue in Newark, errant nickel woes in Rome Georgia, and a San Francisco attorney named Coffee. It includes dispatches on vandalism, a Western editor's birthday gift, a German end of the world forecast, a trove of coins found in Georgia, and notes on Lake Superior, Paris Bibliotheque National, wheat yields, and Italian discoveries at Adulis.
A jumble of dated quips and punning lines from various papers mocks style and pretends to wisdom. It blends references from Washington Critic to Terre Haute and Chicago Tribune with jokes about fashion, dogs, and manners to lampoon slang and public discourse.
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