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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1892
Page
2
J G Dicken sues Edward Bailey for 1200 pounds alleging he acted as Dicken's yard foreman and embezzled receivables. A second suit with Henry Murphy claims 525 pounds for coconspiracy to seize funds, with arrests issued for both defendants.
In Pittsburgh a priest Joseph Korsalko and editor Frank Pecher are on trial for criminal libel over a March 31 1892 article in a Polish Catholic paper printed at Hazelton. The piece allegedly called prosecutor Peter Rominek a thief and monster linked to funds for defense in a murder case. The defendants act as their own lawyers.
A bill in equity filed by Tiermin Haeonsch against Henry Oppenheimer seeks dissolution of the Beory Oppenheimer partnership formed in August 1891 for gents furnishings. The plaintiff alleges mismanagement, improper accounting, and attempts to drive him out, requesting an accounting and a receiver to manage the business.
Prothonotary John Bradley yesterday accepted May and June 1872 salary under Supreme Court ruling. The act reverts county to 1471 pay of 1000 per year, cutting 500. warrant for two months was 700. Also: Hopkins to pay damages for daughter Theresa in suit against Henry Loutit. McMahon guilty of pointing firearms at Fred Kilmer and felonious assault in another case.
A series of defendants including Archy seats and Patrick McDermott were found not guilty of larceny involving Robert E Burnet. Patrick Fixyett pleaded guilty to selling liquor without a license and received a 39 dollar fine plus twenty days in the workhouse. Other defendants faced varying verdicts, including a guilty finding for Jour Mavoex on assault and battery and several embezzlement and dog keeping charges with mixed outcomes.
Mrs Ada Zigmand of Austria recounts a plight after arriving in Allegheny with her husband who left her with a two month old child. Superintendent Muth arranged shelter and work with a West Diamond Street family, and she now seems content.
Mayor Kennedy received two $5 subscriptions from J. & Marshall and J. M. Smith to the Oil City and Titusville food fund, recognizing local charity efforts.
Page discusses draughts problems and games with entries like PROBLEM NO 160 and END GAME by Kaiser Wheeling W V. It lists players Samuel Sceis, Hutch en Patterson Ferguson, Reed and Maize with moves and venues such as Seventh Avenue and Sterrit Building Ohio and West Diamond streets. Correspondence and problem notices welcome via U Bora Fast Exi Prorsman Pa.
The article notes strong chess activity with players like James Wyllie and John H contesting South Australia matches, Passey Lane and Jackson in Pittsburgh, plus a tribute to Alexander Wallace of Pittsburgh. It mentions upcoming matches, scores, and local scenes at Home Mate Hotel as well as a humorous village chess anecdote in Guernsey county.
Fragmentary OCR shows names and codes, including a Scottish location Martha, and scattered numeric sequences and labels. Readable entities are minimal, with no coherent event or outcome to summarize into a full news item.
From the north coast of Africa news arrives that Algiers will send a 21,000 strong Algerian village to the World’s Fair. Merchant Dood Sifico won approval to create the exhibit featuring Moorish domes minarets and a 1000-seat cafe concert hall with Kabyle Arab and desert displays including 50 people and dancing girls.
A San Francisco paper accuses Chinese certificate fraud under the land entry law. Hy Chang, a Chinese lawyer, allegedly arranged a fake certificate for 109 dollars with forged identification and Chinese Consulate seal, implicating others including officials and a supposed opium merchant Ow Yang Gum ong.
Cholera reported in St. Petersburg work begun on the Hennepin Canal Irish election riots continue A severe rainstorm at Marshall Missouri destroys corn Thomas Neill London poisoner convicted relief funds urged for Alabama flood victims A Victoria ship quarantined by Nanaimo under colonial order San Diego officers monitor British steamer Eliza Edwards Homestead workers predict bloodier clashes if non union men hired Spanish medical commission calls cholera Asiatic in Paris Balloonist Woodward to attempt New York flight again Tornado relief fundraiser planned Iron Molders vote for World Fair opening Riots in Spain over octroi duties Synod of Lutheran Church moves Afton Seminary to St Paul Woodville Seminary rebuilt Secret orders condemned Lady Henry Somerset tempers cablegram stance on Wellis campaign
Pension Agent H H Bengough reports 41 633 pensioners as of June 30 with annual need around 5.55 million dollars for current year but estimates 2.5 million below that. Original pensions 11 245 granted in Pittsburg with first payments 1 832 450 03. Residence by state shows Pennsylvania dominating the list.
Conversion work at the House of Boges and Buhl prompts an annex build and massive clearance selling. Surplus dress goods silks and remnants cut from full pieces at remarkable prices draw crowds upstairs and downstairs as workers pile brick and mortar for the new second floor.
If no, do not leave silverware or other valuables in the house. Store them in the safe deposit vaults of the Farmers' Deposit National Bank at 66 Fourth Avenue where you can obtain absolute proof for a fee.
The article lists multiple Atlantic City hotels and inns with locations on Pacific, Pennsylvania, New York and other avenues. It notes daily and weekly rates, openings, management changes, and promotional descriptions for hotels including the Monterey Hygeia Brunswick Colonnade and Berkeley with mentions of proprietors like M Lunger Murray and T Massey and nearby beach access.
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