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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1889
Page
4
The exposition plans expand with two annex buildings for Pittsburg industries. Officials say space will be fully occupied and displays will show local manufacturing strength beyond popcorn stands. The project aims to attract broad interest and ensure adequate funding for growth.
Following settled iron and coal disputes, talks on glass industry wages in Pittsburg foresee a clash as workers demand higher pay and employers seek reductions. With September resumption approaching, both sides have five weeks to seek a compromise before conflict appears likely.
Arc lights in Pittsburg prove a vast improvement over gas lamps and should spread citywide. Officials, led by Chief Bigelow, should abandon incandescent lighting in dense districts and fully adopt arc lighting for better streets and sidewalks.
A Chicago subscriber asks when Spurgeon preached on its text. The News says Beecher used the phrase first, popularizing it in Brooklyn and elsewhere. It notes Beecher denied using it, yet defends not tracing every denial. The piece argues the expression existed long before, noting Biblical and ancient urban heat usage in Sodom and Gomorrah.
A Tee Dispatch correspondent entered Somerset jail to interview James Lehr, the Allegheny City man who shot Scott at Confluence. Prisoners attacked the reporter until Sheriff McMillan intervened, preventing harm and preserving the jail’s feared “circus” atmosphere.
The article notes that prisoners are granted various privileges by the authorities at Somerset, described as benevolent and extensive. The statement suggests a lenient treatment program and thoughtful consideration for inmate welfare.
The French government has condemned Boulangis in his absence for political crimes, stripping rights and forfeiting property. The London manifesto and exile render the sentence largely symbolic, unlikely to curb his future influence or prevent a comeback or further political maneuvering.
The article discusses ongoing repeal discussions of sugar duties linked to the Sugar Trust. It notes newspapers largely back repeal but criticizes Democratic and Republican moves, referencing Cleveland era tariff policy and Congressional trust positions. It cautions against partisan hypocrisy as debates proceed.
The piece notes W. E. Howard the electric sugar refiner receiving a ten year sentence at Sing Sing for swindling. It compares hypocrisy penalties to broader frauds, references Roswell G. Horr and a Valparaiso consulship insult, constitutional beef import bills, McQuade witnesses, and a proposed 1892 World’s Fair site at Princeton New Jersey. It concludes with remarks on reactions to John Jarrett and Russell Harrison dining with royalty.
The York Sun lampoons the 1892 international exposition as a World’s Fair and questions timely start. It notes European bond funding for the Congo Railroad and investor confidence while implying slow U.S. regulation. It critiques Philadelphia Company stock aims and explores farm life reforms for boys, mining strikes, and new letters rogatory moves by Hungary.
General Sherigan's former secretary H D Gregg is jailed in Kansas City on horse stealing charges. Abrams Garfield and Erwin Garfield enterWilliams College freshman class. General Sherman returns from the West proud of a summer snowball trip up Pike's Peak. William Walter Phelps nears 50 with democratic manners and plain living. Attorney General Miller travels to Deer Park Md to confer with the President. William T Coleman of California sold mining interests in Shasta County to an English syndicate for 200000 dollars. The Miles Standish monument at Duxbury Mass rises 116 feet high and visible 15 miles off Cape Cod. Secretary Wiscom and Tichenor in New York to discuss selection Queestion, returning to Washington tonight. Senator Hale hosts a large Ellsworth reception with many dignitaries. Bismarck stands while discussing state affairs. the Kaiser remains seated during reports.
Mrs Hattie Gibson Heron wife of David Heron formerly of Jonesboro Tennessee is reported under a death sentence in Corea for teaching Christian doctrines. Rev David Heron a well known Presbyterian minister went to Corea about three years ago. The dispatch says Washington officials sought intervention through Minister Dinsmore in Seoul and the State Department had no further details.
In Raceville Missouri Thomas Edwards aged 14 and William Merrett 16 were blackberry gathering when a snake nest startled them. They fled then returned with sticks and killed 81 snakes including 11 black snakes, 9 garters, 8 heads and 3 rattlers after a two and a half hour struggle.
A curious incident in Harrisburg recounts an elevator being moved by a muscular cat. The cat wedged in a pulley wheel and caused the lift to surge upward then halt amid spooky visions of ghosts. The creature reportedly stretched to a yard in length before meeting its end.
A scattered essay argues cows in city streets are dangerous and unprofitable while rural observation yields entertainment. It notes a Pennsylvania friend’s success in cow study and hints at a book titled Cow-lore. It also covers Press Club reforms under steward Charles A. Latacha and praise for Dawson. A revival meeting memory follows with a humorous mishap in Amen corner and a toppled hat scene.
MovnsTars Lace Pak Mo July 3 The Inter State conference of the W C T U closes its five day session with reports and officer elections. Resolutions call for abstinence and prohibition and condemn licensing as criminal. They urge equal moral standards and say withholding the ballot from virtuous women is treason. Names listed include Mrs Jane A Jackersburg Mrs Mattie McConnell and others.
A Philadelphia Zoo sloth, starving due to lack of natural insects, is fed live roaches to sustain it. Keepers attempted insect farming and scent-based tastes but turned to hotel lodging roaches as a temporary food solution to keep the animal alive.
A pleasant double wedding took place in Carey with Miss J. F. and Amelia C. Webber wed to their partners in a Lutheran service officiated by a clergyman. A Clew to Ais Identity from the Washington Post hints at broader investigations in the Cronin murder case.
Groree J. Norrish, longtime Allegheny City resident, died Monday at Grand Crossing, DL, from paralysia. He was renowned as a leading local figure and long served as a public employee before retirement.
The steamship Denmark arrived in New York from London with a venomous python loose in the hold. Captain Rigby said the snake slept in a side room near the engine amid donated cargo including 42 donkeys and many dogs and snakes. Crew searched the ship and by 11 pm the reptile was captured by professional snake catchers.
A Special Telegram to the Dispatch notes Boston’s high license law has not reduced drinking. Licensed saloons thrive while many previous places sit vacant with to let signs. Owners report large losses and some seek new trades, predicting further action as warnings echo.
A Guthrie Oklahoma Land Office ruling ousts all so called sooners who entered before noon April 2. News sparks Oklahoma wide excitement as two hundred people queued to file claims. Officials say 600 or 700 may be affected if the ruling stands and access to land is restricted.
Ottawa reports the government approves a settlement requiring an American fisher to pay 2000 pounds to the Crown and cover all seizure and custody costs for the United States fishing vessel Mattie Winship seized near Sydney for illegal fishing before release under vice admiralty court orders.
Special telegram from Grerensmvure July 2 reports the Weetmoreland Democrats in convention naming Silas A. Kline as Chairman of the County Committee. B. F. Vorlo elected to the State Central Committee and the state convention selections were made.
A scattered news roundup reports Mrs. Samuel Crossland injuring her arm after a toad and pursuing snake caused a fall, a Carlisle girl who eyed a bee, pugilists fought with a referee injuring a bystander, a strange Indian graves find on Romney islands, Fiona Hann pursued county treasurer, a Shickshinny electric bug sighting, a Philadelphia picniccoon perched at a streetcar stop, and a rattlesnake hide charm fears in society.
A survey of the belief in the evil eye from Chaldean and Assyrian traditions to Egyptian, Indian, Persian, and biblical references. Describes how fear of a malignant glance influenced rituals, persecutions, and punishments including stonings, burnings, and trials into modern times.
Miss Dena Israel of Allegheny wed Levi Katten of Portland Oregon at 4 o clock yesterday in the bride’s father Levi Israeli’s residence on Washington avenue. The ceremony occurred in a richly decorated room with abundant flowers and smilax. The bride wore a gray traveling suit with a matching hat and left for the couple’s western home on the evening train.
Poetry fragment describes a lover proposing a private voyage to a dream land with moonlight stars and peaceful imagery. The speaker asks for the mother figure to give a hand and accompany, promising a silent, carefree escape and sleeping safety in a silver dew stream. The tone is lyrical and intimate with repeated invitations to wander away.
Mr. C P Huntington announces the sale of 100000 Chesapeake shares to Speyer Co and plans another 100000 shares sold. He says his interests east of the Mississippi will grow while west of the river are vast, and he will not sell Newport News holdings now as he builds the largest shipyards in America. Old Trinity Church hosts a quiet wedding between Mrs Harriet Atwood Aymar and Bishop George Seymour with attendance by Right Rev Potter and Dr Dix.
Police capture six members of a young flat robbery gang that stole thousands in uptown property. Charles Ferguson eighteen and Edward Ryan three were nabbed at a pawnshop. Edward Herriman sixteen was caught during a getaway from a cellar window. leader “Red” Hickey was surprised in bed and arrested with two accomplices. Hickey used book agent visits and skeleton keys to break in.
Mrs. M L Donelly and Miss Mary G Caldwell in Paris convey Miss Caldwell engagement to Prince Murat. Murat, a widower and French general born in America, is four years old with no debts. Caldwell says she is happy and asks guardians to attend the Paris wedding.
Hugh Callum a 53 year old World War veteran hanged himself at daybreak. A Tammany Democrat, he had been appointed assistant laborer at $2 daily after Tammany took control of Public Works. He refused a pay extortion and was discharged July 1. An official City Hall inquiry has begun.
Charles Giblin and Ferdinand Carolin were sentenced to be hanged on August 23 for murder. Both men were convicted of first degree murder after appeals. Also named are John Lewis James Nolan and Patrick Packenham who will share the same execution date.
Seventeen Lok Chinese actors staged A My terious Document at Windsor Theater. The plot follows a rural student Si Tai Poh who passes through a rigged civil service exam without bribery, rises to court, and leads the empire after a sequence of royal revelations.
News from Washington county reports a midnight marriage after a young man Benjamin Hil eloped with Jones Roberts daughter. The magistrate married them, but the enraged father pursued them leading to a chaotic chase and involvement of a criminal court.
The Committee on Correction and Charities held a two hours session at the Stockton Hotel today in Philadelphia, continuing two years of work on hand. Care May 8 J July 2.
A Brooklyn physician laughs as his young daughter misquotes Psalm twenty three during a Friday night reading. Her humorous misrendering “He maketh me to lie” echoes through the household in a playful biblical moment.
In Cambridge three theological students captured a burglar trying to rob a preacher’s house. Reports traverse Chicago’s wilderness jokes, a Belfast tarantula tale, and notes on Washington’s house. Local oddities include Dr Sequah’s hype in Newcastle, a sparrow nest in Atlanta’s capitol, and a 30 to 85 foot basking shark tale.
A collage of short comic sketches and quips from a 19th or early 20th century periodical. Snappy lines about mothers, shoes, caskets and trimmins mix with headlines and snippets on literature, a senator and a student tale. The piece alternates between humor and satire, sketching social quirks with quick jabs.
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