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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1890
Page
4
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The piece argues militia encampments should adopt modern warfare tactics and weapons rather than outdated Civil War era drills. It cites failures of column and square formations against improved rifles, smokeless powder, and machine guns, urging skirmish lines, ground advantage, and concentrated group actions as the correct discipline for citizen soldiers.
The ex chancellor laments cowardly German press coverage since dismissal. He blames the system he created for press servility, noting subsidies and dependence on governing figures. A government backed poem is mentioned as part of the context.
The text argues that funds supplied to subsidized organs bind a statesman to servitude. It warns that when such a patron loses power, those organs quickly shift to court the new rulers. It underscores that absolutism collapses fastest when the patron is ousted.
Critics charge the original package ruling overturns a century of state powers and trusted precedents. They argue the majority's logic misreads the Constitution, eroding state authority in naturalization bankruptcy militia regulation and more, while urging deference to established state control absent federal law.
Workers in city shops and mills push for adequate lavatories and changing facilities at day’s end. Southside workers clubs drive concerted action, with employers encouraged to provide the amenities and men to maintain them. The plan aims to improve health comfort and productivity across large establishments.
A Philadelphia Ledger critique argues excessive competition harms farmers by lowering prices and causing overproduction, but the comment overlooks broader effects. If competing forces affected all interests equally, farmers could still trade products for clothing, sugar, groceries, gifts, lumber and tools at prior levels.
The argument contends excess abundance is absurd and the real issue is production restrictions by other industries that raise staple prices. Farmers lose purchasing power as costs for clothing, fuel, and goods rise, forcing them to exchange raw products for fewer protections and impeding investment.
The Dispatch endorses the President's call to curb the Louisiana State Lottery by strengthening Post Office powers. It notes Washington as the lottery’s hub while corruption operates nationwide and supports the anti-lottery bill before Congress. It also comments on Dagger's postal cards, mocking a proposed smaller card for women.
Mr Epmunds praised the Senate as a deliberative body while Mr Reed, a self made man, lauded his maker that the House is not. The passage asks which statesman best supports representative institutions and implies the question should be easy to judge.
Boston fruit merchants complain that excessive railroad charges make shipping fruit from Delaware Maryland and New Jersey costly. They question if railroads are penalizing a single peach exhibit by raising transport prices or if secret fruit shipments to Boston are being billed at high rates.
President Harrison signals possible action to curb the Lottery ring that controls the state. The piece calls the Lottery oligarchy thieves and asserts current progress is blocked by their influence, amid calls for restraint via mail access changes.
Pernars Senator Ingalla will change his mind about Congress setting till it has passed the tariff bill the appropriations bill and the Federal election bill when he reads what Terrence V Powderly has to say upon the last mentioned measure. The country at large is not wildly ardent in its desire to keep Congress at work all summer for a sectional law which the Republican party as a whole does not indorse.
MasTER WORKMAN PowderLy of the Knights of Labor blasts the Federal election bill as bungling partisan stupidity and travels the accusation with sharp force.
The nation awaits Senator Gorman of Maryland to deliver his greatest speech in the tariff bill debate. Pennsylvania anticipates Senator Quay replying with thunderous oratory. Both men are expected to be evenly matched in eloquence.
Wiggins states that electric wires can produce waterspouts, urging the public to avoid overhead lines in areas where waterspouts are feared and to seek safer routes during storms.
The author mocks the idea that there is no force in the Federal election law and notes the Senate amendment removing troops at the polls is claimed to fix objections. The piece argues that political consistency is rare and not practical for Republicanism.
Prrissvee's rivals enjoyed unblemished records as both clubs avoided losses thanks to a short sharp shower in the afternoon. The rain disrupted play but left the standings intact and teams ready to resume action.
Congressman Struble of Iowa openly challenges Speaker Reed, signaling broader GOP discontent with the gag rule. The piece notes Reed’s imposing authority and hints at a larger shadow over his leadership, while urging caution on the Bebring Sea question and suggesting the nation may err in policy.
A strong assertion from a trusted source confirms the South Penn Railroad project by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The authority declares the previous notices valid, stating the truth will prevail despite pressure from powerful corporate interests.
The Beaver Journal praises The Distance as best for Pittsburg morning news. It highlights energy enterprise wide pages and large circulation. The paper is described as reliable, impartial, and gathered from diverse quarters producing 16 page editions.
A fragmentary column reviews Colonel Roberts's life of Judge Gibson, praising the work and its value to Pennsylvanians. It also details scenes at Barnum's circus in Barnum's hotel with English ballet girls and a humorous exchange about a daughter’s paternity. The piece ends with reflections on Hungarian naming customs affecting mail and a zoological critique of circus cages, including giraffes and other animals.
A miscellany of political rumors and social notes names Congressmen Cooper and Gevins and Senator Frye. It mentions marriages and engagements including Frederick Wilkinson and Miss Winnie Davis, Axprew D. Wxrrr to marry Miss McGill, and Hearst's son contracting for a yacht. Also notes the Berlin student totals, Ward Beecher successor’s wife to edit Ladies' Home Journal, and Mrs Mackay departing for Hamburg with Americans present.
Carlizis July 22 This evening 71 Indians of various tribes completed five years at the Government training school in this city and started homeward to diverse parts of the country. Arrangements were hindered by lack of appropriation for their departure with Joe Abenvnen Terese traveling agent for mn Topeka on Santa Fe Railroad.
A parent with a child shares a twilight moment reflecting on heaven's distance. The scene unfolds with night imagery, the poplar and sycamore shadows, and the child’s innocent question prompting a longing for nature and meaning. Child Stevens appears as the poet or subject.
A mixed editorial sketch condemns a Baltimore lemonade vendor denied service to Black customers at a post office, questions rights of access, mentions Prince Grover and Congressional records, notes Pennsylvania campaign looming, reports on National Rifles denied entry to Germany, and profiles Hannah Sullivan of Newcastle Wyoming, plus Rev John Eberly of Pottstown who subsists on one meal daily as a contrast to broader political chatter.
In Bergen county New Jersey residents report a strange spectacle of millions of white flies falling like snow over the River Edge area. The first cloud appeared Saturday night near the station, lasting about 20 minutes. A second appearance occurred Sunday night and a third last night, with locals collecting a bushel by torchlight.
Anthony Steigerwald of Reading Pennsylvania walked into his father’s house after an 18 year absence. He fled at 17 and was long reported dead, but his bearded arrival surprised his mother who recognized the prodigal. He was not in rags but decidedly prosperous.
Texas fever has appeared among cattle near Chicago city limits in the Twenty eighth ward. About 20 cattle have died from the disease after post mortem exams by health department inspectors who deem it true Texas fever. Officials believe the illness spread from refuse dropped from railroad cars transferring Texas cattle into the area. They plan to isolate affected stock until frost to prevent further spread.
Baron Wissmann appeared at his residence for the first time since his illness. He remains very weak and doctors urge a prolonged rest to aid his recovery.
At Lakeside Chautauqua Bishop Rolinson spoke on Sight and Insight and the value of spiritual understanding beyond fact. Lectures covered sacred music, its history and performance, emphasizing dignity, simplicity, and the need for proper rendition, with Moore and Wagner works cited and praise for next year’s convention.
A scattered jumble of late 19th century notes mentions Du Bois demanding free mail delivery, Bethlehem reporting a fever epidemic near 800 victims including notable citizens, and various local incidents from Scranton to Easton with weddings, deaths, land speculation, and a mysterious lost gold bag.
Enthusiastic attendees heard a lecturer discuss the Prophet Jeremiah with melancholy notes. The speaker, viewed as unconventional, answered questions to his own satisfaction while locals debated religious enthusiasm. A local ball game ended with Stage's colts defeating West fielda, and Mrs. N. Graham hosted a dinner at Greenbarat.
A letter to the editor critiques the Atlanta Constitution and its boycott calls urging the South to oppose the force bill. It recalls historical blacklisting, Northern merchant responses, and argues for business-focused persuasion over passion, urging wiser sectional conduct and cross-border commerce.
A reader and editor correspondence discusses Reese E. Fleeson who enlisted in 1868 as a printer for Company A, Ninth Regiment P R V C. A memo marks him as "Dead." J Y Sanderson recalls meeting Fleeson in 1863 near Fredericksburg where he was a captain in the Provost Guard, with no further records of him afterward.
In Tom DisPaton's Sunday column Dr W H Burt is quoted urging twelve pints of water charged with carbolic acid daily for wasting illnesses. The error likely stems from carbonic acid, a gas, but the mistaken name endangered lives as the tiny internal dose of true carbolic acid is lethal. The note is signed H. Ge at New Brionton, July 2.
A reader asks whether a firm may lower its flag to half mast on a death and argues for or against government mourning rules. The question compares lowering by private firm initiative versus executive orders signaling national mourning.
July 2 at Youngstown Milton Teasdale and Moss Allee L Lacy, a Pittsburg couple, secured a marriage license here and were quietly married this afternoon in a brief ceremony without fanfare.
A potpourri of oddities and curiosities plucked from recent notes, including inventions and experiments, odd deaths, oddities in trade and nature, and lighter exploits from across the Atlantic. Highlights include a luminous crest, copper drawn to hairlike thinness, a South hotel hiring whites, strange marriages, a photographer mastering color tones, and peculiar local anecdotes.
A collage of quips and exchanges from Harper's, Washington Post, New York Herald, and Chicago Tribune humor pages. Jokes about King Edward, nursery dialogue, a mosquito tale, neighborly feuds, and a grandfather’s reaction to a grandson’s joke appear in light prose and verse snippets.
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