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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1892
Page
9
Almost every lady miss and child wants one hat. The millinery department offers Rough and Ready Sailors in sizes for ladies and misses at low prices. Japanese Straw Sailors are light and sold in beige cardinal drab and brown. White Rough and Ready Sailors 15c. Navy Blue China Milan Hats 25c. Navy Blue Union Milan Hats 44c. Finest pure Milan in Navy and Brown 1.25. Finest White Milan 1.48.
An advertisement highlights Alpine hats and trims with extensive straw and silk options. It markets Alpine felt hats at 75c and silk ribbons in multiple widths priced from 15c to 25c, plus trimmed toques and Leghorn hats. The copy touts a complete millinery department and encourages shoppers to visit the leaders for wide-awake ideas.
A Studebaker Bros sprinkling car for street railways is hailed as highly successful after a Pitt sburg Allegheny and Manchester line trial. Inventor Josiah F Day and rep John B Haberle showcased a 2500 gallon tank capable of sprinkling six miles at 6 to 14 mph with adjustable apertures and water-saving features.
Squirrel Hill resident John M Bruce reports a jumpy winged insect eating potato and tomato vines in a two acre field. Dr Hamilton catalogues flea beetles crepidodera cucumeris and notes rapid breeding, winged adults, and potential for widespread crop damage without effective control.
A letter from George R. Davis confirms that a man calling himself G W Bryant posed as a World’s Fair veteran and collector. He visited Grand Army posts and colored churches in Pittsburgh and other cities, soliciting funds for a monument to colored soldiers. Davis said Bryant had no authorization to collect or represent the exposition.
In Pittsburg, A E Lippencott Co at 3 Liberty Street is celebrated as a premier liquor house. With a distillery at Lippencott Post Office in Greene county, the firm also maintains European agents who monthly supply a superb range of fine wines and liquors from across the water.
The Pittsburg and Western Railway offers excursion fares to Denver, Col. from August 2 to 6 and again through October 11. Low rates advertised from Pittsburg.
Luis Jackson Chicago official of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway reports healthy Western manufacturing expansion aided by Illinois and Iowa coal. He notes Western states attract Eastern capital, with new sewer pipe works at Sioux City and plans for steel ventures in Iron Mountain, Michigan, while crop outlook remains strong.
Secretary Dorente of the Anti Cruelty Society secured the release of Trussell Zollinger from Morganza on his father's oath after the father was prosecuted for abusing his family. Zollinger is under Dorente's future-care charge. Stella Jackson the colored girl with the society was sent to the Poor Farm. Two children of Mrs Laydon and two of Mrs Conway placed in St Pauls Asylum after workhouse sentences for offenses including keeping a speak easy.
About 25 glass dealers exhibited at the Monongahela House since the month began but buyers were scarce. Traders from New York expected to stop here but did not, blamed on heat or route changes. Drummers fear low spirits but must push orders by mail for fall. Prices and stocks run low. Pitts openings desired for better line view.
A procession of uniformed church societies will march from Smallsman street to Penn avenue and through several streets before the dedication service at the Polish St. Stanislaus Kosika Church at Twenty first and Smallman streets. Bishops will join the parade and review by the marshal precedes the dedication, with societies from other congregations taking part. Chief Marshal John Blazak leads, with Chief of Staff Joseph Rosinski and Adjutant Joseph Grabowsk.
A fragment from The Dispatch advertises travel near Oakland with a cooler breeze on the hottest nights and warmer air toward Fifth Avenue. It mentions campaign funds, fake claims about tonics, Marvin's fruit biscuits, and Peoples Bank offers. Also notes a $1 Ohio Pub and Return special train leaving the B. and O. depot tomorrow.
Classified notice invites readers to advertise vacant rooms in The Dispatch To Let Rooms Cent-a-Word column, citing that hundreds have used the service to find tenants.
A list of names and addresses from Steubenville to Pittsburgh notes 108 individuals who received goods for free yesterday. The.names include Mrs W Walsh 102 Washington St and John Smith Shadyside FE, among many others in Homestead Braddock Wilkinsburg and Allegheny with varied street addresses. The item reads as a community bulletin of recipients across multiple towns and neighborhoods.
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