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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1889
Page
3
The piece reviews the recent May Festival in Pittsburg, discusses lessons for future events, and notes the community’s desire for stronger orchestral and choral preparation. It highlights financial strains, new organ builders, planned concerts in Sewickley, and Johnstown’s vibrant musical activity despite recent disaster.
An appointment announced places E L Austin in charge of the Arch Street M E Church choir at Allecheny with plans for new performances. The notice also mentions marriage news, London opera notes, and forthcoming concerts by British and American artists, including conductors and vocalists.
The piece explains I Cattell's psycho physical clockwork devices used to measure reaction times and perception. It describes chronoscopes, voltaic counters, and tests showing color and letter recognition times, memory flashes, and attention, presenting psychology as an exact science through rapid light and sight measurements.
An advertisement for new shades in Gocht conhdihon cabinets at Fifth avenue and Market street. It touts a fine Key West Havana cigar five for 25 cents and Havana Cohotas at the same price, with other goods mentioned.
Former Muncilman William Walls discusses Dr. Cronin's death and claims Irish informers in the pay of British secret service may have motive. He suggests motives tied to England's influence and the Times conspiracy to hinder Ireland’s home rule. Walls accuses English hirelings of murder and calls for accountability.
A humorous anecdote about Opie Read, famed Arkansaw Traveller financier, at the Chicago Press Club. Read laments a metaphorical butcher beneath his debt, recounting how a tiny cellar voice and a looming bill prompt laughter and a surprising pawned payment from club President James W. Scott.
The Pittsburgh and Cincinnati packet line lists steamers leaving Pittsburg with schedules and fares. Katie Stockdale and Hudson run Mondays and Wednesdays, G W Bowley on Fridays. first class fare to Cincinnati and return is 12 dollars, or down by river and return by rail 12.50, tickets valid until used. James A. Henderson, Superintendent, 04 Water street. The Doctors Have Come announces five eminent English and German doctors at 15 Penn Avenue offering free service for three months to new visitors before June 10.
The notice promotes Taft's Philadelphia Dental Rooms at 89 Fifth street offering best sets for three dollars. It asks readers to improve their smile and calls attention to other products Frovenheim and Vilmok's beer.
In Grand Gulf Mississippi two men fought over a woman in a planned duel using revolvers and bowie knives at twenty paces. The lawyer was wounded badly, jaw torn, then later became a minister after recovery in Holly Springs. The scene drew no reconciliation.
A St. Louis tale recalls Washington Irving Bishop in the Southern Hotel corridor where he challenged a young man to reveal what he was thinking. The man recalled Bishop’s quiet, unhurried exit after the moment of astonishment.
A garbled advertisement bundle touts low prices on furniture carpets and house furnishings with cash or easy terms from Moyle Co Allegheny. It promises free engravings and portraits from Treganowan’s store and aggressive promotions for babies photographs and cabinets. The text also advertises bread from Marvin’s and various goods from Hendricks Co and others, with numerous misprints and broken phrases.
An item urges going to Dickson Tailor at 65 Fifth Ave and Henry Terheyden Jeweler at 530 Smithfield Street for repairs and bargains. It also lists a jewelry sale of onyx clocks and diamonds and announces several benefit meetings by Post 8 G A R and the Randall Club to aid families and Cambria county sufferers.
Local advertisement for Jacksons Tailors at 954 and 956 Liberty Street Star Corner. Claims manufacture of own clothing and guaranteed repair free of charge, with no middleman profit and plain marked prices. States lowest price guarantee and refund on returns.
An 1855 to 1880 advertising snippet mentions Pure Bye Whisky marketed by G. W. Schmide at Nos. 95 and 97 Fifth Avenue. The garbled text references export grades and Cannoe ban details, indicating a period sales notice with product names and shop location.
Whitmyre & Co. mills promote Iron City Brand flour noting local bakers increasingly adopt it for solid quality. The ad invites readers to give it a trial.
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