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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1889
Page
15
The data records average pet circulation of the daily edition for six months ending June 1, 15358 and the average net circulation of the Sunday edition for May 1859 at 47,468 copies.
In Pittsburg on June 16 1883 The Dispatch analyzes post disaster reaction following the Johnstown catastrophe noting vigorous aid then a wave of criticism. It urges restraint prudence and official investigations while urging unity over blame.
The article urges uniting Johnstown and surrounding boroughs from Conemaugh to Nineveh into a single city of 20 000 to 25 000. It argues consolidation would enable better rebuilding, street plans, and flood protections, showing a post disaster path to stronger, more coordinated governance.
The piece notes no clear antecedent factors for Tuesday's vote and warns against relying on party lines. It argues voters will decide based on conscience and personal experience, weighing prohibition against high license and strict regulation without certainty of turnout.
The Dispatch argues prohibition is an extreme swing, noting past lax enforcement led to calls for tighter rules and criticizing excesses by liquor interests. It says Republicans may not split evenly, and that prohibition votes depend on canvassing and turnout before Tuesday night.
Interviews with store operators claim stores help miners but the real issue is that legitimate institutions can become tools of extortion when miners are compelled to trade at inflated prices. The core wrong is creating a store monopoly that effectively confiscates part of miners wages, urging fair operators and miners to unite against this public injustice.
The text argues the United States Court lacks jurisdiction over marriage laws and disputes the Sharon Hill case. It criticizes the state court for deeming the marriage contract valid and for obeying no injunction against appointing a receiver. It notes the need for constitutional amendment and national legislation for uniform divorce law and questions the judge’s conduct.
A discussion of W. D. Howells on magazines favoring new writers contrasts with Chicago Herald examples of writers who thrived without magazine support. It highlights James Whitcomb Riley, William Nye, Barnes of New York, and Sylvanus Cobb, noting sales versus critic views and the enduring value of high editorial standards in leading magazines.
The passage notes that a world famous manager earns $25,000 a year while an equally capable unknown subordinate may be capped at $5,000. It attributes this to commercial human nature and compares magazine behavior, arguing such bias is common to humanity.
A descriptive relic recalls the Johnstown flood’s massive debris pile and shattered structures amid a broader column mocking failed weather forecasts and editorial ironies. It notes labor union membership and political letters, then pivots to transportation, sealskin talk, and mayoral newspaper habits.
A collage notes various personalities and incidents including Com TM mopoRE WALEEE seeking control of the North Atlantic Squadron, Dr. Temple’s tea habit, Mahone’s political rise, John Bright’s papers, Tasnee’s summer plans, William Thaw’s wealth, Mrs Spur geon’s charities, Jules Simon on mortality, architect Miss Laura White’s career and education, and other social snippets from London to Kentucky.
Switzerland county Indiana hails a new hog breed described as corn eating Hungarian origin with an oval complexion and leaden heaviness. The article argues good hogs in the market will bring the state profit and credit, contrasting with noisy office seekers near Washington.
A wide interest in stage life grows among youth and a casual portrait of actors and managers appears. The column notes rising stage ambitions, critiques the industry, and records anecdotes about N. S. Wood likenesses, Spartacus Downing publicity, and Manager Hill’s new protege amid a flourish of theater culture.
Ams amateur ventriloquist in Wheeling W V provokes laughter when a hay load prank triggers a farmer to dump hay in the street. Snippets report comic incidents from Hollidaysburg to Meadville, with a door bound wedding suit sighting and a child at a Wilkes-Barre concert noting pattycake.
James Dalzell of Center Avenue aged in years. He came from County Down Ireland, lived in Pittsburg, worked in a grocery, then retired to family life. Survived by wife three sons Charles Samuel William and daughter Mary. Oldest member of Fifth W P Church at death. Peter C Oakley father of the New York Methodist Conference died near 99 in Milton on the Hudson. Born in New York City, he preached before joining the conference and marked sixtieth anniversary as a conference member.
Governor Beaver issues a proclamation declaring the Conemaugh River drift heaps and related waters a public nuisance after a state health board request. He orders available forces to remove the nuisance and provides funds through the Commonwealth to continue abatement until health danger is removed.
Describes the devastated city’s response as residents seek food and shelter while planning religious observances. Several churches damaged or ruined. Episcopal and Methodist congregations affected. Clergy from multiple denominations plan post disaster services at various locations including Pederville schoolhouse, Locust and Franklin streets, Cambria City, and Conemaugh with figures such as Bishop Whitehead and Rev. Purves among those noted.
Acting Adjutant General issues orders for National Guard encampments arrangement. Colonel Alexander Krumbhaar has tracked relief contributions and prepared drafts for food sufferers. Encampments may convene at Mt Gretna with artillery cavalry and U S troops aiding training.
Johnstown and surrounding districts suspend work as relief crews, exhausted by days of rescue. Even with electric light, workers will pause tomorrow to reflect and gather before resuming by six in the morning, as residents cope with the flood’s aftermath.
Adjutant General Hastings receives a letter dated June 10 from Levi Mowrow requesting two donations of clothing for Johnstown flood victims. He describes 127 garments sent via American Express free of charge and notes that his children, ages 10 to 14, helped collect the items among those affected by the disaster.
A staff correspondent reports at St. Columbia's morgue in JoussTown a funeral home helper drank whiskey then slept in a coffin. He awoke as the undertakers prepared the body, was moved outside with other unidentified corpses, and narrowly escaped death after the clerk checked the casket for a description.
A citizen alerted authorities about refuse dumped into Stony Creek narrowing the stream. Officials fear continued dumping could cause serious consequences as debris from wrecked houses threatens the confluence with Little Conemaugh at a nearby lave.
The dispatch notes a decline of Washingtons genteel hangers-on known as old timers or colonels and judges. Once about a dozen such figures lingered, versed in classics and society tales, but five years on only two or three remain, with several dead.
After months in the hospital, a man returns to old cronies who sponsor free lunches and drinks. He begins copying letters to earn sustenance, provoking scorn as a perverse break from a longstanding custom. The scene shifts as lean times threaten the group’s social order and echoes of slavery's legacy loom over Washington.
The article notes aging claimants fading from the curbside scene as Billy McGarrahan endures. It recounts a long‑shot claim winning nearly 100 000 from Congress after decades, and warns that many cranks press imaginative claims under the new administration, with one man repeatedly visiting the White House to demand a 10 000 payment.
An odd street encounter recalls a man who imitates the President and claims the highest office. The speaker questions his sanity and the impostor’s vague policy promises, hinting at a future reveal of a real president.
Mrs. Hansen, 26, cashier for her husband’s Brooklyn restaurant, vanished after a quarrel over cash handling. She left a note to her husband promising not to return and expressing intent to harm herself. Police and friends search for her as the owner grieves and fears suicide.
Colonel Elliott F. Shepard, editor of the Mail and Express, faces a week of accusations from rival papers including stealing by the World and lying by the Times. A delegation of wealthy neighbors protests the Colonel's plan to erect a large stable in the wicked city today.
The city plans to open fifteen free public baths next week. Most baths measure 100 feet by M and are located along the docks around the island. Last year twelve baths operated at a total cost of $30,000, while three million baths were taken.
Arrangements are complete for Barnard College the new women’s annex to Columbia College A large house has been leased for female students Admission examinations start September 3 and will be the same as Columbia College’s exams The initial freshman class will be admitted in the first year
Wong Sing Bow, a Newark laundryman, asks Passaic county Court of Chancery to determine ownership of a $1000 Passaic county land deed held in his wife Minnie Kiersted’s name. He claims the property yields income he and his wife shared, yet she left him years ago and has been collecting the income. He seeks court control of the estate until rightful ownership is decided.
A London Spectator summary of a Commons bill by Mr Whitmore to curb building heights. It proposes that no structure in streets under 60 feet wide may exceed 60 feet in height, with wider streets allowing greater height proportionally. The plan aims to prevent airless canons and protect community health.
A Chicago Tribune note outlines how the 1899 bathing costume, already a fashion controversy, has become a source of widespread frustration in fashion pages as designers and readers debate modesty and style.
A humorous verse riffs on aging and the lure of saloons with a phonetic barroom banter between characters Rev DerronE Mr Boozy and Rev Drybone. It blends playful German barroom wordplay Barbara Nein and insomnia jokes as social satire.
A jumble of curious notes reports a St Joseph dog pound destruction, a two foot gar fish on a ship, rising Denver population, and a reel of oddities from across the country. Instances include a North Carolina boy earning a day, a Crystal Falls shelter story, odd court actions, and a Golden City desperado pursuit.
A correspondent asks how to remove paint. The response suggests sitting down then getting up and walking away, attributed to Hochester Post-Bzpras.
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