Revival of South Penn style line to Pittsburg faces revival
The Philadelphia telegraphic report notes a revived plan for a new line from the Reading terminus to Pittsburg. It envisions an alliance of Western Maryland and Reading to unlock Cumberland Valley and extend to Pittsburg with Reading as a key eastern link and Western Maryland exporting to Baltimore. The piece argues the project could succeed if stock watering is avoided and Vanderbilt ties avoided, urging Pennsylvania Railroad to drop costly wars and monopoly politics.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Maryland
Reading
Cumberland Valley
South Penn
Baltimore
Vanderbilts
Pennsylvania Railroad
Too Much Committee Weighs On Senate Investigations
The article discusses a clash between Senator Cullom of Illinois and Senator Hoar of Massachusetts over overlapping probes into Canada US commerce. Each panel sought related but distinct topics, causing jurisdictional friction as both pursue railroad and trade questions across the country.
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Senator Cullom
Ilinois
Hoar
Massachusetts
Senate
Senator Cuslom
Senator Hoar
United States
Canada
Cullom
St. Paul
Callom
Three Percent Profit Amid Furniture Debt Woes
The National Furniture Manufacturers Association reports a three percent profit on a hundred million dollars in stock. The piece notes that turnover can lift returns, but blames bad debts for the slim margin and urges cash sales to curb fraudulent debtors.
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National Furniture Manufacturers’ Association
Pickles and a Faith Healer in a Fatal Case
A humorous though grim observation notes pickles rival mortality in public fascination. A Chicago faith healer refuses treatment to a man clinging to pickles, citing their indestructible, petrified nature and the patient dies after persisting with the pickle diet.
Noted Woman Keeps Hobby From Drowning Common Sense
A thoughtful profile of a woman who pursues a hobby without letting it override practical judgment. The piece highlights balanced decisions, personal discipline, and community involvement shaping her approach.
Johnstown Relief Shifts To Rebuilding Phase
The Johnstown relief effort moves from urgent aid to reconstruction. Pittsburg led initial relief with rapid response and generous outside support. One hundred temporary dwellings and new business spaces signal a plan to rebuild on higher ground with prudent use of funds.
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Johnstown
Pittsburg
Remarkable contrast in New York justice delays
A man named Templeman was indicted May 21 for accusing the District Attorney and the Police Inspector of dishonesty. He was tried June 3 and sentenced June 13 to three years and nine months at Sing Sing, after public pressure halted an earlier rush. Nearby cases like doodle trials and Ives, Stayner show slower progress, raising questions about who is pursued swiftly in court.
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Templeman
New York
Sing Sing
Ives
Stayner
Jay Gould
Russell Sage
Servia Divorce Debacle and European Tensions
A compact analysis contrasts Queen Natalie’s annulment of King Milan’s Servian divorce with Russia’s backing and fears of European unrest. The piece rails against Milan’s endurance of a controversial marriage, notes Natalie’s return to power, and flags potential broader conflicts in Europe while commenting on U S and political affairs at home.
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America
Servia
United States
Milan
Natalie
Belgrade
Russia
Europe
City Corner Deities and Lawmakers Stir Public Debate
City authorities praise a deity at a street corner while a New York Electric Company faces negligence claims after a boy is shocked by a live wire. The Mille Lacs Indian land issue resurfaces as white settlers push into tribal territory. Colonel Shepard signals renewed war talk, and Attorney General Miller’s potential Supreme Court tenure raises policy questions. English praise for Robert Lincoln reveals after dinner oratory and friendliness toward Lincoln.
Yesterday Struggles Against Rain Storm of Bad Habit
A brief note reflects on yesterday failing to be exceptional due to the overpowering force of longstanding bad habits. The tone hints at effort versus routine without detailing actions or outcomes. No specific persons or organizations are named.
Prominence Notes on Political Figures and Peers
The item lists Sir Julian Pauncefote a constant smoker and suggests Roger Q Mills may seek Texas governor. It records Rosset P Porren agreeing to a tariff speech in Lancaster on July 4, notes Saratoga enjoying Senator Evarts presence, and President Harrison paying his party's fares to Cape May citing the inter state commerce act. Also mentions General Butler slated for Colby University address on July 2 and a 51 year milestone since graduation. Chauncey Depew quips on omniscience via memory. It adds Mr Tracy once a newspaper writer and his ties to Mr Raymond.
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Julian Pauncefote
Roger Q. Mills
Texas
Congress
Rosset P. Porren
Census Bureau
Lancaster
Saratoga
Evarts
Hiscock
White House
Harrison
Washington
Cape May
General Butler
Colby University
Chauncey Depew
Mr. Tracy
New York
Tracy
Raymond
the Times
Campaign Lie About Poem Writer A. L. Thomas Al-Drich
An excerpt from the Chicago News alleges that Thomas Bailey Aldrich plans to travel to Europe to complete a poem. The piece mocks the idea that European atmosphere is essential for genius and satirizes the claim as a political smear spread by rivals and critics.
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Chicago News
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Europe
Boston
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Ing
Eric
No Monument, Please from New Orleans Picayune
The piece notes Sitting Bull is waning in vitality and praises his military career though lacking West Point training. It argues New York City should be enjoined if needed from erecting a monument to Sitting Bull.
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New Orleans Picayune
Sitting Bull
West Point
New York
Pie parties and short cake soirees rise in trend
The Minneapolis Tribune notes the social trend as young doctors graduate and undertakers unveil spring styles while pie parties and short cake soirees become popular fads.
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The
Minneapolis Tribune
Tribune Reaches Office Back After Flood Absence
The first issue of the Johnstown Tribune since the flood arrived at this office yesterday. It looks neat and newsy and the familiar paper returns with steady cadence.
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Johnstown Tribune
Wiggins Says Ocean Drying Up Sparks Weather Talk
In a brief exchange from the Chicago Inter-Ocean a speaker named Wiggins declares the ocean is drying up prompting a sharp retort from a parasitic columnist who urges the Canadian weather prophet to act similarly and go and do likewise.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Wiggins
Be quiet heart my lover comes
A poetic domestic scene traces a wife awaiting her husband’s return. She recalls intimate scenes with love and children, notes the aging years, and speaks of enduring faith and hope as they gather at home toward life’s closing day.
Protests and Letters on the South Fork Dam Safety
An 19th century letter by John Fulton and others, written from Johnstown, discusses the South Fork dam’s condition in 1890 signs of unsafe design and tenure of repairs. Fulton defends prior assessments and criticizes lumber obstruction as the dam’s main failure factor.
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John Fulton
John Morrell
Iron and Steel Works
Cambria Iron Company
Johnstown
Tas Disraten
South Fork
Catania Inox Company
Dispatch
Dean Sra
Conemaugh Valley
Booth Fork
Buff
D. J. Morrell
A. J. Whitney
Pennsylvania Canal Company
Conemaugh
Morrell
Unger
Duo
Fulton
Fragmentary Notice on Cooperative Efforts and Water Resources
Reading fragment discusses prospective cooperation to protect a teated reservoir with water used during drought in the mountains. Mentions a manager ORRELL and a Sun Dowell well report, implying local industry involvement and potential shared effort.
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SisDowell
Pre- Orrell
Workmen Return From Johnstown With Relieved Hope
Special Telegram to The Dispatch. Phillingburg reports that relief mistakes at Johnstown showed as men arrived with bundles of clothing and personal goods. Some returned with multiple outfits, other items from local creditors, and a gold headed cane offered for sale. Town sent fifteen loads of goods to Williamsport and Lock Haven with more money and clothing to follow.
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Johnstown
Phillingburg
Artian
Williamsport
Lock Haven
Coal Shipments Resume From Northern Tier Mines
Coal shipments in the Clearfield region restarted last Sunday with 500 cars moving via the Tyrone and Clearfield Railroad to the Bald Eagle Valley and Philadelphia and Erie lines. Daily moves have ranged from 200 to 30 cars. Beech Creek mines mostly unable to ship except where Pennsyl vania Railroad access exists. Austin King, ex mine company employee and newly named mine inspector for the hth bituminous district, has assumed office in Connellsville.
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Northern Tier
Paulirssurg
Clearfield
Tyrone and Clearfield
Bald Eagle Valley
Philadelphia
Erie
Beech Creek
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ech Creek
Pine Creek
Williamsport
Austin King
Connellaville
Hth Bituminous
Congressman Appoints Bridge Repair Supervisor in Flood District
In Philipsburg on June 14 the flood damage in Clearfield county prompts James Kerr to select a supervisor for a temporary bridge project. The assignment covers overseeing construction over Clearfield Creek at Schreyer? The dispatch notes the urgent need for competent personnel to lead the effort.
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Phillipsburg
Clearfield County
James Kerr
Field Creek
Schreyver
Speculative Value Debate Letters from DisPatcH Reader
A letter to the editor from Pittsburg dated June 15 argues that speculative value is excess beyond true economic value created by speculators and harms the single tax concept. The writer separates speculative gains from community-created value and criticizes fore stall tactics in real estate.
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Dispatch
Pittsburg
Tax Qualification to the Editor of The Dispatch
The writer argues against a proposed second amendment to the Pennsylvania constitution. He supports the current suffrage article for its fraud prevention and asserts the fourth article would allow municipal voters to differ from county and state electors. He urges defeating the pro second amendment majority to protect ballot purity. Allegheny, June 15.
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Dispatch
Pennsylvania
P Mein
Allegheny
Fish laws and night lines questioned by reader
To the Editor the Dispatch writes that a reader asks whether the fish law allows fishing with night lines or trot lines. The inquiry seeks clarification on legal methods for angling under current regulations.
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Tegal
H. Prresuuna
June Lkis
Cal Brice Revered as Possible National Committee Chair
A Baltimore American item notes a vice president candidate nicknamed a bee in Cal Brice's bonnet. The piece humorously suggests he may accept the National Committee chair to gain a better view of the political rainbow from that position.
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Baltimore American
al Bee
Cal Brice
National Committee
Mechanical and Industrial Advances Reported on Continent
A plan to render paper tougher by mixing chloride of zinc with pulp is described, with higher zinc concentration increasing toughness for uses in boxes roofing and boats. Cassava cultivation in Florida is hailed as a potential major industry for food and stock feed. West Virginia now makes Spanish cedar cigar boxes from poplar with dye. Pulp from forest leaves could save timber if equal to wood fiber. A British accountant known for managing large households is noted.French engineer M Jean Serve proposes ribbed boiler tubes improving heat absorption and fuel savings. experiments show higher evaporation with flanged tubes reducing exhaust heat.
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Nice
Senate Chamber Gavel Described and Officer’s Odd Custody
Washington dispatch reports the Senate chamber stripped to bare floors as eight new mahogany desks are prepared. Captain Bassett guards the 1831 ivory gavel used by Calhoun and kept in a safe spot, while a frustrated Frank Hatton of the Washington Post recounts his Johnstown disaster ordeal and delayed telegraph dispatches.
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WasHinearon
Senate
Capitol
Congress
Congressional
Webster
Clay
Bassett
Cnn
Hassett
Daniel Webster
Chamber
Blair
Calhoun
John C. Calhoun
Calain Bassett
Fifty-first Congress
Washington
Frank Hatton
Washington Post
Hatton
Johnstown
Chicago Limited
South Forks
United Press
Mr. Hatton
Pennidas
Altoona
Altoona Tribune
William Hen Smith
Toona Times
Associated Press
A Fine Number of the Dispatch Highlights
A lengthy 20 page Dispatch issue features Cray-class reportage on the Cronin murder, upcoming elections, prohibition polling, and liquor majorities. It notes weather bureau predictions, Johnstown ruins, Samoan talks, and European tensions, with cultural pieces on architecture, travel, and fiction and journalism by multiple authors.
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Cronin
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Johnstown
Berlin
William Walter Phelps
Germany
Russia
Gladstone
Persia
England
Death of a Hermit Joseph Grove of Texas
An eccentric recluse named Joseph Grove died southeast of the city. Virginian by birth, educated at Union College, he practiced law in Richmond before a life among Cumberland mountains. He later moved to Texas living alone, receiving rations from a Petersburg sister, and died around age sixty with heart disease after losing support from his sister.
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Army of Northern
Grove
Petersburg
Shak
Milton
Texas
Specimens of Parisian Conversations For New French Books
The Dispatch notes mock Parisian dialogues to illustrate upcoming French conversation volumes. It cites a Philadelphia dispatch miscrediting source attribution, claiming the Record rather than the Press supplied the item, affecting the oil prohibition canvass among laboring men.
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Chicago News
William
Philadelphia
Tri State Trifles and Oddities From Across Towns
A Wheeling young woman claims she refused forty marriage offers in a year. An Akron plumber finds sixteen dead rats in a house said to smell of sewer gas. York youths collide during a ring game, knocking each other unconscious. Easton notes a rare amorphophallus plant with a foul scent but striking color. A Columbia man dies and his dog and parrot react oddly at the funeral. A Cleveland car conductor ferries three kids despite the mother’s kickback. Frogs sold to restaurants near Chambersburg by a hunter using a torch and spear. A Scranton mother seeks a faith healer for her son’s toothache and a talking doctor’s trick ends in a scuffle.
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New York State
Chicago
Tous
Bad
Curious Condensations From Odd Fragments
A Huntsville Alabama note reports a pink and white chicken hatched recently while stormy miscellany includes a boy who killed a blue racer in Michigan, a Tennessee and Florida named family, a verbal will by an Australian near a bridge, and Windsor monument climbing counts. The piece surveys amusing, bizarre, and offbeat local curiosities with terse, lightly British tone.
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Huntsville
Ala
Ben- Mich
Fleming County
Tennessee
Florida
Waslington
Mont
John Williams
Augusta
John
Meriden
Conn
A& O
Not Engaged Yet in These Jumbled Jests
A fragment from a humor column sketches conversations and witticisms about engagements money and social norms. It features puns about literature diction and a Boston Journal tie in with a dry goods clerk and a summer hotel clerk. The tone is light ironic and satirical.
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Fifth Avenus
Diamond Street
Imene
Poetage
Felix
Daily Dispatch
Dery Disrates
Disratch
Desratch
Senday
Bulkley
Connecticut
New York Tribune
Hill
Tribune
Minnesota
Bishop Oberly
WrEsTenn
Puck
Judge
Sherman
Allison
Ingalls
Minneapolis
South Dakota
Alexander Sullivan
Jupiter Pluvius
Center Mvonne and
Soho Street
New York Electric Com
Mille Lacs
Elliott F. Shepard
Miller
Supreme Bench
Robert Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
God
Higanah Taylor
Sse
Sportsmen's Association of Western Pennsylvania
Old Reservoir
Conemaugh River
South Fork Station
C. A. Carpenter
N. M. McDowell
Ishawn
Reheusa
Sportamen's Association of Western Pennsylvania
Thia
N Fulton
Gombenen Go
Sru
Hurr
CanEain
Jorgetown
B. F. Raff
South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
X. M. Mellon
Walter A. Fellows
Repeas Semer
OUS Mail
Dispaten
West Viversia
O'Brien-Bain
Alex. M. Kenaday
National Association of Veterans of
Kenaday
Benator
Committee On Rules
Financial Clerk
Nixon
Citizen’s Relief Committee
Soho
New City
Coney Island Jockey Club
Pittsburgs
Indianapolis
G. W. Childa
General Grant
Blakely Hall
London
Mary J. Holmes
Egypt
Peregrine Quill
E. H. Heinrichs
George Hodges
Shirley Dare
Bessie Bramble
Jake Morse
Clara Helle
Wheeling
Akron
York
Easton
Charles Zino
Jacob Kimes
Columbia
Corpvetor EsTeny
Nelding
Chambersburg
Scranton
Wachula, Fla
Iowa
France
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San Diego
Cal
Thesa
Capebate
Maine
Tom Fuller
Geneva
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Polygone
Bel
Switzerland
Traly
Potten
Sweden
Thal
Luxembourg
Continental Army
Dalles
Billy
Mercer
King Kalekua Ia
Texas Siftings
Boston Journal
Somerville Journal
New York Daily
Browhard
New York Weekly
P. P
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