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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1891
Page
8
A Washington dispatch reports that pension payments drain the treasury, with fraud and political influence accelerating claims. It cites improper grants, affidavits, and pressure on Congress to push cases, including a widow’s pension amid a decades‑old dispute.
A skeleton summary lists local and foreign items from a Saturday edition. Notable entries include a large Fourth ward hotel project, a dispute over builders, the first bicycle exhibition, a Birmingham car fatality, a brass thief, civic clubs, postmaster reorganizations, church anniversaries, and various political and social notes across Allegheny and beyond.
Summary of scattered items: fires threaten Hince State. 70 disaster victims recovered. Americans among them. Sailor fight at Amherstburg myth debunked. Lewe Methodist church collapse. French schooner seized in Quebec with contraband whisky. Ella Nelson murder verdict reported. Ark storm damages and deaths. Bride drowned near La Junta. Rail workers seek higher wages in Tennessee. Three New York girls suffocated in bed. California ballot law section missing. General Sturm claims war funds. case slated. Lord Salisbury on trade treaties. fair trade campaign planned. Miles the boy dies heroically in flood. Cam Hamlin and Anne Cox perish. Sunstroke remedy noted.
Reports from the Moon territory and nearby fields indicate increasing activity with several wells reaching sand or showing oil output. Wells on the James Todd, Whitesell, and Bubb farms trade notes of sand presence, with others like the Bear Creek Refining No. 4 and the Kerr farm showing daily flows from 10 to 240 barrels. In Chartiers district, multiple rigs advance as producers in Verona and Canonsburg push deeper and complete new wells. Personal notes mention professionals traveling to Olean and Pittsburg, while markets reflect a modest petroleum trading week.
Davyid Brooks recounts a extraordinary event on a hot afternoon. He slept and awoke to a bluish two foot fiery ball that hovered near him. He struck it with his hand and it crashed to the floor leaving a charred mark and a sulfurous odor but no ashes or coal.
A telegram from Inspector Byrnes in New York states J Arthur Safford has been arrested there for grand larceny in Columbus. Detectives head to Albany then New York with requisition papers. Safford entered P P Smythe frame store June 13 and left with 105 dollars missing. Smythe has received a letter from Safford but won t reveal its contents.
Winton StormGs Mo June 21 Yesterday an engine on the Nablett Narrow Gauge Railroad crashed into a push car on a horseshoe curve about 10 miles west of the city. James Kampfrer and Fred Eberlen were killed instantly. W W Richman suffered a broken right arm and severe head injuries. Eight other employes escaped by jumping from the car.
Topeka Kansas June 21 The United States Savings Bank one of the oldest in the state will reopen July 2 after suspension. All depositors will be paid in full and the bank will begin anew with a handsome surplus.
The advertisement asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla is most effective for loss of appetite indigestion and other dyspeptic troubles. It claims the medicine gently tones the stomach and makes users feel real hungry. It notes women in delicate health regain relish for plain food after a few days.
An American doctor notes malaria symptoms in a patient and explains treatment with quinine and a stimulant whiskey. He adds that he and many prescribe Duffy's Pure Whiskey as the preferred medicinal option, due to purity and taste.
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