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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1890
Page
7
A damaged OCR record lists various postal rates and delivery options. It mentions one year and monthly subscriptions plus Sunday editions and carrier delivery, with weekly cents and weekly delivery details. Names and exact prices are garbled but indicate service options and frequencies.
The Dispatch reports its business office has been relocated to the corner of Smithfield and Diamond Streets. The notice notes mailing options and rates, with readers urged to provide both old and new addresses for any changes.
The party backs Delamater as nominee amid strong opposition within the ranks and outside. Hastings Montooth or Stone would have won easier. Pattison is presented as a strong alternative for a future race, with the Gubernatorial contest likely to be highly charged.
The story notes strong reactions in Pittsburg as Delamater is nominated. Democrats approve loudly while Republicans hide joy and regret Major Monteith’s decision to decline a broader ticket. Some call for inviting Delamater to Behenley Park once the agency opens.
The prospectus claims a $450,100 original cost will realize 10 million pounds from city lots and a million dollars from lumber, with iron works yielding 340,000 dollars. A NY Commercial Bulletin check shows the iron works as a 1825 charcoal furnace with limited capacity and no operation until a railway and rebuilding occur. The piece labels American property owners as gullible for chasing such schemes.
A Chicago statement notes that those who sold the city stockyards to a British syndicate have already secured land for new stockyards in a more favorable location. It argues the upcoming competition will break the monopoly the English parties expected to gain and questions Britain's role, blaming Britannic promoters for the swindles while denying U.S. responsibility.
The Republican Convention adopts a weak platform with two notable items, endorsement of Senator Quay and praise for New York ballot reform. It offers little new policy and defers real impact to the candidates and their records, while the ticket’s strength will determine its fate in the campaign.
The House swiftly defeated the Free Coinage Senate bill amid broad conservative protest against free coinage. The piece is torn to tatters, with the original silver bill now headed for conference and likely not to be enacted this session. Silver advocates bear blame for the outcome.
A editorial urges preemptive safety measures after the Dunbar mining disaster. It recommends placing canned goods ship biscuits and other nonperishable foods in remote mine chambers so trapped miners can sustain life after an accident. The piece argues the plan is low cost and high potential to reduce horrors.
The Rev. Dr. John Potts of Toronto praised ties between Canada and the United States and favored closer church union. He argued for cooperative growth through Sunday schools and religious unity, expressing optimism about eventual continental unity.
A Louisville Gazette-like item shows a contemporary column quoting figures on sugar duties, reflecting how the journal adapts to evolving economic topics. The piece signals a transition in editorial stance as it quotes authorities while preserving local voice.
The piece argues about sugar tariff changes from House to Senate with refiners' trust influence. It disputes a Courier Journal claim that refined sugar protection rose to 60 percent and explains actual duties per pound under McKinley and Mills bills. It notes ad valorem versus specific rates and criticizes percentage calculations.
The article argues the 1817 treaty restricts naval forces on the American lakes to a limited count and to maintaining vessels on the lakes only until armed. It questions if building a practice ship on the lakes for delivery to ocean ports violates the treaty and suggests awarding contracts to lake-based builders could be economical without expanding naval forces.
The article argues Mrs. Harrison seeks privacy at Cape May while real estate syndicates push public notice of the seaside cottage. It contends the gift to Mrs. Harrison fuels advertising to boost Cape May Point and questions the real estate promoter’s profits from full page spreads and vivid pictures.
The Philadelphia councils vote against prohibiting watered milk sales, a testimonial to the city’s confidence in the quality of Schuylkill water and the municipal leadership’s stance.
A year of profit sharing at Bourne Mills suggests the policy could ease labor tension as the print cloth market remains weak. The company president calls the result the beginning of solving labor friction, while census data and city growth figures loom for Pittsburgh. The Senate dismisses a large surplus, accusing government expenditures of eroding revenue.
The article notes Fawcett's final novel titled A Daughter of Silence. It comments that the heroine seems unable to benefit from the guidance of the junior Senator of Pennsylvania, implying the work predates his influence.
Salvator again beat rival Tenny at Sheepshead Bay yesterday in a remarkable performance. He lowered the mile and a quarter record from 2 83 to 20 while doing his own running, proving he can win without a “boss” to pull him through.
A cooler breeze cooled the city as residents responded to a Harrisburg report. Republicans in Pittsburg expressed discontent and unease over the newly released news yesterday.
A new Brazilian constitution was adopted by the present government and signed at a ministerial dinner. The document was not submitted to a representative assembly nor put to a popular vote, leaving questions about democratic mandate.
A mixed editorial notes July celebrations in Schenley Park funded by donations to City Treasurer Denniston. It remarks on the Tory licensing bill retreat, Flexco galvanic tests, and broad critiques of art duties amid high prices for art and sugar.
Mrs. FRANK LESLIER begins an October lecture tour. A Mohammedan in charge of Queen Victoria's table is noted as chef de cuisine. The President departs Washington Saturday for Cape May for a few days. George Francis Train plans a World Educator paper from Tacoma. Empress William funds a new electric kitchen rail system. Mrs. Cleveland landed a four pound bluefish at Marion. Amelia E. Barns prepares for a Europe trip to research Calvinism for a new novel. Mabel Stevenson of New York mimics birds and draws London society. Colonel Charles B. Torres, age %, tours California. father of F. H. Tappen. Mrs. Grady and daughter visit Greenbrier. J. McCormice, Chicago millionaire, sells his plant for over 3 million and retires. He tours Rockbridge and oversees nine shasta over ancestral graves. cooking utensils from his grandmother decorate his Chicago parlor.
A collage of short items notes odd rye stalk lengths, a Georgia watermelon derailment, a Tennessee county shooting with few details, church discipline in Atlanta, Texas politics, and reflections on oil money in a Pennsylvania church. It also mentions legal notices, a female sailing applicant, a missing dog, and jokes about ink slingers and gum companies.
A Boston Chronicle column recalls a man in a white flannel suit with a long black hair seam in the back, a census enumerator anecdote, and a maid mix up with toothpicks and a Moorish dagger thermometer. It also previews a bustling theater season with Kendals, Hannah Hernhardt,, and other stars, plus a bulletin board scene about Salvator Beata’s victory.
Mariners view Sable Island as dangerous with many wrecks and limited rescue options. Belgium trained carrier pigeons will be housed at Halifax and later deployed to Sable Island to carry messages back to the mainland, enabling rapid communication after disasters.
The article lists salary increases for second class postmasters in Pennsylvania and nearby areas.towns including Bellefonte Bethlehem Johnstown Norristown Shamokin Sharon Towanda Tyrone Uniontown Washington and others see raises from about 1 500 to 2 900 dollars and changes for Heningdon Parkersburg Mansfield Youngstown and nearby regions.
Yale University held graduation ceremonies at Center Church in New Haven with President Dwight presenting honorary degrees to judges M. F. Cooper and Edward Hill and statesman William Walter Phelps. Twenty degrees were conferred including M A and BA degrees to several graduates amid formal recognitions.
Washington Pa June 21 Jefferson College class of 1886 gathered for a 25th anniversary reunion. Rev W F Brown hosted and led a dinner and class meeting in the old college chapel. The roll lists notables including Rev David Gregg Judge John Ad Mellvaloe Rev W F Brown Dr Scott William E Jennings Dr Ritchie T Joune and others.
Mrs. Kapper a ranch wife near Harrold Texas killed a large panther that attacked her while she protected her children. She sent for medicine, found the panther dragging her young daughter, then used a hoe to strike the animal fatally after a fierce struggle.
Henry Bachmeyer age 100 marked his birthday at the Little Sisters of the Poor on Montgomery road. He wore white and sat at a long table as Sisters baked a frosted cake bearing his name and birth date. He walked from Baltimore to St Lo thirteen years ago and settled near Gilbert avenue. He arrived in America at age 50 and never learned English.
Cloudless day and martial bands welcomed about 500 visiting Knights. By noon roughly 5,000 visitors from Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburgh Akron Wooster Massillon and other Northern Ohio towns filled Canton for the dedication of the new Masonite Hall. Visiting Masons attended a tabernacle program and a reception and banquet followed in the evening. The temple is described as one of the finest in the state, completed at a cost of many thousands of dollars.
Henry M Stanley and his fiancée Miss Tennant were honored at Oxford University during commemorations. Undergraduates greeted him with cheers and light jests as he was presented. He received the degree of Civil Law along with Prof. Goodwin of Harvard University.
A rustic speaker mourns his daughter’s growth as the baby nears adulthood and finds humor and ache in the idea she has a beau. He recalls her infancy, teases about motherhood, and considers how the family will cope with change and happiness ahead.
A chemist from PrirtTanvRe argues that ozone and pure carbonic gas create healthy air and warns that cholera would be impossible to quarantine if it reached the United States. He cites yellow fever in the South and cholera in Spain, claiming epidemics stem from atmospheric conditions and animal origins.
A reader asks if thunder affects milk spoilage. The editor explains lightning creates ozone in air. contact of ozone with milk oxidizes it, causing souring or curdling, while thunder itself does not directly sour milk.
Inquiries from the Inquirer note a purported article from Tiffin claiming Heidelburgh University President Dr Williard resigns. Church papers report no notice of change. readers are urged to seek clarification about Heidelburgh College OnkLand and its leadership after a quarter century of service.
A reader asks The Dispatch to alert authorities to deteriorating footpaths on Fifth Avenue. Bricks are loose in places and the walk is described as shabby. A separate item notes questions about Niagara River outlet depth at Whirlpool rapids and rail stock control by a Pa. resident with mentions Gould Vanderbilt Huntington.
The 39th Waynesburg College commencement unfolds with a Conservatory of Music concert led by Prof. Ormady Sutherland on Monday, Union Literary Society anniversary on Tuesday, Philo Literary Society anniversary Wednesday, and lectures by Rev. J Koehne and Rev. J Morris on Friday and Sunday respectively. Class day June 30 follows with Alumni Hall dedication and July 1 commencement of a new college building.
In Groyer June 24 a cow named Squeezed into a narrow gap between two trees at the edge of a clover field and began to browse. The cow swelled with gas from the greens and one tree was cut to free her.
A mix of brief items covers a Philadelphia cab money found and returned with a reward, an electric boat proposed for Reading, a boy with lockjaw after cornstalk injury, a Wilkesbarre bicycle accident ending with the rider retrieving his hat from a pond, census notes on twins in Crawford County, long-serving Doylestown compositor Hiram Lukens, a curious currant bush paragraph in Lancaster, and hailstorm damage in Cumberland County including a damaged barn and a boy lifted by wind.
A jumble of short notes from Atlanta and elsewhere: births in Middleton Corners Georgia and a world land company claim, a bull measured eight feet four inches long in Bennett Valley California, a jury selection detail in Georgia, a Bridgeport colored thief caught in a canal, African youth meeting at Chisamba, a Canton hotel courtship, doctors in Sisson California treating finger injuries, two Brooklyn pugilists and a mother with a club, a Macon Ga dentist using his hands, a North Plainfield chicken with human hand feeding, a tiny Brooklyn dwelling to be built, a calf dispute in Camas Prairie Oregon and a man paying damages, corporal punishment limits in states, an Oregon thief milking a widow, Salvation Army’s Paris floating temple, a 10 to 11 pound melon in Atlanta, a North Carolina hen, a four ton ore chunk from Butte City Montana, two girls with similar names in a French institution, and a Japanese steel war vessel launched on the Clyde named Chiyoda.
A collage of humorous quotes and jokes from 19th century newspapers and magazines. It includes quips about devils and professions, court scenes, cross-cultural gibes, drinkers, betting, and banter between characters. The items mix satire on politics, gender, and daily life with stray cartoons and gags.
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