Fragmentary 19th century Dispatch notice text
OCR fragment from a 19th century newspaper page includes publication details and distribution notes. Mentions post office, printing rooms, business office locations, and distribution points in New York with addresses and vendors. No clear event or identifiable individuals beyond generic newspaper branding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithfeld
Diamond Streets
Diamond Street
Fastern
Tribune
New York
Pgreigryf
Darcy distribution and rates for Sunday and weekly dispatch
The notice lists Darcys distribution terms including Sunday editions and weekly dispatch options. It specifies carrier delivery and subscription pricing, covering daily and Sunday copies with varying terms and durations.
Uncomportable Burden Warns Legislature Over License Law
Pittsburg editors warn lawmakers against loosening Pennsylvania license laws. They argue voters support the current restrictions and fear party accountability for expanding liquor freedom. The piece cautions Republicans not to burden the party by reversing the popular, restraining framework.
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Republican Party
Pennsylvania
Light course amendment on river traffic and wharf bill
The article reports Senever Fiiun proposing an amendment to the wharf bill at Naerrisbuerg yesterday. It aims to protect river traffic from city interference by granting injunction remedies to river and coal interests. The piece defends limited city use of the wharf while preserving river rights and clarifies misreporting of a senator’s quote.
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Senever Fiiun
Naerrisbuerg
Iistvie
The Missing Heir and Fortune Hunting Abroad
An article discusses American claimants seeking European fortunes, noting many are deluded or exploited. It contrasts typical misfortune with a real missing heir whose disappearance invites many false claimants and raises questions about fortune hunting across borders.
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Germany
Europe
England
Tin Disparca
Canada’s Election Passes Quietly Amid Tense Campaign
After weeks of excitement Canada held elections yesterday with little disturbance as troops meant to guard polls were absent. The campaign mirrored the bitter exchange seen in the United States, with leaders trading charges of fraud and voter intimidation.
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Canada
United States
Canadians Choose Conservatives In Tight Dominion Vote
The Canadian election returns show a near even split on high tariff versus reciprocity with a slight edge to tariffs. The result heralds Sir John Macdonald's return and a setback for Liberal plans for commercial union, though the margin is slim and renewed returns could shift totals. Liberals hope to topple Macdonald before winter, awaiting a new round of campaigning.
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Sir John Macdonald
Conada
Sir John
New York Post Reviews Pittsburg and Lake Erie Canal Plan
The New York Post praises the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Canal report while noting the paper’s criticisms about including maintenance and operation costs in toll estimates. It argues that government or private funding would shape tolls and that the canal could link vast inland water routes, boosting national transportation.
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Pittsburg and Lake Erie Canal
New York Post
United States
Pennsylvania
The
Post
Pillsburg
Erie Canal
Sault Ste. Marie
the Post
Lake Superior
Divided Responsibility in Rail Legislation Debates
The piece compares Minnesota and Kansas proposals creating railroad commissions to fix rates and regulate wages with fears of excessive government control. It notes railroad interests backed commissions, while workers protested limits on hours and profits, and warns against assuming all blame rests with Granger influence.
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Minnesota
Minnesota Railways
Iowa
Kansas
Reagan
Misread Commissions and Regulation Debate Across Railroads
The piece argues that railroad commissions should set just rates via free competition, criticizes pools under regulation, and notes a broader misperception among railroads about proper pricing. It cites Blair’s remark on Chinatown, Spain’s tariff shifts, cold waves, the bac Carat scandal, a host of exiles, and the Mammoth Mine disaster finding negligence rather than conspiracy.
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Commission
Western Railroad Commissions
New York Courts Fine Jay Gould for Jury Duty Dodging
A paragraph circulating in New York claims Jay Gould avoided jury duty by paying a $100 fine. The courts threaten $100 fines for every non-appearance, but have not yet moved to collect multiple hundred dollar penalties from the millionaire.
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New York
Jay Gould
Gould
Belden Values and Miscellany in a Restless Nation
A compact review of political antics and social curiosities includes James J. Belden’s policing of liquor on Capitol Hill, a dubious Davis Island dam find, a moneyed New York club seeking restraint, $500000 in missing state securities, and a violet year for peaches. The piece also notes French betting laws, militia questions, Emperor William’s Paris envoy, and a hoped settlement of the Mononghela mining strike.
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James J. Belden
New York
Belden
Hall Brown
Mrs French-Sheldon Plans Return From Africa Visit
Mrs French-Sheldon has departed for Central Africa with grand ceremonial pomp but denies missionary or philanthropic aims and no definite exploration purpose. She has not pledged that on return she will avoid stage performances or lecturing commitments.
Snap Shots in Season on Envy and Rebellion
Porter denotes balance at population center while noting fears and envy drive social unrest. The text argues that envious groups provoke ruinous actions against the powerful, likening attacks to mangy fists snapping at aristocrats and birds plucked by peers. Spenry is mentioned as a victim of these dynamics.
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Porter
Harum-Sesrum Old World
Spenry
Fear, envy, and the restless crowd in a moral wail
A jumble of newspaper snips laments envy and fear ruling society. It sketches agitators who weaponize jealousy against the prosperous and well-ordered, mocks zeal for reform, and nods to absurdities from Jack the Ripper lore to politics and industry headlines.
Prominent Persons Mentioned In A Variety Of Ventures
Miss Emata Steiner praised as America’s sole woman operatic conductor. Miss Brappos criticized for style though diamonds dazzle. Mrs Vanderbilt favors practical footwear. Brow allegedly kissed Honolulu pretties. Uncle Remus Harris walked 86 miles in a day. Evangelist Sam Jones collapse warned in a letter. Joshra Pitzer improves. may resume NY World duties soon. Admirals Faxeagut Porter noted. Baron von Bonen to govern East Africa. Dr Peters named lieutenant governor. General Butler previews memoirs. Theodore N. Dwight retires from Columbia Law. Painter Vasili Verestchagin to supervise American exhibition. Esex D. Jompayn’s Boston career. Mand youth to affluence tale. Poet William Moeris plans self‑printing. Morris nears poetry return.
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Emata Steiner
America
Brappos
W. ER. Vanderbilt
Apmairal Brow
United States
Charleston
Ciais
Honolulu
Jom
Chandlee Harris
Remus
Samuel P. Jones
Georgia
Texas
Hia
Joshra Pitzer
New York World
Faxeagut and Porter
Baron von Bonen
Berlin
Bhe
East Africa
Dr. Peters
General Butler
Mr. Dana
Theodore N. DwiGut
Columbia Law School
Vasili Verestchagin
American Art Association
Brayton Ives
Esex D. Jompayn
Boston
Melange of the Mail Mild Winters Not Unhealthy
A Chambers Journal writer contests the belief that mild winters are healthiest. Citing 1861 London mortality, the piece links severe cold to spikes in deaths from bronchitis, apoplexy, paralysis, and heart disease, and notes sheep losses in Ettrick Forest as “the bad year.”
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Chambers’ Journal
London
Ross
Ettrick Forest
Brennan Campaign Card Sparks Italian Vote Tactics
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes Patrick Brennan of the Eighth Ward uses a campaign card aimed at Italian voters and claims hostile rumors repeat a false variant PATRIZZIO BRENNANO. Brennan enjoys ward support while critics question his tactics amid ward humor and local politics.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Patrick Brennan
Eighth Ward
Brennan
Paddy Brennan
Turkish polygamy seen as exception by traveler
Spaniard Carlos Rivero recounts Turkish harem life from Constantinople noting polygamy is limited to wealthy elites while lower and middle classes stay monogamous. He describes the harem system, servile status of slaves, and strict public privacy rules for a wife’s visits and expenses.
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Turkey
Carlos Rivero
Palmer House
Constantinople
Mussulman
Jadiez
Rubber boot and shoe making detailed by a drummer
A Denver Daily News reporter learns from an Eastern rubber house drummer how rubber boots and shoes are produced. He explains material sourcing from South America, vulcanization, assembly on lasts, and that about 70 percent of the final product is pure rubber. He notes factory labor, small earnings per pair, and a national capacity around 150000 pairs with several large plants.
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Denver
Col
Daily News
South America
Mystery over 40000-pair capacity venue inquiry
The excerpt notes a hint of intrigue about a site with a 40,000 pair capacity and questions where all those items go. It recounts a New York Recorder jab at Boston and a traveler who found rest in Henry VIII’s chapel after an exhausting European tour, dozing in Westminster Abbey.
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Devawareig
Westminster Abbey
New York Recorder
Boston
Europe
East
Henry VIII
Stminster
Two About Death Shown to Be False In Every Particular
A Chicago Tribune discussion debunks the proverb Death loves a shining mark by noting many famed figures survived long. The doctor argues Death respects no person and cites statistics: disease and poverty claim more lives among the poor, while many celebrated names lived to old age.
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Chicago Tribune
Weill
Gladstone
Hismarck
Blaine
von Moltke
Pope Leo
Queen Victoria
Hannibal Hamlin
William II
Germany
George Washington
Dr. Johnson
Ben Franklin
Darwin
Death
Bancroft
Frederick
Harlem Club Leaders Go Hungry in Roanoke Restaurant
Jordan L. Mott and Ed Ein stein, Harlem Democratic Club president and ex congressman, visited Roanoke Virginia for a hunt. They asked the sable attendant for what was good to eat but were told oysters and fish were out and a “very lively game” of poker was in the third story. They left to seek another restaurant.
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Jordan L. Mott
Harlem Democratic Club
Ed Einstein
Virginia
Roanoke
Mr. Mott
President Mott
New York
Beautiful Liar Tale From The Gaelic Chinese Girl Case
The Gaelic arrival brought a young Chinese girl with no papers who was released on habeas corpus with others. She claimed to be 19 and married, saying her husband lives in San Francisco. She said she has two children and has never seen her husband. The exchange with the attorney and interpreter sparked the court to order her return to her children. The piece notes iron manufacturers deny forming a trust.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Bing
San Francisco
China
Dams
Deaths of a Day at Pittsburg and Galveston
Obituary notices recount the death of Mrs Eleanor McGinnis in Pittsburg on February 5 at age eight, detailing her lineage, marriage to John McGinnis, homestead near Braddock, and role in local community life. Separate notice from Galveston reports the death of Mother Superior Mary Agnes Magerenery of the Sacred Heart Convent after eight years as superior.
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Eleanor McGinnis
Pittsburg
William and Mary Hamsey
Allegheny County
Six Mile Ferry
Monongahela River
Pittshburg
John McGinnis
Braddock
Hraddock
Fort Duquesne
Craddock
Tortie Creek
John Mellinnis
Pennsylvania
West
Presbyterian Church
Mary Agnes Magerency
Galvestox
Mary Agnes Magerenery
Sacred Heart Convent
Columbu
Aly
Memphis
Obituary notice for Mrs. W. H. Stoddard and Judge Robert C Pitman
Mrs. W.H. Stoddard of Northampton Massachusetts longtime principal and wife of Rev Suleman Stoddard is noted. Judge Robert C. Pitman of the Massachusetts Supreme Court dies at Newton, Boston reports.
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W. H. Stoddard
Northampton
Mass
Suleman
JT. Stoddard
Robert Co. Pitman
Boston
Robert C. Pitman
Massachusettis Supreme Court
Newton
Charity Bazaar Transforms Old City Hall Into Bustling Nursey Aid Center
Old City Hall hosted the Charity Nursery Bazaar with flowers, booths, and dinners served to hundreds. Notable ladies chaired tables for foods, gifts, and crafts as proceeds support the First Allegieny Day Nursery, with supper looming and gas shortages delaying some meals.
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Old City Hall
Samuel Watson
Sturgeon
Harry Campbell
Iver Anderson
Thomas Marrow
KH. J. Shaw
C. 5. Rose
J. Meee
Dames
Ss. Dlershall
J. B. Hoslett
Hall
Mirs
W. H. Gutch
W. W. Armstong
W. B. Hiosdes
A. McAteer
J. DW. Chantier
William Lilley
Dames Boyd
Ss. Agi
J. K.torper
Dr. Beatty
Hamma
James McKee
Jeane Gillespie
I. Miller
Robert McCain
J. Hong
M. McFlydne
J. H. Iewin
G. W.cowan
Jobb
Emma Gracr
Dottie Aiken
Mises Cushey
Hawer
Henry
GB. Harman
Queen of Fame benefit at Palace Rink for Emory M. E. Church
The Queen of Fame staged in four acts and five tableaux drew a good audience at the Palace Rink East Eve for the Young Ladies Foreign Missionary Society of Emory M. E. Church. Mrs. Charles W. Woolstair led preparations and a bazaar followed with named helpers at Flower Patch Patch Sandy Curiosity Cake and Ice Cream tables. The show will be repeated tonight.
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Young Ladies’ Foreign Missionary Society
Emory M. E. Church
Palace Rink
East Eve
Charles W. Woolstair
Clara Squires
Ates
Jeffrey Ym Hobson
Butler
Heabard
Avers
Weald
Patch
Able McKee
Aids
Davies
Wallace
Henderson
Aull
Able
Reahard
Sandy Table
Emma Squires
Simonde
Thrumpson
Kutter
Wainwright
Dirs
F. W. McKee
Curiosity
Maggie Holland
Wisses Bryson
Hughes
Minehart
Lytle
Creasen
Bulger
Mra. Drumm
Miss Watson
Lee
Minnie Clelland
Blattenberger
Mrs. Naller
Misses Walker
Hohanan
Wilson
Leroy
Hobaugh
Mitchell
McKee
Sheaffer
Shrrimplin
Cox
Haxter
Marco
Hines
Seigner
Mearee
Hey
Cowde Wakefield
Topping
Collins
Ayers
Clelland
Fleming
Meixner
Jim Crawford
Lydick
Closing the Season at Railroad Branch Young Men’s Christian Association
The Pennsylvania Railroad Department of the YMCA held the season finale last night at Twenty-eighth street rooms. The program featured piano pieces by W McDonald and J McCarthy, recitations by William A Winton, solos by Miss Clara Chester, Miss Sadie Smithson, Miss Jen nie Scribner, Miss Katie Branion, and Miss Chester, banjo solos by Alfred A Farland, a piano duet by Miss Bessie and Master Harry Herr, and numerous other readings. The program was rated among the season’s best and drew a large crowd.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Young Men's Christian Association
Twenty-eighth Street
W. McDonald
J. McCarthy
William A. Winton
Clara Chester
Alfred A. Farland
Sadie Smithson
Jennie ¥. Scribner
Katie Branigan
Fred C. Rommel
Miss Chester
Winton
Mr. Farland
Miss Scribner
Bessie
Harry Herr
Pink Reception Held by Colonels Clark Circle in Allegheny
Colonel John B. Clark Circle No 1 of the Ladies of the G A E hosted a pink reception last night in the Cyclorama parlors on Irwin avenue and Beech street Allegheny. Chaperons included Mesdames Bradberry Scott Stewart Moos Armor Davis Squares Hunt Dr. McIntosh Sheriff and Suremer.
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John B. Clark
Irwin Avenue
Beech Street
Allegheny
William T. Bradberry
Alpert F. Scott
James Stewart
Adam Moos
Lee M. Armor
James Davis
G. B. Squares
Edward Hunt
Dr. McIntosh
Charles F. Sheriff
J. G. Suremer
YWCA East End Hosts Banquet At Collins Avenue Hall
The East End Young Women's Christian Association held a Wednesday banquet at their Collins avenue hall with Miss Mary E. Davison presiding. The society received favorable reports on its work and was given a vote of thanks by the questa after the event.
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The
Young Women’s Christian Association
East End
Collins Avenue
Mary E. Davison
Questa
Relief Society Calls for Aid for Poor Allegheny neighbors
At a meeting of the Ladies Relief Society of Allegheny housed in the Fourth U P Church the group voted to issue a circular seeking supplies and money for the cold hungry poor. Contributions may be sent to Mr Bassett of the Diamond weigh scales.
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Ladies' Relief Society of Allegheny
U. P
Friends of the Society
Bassett
Social and school events across East Liberty community
Phi Kappa Pi Society of Central High School plans a March 29 entertainment in the school chapel. East End residents joined a Washington and Polar Comfort excursion. Industrial School closes March 14 at Fourth Avenue Baptist Church. Adams Express employee hosted a reception and dance in the new Masonic Hall on Collins Avenue. Mrs. M. Tutell and daughter return soon from a Western trip via the Southern route. Mrs. W. H. Howes hosted a gathering yesterday. W C T U holds a quarterly Braddock meeting with day sessions at the Presbyterian Church and evening sessions at the Methodist Church. Rev George Hopes spoke on the Passion Play at East Liberty Presbyterian Church chapel for Domestic Training School funds.
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Phi Kappa Pi Society
Central High School
East End
Washington
Old Polar Comfort
Fourth Avenue Baptist Church
Adams Express Company
East Liberty
New Masonic Hall
Collins Avenue
M. Tutell
Miss Sully
W. H. Howes
Center Avenue
Arthura
Wolverton
Sunbury
Allegheny County
Braddock
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
George Hopges
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
Curious Condensations From An Era Of Oddities
A scan of curiosities includes a wealthy Englishwoman funding a town and railroad near Decatur Alabama, an excryptologist claiming ancient Egyptian labor strikes, a Napoleon theft souvenir used in a Paterson school, and a new graveyard donated to Jefferson City Missouri by a charitable woman.
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Decatur
Ala
Egypt
Napoleon I
Switzerland
Paterson, N. J
Jefferson City, Mo
Sharpson Phlatz and a Poetic Debt Pranks
A jumble of humorous snippets from newspapers recounts a poet in debt who threatens drastic action unless repaid by a friend. The tale ends with the friend begrudgingly paying after a playful ultimatum.
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He Bisnatch
P'tttaburs
RE Dispatch
United
Blair
Chinatown
Pekin
Sea of Heaven
Spain
Czar
Rothechild
Davis Island Dam
Willionaires
William
Paris
Charity
Zova
Jack the Ripper
Hyde Park
London Police
Comstock
Anthony
Wall Street
WuHeEn
Senate
Shoreham
Coxpress
Bat Lake
Harrisburg
Haperison
Jack Frost
Ingalls
Philadelphia
Garden of Eden
Eve
Delaware
Willie Winkle
William Moeris
Hammersmith
Morris
Candidato Democratico
DELL
Fer
Camera del Delegati
Dietro Approvasione del Voto Primario Democratico
Patrizzio Brennano
Kipling
Jack the Kipper
Quaeer Edibles
Chicago Times
Julie Fetterman
D. C. Martin
Agnes Sterling
Hkisie Staokin
Margaret Martin
Etta Gilmore
Settle Donaldson
Annie Smith
Fmiliv Fetterman
Harrah
Alex Patterson
Julia Lappe
Velino Smith
Liltle Copeland
Lee Cream
M. D. Haslett
Dofn Giblson
Hie
Etta Armstrong
May Anderson
Bella Fisher
Lizale Fisher
Jessie ScDonald
Ed Means
Alice Fristee
Annie Hiber
Gertrude Hemphil
Mise Belle Him
Belle Love
Alisa Nellie MecaAmbiy
Agnes Orr
Unody
JW. Allison
Mary Trimball
Joyle McHenry
Carrie Hice
Ida Lyons
Amelia
D. Hultz
Margaret Sloan
Anna Hutchinson
Minnie Hax
Erie Young
Joan T. Morton
James Richey
Dr. Sproul, Sr
Algeo
Thomas Marshall, Jr
Esherman
Jane Brown
James Wilson
John D. Carson
James McAteer
H.W. McKee
Jd. York
Joan Frasier
T. L. Rogers
Mra. Sawhill
J.C. McKee
Denonic ‘Turner
Ella Thompson
Miles Sans Mise
Mary Boyle
Margaret McIllan
Alice Neason
Annie Whalley
Nettie McAteer
Bessie Musser
Figgrence Wells
Valie Fetterman
Eda Arthur
Ella McKee
Agnes P. Orr
Foreign Missionary Society of
Social Charter
Rochester, Y
Chicago
Bern
Lexington
North Pole
Cheyenne
State University
Middlefield
Conn
Naples
Italy
Bank of England
Charles
Ton
Nashville
Michigan
Homer
Dunkirk
Ind
Et River
Walla
Sharpson—Phlatz
Decage
Johnny Hojack
Paps
Utah
Radiv
Dolly Vardee
Eagee
Freddie Sparkle
Eagse
Smith
Gray
O' Rorke
Brien
Marper
Grereo
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