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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1892
Page
4
Chicago scene shows thousands of visitors and a wave of sharp hustlers seeking quick money from the World’s Fair. Promoters, schemers, and inspectors hunt exits and exits, while Major Handy’s office becomes a playground for enterprising con artists eager to strike lucrative deals.
Representative Hermann of Oregon proposes a bill to negotiate with Turkey to import 100 to 200 pure Angora goats. The aim is to establish a mohair industry domestically, starting in Southern California and Arizona, with California as the first trial. The Agriculture Department backs exploration of the trade potential.
Jay Gould reached San Antonio in his private car and plans a Mexico trip after which he will visit the Gould revised agenda. B F Yoakum accompanied him on a carriage tour while Dr Munn said Gould has a severe cold and needs milder climate. No business significance is stated, but observers think the visit may signal interest in the San Antonio and Aransas Pass railroad as a feeder to the Missouri Pacific.
New York March 7 Amy Lee the soubrette sues her husband Frank Owers of Leadville Colorado for divorce The couple met in Denver four years ago while he was a player and married in Jersey City They then resided in Leadville Her desire for stage life led to separation and he agreed not to contest the divorce Miss Lee now stars in Fanchon at the Girard Avenue Theater Philadelphia.
Nervous people are likened to bundles of wires and a nervous stomach shows in the body. Invigoration is advised to overcome nerves, with Detetter's Stomach Bitters promoted as the finest tonic and remedy for constipation biliousness malaria and other ailments.
Albert Favorite of Arkansas City reports a prolonged cold that settled on his lungs and then a lingering summer cough. After using a remedy for 14 years he claims complete relief and recommends it to others. 50-cent bottles for sale by druggists. Excursion to Washington via B C B E next Thursday March 10. Round trip nine dollars. Parlor cars on day train and sleeping cars on night train. Boose and Bum advertise 48 inch black silk warp cashmeres at 120 dollars per yard.
In Washington March 7 the Senate opened with petitions and discussion on a pure food bill. Mr Berry accused lard industry syndicates of backing the measure to crush cottonseed oil, a claim contested by Mr Palmer who warned against expansive regulatory power. Debate focused on enforcing laws vs new rules, with a close vote and adjournment.
In New York City on March 7 a petition circulated by several cigar dealers urges passage of a House bill to impose a $10 per 1000 internal revenue tax on all paper wrapped cigarettes. The petition lists fatal cigarette smoking cases and those said to have become insane from smoking. The aim is to curb the cigarette habit by tax measures.
More than 100 Selz Sewab & Co workers attended a Trade and Labor Assembly meeting in Chicago to air grievances. They allege the firm pays some workers with damaged shoes in violation of an anti truck law and uses fines to keep wages low, touching off regional tensions in the labor movement.
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