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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1891
Page
4
A garbled newspaper page fragment from The Dispatch details advertising offices in New York and distribution points. It mentions Swiftly misread dates and addresses, urging advertisers to use the service and noting sales locations in Prentone's and Opera houses.
The Cleveland correspondence notes ore interests push for a one dollar per ton reduction to lower production costs as railroads resist concessions. Tax Districts urge ore coke and freight relief to keep Western Pennsylvania in iron production, while rail officials defend current rates despite potential boosts to traffic profits.
The article argues for holding top corporation leaders accountable for rail disasters. It cites the arrest of New York and New Haven directors including Chauncey M. Depew and William Rockefeller in a tunnel accident case. It contends responsibility should extend to those who set policy, not just subordinate engineers.
The Board of Assessors begins the citywide triennial assessment to set valuations for about twenty thousand property owners. Over ten months they will weigh owner views against market values, aiming to complete by year end for the 1892 levy. Generally values are steady with upgrades near Schenley Park and central business districts, though overall rise is uncertain.
The report notes steady assessments on a conservative basis, with no boom in values. It suggests the new assessment will largely revise existing valuations rather than broadly raise totals, with only some specific cases adding to valuations and only a small overall increase expected.
A communication argues that coal smoke can be thoroughly burned with new appliances, saving heating power and reducing labor by 25 percent in coal handling. It urges public reform and potential authority intervention to require adoption where smoke nuisance persists, citing dangers to property and health.
A bill in the Legislature proposes a 50 000 appropriation to improve the Zoological Garden in Fairmount Park Philadelphia. The piece draws praise in local papers but critics say it is a local institution funded by farmers and taxpayers in other counties. Cities should fund their own zoos or go without observers say.
The Philadelphia Press accuses the Legislature of being hypnotized by party pledges and corporate interests, delaying ballot reform and anti discrimination measures despite debate and amendments. Publicity aids a German estate case. advertising shows its power in public matters.
The bill restricting telephone charges to 35 dollars a month faces criticism as price regulation by the legislature. Proponents argue monopolies justify such limits as relief from extortionate rates, while opponents see government price setting as objectionable.
The piece riffs on public building bills and a Minnesota bill aimed at banning female nudity on stage. It notes Chicago’s park giveaway proposal failing in Congress and mocks Senator Staxvroup who runs a racing stable and a literary bureau.
Former Speaker Reed opened remarks at a New York consolation banquet with the quip that half the trouble in life is to get a hearing. He faced a verdict after a heroin hearing, and contends the smoke nuisance is an economic waste and should be stopped.
The South Dakota Legislature defeats a bill to outlaw prize fighting, arguing it would interfere with amusements of the common people. The remark about the outcome is noted as amusing and the writer predicts migration of the short-haired fraternity to the state.
A collage of seasonal notes recalls sugar bush memories and maple sap rituals while shifting to quick humor and brief, pointed items. The column touches on sugar season, wills, politics, fashion, and a racehorse metaphor as it wanders through days and headlines.
Farmers along the coast move livestock out of Tange as winter weather stirs many locals. The piece notes contrasts between professionals and seasonal effects, with sly jests about almanac forecasts and a reference to Willie Winele in a fragmented column.
Vox Moltre attributes age to God and moderate habits. Eliza Brigham Young’s widow marries Representative Denning of Michigan. Miss Eas tlake heads to the U S for a 25 week tour from Philadelphia on October 5. Mrs Burnett departs England for Washington to resume two new stories and a play after her son’s illness and death. Benjamin Franklin highlighted as a pioneer in electrical science. Jerry Simpson sheds his old suit for a new store-made outfit, eyes toward a derby and gloves. Senator Wolcott lauds his brother Henry as the smartest, most eloquent man. Henry visits Washington for entertainment and to seek favors or a $10,000 check.
A well regarded West figure invites a friend to lunch, flashes a £100 bill, and then asks him to pay the bill. The friend learns in private note that the request was simply to cover the lunch, prompting a mix of humor and charity.
In a New York Recorder police court a wife, after testifying to her husband’s alleged cruelty, asks him to hold their baby so she can gesture effectively before the judge. The judge typically orders three dollars a week for the mother, derived from half the remaining wages after basic expenses. The article notes the utilitarian, sometimes shrewd, logic behind this routine.
The Toledo Blade notes the relaunch of a chase by purported Anneke Jans heirs for Trinity Church property in New York City. It cites lack of legal proof of ownership by Anneke Janseyer and New York’s statute of limitations, which protect current titleholders. No suit or settlement negotiations have occurred, and Trinity Church’s title is stated as perfect in law.
William B Garrison a member of Union Veteran Legion Encampment No 1 died after a several week illness. He served in the Rebellion with Company G Fifty fourth Massachusetts Volunteers. No relatives in this city. Encampment No 1 will conduct the funeral with services tomorrow at 2 PM at Devore's undertaking rooms 512 Grant street. The encampment will meet at Veteran Legion Hall 37 Sixth Avenue. Members of other encampments are invited to attend.
Samuel W. Wilson of Fairview West Virginia aged seven died at his residence on Friday. He was born in Hancock County and lived there. He was well known through Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania and served as sheriff of Hancock County for six years. He leaves a wife and six children, including Mrs J C Donehoo daughter in law of Rev E Doneloo who resides in the city.
A British ship Cockermouth arrives 48 hours after the Lorton after a day of shared departure from Liverpool. The two vessels kept a near neck and neck pace for 40 days, matching each move and sharing visits by Captains Steele and McAdam and their wives. They sailed the roaring forties and Horn then Pacific together, never more than a mile apart.
Dr Charles Pressingham of Melbourne says Kipling annoyed diners in Chicago by talking constantly about himself during a dinner in his honor. He calls Kipling bright but a cad and insufferable, though he may grow wiser with more world experience.
A New York Hospital physician reports a case of episodic amnesia in a young American woman. She awakens from long sleep with lost memory of all prior learning and once again relearns spelling reading and arithmetic. After a later sleep her mind reverts to the old state erasing memories of events in between.
An old engineer explains to a writer in the Detroit Free Press that locomotives differ like people. Engines are built alike but small mechanical differences make each run distinctly. Some shift from smooth to cranky for reasons hard to explain, as any veteran engineer will attest.
Addison Cammack admires district telegraph messengers after a slow delivery cost him a 5000 share stock buy. He later rewarded the slow messenger with a handsome present, noting the broker failed to execute before the market closed. The New York Journal highlighted the tale of speed versus timing and a potential 15 000 loss.
The article surveys historic trees across Europe and England noted for great age. It cites a Villars-en-Moing linden near Morat once central in 1476 Swiss conflicts, a Neustadt Württemberg linden dating to 1226 with eight centuries or more, a Tamworth chestnut linked to King Stephen and possibly a thousand years, a Saintes oak about two millennia old, and a Sonima Lombardy cypress reputed to predate Julius Caesar according to local tradition.
A New York Times anecdote recalls a man lending a travel worn trunk with Paris London Berlin Vienna and Rome labels to a traveler. The owner insists the labels remain as they prove the world travels and costly trips, and he would hold the borrower responsible for removing them.
Brief item notes Sir John Macdonald still leads in polls but the situation appears unstable with suggestions Blaine may carry Canada by a large majority in the next round. The fragment references the Chicago Tribune and Syracuse Herald as context for the changing political landscape.
An English magazine recounts the Japanese imperial visit as the heir and his wife travel through Kyoto Osaka Nara Sakurai Takamori Yoshino with strict crowd regulations. Rules ban looking, require hats removal, prohibit umbrellas, and demand orderly, quiet passage with fireworks at the station.
Evening Wisconsin notes Paris tradespeople enforce a harsh limit on student credit of 13 francs in the Quartier, roughly $0, forcing many to subsist on coffee as funds run out. A New England girl described as talentless traveled with about $200, spent on fashion, now left destitute and unable to return home. Many similar cases cited.
The PitTsurre Dispatch is praised as an enterprising newspaper with a 3000 daily circulation and 60000 on Sundays. It plans a granite iceproof building at Diamond and Smithfield with KR Hoe printing machinery, cables, and European news coverage.
Samuel Fries of Stinesville Lehigh County boasts a beard 4 feet 9 inches long, extending below the knees. The record is the result of a vow from 1560 linked to a Democrat victory and Lincoln’s 1860s era, with Fries remaining prideful and rarely exposing the full beard in public.
A refined gathering at 304 South Highland Ave Fast End heard Edmund Russell discuss English artists and studios with readings from Pre Raphaelite poets. Notable figures cited included Morris Hunt Crane Tadema and Leighton with Rosetti Swinburne readings and Sigurd the Volsung. The event supported Miss Killikelly’s class and drew strong praise.
In winter the cold makes electric railcars uncomfortable. Heating via a portion of propulsion current is proposed. Ordinary car stoves are impractical, but electric heaters placed beneath seats could uniformly warm the car. Heaters exist and have some adoption, though cost remains uncertain.
Greensburg reports W H Young a leading young lawyer, ill with mental decline, taken to a private asylum near Philadelphia for treatment. Once admitted to the U S Supreme Court practice, he was known for literary attainments and sound reasoning though aged about 98.
A reader defends mine law and mine boss standards arguing the law must be clearly stated and enforced by exams for workers. He cites Inspector Blick and C. B. Harden, urging education to fix leaks while noting operators should hire qualified men for key posts. Calemer letter dated March 4.
Letter from Wa McCreeey of Allegheny argues for modern stokers to curb coal smoke. Cites Pleasant Valley car station showing 1200 hp electric plant uses 2 miles of line with minimal dirty stack daily. Claims $1000 per 1000 hp cost, annual 25 percent labor savings, stokers auto fed. March 7.
The piece argues a corporation owned train car stoves caused deaths and notes New York law against car stoves was ignored. It blames Albany legislatures as influenced by corporate interests and mentions a fatal derailment illustrating the need for safer steel cars and stricter enforcement.
A reader asks the editor about Venezuela’s average temperature, healthfulness, chief industries, cost of living, and prospects for an American securing a job. The response notes coastal annual temperatures around 8 degrees and cooler uplands, questions Venezuela’s healthiness, and says agriculture and cattle raising were the main occupations, with the rest depending on experience and circumstances.
The editor is asked to identify the wealthiest American and the value of their riches, along with W H Vanderbilt's fortune at death. The writer notes the Vanderbilts Astors Goulds and Rockefellers as contenders but states uncertainty about who led and the exact amounts at the time.
Letter to the editor requests publication of last election results showing Governor Pattison defeating Delamater by 16 554 votes. Delamater credited with 447 455. Pattison listed with 209 votes in the cited tally.
The speaker, identified as JaMESs Crraney of MT and SAVAGE, Md, reports killing animals during the season including 16 coons 64 skunks and one wildcat and states the intent to double the total before season’s end.
A reader asks which states nearest Pennsylvania do not require a marriage license. The query cites Novas v. CANONSBURG and notes New York Wisconsin and Missouri may be involved. The exchange illustrates opinions on legal standards and local licensing rules.
Readers in Salem and nearby towns comment on a puzzle dubbed Monkey in the Tree as a mere catch and an old nursery rhyme. The notes express no decision on bets or matter details and reference journal needs.
A Boston Herald piece notes Mr. Crisp of Georgia as a strong, cool headed contender for Speaker. It mentions his nomination in Massachusetts for St Justautom, and praises his balanced mind as key for the role.
A jumble of short items reports oddities from across states and countries. Notes include a Trappe clock, a Center County pond bubbling up, tribal deposits in Carlisle, potato games in North Platte, and a French daily in Lowell.
A collage of short quips and jokes from era newspapers includes church going, clothing myths, missionary talk, a wooing tale with a lawsuit over a breach of promise, playful gossip about balls during Lent, a doxology note in Congress, and light verse about love and marriage reflecting social humor of the time.
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