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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1890
Page
4
Features praise a cottage plan with wraparound piazzas and front balcony suited for summer use. Independent room heating, optional fireplaces, shellac-yellowing exterior, sage green walls, and a compact, efficient interior maximize space for family living and easy ventilation.
A brief public notice appears in the issue advertising details on page eight. The item highlights available services or offerings and directs readers to follow up with the specified advertiser for more information.
A Presbyterian ministers meeting features Rev. Dr. Sutherland outlining Paul's thorn as chronic eye disease. The talk weighs figurative meanings such as trouble and temptation, with faulting interpretations and references to Galatians and Acts.
Dr Baldwin missionary secretary outlines talks on race and Christian views. Dr Fitzgerald of Nashville discusses a Christian stance on race. Dr Edwards presents on oaths and abuses. Rev Luther D D speaks on government and missions. Rev Cheever D D covers liquor prohibition. Additional talks promised. railroads offer reduced excursion rates for attendees.
Postmaster McKean and Superintendent Collins map the basement and first floor of the new Government building. Offices include the general office on Smithfield Street, a private office on Fourth Avenue, and a cashier’s area above the entrance. The money order desk sits at Smithfield and Third Avenue, with vaults on Third Avenue and a central glass-covered area for the city department. The stamp windows flank the Smithfield entrance, delivery boxes line the side, and carriers’ areas occupy the rear with deliveries through Cherry Alley.
Broker Henry S Ives, once freed from jail, drew attention for rapid wealth and a princely Joralemon Street mansion. In Sidney Place he was known as a fluent talker who filled nights with schemes as a roommate slept, asking only that he close the door when he left.
A St Louis Globe Democrat writer argues church singing needs reform. Choirs should foster participation, not exalt a few voices, expanding membership to teach and elevate the entire congregation. Heartfelt song and spiritual warmth suffer when singing is mechanized or exclusive.
Judge Chester Kraum recalls a tale from Daniel Webster's Western tour in 1837. Alton lacked a cannon so a bluff was drilled with four kegs of powder. a deep fuse caused a massive blast announced from the Mississippi riverfront to welcome the famed statesman.
Paris firms discuss a novel street lighting contract using condensed air power. The system feeds many small dynamos to supply lamps with low risk and high efficiency. The ad section highlights Beecham's Pills Pears' Soap silk patterns lace curtains and other products from Arthur Schondelmyer and partners at 68 Ohio Street and H J Luxon Market Street.
The notice warns of upcoming carpentry strikes in multiple cities including Cleveland Lincoln Peoria St. Joseph Dallas and many more. It also reports miners at Laurel Ridge colliery in Mahanoy Plane Pa seizing livestock to cover missing wages as the mine remains idle amid coal trade depression.
A new winning electric lamp weighs 344 pounds and emits 134 candle power for ten hours. The four cell accumulator sits in a wooden box 51 inches high, with the lamp bulb and reflector protected under a strong glass dome in front.
John Fleming Dravo of Beaver is named by Senator Quay as the new Surveyor of the Port of Pittsburg ending a bitter contest with Frank P. Case and William S. Brown. Dravo, a West Newton native born October 29, 1819, has a long business and public service record including coal ventures, bank directorships, and political roles in Pennsylvania. The appointment was anticipated with little surprise as Telegrams from Washington noted Dravo’s nomination over rival candidates.
Industrial World reports widespread union activity including New York Central Labor Union anti scab drives in Newark and Brooklyn shoemakers seeing rising membership. Eight hour laws upheld in Indiana, cooperage unions push for union-made barrels, Carpenters and Joiners fund supports eight hour efforts, Philadelphia Sailors and Firemen union forms, and mass meetings planned in Brooklyn for various trades.
The New York Senate Committee on overhead electric wires urges burying conductors in towns with 125 000 people or more and to exclude currents over 250 volts from buildings. It concludes high and low tension and alternating systems are not dangerous with proper devices. The panel consulted Prof Thomson and Forbes of England and heard Harold P Brown claim abolishing alternating systems would remove danger. Westinghouse faced some market jitters, but the report supports their system and aids local firms to keep footholds.
Readers hear about electric tramways on main highways to replace horse power, arguing they cost as little as good macadam roads and would cut farm product transport costs. The piece notes cautious buyers rely on Dr Bull's Cough Syrup and mentions an Ace of Clubs cornet ad on Page 6.
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