Important Point Gained Pittsburg Iron Freight Relief
The Pittsburg dispatch reports a railroad rate reduction on ore to Pittsburg, cutting twenty cents per ton from the lakes and boosting pig iron and finished iron and steel rails by fifty cents and thirty cents respectively. This concession, sought by local advocates, improves Pittsburg’s iron competitiveness and signals potential further reductions guided by competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pittebure
Chicago
New Glass System Promises Faster Safer Production
The Jeannette Pennsylvania plant tested a new tank gun glass system yesterday. Early reports indicate favorable results though a longer trial is advised. If proven, the method could revolutionize glassmaking by boosting output and lowering costs, prompting widespread factory overhauls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannette
Direct Vote System in Republican Struggle for Power
The article discusses rival factions inside the Republican party debating the merits of direct popular vote methods versus party machines. It mentions the Crawford county plan as a potential alternative, noting past failures due to lack of legal checks and suggesting fresh experiments to test merit and provide leaders a gauge of popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quay
Flinn
Magee
Bayne
Crawford County
Pittsburg
Public notice on passenger railway franchise bids
A Drs WATCH note urges public scrutiny of grant actions for passenger railway franchises in city streets. It warns current, proposed, and existing electric, cable, and horse car lines crowd streets and calls for careful public consideration rather than bidding to the highest bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drs- Watch
Gosbants
Reform of Street Franchises for Efficient Transit
A discussion argues against exclusive street franchises and taxes on the public. It proposes using competition to lower fares, secures access for new lines via existing tracks, and avoids monopolies. The aim is economical, speedy transit without placing burdens on the least able taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the
United States
Pittsburg Leads In Clearing House Prospects For Year
Still marking an advance the July Clearing House returns show Pittsburg maintaining a steady rate of business improvement. Baltimore remains strong while Pittsboro climbs to seventh among American cities and may overtake St. Louis and San Francisco by year end.
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Pittsburg
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Pittsboro
St. Louis
San Francisco
New York Sun previews Horace Greeley letters
The New York Sun prints a striking series of Horace Greeley letters to Charles A. Dana. The pieces reveal Greeley’s vivid personality and modern political manners, contrasting with 1850s practices and highlighting justice tempered by generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Horace Greeley
Charles A. Dana
Greeley
Washington
Banks
Kansas
No Jokes Permitted In Pension Office Tale
A Civil War era anecdote recalls clerk Gitt who mocked Rev. Dr. Scott nap times in the Pension Office. The rebuke came from Scott’s son in law, now President, with discussion of officeholders and party loyalty, ending amid questions of justice and political spoils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gitt
Scott
Harrison
Mr. Gitt
Dr. Beott
Isbors
Irreverent politics and grocery musings in odd 19th century column
A fragmented critique mixes partisanship warnings with a spoof Arbor Day dispute from Grocery World. It skewers the administration's in law and family ties while lampooning fashion and press decency as it recounts Lord Lonadale’s Arctic stunt and a vague moral about dress and trade papers.
New York World’s Fair plans and political caustic notes
Commentary notes urge New York ecotemporaries to back a 1892 World’s Fair in the metropolis citing political battles and public disputes. It covers divorce law quirks, Fannie Davenport marriages, Rockefeller philanthropy, and public spirit events while lampooning Saward and Hewitt remarks and a deadly ice cream incident at a Connecticut church festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Four Hundred
New York Board of Aldermen
Lucilla
Newspaper Players and Promotions amid Khartoum Visit
Writstevens of the World rescues Stanley and James Gordon Bennett with Uncle Dani's role in reserve. Coal displaces gas, urging gas companies to consider change. Bennett's Khartoum trip may boost Herald office promotions and reduce future shakeups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Writstevens
New York World
Stanley
James Gordon Bennett
General Gordon
Dani
New York Sun
Eeems
Khartoum
Herald Office
Prominent Figures Speak in Varied Political and Cultural Currents
Max ORELL distrusts Boulang er while H C Hoverrox seeks Massachusetts governorship. Claus Spreckels faces tax claims over disputed lands in California. A colossal statue of Archbishop John Hughes is planned for Fordham. Notables read papers at the New York convocation in Albany this July. Berlin quotes a Samoan Commission remark as controversial. Princess Kalani, 14, arrives in San Francisco to study in Europe for a year. The King plans a foreign tour and Paris Exposition visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max O'Rell
Boulanger
Boston
Massachusetts
California
Claus Spreckels
Wrran R. O'Dorovax
A. N.A
St. John's College
Fordham
Ammons
University of the State of New York
Albany
Backus
Packer Institute
Brooklyn
Adams
Cornell
Shimer
University of the City of New York
Angell
University of Michigan
Mom
Msen
Berlin
Samoan Commission
Bamon
Pacific Ocean
Archibald Scott Cleghorn
New York
Europe
Bolls
May Festival Scenes and the Fate of the Brass Band
A descriptive look at the May Festival setup at the Exposition hall the day after improvements began. Anton Seidl leads rehearsals with the orchestra while box decor and acoustics draw attention. A light critique notes the gaunt hall, warm private boxes, and promising sound, with forthcoming tonight’s performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duquesne Way
Dockstater’s Minstrels at the Old Oaken Bucket and Lilly Clay’s Company
The program features Dockstater’s vocal and comic troupe with Maxwell and Schoolcraft handling bones and tambourine. Set pieces include a comic opener, Dockstater’s songs such as “With All Her Faults I Love Her Still” and “Oxygen” and a travesty on the May Festival. Frank and Marion add acrobatics as the cast delivers broad humor and lively numbers to a welcoming audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dockstader's Minstrels
Old Oaken Bucket and
Lilly Clay's Company
Dockstader
Lew Dockstader
Maxwell
Schoolcraft
Jose
Drollr
Aan
Frank
Marion
Cockstatler
Crow
Old Oaken Bucket with trained dogs draws crowds at Frimatines
The Gray and Phens Company presented The Old Oaken Bucket to good Monday audiences. The show features educated dogs performing thrilling rescues and daring feats without visible trainers. Gilpin and He skinner share top roles, with "Without a Home" scheduled for the rest of the week at the Frimatines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray and Phens Company
Allegheny
Gilpin
Coco
Frimatines
Lily Clay Burlesque Company at the Academy of Music
The Academy of Music presents Lilly Clay's Burlesque Company as its farewell season bill. The troupe is praised for strength in its variety numbers and strong performances by the young women among the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Music
Lilly Clay
Clergyman Harris Dies After Four Weeks Without Food
Rev. J. W. Harris, Congregational minister in Bale, Obe, died at his home after abstaining from food for four weeks. He believed it his duty to starve himself to thwart perceived efforts to end his life, with his mind remaining clear on most issues until death. Physicians say starvation likely caused his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balem
J. W. Harris
Poisoned by His Own Bite Sinks Saloonist in Ohio Tale
Saloonist from this place travels to Rome New York for cancer treatment after a bizarre incident at dinner. His tooth allegedly poisoned the flesh and caused a painful wound, described in scant readable detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Philadelphia
Froterick Kiurel
Rome
N. Y
Echoes From The Fray At Republican Headquarters
Chairman Von Bonnhorst hosts visitors from 12 to 3 30 pm hearing only one contest in the county. Nesbit claims 400 votes for Quay in the Sixth district while Bell reports the opposite. Hood challenges Barton’s election as delegate alleging a missing vote. Talk centers on new county chair with Porter or Neeb likely to prevail amid factional moves and political bargaining.
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von Bonnhorst
Andrewa
Nesbit
Quay
Bell
J. W. Hood
Findlay Township
Wm. Barton
Hood
Clinton
Barton
Hamilton Cume
Mr. Hood
Josiah Speer
Elizabeth
Mr. Speer
Republican County Committee
Porter
John Neeb
Allegheny
Phenecy
Bayne
Republican
W. HE. Thompson
McKeesport
Thompson
Orompson
Tevenets
Flinn
John I
Funeral of Irving Bishop Mind Reader Laid to Rest
Washington Irving Bishop, famed mind reader, died recently and was mourned by over 200 visitors at an undertaking establishment. Casket flowers surrounded the bier before a hearse carried the remains to Hoffman House then Grace Church for services conducted by Rev Draegaton Bortome. Interment followed at Greenwood Demem es.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington Irving
Hoffman House
Grace Church
Draegaton Bortome
Greenwood Dememes
Chicago hogs hearing set on freight discrimination case
The Inter-State Commerce Commission fixed next Monday for a hearing in Chicago on the Chicago Board of Trade versus Western railroads. The case concerns discriminatory rate adjustments for live hogs and products from Missouri river points. The Board of Trade is represented by Judge South and J. A. Monroe. likely party Packers of Iowa, Gabia, and Kansas City oppose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Chicago Board of Trade
Western Railroads
Missouri River
Io Gabia
Kansas City
Board of Trade
Judge South
J. A. Monroe
Miss Jennie Kennedy Weds Joseph Borland in Cleveland
Miss Jennie B Kennedy formerly of Pittsburgh now of Cleveland married Joseph Borland of Philadelphia yesterday. The ceremony occurred at Sam P ape nd with Rev Carlos Chester officiating. The couple will live in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie B. Kennedy
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Joseph Borland
Philadelphia
Sam P.apend
Carlos Chester
Ex-Secretary Bayard to be married
It is now certain that ex Secretary Bayard is to be married. It is to be hoped that his domestic administration will be more of a success than his foreign policy.
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Bayard
Odd Items From Foreign Shores
A London report notes annual fish consumption reaching 14 251 tons and fish landed in Britain and Ireland totaling 575 000 tons with inland rail transport ahead. It records 100 year old Milton Sittingbourne seaman powder monkey on Trafalgar news voyage and mentions the Army Floral Association selling flowers by discharged soldiers with barrows for weather protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Peter's
Rome
Piggott
Great Britain
Ireland
Milton
Sittingbourne
England
Trafalgar
Army Floral Association
Philosophy of a Drunk Explained by a Physician
A physician discusses alcohol as a powerful medicine and its abuses. He notes its quick acting, stimulating properties and the occasional necessity to use it for certain cases, while acknowledging the widespread damages from misuse. The dialogue reflects on the fine line between therapeutic use and overindulgence.
Pure Air the Best Stimulant
A writer discusses whisky's effects on the human system through a sign-writer who, after weeks of use, cannot steady his hand without alcohol. The narrator notes whisky acts as a temporary stimulant and that relief fades, urging natural bracing air and exercise as a lasting remedy.
A Glimpse of a Drunkard's Illusory Youth
The text describes alcohol as a powerful stimulant that quickens the heart and blood flow, giving a temporary sense of youth, energy, and health. It portrays intoxication as providing imagined happiness while noting the eventual decline after the initial euphoria.
The Dangers of Whisky as a Health Cure
The passage condemns the belief that whisky can cure consumption. It explains alcohol creates an artificial high that mimics health but later leads to worse outcomes as the stimulant wears off. It argues whisky offers no cure and can accelerate decay rather than aid recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Silk Bureau at National Agriculture Dept Explores Profitable Silk
In the Silk Bureau within the Agricultural Department’s museum area, experiments since Prof. Riley’s era show silk culture can be profitable under conditions. An automatic cocoon feeder and a 25 percent duty on raw material are cited, with current manufactured-silk duties around 50 percent. Mr. Walker plans to test an automatic feeding machine and will travel to Europe to study silkworm rearing and silk methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department
Silk Bureau
Riley
Walker
Europe
Mrs Ayer Sues Recamier Company for 50000 Stock
Harriet Hubbard Ayer sues to recover 60 shares of Recamier Manufacturing stock and for accounting. She claims loans and collateral involving receipts for recipes, alleges misused credit and seeks a return of her collateral while naming her daughter Harriet Seymour and Allen Seymour as defendants along with the company. The case cites alleged transfers and President role, with disputes over indebtedness and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recamier Company
Disputch
Nw York
Harriet Hubbard Ayer
Recamier Manufacturing Company
Seymour, Baker & Co
James M. Seymour
Seymour
Ti Oa
Ella Miller Reaches Womanhood in Quiet Wheeling
In Wheeling on May 2, Ella Miller reflects on 23 years of life as a grown woman. The piece notes her maturity yet laments her continuing physical challenges and social limitations, portraying a portrait of a woman facing adulthood with mixed feelings and struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Ella Miller
New Year Personal Crisis Reports From Coromars
Four personal crises were reported to the Coromars today. John Carr, a two year resident and nephew of General Joseph B. Carr, lived in poverty as a night watchman and faced debt. Frederick Schmitt, 20, died after closing his windows and filling his room with gas. Edward Conley and Mamie Fallon attempted suicide by gas in Bowery Hotel. Conley died, Fallon was near death but alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coromars
John Carr
Joseph B. Carr
Frederick Schmitt
Edward Conley
Mamie Fallon
Bowery Hotel
Conley
Coroner Probes Infant Death Linked to Narcotic Syrup
Inquest into the death of months old baby Newman is opened by a coroner. Mr and Mrs Newman and Dr J T Terriberry cite opium narcosis from a dose of Mrs Winslows soothing syrup as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby Newman
Electric Sugar Francis in Court Indicts William E Howard
The Assistant District Attorney seeks today’s jury in the Court of General Sessions for grand larceny in the first degree. William E Howard induced Lawson N Fuller to buy 4500 dollars of stock by false claims about Friend sugar refining. The grand jury found the pretenses false and a large audience of businessmen attended the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam E. Howard
General Beetions
Howard
Lawson N. Fuller
Court of General Sessions
Local Church Trial Over Prohibition Stance
Lambertville church member Wilson faces immediate trial after voting for limited license at the excise board. He previously served as an active member and was elected commissioner, causing controversy when Methodists learned he diverged from Prohibitionist views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euereinn Tunntparge Nagating
Lambertville
Wilson
Excise Board
Mr. Wilson
United States Minister Egan Arrives in New York
Patrick Egan United States Minister to Chili arrives in New York and stays at the Gilsey House where he meets many friends. He plans a Washington visit before sailing for Chili and delayed departure from San Francisco to secure a berth on a steamer not carrying the English fleet chatter.
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Patrick Egan
United States
Chili
New York
Gilsey House
Washington
San Francisco
Woman Declines Suit as Man Is Confined
Rosa De Luce and William L Vallely planned marriage months ago. Rosa told Vallely she would not wed him. During a park walk he knocked her down and kicked her nine times. He was sent to the island for three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa de Luce
William L. Vallely
Rosa
William
Not Entirely in the Navy General Tracy defends Atlantic avenue suit
General Benjamin F. Tracy secretary of the navy appeared in Brooklyn City Court this morning to contest paying Thomas Holmes 35000 for a leg loss on an Atlantic avenue street railway. Holmes injured when a car ran over him after a fall on the track two years ago. A prior verdict for 14400 was set aside and a second suit ended in a hung jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Benjamin F. Tracy
Brooklyn
Atlantic Avenue Street Railway
Thomas Holmes
Holmes
Tracy
Man Claims World Rowing Dream From Bangor Start
Major Sucrow recounts a wagered plan to circumnavigate the globe solo in a boat, starting from Bangor, amid family objections and public intrigue. He asserts his identity and details of a past bet with an Englishman, while denying disclosures about his vessel and true name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madam Bucrow
Boston
Major Sucrow
Sucrow
Bangor
Oopell
Otto Falke
Sowbyang
New York
Uncle Sam
Advent of the Silly Season Reported in Georgia
The Philadelphia Record notes the early advent of the silly season with a Laurens county Georgia report of a swelling from which the owner is said to draw up pure spirits of turpentine.
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Philadelphia
Hera
Laurens County
Georgia
Animals cause mischief and mishaps across Pennsylvania farms
Birds and rodents disrupt graves and homes as tales spread from Bellefont Cemetery to Harrisburg. A Bradford man finds his straw hat used as a nest for five mice. a Butler terrier and a Washington County hog defend flocks from hawks. a rat bites a woman in Newton. a Harrisburg area man shoots a large rat.
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Bellefonts
Bradford
Butler County
Washington County
Maxs
Jacon Ruch
Newton
Conshohocken
Albert Rheinhart
Independence Island
Harrisburg
Newman
Mes Momrgommrr
Middletown
Councillman Jzssz Evans
Pottstown
Dash
Curious Condensations From A Hurried Scrapbook
A jumble of items cites bones found in a Birmingham Pennsylvania fox den, the world’s deepest coal pit at Andre Belgium, local misadventures and oddities. Stories include John Starr of Piks county Georgia, Willi e Coen of Baseks, Rev A V Sims’s fishing tale, and a note on the Leo XIII court. Other snippets describe sea robins in Fulton Market, black birch oil from Mystic Connecticut, and the Wilmington Giant restoration near Eastbourne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birminghaw
Chester County
Andre
Chareroi
Belgium
John Starr
Piks Cousty
Goaage
Willie Coen
Baseks Enenin
Casera
A. V. Sims
Brooks Cren Ga
Leo XIII
Therviee Gaunt
Falace Poate
Hollis’ Mill Pond
Warren County
Jim
Fulton Market
Mystic
Conn
LIFTED DOWN One Pa Dishonest Stock Speculation
The clipping presents fragmented dialogue about Wall Street speculation and social banter. It includes quips from a range of characters about honesty, pricing art, and public decorum, ending with an incomplete caption The Paragrapher's Pucishment. The tone mimics a late nineteenth or early twentieth century humor page with brief, scattered vignettes.
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Che Bigpatch
The
Dispatch
Atx
Vnrur
Geo To
NEW Greeley Letters
Baby McKee
Lord Lonadale
Pennsylvania
Fannie Davenport
Sisndard
Indiana
Rockefeller
Baptist Theological Seminary
Hewrtt
Hewitt
Connecticut
Producers’ Association
Reng
Westinghouse
Anton Seidl
Carl Retter
Mr. Seidl
Johns-Hackert
Carpentier
Alfred Stevens
Exramine
Tom. E. Q
Battle Bent
Harris’ Theater
Obio
Broggaton
Andrews
Colonel Bayne
Torener
Irving Bishop
Chicago Hogs
Seph Borland
Tod Iay
National Agricultural Department
Mrs. Ayer
LAW
Gotham
Xaw
Electric
Francis Ia Court
Sucrows
Pennsylvania Products
Messvilleman's
Shadore
Delaware
Sussex
Duke of Devonshire
Eastbourne
Clarke County
Goonee
Masabe
Custas
Olin J. Clark
Spogadek
Joe H. Johnston
Richmond County
Joe
Owen Woolfolk
W. Owen
Paducah
Ill
Buzzard
Mr. Woolfolk Syaire
Squire Sidener
Illinois
Stringtown
Buzrard
Ron
Leari
Genene
Wall Street
Crabtree
Artiat
Bridget
Thad
Brown
Eli Daar
Robinson
Briggs
Griggs
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