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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1889
Page
8
A discussion of clothing price changes and quality in retailing. The piece contrasts reliable and unreliable cloth, shoddy work, and trimming with Wanamaker's guarantee of quality and steady prices. It touts extensive ready-made goods and merchant tailoring with many styles offered.
In a tense session of the Select Council the body rejected a request to investigate political use of department staff. Resignations of liquor dealers were accepted, while a park earth dumping resolution was debated, reconsidered, and adopted after Speaker Bigelow touted potential contractor payments.
Chiefs Bigelow, Brown and Ellot returned from a weeklong tour to several cities including Cincinnati, Buffalo, Providence, Washington and Philadelphia. They studied pavement differences and secured valuable information for city government.
The article describes a restorative tonic said to cleanse the skin and tone the organs of secretion and digestion. It mentions Deliveranc Racbattien and Hoste as part of a claim about curing bilious habits and saving the sufferer from tortures.
In a suit by John Bryson against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a jury awarded Bryson $1000 for injuries after he and his wife crossed a Homestead track. A key point was whether Bryson’s risky act to save his wife constituted contributory negligence or why his action affected liability.
A jury yesterday returned a not guilty verdict in the murder case of John Carter, a Black defendant. As the verdict was read the courtroom erupted in surprise, and Carter was released to a crowd of officials and onlookers.
Judge Magee granted the transfer of three inmates deemed insane from the penitentiary to Dixmon. The order follows an exam by State Physician A J Ort. Inmates cited include Thomas Camens serving nine years and three months for burglary, Marzalf jailed for felonious assault and battery, and another detainee with six years remaining.
A docket of cases set for today in Common Pleas No 1 includes Evans versus Toerge et al Metropolitan Insurance Company versus McCaffrey Mucker versus Wagner Metropolitan National Bank versus M A M National Bank Yahuke versus Shields Blakely versus Beilstein Colvin et al versus Enrich et al Gordon versus Leech et al Packer et al versus Serer McLaughlin versus Barton et al plus other mixed civil actions involving various defendants and plaintiffs. The list also references additional parties including water works and telegraph company matters and names several local entities. The docket compiles numerous civil actions for adjudication.
The record shows several cases on trial including George Jef fries versus Walker Brewing Company and A A Milligan on a contract claim. Jalton & Co’s suit about the sale of the steamboat Mayflower was argued in U S District Court but no decision was made. Matthew McLaughlin sues Nokestame Company over injury to property from diggings at Soouk.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a brief item about a sample Colgate product by Deomeas ving Sowt for two cents with a monthly charge. Names, dates, and full context are unclear in the readable text.
Classified ad fragment listing California wines including claret port and bock, with names and addresses such as Fifth Avenue and G W Behmidi. Also advertises guns and revolvers and boys rifles with prices from 3 to 100 dollars, plus multiple vendors like H Jonxstox and G W Schmide.
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