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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1892
Page
4
Washington notes recount a tense Senate session on the anti option and silver currency bills. Sherman and Stewart spar over timing and amendments as Morgan pauses the currency dispute and a wide array of measures, including mint funding and postal clerks salaries, advance.
The Hatch anti option tariff bill suffered its first House defeat on May 27 as a tie vote 108 to 108 defeated a motion to proceed to the committee of the whole for revenue bill consideration. The measure remains on the calendar, with another push possible on a future date by Hatch. A joint resolution to correct a clerical error in the McKinley tariff act passed, imposing a duty on sweetened chocolate. The House then advanced to sundry civil appropriations, considering a Richardson amendment limiting copies of public documents printed by bureaus without explicit authorization.
Mrs. A B Porter offers 100 acres at Anderson station on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie line for a Poor Farm site at 100 per acre with a stone quarry, runs and springs, plus 8 10 river frontage acres for 1800. The city must issue a sealed 60 day option and follow bidding rules before any consideration.
Pupils in two cities donate potted plants and some money for Decoration Day, filling schoolhouses with fragrant annuals and bouquets. Flowers are arranged on steps and halls, then carried by Posts of the Grand Army to Humboldt yard and cemeteries.
Brief items report a slow Mississippi river fall a New Orleans streetcar strike settled by compromise President Harrison endorsing a national Columbian school celebration Montreal apologizing for a birthday flag incident a deadly White Caps lynching in Tunnel Hill Georgia and a Mexican reciprocity question. Also coverage of a Los Angeles prisoner claim a Chattanooga business leaders meeting on mob violence and a Cullerton Alabama jail case.
The firm Saller & Co is dissolved by mutual consent with Mr Marks retiring and J Morris Saller continuing. A dissolution sale of all stock begins Saturday May 24 at 8 am with deep discounts on men boys and children clothing hats and furnishings. Cash only and everything must go with no reservations. Corner Smithfield and Diamond streets.
An assortment of faded notices promotes surplus funds and loan terms at 401 Smithfield Street, endorsements for Northrop patent ceilings, artful galleries at 77 Fifth Avenue, furniture by Havox Exenay and others, and a medical pill touted for ease. The jumble reflects a bustling early 20th century commercial page with multiple firms and products listed.
The article details the Connecticut and Massachusetts steamers leaving New York at 5:30 p.m. daily except Sunday, with connections to Boston via Providence and Narrows car train schedules. It highlights dining and cafe facilities, a full-width main deck, a first rate orchestra, and scenic views of Long Island Sound. It also mentions The People's Saving Bank at 81 Fourth Avenue with 4 percent interest, US Tre Iron City Brewing Company products, Brodxе kills roaches insecticide, and Lapres garments on sale at Rosenbaum’s.
Readable fragment notes various hosiery lines at reduced prices. Black seamless and ribbed hose shown with Onyx and Hermadorf dye options. Spun silk and lisle hose, fancy striped patterns, and large selection with discounted 18c to 60c items.
A large stock of pianos arrives daily at Hewikes Morton Company as wartime remodeling limits showroom space. Weber Wheelock Lindeman and Stuyvesant pianos and new organs priced from $50 up are offered in a bona fide sale with first come, first served. Location 15 Firth Avenue.
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