Postage Free in the United States Dispatch 1891
The Dispatch May 31, 1891 Pittsburg issue notes postage rates for the daily and Sunday editions, carrier delivery costs, and requests patrons report missing issues. It details stamps required for undelivered or multi-copy copies and advises on manuscript handling by the postal office. The 20-page issue is divided into three parts with Sunday edition delivery specifics.
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United States
Datry Tisraton
Paty Peeratos
Damy Tsragon
Wrex
Dispatch
Ohio Campaign Faces McKinley Campbell Tariff Test
The Ohio outlook centers on a duel between rising leaders McKinley and Campbell with the tariff issue as the main battleground. The Third Party movement adds uncertainty about results and national impact. Campaign leaders expect a lively race with strong personal appeal shaping the contest.
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Ohio
McKinley
Campbell
Congress
The Stir Within Churches Over Doctrinal Questions
A long analysis notes that several denominations including the Presbyterians and Episcopalians face internal debates over inspiration and doctrine. Leaders like Briggs and Parkhurst are labeled heretical by some, triggering widespread discussion about faith, loyalty, and future church cohesion. The piece argues these clashes reflect heightened public interest in religious matters rather than retreat from faith.
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Briggs
Parkhurst
General Assembly
Union Seminary
Episcopal Church
New York
Boston
Heber Newton
Phillips Brooks
Newton
Father
United States
Religious sects and new preaching trends persist
The passage argues that ongoing religious diversity and new sects will continue to grow as people seek spiritual expression. It notes clerical workers shifting between sects may find new work, and claims most disagreements stem from minor questions while core Christian doctrines remain agreed upon.
Harrison Boom Doubts and Presidential Travel Debates
The article debates Russell Harrison’s public declaration that his father will not be a 1892 candidate unless the party demands it. It argues the President will not seek renomination, cites the Secretary of State as a likely 1892 candidate, and analyzes funding for presidential trips and the implications of private contributions.
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Russell Harrison
Harrison
Decoration Day Observance Faces Rising Challenge
Rain held off until ceremonies largely finished as local groups honored Union soldiers. Veterans groups foresee dwindling ranks and urge planning to keep Decoration Day alive beyond current organizers.
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Grand Army
Veteran Legion
Divergent EBACE Views on Italian Killing Case
The piece contrasts the New York acquittal of an Italian girl who killed her unfaithful lover with a New Orleans lynching outcome. It notes public reaction differed by city, compares legal standards and popular sympathy, and suggests a tension between law and mob justice in Italian cases.
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New York
James Nutt
Dukes
New Orleans
Pasquilina Costecelli
Astor House
Italy
East End
oFer
Paying for Presidential Trips and The Carnot Example
The piece compares paying for presidential travel with the idea of accepting railway courtesies and distributing the cost as gratuities to the lowest paid railroad workers. It questions the practicality and fairness of such a plan and cites President Carnot as a reference point.
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Boston Herald
Carnot
Doubtful Story of Carlisle Interview with Third Party Delegates
A columnist questions a report of Senator Carlisle’s interview with People’s party delegates, noting possible bias and asserting that both sides have plausible answers on railroad nationalization, eminent domain, and money power. The piece also mocks sensational war-history errors in a serial Civil War novel.
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Senator Carlisle
People’s Party
Carlisle
Carlsle
Cincinnati
Tax Bill Seen Narrow Path for Corporate Tax Boost
The final measure is seen as raising taxes on large corporations unless a loophole allows escape. Observers note lawmakers expect firms to find gaps to reduce or avoid new levies.
Courage and conscience in Pennsylvania press debated
The Philadelphia Press laments partisan coercion, noting a newspaper may support a candidate it once condemned, a shift seen as undermining journalistic integrity. The piece cites Mr. Ingalls on conditions for a Republican Waterloo, suggesting he speaks from watershed political experience.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Press
Ingals
Republican Party
Waterloo
Ingalls
Waterloos
Trial of Vesuvius dynamite guns cited missing sights and faulty valves
Reports on the Vesuvius dynamite gun trial state that no sights or range settings were provided and two valves failed. The article questions who was responsible for ensuring the guns were prepared and whether duty to check equipment contributed to the failure.
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Vesuvius
Fragmented editorial on race and world dominance rhetoric
A biased editorial condemns any belief that any race holds global supremacy. It argues that such ideas are relics of racial prejudice and urges rejection of racial superiority narratives across nations and cultures.
Dumas and Zola Debate Novel Purpose and Movement
A discussion contrasts M. Alexandre Dumas view that novels should teach a lesson with Zola’s claim of instruction. Dumas criticizes feeling in fiction while noting some stories align with a reaction against Zolaism. Both authors are seen as using literature to convey moral or social aims.
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M. Alexandre Dumas
Zola
Dumas
Fragments on Politics and Weather Stir Debates
An old editorial fragment discusses Jesuit influence on Mexican literature, memory loss claims about ex-President Hayes, and a revival of sensational reports. It notes Democratic quarrels, questions cartoon depictions, and remarks on Decoration Day weather as signs of a volatile political season.
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Yes
Hayes
New York
Czarevitch Heads to Paris Confident Police Won’t Harm
Tue Czarevitch plans travel to Paris and expresses confidence the police will refrain from harming him. He references Paris police records from late strike riots as evidence they will not strike anyone over the head.
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Tue Czarevitch
Paris
Points on persons in a mixed historical notice read
A collage of short biographical notes mentions Mrs. Jefferson Davis in New York denying residence in Richmond and other figures such as lawyer Breckinridge, musician Rubinstein, and potter TheoponE Deck. It includes references to River charts in St. Louis and a Guatemala minister Antonio Batres with cocoa income, plus various anecdotes and historical ties.
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Jefferson Davis
New York
Richmond
Robertt Brownine
London
Venice
Robert E. Lee
St. Louis
Esteelle M. Callen
Livingston County
Senor Antonio Batres
Washington
Guatemala
Legation
M. A. Hawa
Cleveland
General Grant
Warren
Garfield
Joupee Tarr
Ohio
Pacific Coast
John C. Breckinridge
Congress
Kentucky
Owen County
Acres
Rubinstein
Wagner
Liszt
Berlioz
Paris
Theopone Deck
Manufacture Nationale de Porcelaine
Sevres
Bypirth
Legion of Honor
Deaths of Charles A Joy and General Gustavus A DeRussey
Obituaries report the death of Charles Arad Joy formerly chemistry professor at Columbia College Stockbridge Massachusetts and longtime Union College chemistry chair with international honors. Also noted is the death of General Gustavus A DeRussey retired from active service following distinguished roles in the Civil and other wars.
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Charles Arad Joy
Columbia College
Stockbridge
Masa
Gottingen
Germany
Paris
Union College
Columbia
London
Vienna
Lyceum of Natural History
American Can Photographicic Society
Th Polytechnic Association
Ammeranians Iustitate
Edge
Theets American
Edi Sonerwilt Applied Chemistry
Gustavus A. DeRussey
Brooklyn
West
Death of Erasmus Morey 95 in Elk County Pa
Erasmus Morey died Sunday at Henezette Elk County Pennsylvania aged 95. He lived in the region long associated with the state now called Elk County and his monument was erected near Benezette at Zion Cemetery by local community members.
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Erasmus Morey
Henezette
Elk County
Elk Come
Ben Srount Zio Zion
Benezette
Penobscot County
Maine
Naga Dean Tigi
Obituary Notes From A Fragmented Page
Obituary notes list several deceased individuals with scattered details. Ex Postuasi an Ricwarp Weis h of Annap ing died Friday. Thomas Movghey died at his residence Allegheny Street aged about. Mary Joseph Mourquat a teacher at Mount Desiles Md. Haney Waxamaker Postmaster General died of pneumonia at NT. Four others include Rev J Glass father, Mrs Mary Mason Jones of New York society, Masog Feasx B Hamilton a lawyer from Binghamton who died at state hospital after war service.
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RicwaRp Weish
Annaping
Thomas Movghey
Allegheny
Peter
Glass
J. Glass
Radbrai
Genta
Mason Jones
New York Platen
New York Rk Society
Masog Feasx
B. Hamilton
Gettysburg
Binghamton
State Hospital
Abon
Winute
Sean
Distinct Russian Cookery Craze and City Life Tales
A staff correspondent in New York recounts a wealthy Russian gourmand who studied French cuisine in Paris, later running an elaborate kitchen at home and inspiring wine and dish pairings. The column also surveys Central Park crises, hotel room service quirks, roofview crowds, street vendors, rapid transit quirks, and theatrical trunks in a panoramic cityscape vignette.
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Central Park
New York
Hoffman
Paris
Rome
Russia
Snven
Photographing the Dead Ban in Vienna
The British Medical Journal reports a Viennese custom of photographing deceased relatives. A new decree bans public photo sessions for corpses of those with infectious diseases, with private exceptions for medico legal or clinical cases. The photographer may visit private residences under official oversight, and the ordinance took effect on April 1.
Mark Twain Tales of a Bookstore Clerk
Mark Twain recounted a bookstore visit where a clerk struggled with a literary question. Mrs. Clemens corrected him, illustrating how some clerks lack literary knowledge despite earnest intent. The anecdote underscores the gap between appearance and expertise in shops.
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Buffalo Courier
Mark Twain
New York
Clemens
Taine
Mra. Clemens
Mra. Lemens
Moltke Dines With Pupils At Village School
An anecdote recalls Helmuth von Moltke visiting a parson’s boarding school near his Sibalan estate. He answered student questions about Prussian generals, identified Blucher and Zieten as war figures, and later invited the youths to Kreisan for hospitality.
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Moltke
Sibalan
France
Prussia
Leon
Réhal Prince Blucher
Gener Zieten
von Moltke
Herr Pastor
Kreisan
A Cool Maiden Teaches a Reckless Driver a Lesson
A Providence Journal item recalls a Broad Street car approaching a railroad crossing as bells toll and gates descend. A frightened passenger signals to disembark but stays seated when the danger passes, leaving the driver to resume the trip without further incident.
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Providence Journal
Odd Tales From General Hays Aides and Pirates King
A Philadelphia era reminiscence recounts General Alexander Hays and his aide John Sullivan recalling Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. Sullivan describes a clash with Major Hammond, earning praise for loyalty and later joining Hays’ staff. The piece then shifts to vignettes of wealth and a near tragedy, including ONeill’s real estate bid and a startling slumber scare involving a Pittsburg base ball team.
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John
Sullivan
General Hays
Decoration Day
Pittsburg
Alexander Hays
Arkansas
John 5
Hays
Mr. Sullivan
Generare
Hammond
Genet
Libert
Bwan
J. Palmer O'Neill
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Mr O'Neill
Spalding
Broadway
J. Palmer
Fraoklyn
Curious Condensations From A Through The Nation
A sprawling miscellany reports unusual items from North Carolina to Massachusetts. We hear of four headed snakes, a dove hatching a chick, a pug’s train antics, and iron’s rapid corrosion near boiling point. Stories include pearls in Salmon River mussels, a Kent England prison controversy, and a French army budget rise with new units.
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Paris
North Carolina
Dans
Main
Johnstown
Beaver County
France
Trouble in the Globe Theater over a painted curtain
Manager Stetson erupts in a fit as a curtain miscaption sparks a joke about Michael Angelo. Rival Jones teases Haverly while Stetson denounces the supposed painter and a line about there being no such person provokes laughs and embarrassment.
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Stetson
Globe Theater
Michael Angelo
IL Jones
The
Preas
J. H. Haverly
Jakes
Haverly
Jones—Stetaan
Jones
Fragmented poem lines by A J Jones mourn opportunities
A distressed speaker laments lost chances and haunting memories. The text references Tim and Hamilton with cryptic pleas and mournful imagery, ending with a signature line from A Jones.
Humorous Fragments From Smiles and Satire
A collage of quotes and satirical quips from periodicals including Harper's Bazar and Puck. The items mock social norms, literary clubs, breakfast quarrels, and dinner table politics with witty exchanges and ironic one liners.
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