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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1889
Page
5
An imaginative wanderer in Pittsburg muses on the city’s telegraph poles as trees. He envisions cedars and chestnuts shading streets, turning Fifth Avenue and Smithfield into forest arches while newsboys tease squirrels and a police figure looms over the branches. The scene ends abruptly as his vision fades with him.
A curious visitor to Pittsburg questions the origin and number of telegraph and electric poles. The Secretary explains cedarwood poles come from Canada and Michigan, totaling tens of thousands per mile in dense sections, with rough wood and urban sprawl along Fifth Avenue. The tale ends with the man deriding poles and vowing never to question them again.
In a ravine between Twenty-eighth street hill and Herron Hill about 130 homes rise in seven months without city water. Residents on Brereton avenue petitioned councils for pipes, noting the nearest fireplug lies 2,000 feet away. They demand an immediate investigation into their water supply and safety.
Mrs. Magdelena Burton a Lorraine native aged over 100 died yesterday after a long illness. She had lived with her son Michael Burton a Carson street glassblower who moved away. She had one daughter and four sons, two of whom died in France and two sons perished in the Civil War battlefields. She resided at St Francis Hospital on Forty fourth street prior to death.
A local shop highlights unique crepe offerings and novelty items including wax soap and rye based products. The feature mentions prices and brand names, with a focus on attracting curious customers to the display at the near cool teat of their clothes.
A dispatch from Wasnxcrox outlines calls for congressional purchase of Mount Vernon to preserve Washington's home as a public historic site. It details funding efforts by Edward Everett and Ann Pamela Cunningham, plus regents' management and mounting visitor mementos and solicited photography, with criticism of commercialization and ticketing.
Reported last night that Arch H Rowand Jr and allies circulated a split ticket to aid Rowand against Coroner McDowell. The ticket reads County For District Attorney Arch H Rowand Jr For Coroner Harry Beltzhoover. Beltzhoover aides push in Homestead while McDowell predicts victory. Election results to be announced at Allegheny Central Republican Club Tuesday night.
C Hanscome of Minneapolis Minnesota reports using Horsford s Acid Phosphate in recovery from acute rheumatism. He aimed to ease sleeplessness and nervousness during convalescence and says the results met his expectations.
General Master Workman T W Powderly urges yearly winter statistics to reveal true unemployment and home ownership patterns. He backs congressional action to study mortgage data and farm ownership, while noting current tax relief for strikers and nonpaying assemblies.
Advertises ladies silk vests in multiple colors and sizes from L. N. N. & Co with prices ranging from $1 to $8.50. Mentions china silk options, silk leathers, and matching garments, plus infant shirts and glove department promotions. Describes quality and color variety and notes low prices for ribbed and thread drawn items.
This notice extols a combined furniture unit named The Bookedash, featuring four shelves holding fifty to sixty volumes for instant access, a dust‑blocking glass door, a Writing Desk with a drop lid, three drawers and six small partitions, and a carved cabinet top with spaces for Rookwood vases backed by a beveled mirror.
Wana maker and Brown advertise tailored clothing for boys offering made to measure options with stronger builds and better fit. They promise durability, style, and value, claiming more styles and fabrics than rivals and a customized fit beyond merchant tailor limits.
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