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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1891
Page
2
Daniel Greenleaf Thompson argues that political parties arise to organize but warn against their self serving excess. He contends unity must be within a framework of independent thought, criticizing venality, pursuit of power, and blind loyalty. He urges reform toward organic growth with individual independence and restrained organization.
Edward Y Townsend president of the Cambria Iron Company died at his Kin Mawr country home after a long illness. Born 1824 in West Chester he rose from dry goods to lead Cambria, wiping out company debt. He suffered a Johnstown flood shock, expressed sympathy for victims, and left a widow two sons and a daughter.
Bureau of Health mortuary tally for the week ending October 31 records 100 deaths, an annual rate of 21 per 1 000, with breakdown by district and age groups. Diphtheria caused 15 deaths, typhoid 10, respiratory and digestive diseases among leading causes.
Two men posed as agents for Figeper’s Weekly in Lawrenceville and offered a $4 per year subscription plus a 144 piece chinaware set. They distributed sample copies and decorated chinaware but, to date, have not delivered either the paper or the goods. Police have taken over the case and will try to locate the swindlers.
The Farmers' Deposit National Bank invites the public to call and examine their new safe deposit vaults with cheerful information on renting boxes and depositing valuables. MWE Today we open a choice new assortment of hemstitched stamped linens scarfs squares tray covers at low prices. Horse and Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores.
B&B Alaska seal capes, new B15 to 250 dollars. Rosc ne. Did You Get One of the fine frames given with dozen of cabinets at Hendricks & Co. 68 Federal street Allegheny See them every day this week. Cabinets 100 dollars. ToDAY extra fine trimmed felt sailor hats at 75 cents each. Jos Horne & Co.
The McDonald field continues to surge with wells in the fifth sand and new discoveries near Slaughterhouse. Production neared 84,000 barrels daily, rivaling Bradford field peaks, as Gartland Feely and others drill near Oakdale amid expanding southwest trench and potential 100,000 bpd eventual output.
The market remained dull as field apathy and outsiders hinder activity. December opened at Stc while New York refined trades at 62026,55c with London and Bremen quotes drifting. National Transit certificates opened and closed with small gains and heavy barrel clearances reported. petroleum futures showed early gains then eased before a late rally and steady close amid selling pressure.
In Alpena Michigan on November 5 a wreck search for the Rewabic turned deadly when divers Oliver Pelkey and Michael McCarty found success only for Pelkey to become trapped inside the wreck. Despite attempts to free him the diver died after water flooded his armor. His body was recovered and sent to West Superior Wisconsin where his widow and one child mourn the loss.
The second annual session of the League of Press Clubs will be held in San Francisco late January 1892. A special train will carry New York delegates to San Francisco via Pennsylvania Chicago Northwestern Union Southern Pacific, leaving January 14 with stops at Chicago Denver and Salt Lake City. Each delegate may bring one lady. Noted newspaper men are expected, along with delegates from England France Germany and Austria.
Residents of Meridian street report the sudden disappearance of a boarding house mistress. When tenants returned last Saturday the rooms were bare except for personal belongings. The landlady has not moved anyone out, and the owner has filed a four month rent attachment. The boarders seek withdrawal of the attachment to recover their goods.
The Yale Alumni Prize awarded by the Yale Alumni Association for Allegheny county entrants in 1895 was divided between Alexander Byers Jr. of SieEeeys and John B. Speer of Pitts. An advertisement promotes women's winter skirts and Alaska seal jackets at Jos, Horse & Co. and Boicek & Bunn, noting hats and bonnets on sale at reduced prices at Jos, Horse & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores.
In Earl and Douglas townships near Reading Pennsylvania locals report witchcraft beliefs persisting among farmers. Witch doctors are blamed for illnesses and misfortunes including a dying infant and a sick girl, while a farmer’s wife is accused of bewitching livestock and neighbors warn of a lingering hex.
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