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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1892
Page
4
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The piece urges Mayor Gourley as a fit successor for Controller, praising his performance and suggesting Republicans should nominate him despite current opposition. It warns Democrats could back him or he run independently to influence both Controller and Mayor races.
The New York Times and World praise Senator Edmunds for upholding the anti trust act and urge President elect Cleveland to appoint an Attorney General who will launch a vigorous campaign against trusts. They warn that failure would invite sharp criticism from the same influential papers.
A report on Mr. Francis Murphy and the temperance movement highlighting strong public support and renewed efforts to reform drinkers. It notes overlap with the Salvation Army, both aiming to use religious influence to effect moral change and improve society.
The Washington Post is cited as illustrating mixed support for pooling and anti pooling provisions in railroad regulation. The piece questions enforcement of the law and asks the paper to cite instances where commissions have sought pooling proof, declared legality, or enforced penalties, suggesting the anti pooling statute may be unconstitutional or unenforced.
The passage argues the commission must base its conclusions on observable cases and may adjust its view if none exist or if evidence is misinterpreted. It warns of omitting decisions and calls for change toward vigorous enforcement of the law in full.
The piece notes rising interest in curbing immigration and discusses a proposed Senate measure assigning health morality and solvency checks to steamship lines. It argues for consular inspection abroad as the effective solution and calls for depoliticizing the consular service to ensure impartiality.
The Philadelphia Inquirer defends Senator Quay by arguing Pennsylvania’s Republican vote is not his personal act and questions the claim that he controls the state’s voting. The piece notes alleged trading of votes for legislative support and calls for a defense against accusations of trading a Senate seat for favors.
The Republican press rails at Mr. Cleveland for dubbing the South as cradle and guardian of civil liberty while lampooning his campaign letters as taffy. It notes the Northwest blizzard forecast and a looming clash over whisky tax policy as Democratic disputes surface.
The text contrasts political boasts and controversies of the era. Phrases praise President Harrison’s administration beside critiques of Cleveland and Lease. It notes New York attitudes on women’s seating, Evacuation Day celebrations, aristocratic manners, and monetary conference diplomacy with British reticence.
Prinars Mra Cleveland calls the report infamous a sensationalized view of her narrow escape from death in a runaway. The foundation is simply that her carriage locked wheels with another vehicle.
A TH commentary argues Republicans frame the current political situation with a distinctive lens. The piece contrasts shallow public murmur with underlying deep currents, echoing the saying that the shallows murmur while the deeps remain silent.
President McLeod exposes limited knowledge of anthracite coal combinations before a Congressional panel. His admitted forgetfulness is noted as a social phenomenon of the age.
The article notes that comets reveal what many so called experts miss, showing the limits of claimed expertise and the need for careful observation. It emphasizes that understanding comets requires evidence over impression.
A mixed column notes Ean Zoa securing serial rights at 3 cents a word and a Dumas rival claim. Profound society debut planned for Dec 8 at the Executive Mansion with Governor Pattison. General Rosecrans and daughter return to Washington. A New Jersey man wins 80000 on Cleveland election bets. Secretaries plan Paris posting for arbitral duties. Annamite emperor with 200 wives housed separately. Geronimo sojourning as gardener and tribal judge near Mobile. Engagement announced for Major Winsloe to Miss Stone. Florence Nightingale celebrated at 72 in seclusion. German Emperor to decorate Count Taafte ends with a double eagle by misstep.
The Department of State reports the Duke of Veragua has loaned Columbus relief for the fair, while Stockholm dispatches warn that transporting the Viking ship to Chicago is unsafe. A Norwegian crafted Viking facsimile will sail next spring across the Atlantic via the St Lawrence to Chicago.
Dr H. Emmens of Youngwood Pennsylvania, inventor of Emmensite, has developed a method to reduce zinc-lead sulphides that carry gold and silver. The technique could unlock millions of tons of ore in Colorado and other silver regions, potentially flooding the market with silver if laboratory results hold true.
In Wasuisctos on November 27 the condition of Dr. Scott, father in law of President Harrison, grew worse as a relapse of the low consuming fever increased his prostration. He is more uncomfortable, weaker, and less cheerful, with the night tending to raise the fever and threaten the outcome.
A dramatic verse depicts a speeding figure chasing unnamed entities across the skies. Planets shrink before a spectral traveler who sings as he fires and demands the objects of his pursuit. The speaker imagines cosmic violence, seas boiling and forests turning red if the figure advances through bearded darkness.
A writer argues democracy must include social democracy and end aristocratic divides. He critiques political democracy as flawed while praising social settlements and university extensions as signs of progress. He urges churches to foster broader fellowship and cites Ruskin and Emerson on equality and civic duty. The piece ends with a note on the era’s moral debate.
The New York Recorder condemns the Industrial Blacklist as un American and despotic. It laments starving workers and fires at mills, calls for mercy to strikers while punishing leaders, and urges Carnegie to aid workers families and burn the blacklist. It pleads for humane policy and renewed employment.
Warner Miller visits Washington to press for presidential support and a November message urging Congress to back the Nicaraguan Canal project. He argues a Panama scandal benefits Nicaragua and expects the president to endorse the plan, while noting the bond-guarantee bill stalls in the Senate.
The YWCA held its first annual meeting at Fourth Avenue Baptist Church. The group rents a Penn Avenue house, furnished by denominations, and serves meals during busy periods. About 175 students enroll in Bible study English French German and physical culture courses, and 1 000 women were fed in a busy week. Committees seek a gymnasium and library with fundraising support from an Eastern donor offering 10 000 toward women’s facilities and another donor contributing 1 000.
Little Miss Mertina Underhill of Redding Center, after 23 months of paralysis from spinal disease, recovered through persistent prayer without drugs. She moved from immobility to standing, walking short distances, and now feels about well at age 12, continuing to pray.
Paris reports United States Minister Coolidge has opened talks for a commercial convention and an extradition treaty with France. He aims to complete both before the incoming administration appoints his successor.
In a brief Philadelphia Record item, the Kaiser posed for his 130th photograph, noting scarce cooperation among potential German Empire subjects and suggesting limited willingness to be photographed.
Obituary notes report Captain A W Rossman of Chicago died at 75 after a half century on lake steamers and two weeks off active service. Mention also notes death of Italian Minister of Marine and the 101 year old Mrs Ann Davis of Schuylkill Haven.
A long analysis on agricultural woes and monetary policy notes in- depth with figures for exports and imports. It discusses gold exports, currency effects, and the impact on farmers and wage earners. It contrasts Britain and the United States, cites grain and cotton trade shifts, and argues about the end of agricultural prosperity.
Anna H. Diol of 865 Mohawk street, Columbus, returns from Dallas where she accepted George Perkins proposal. On seeing him she learns he is a gambler and ends the engagement. She resumes her forewoman job earning per week.
The British delegation's Alfred de Rothschild backs a long thought out international monetary agreement plan. Delegates resist ridicule from European papers as the conference nears a potential bi metallic solution. India shows strong interest and seeks a path toward agree ment, while observers warn a gold standard for India could follow if no broad accord is reached.
Denver reports attorney J Lewis HW Quimby filed suit against A Marie Hoyt for 1655 dollars in fees claiming he previously earned 41000 for her and made three Philadelphia trips. Hoyt denies the charge noting a disputed purpose of employment amid her colorful Colorado residence and family history.
Four trunks of war relics and two distinguished visitors, C F Gunther and Rev F W Gunsams of the Plymouth Tabernacle Chicago, spent a few hours at the Continental Hotel while gathering items for the World’s Fair. Gunther bought Libby Prison for 14000 dollars and shipped it to Chicago, brick by brick, for display. He hoped to move Independence Hall too but deemed it physically impossible.
The thirteenth annual meeting of the Lawrenceville Y M C A was held at Thirty ninth Street Presbyterian Church with Samuel W Hays presiding. The annual report notes membership rising from 14 to 207 and a small treasury surplus after improvements funded by subscriptions. Pater Dick of East Liberty spoke on the association work and future potential. Rev A E Linn gave the benediction.
The Pittsburgh Academy of Medical Science marks its third anniversary with a banquet at the Monongahela tonight. About one hundred guests, including leading physicians, will attend as a toast list is presented by the Banquet Committee: Drs. Patterson, Scott, Bromborough, Mover, Mercur, Henderson and Eaton.
In the Omaha World-Herald note, the piece mentions one man who has the heartfelt sympathy of people of all parties and creeds, identifying him as the husband of Mrs. Lease.
A fragmentary review of新闻 coverage shows multiple papers including the New York Advertiser Philadelphia Call New York World Buffalo Inquirer Wheeling Register Baltimore American Lewiston Journal and others weighing Ever since Blaine’s illness public sentiment expresses concern for his health and hope for recovery while noting his past influence on national affairs.
A list of odd facts and observations covers languages and beer origins, naval gun counts, plant species, linen dyeing, white cats, Chinese drama, book stereotypes, bone-rich fossils, nails in wood, early French textiles, fishing boat names, brick compression, Mexican wooden swords, Liberian mushroom beverage, Carlyle birthplace visitors, Hoosse tunnel length, a Macclesfield petrel sighting, a double faced potato in Charlotte, bank clerks owning a summer cottage, Vienna gymnastic society colors, a misaddressed letter, Rome church converts, Russian ship keel and specs, and new aluminum soldering metal.
A collage of comic vignettes and snatches of dialogue parodying society. A clerk buys items without asking prices while a theme of secret marriages and divorce proceedings surfaces. A street scene unveils a copper’s night shift and a bruising accident on a railroad.
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