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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1889
Page
4
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Report from Pittsburg dated Monday October 7 notes second ballots in France show Republicans winning about two thirds of seats. Boulanger party weakens as former supporters rename themselves Revisionists and abandon the late leader. Debate whether Orleans funds or defeat caused drift, but Boulanger described as a political corpse signaling end of a movement built on bumbug.
The Etna Fire Insurance Company of Hartford withdraws from the New Hampshire compact punishing the state for its valued policy law. The move signals insurers can live without New Hampshire if business remains favorable, while the state faces insurers’ absence despite their prior reliance on local markets.
The piece denounces New York City for proposing a 1 percent tax on US pensioners to fund a Grant monument. It argues veterans' allowances are sacred and criticizes taxing the elderly while the wealthy avoid pledges, calling the plan petty and shameful.
The article critiques inflated early claims about the warship Baltimore and its predecessors. Official figures show horsepower below contract and speed under 20 knots. Doubts about indicator accuracy prompt call for a new trial and a warning against spreading fairy tale speeds.
An old story asserting the Rothschilds’ wealth prevented European wars is challenged by newer analysis. The piece argues the claim relied on speculation rather than solid evidence, noting complex political and financial factors across Europe in the era.
The Paris Rothschilds reportedly lent Russia 400 million dollars, possibly enabling the Czar to mobilize next spring. European powers are in constant apprehension of conflict, with Bismarck opposing the loan. If war is inevitable, the United States could advise restraint and offer provisions and ammunition as support.
The DisPatch cites US Labor Commissioner Wright on the department duties and divorce data, urging broader, practical inquiries into capital labor relations and wages. Pierre South Dakota real estate surges driven by whisky and wind. New York wealth funds the Grant monument and lampooned public stinginess. News touches on a California murder case ruling, cornering in cotton futures, railroads versus rivers, and oil trust platform pledges.
The passage notes that with a modest forecast of a cold wave, those who predict such events gain the status of occasional seers, earning recognition when their guesses align with reality. The tone hints at public interest in weather prognostication and the small theater of accuracy.
Prominent author Friedrich Spielhagen turns 70. Bowis Everett Hale recalls taking Boston’s first daguerreotype in college. Carrars Parsons is Wilkes-Barre’s oldest male born resident with coal land rentals surpassing 35000 dollars yearly. Prince Henry of Prussia plans to visit Italy’s King Humbert en route to Athens. Cardinal Newman among octogenarian early risers. Archbishop Potter of Bombay, linguist and chess lover, dies amid a two month vesper ban. Bismarck relics drive a Berlin museum plan echoing the Hohenzollern collection. Bavarian prince Kaye Orro escapes death as a chandelier nearly strikes him. castle rooms deemed unsafe. king gravely ill.
A six foot Connecticut youth, Arnold Thompson of Thompson in Windham county, claims feet larger than any in New England. In Central Village Eli Tracy’s shop he measured a boot need of 16, but no last fits, forcing him to seek a tailor-made solution or face remaining barefoot. His sister is also noted as unusually tall.
Harry Schoolcraft, a Deer Park messenger boy, received a string of payments from the President to run errands. Authorities confirm Halford paid a substantial fee, with Mrs Halford later giving the boy a dollar. The episode ends as the boy holds President's quarters, totaling 5.50.
Two photographers from New York and New Orleans touring Pittsfield photographed a lake view and, on developing their film, found a negative showing an overturned rowboat and a man clinging to its stern while another head appeared above the water. They were unaware of the boat accident at the time.
A San Diego Union item recounts Mr. Campion praising a burned toad sent to a brother of Mr. Sellers in England. The odd curio sparked lively bidding, netting £10 and inspiring plans for a larger toad shipment of around 500 specimens to San Diego as part of upcoming real estate ventures.
PARKERSBURG October 6 John L Grove a Berkeley school teacher has fallen heir to forty thousand dollars. An elderly Frostburg Maryland woman took a fancy to him and on her death bed made Grove her principal heir.
The Washington Star notes the yearly coincidence that chestnut season aligns with political campaigning, highlighting the parallel timing of harvest and stump speeches as both begin each year.
The Right Reverend Thomas Hubbard Vail bishop of the diocese died here after a two week illness. He held the title D.D. LL.D. and served as a leader of the diocese.
The critic praises Micah Clarke as a vivid seventeenth century tale by A Conan Doyle, noting its historical solidity and lively characters. It compares the book favorably with Scott and Shakespeare, and frames its place among strong historical novels alongside John Fiske and The Beginnings of New England.
The New Zealand fisheries describe how divers approach sleeping turtles from canoes, stun and flip them, or climb on their backs to control movement. Captures occur on ice where females lay eggs in deep pits, with nests holding over a hundred eggs. Juveniles hatch in a month and begin life scavenging for food immediately.
A Monmouth County colony of Second Adventists fixes October 7 as the world’s end. West Long Branch Eatontown and Oceanport host the movement with secret preparations and ascension robes. Elder Esek Walcott declines to comment while fractions within the group grow. The crisis unsettles local African American residents and stirs unease among neighbors.
Arthur Wallack son of the late Lester Wallack wed Jessie Churchill daughter of Edward S Churchill on September 9 at Lake Mahopac. Only close family attended the ceremony and Wallack’s first wife died a year ago. The couple skipped a honeymoon and remain in the city.
A mixed compilation of aphorisms and opinions from several papers. It contrasts common beliefs about intelligence courage generosity and social behavior with skeptical takes on self importance and virtue. The notes include a claim about a raven living twenty years and reflections on thinking for oneself and tolerance.
A historical column reflects on clergymen erring in sermons and the challenge of countering atheistic arguments. It recalls advice to avoid inviting objections one cannot refute and notes ministers sparring with Hume's miracles argument as evidence of ongoing theological debate.
A minister quoted Pope to students to counter religious doubt. The impact impressed one student deeply with Pope’s sentiments while others recalled the preacher’s tireless pastors duties. The piece urges focusing on core religious life questions and avoiding contentious debates.
A preacher faced a disruptive member in the amen corner during a sermon by shifting comparison to Herbert Spencer and Tyndall. The clash triggered stentorian amens and laughter as the pastor struggled to finish. J. H. Y.
A tract from Carpenter's Folly argues the earth is a plane not a globe. It claims water surfaces are level, survey work ignores curvature, and navigational and astronomical observations support a flat earth.
The Chicago Herald notes a rising smoke nuisance in Chicago and hints at its impact on the city’s moral climate following the retirement of a leading Cook county figure. The piece reflects concern over air quality and civic well being amid commentary on local leadership.
Sir Julian Pauncefote sails back to the United States accompanied by his daughters as he is described as well equipped for diplomacy in Washington. The Boston Herald notes his readiness and family presence in diplomacy circles.
A child visits the telegraph office with a letter to his mother in heaven and asks to send it by lightning through the wires. The operator comforts him, promising to do his best, as the boy jokes about thunder showers and says goodbye for now until the next storm.
A vivid look at yesterday’s 20 page issue highlights rapid printing and bulk postal handling. Major items include political shifts in Europe, the Czar’s Berlin visit, Roosevelt in rumor, and local crime plus extensive literary and cultural features.
A digest of oddities: raisins shipped from Fresno, an eel found in a Michigan mill, a bear drives off a cow in Maine, a Birmingham man seeking a lost job, Georgia obituaries, race car betting, Lincoln railroad notes, sweet potato lengths from Cape May, a Vienna millionaire’s vault lighting wish, a calf near locomotives, a milk pumpkin curiosity, an Athens faculty petition, Bean's Island rat paradise, and a new cavern near Adelsberg in Carniola with famed stalactites.
A Hartford Courant piece mocks blonde women as mischief makers, invoking figures like Lucretia Borgia and Catherine de Medici to lampoon seductive beauty and peril. The tone blends satire with references to historical blue eyed heroines and headlines of danger surrounding fair hair and guillotine imagery.
The column surveys inventions and opinions, noting Edison’s limited output and a piano muffler reducing practice noise. It also cites Senator Harris of Tennessee predicting endless congressional sessions and jokes about Patti and Jay Gould as perpetual retirees.
Mt Pleasant resident recovers a Boston Gazette from 1770 noting coffins made in America by early tradesmen. A mystery opossum rests on Martinsburg street trees. Columbus vegetarian quirk. German town grapevine trunk size. West Chester row of newlyweds. Corry mall delivery era had 600 carriers. A New Castle woman crafts bread and finds a chicken in the oven with dough on its feet.
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