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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1890
Page
11
Wanamaker's invites shoppers to a Fall overcoat display featuring choice goods with distinctive tailoring. Prices are said to be reasonable and direct dealing eliminates middleman profits, highlighting low prices and made to order options.
A Chester judge ruled for five Ing and Leiper Manufacturing Company workers who quit without the week’s notice. The $4719 judgment plus costs covered wages held back from James McOsbe James Bromley James Cohen Hugh McDonough and Miles Brannan. The company appealed, arguing no notice rule existed.
The Pennsylvania Canal Commission report favors a Lake Erie to Ohio River ship canal as vital for western Pennsylvania and national prosperity. Proponents cite cheaper water transport, reduced rail blockades, and gains for Carnegie, Phipps & Co. with millions of tons of ore and coal moving to lake ports, while urging federal funding and a summit-level route for a national channel.
Crum argues for a ship canal linking the Monongahela and Ohio rivers to Lake Erie, boosting coal and iron supply, reducing transport costs, and strengthening wartime logistics. He notes West Virginia improvements and extends benefits to Chicago and the Northwest, promising cheaper output and better regional markets.
In Wildwood on October 9 the Forest Oil Company and W E Griffith hosted foreign guests from the Iron and Steel Institute, showcasing oil production and a roaring gas well. Drilling progress varied across Clarion and Butler counties as multiple wells reported sand contacts, pay zones, or new spudding, including Zeigenheim No 2, Han well, and several lines on the Lucinda belt and nearby farms.
In Mariasville and nearby townships oil activity surges as multiple crews drill, plan, and lease. Wells yield about ten barrels daily on average while several operations push past 700 to 1,000 feet depths. Major firms like Davis & Guthrie and the Republican Syndicate push leases on east and west sides, with forthcoming wells and rigs and a Washington county result anticipated. In Butler County, Jefferson Center reports a 9 barrels per hour well and new Nos. 2 and 3 sites nearby, signaling a regional expansion in oil exploration.
An OCR fragment lists Horsford acid phosphate and medical references alongside local merchants. It mentions Hardy & Hayes jewelers at 529 Smithfield, Campbell & Dick at the Jewelry House of Henry den and 530 Smithfield, and The People’s Store on Fifth Avenue, advertising a large city presence.
An advertisement touts Sanford's Rapical Cure for catarrh claiming instant relief from nasal and eye symptoms and notes its effectiveness in chronic cases with obstructed breathing. The package includes Rapical Cure bottle, Catarral Solvent, and a HalER, priced at $1 from Porter Deve & Carmical Corporation, Boston.
The celebrated European staff of five German and English doctors at 414 Smithfield St Pittsburg offer free services for the first three months to all visitors who come before Oct 25. They treat all diseases and deformities and will refuse hopeless cases, aiming to quickly meet and aid the sick while offices are crowded at the end of the free period. Catarrh and catarrhal deafness are claimed cured by German methods. Office hours are 9 AM to 8 PM.
An unusual chance will be offered to you a home for everybody. Special sale on the Frank Plan grounds east of Fort Pitt Glass Works near the P R R station. Houses built and for sale on terms. Carriages at the depot. Free lunch on grounds. Trains from Union depot to Jeannette at 5:30 8 8:35 and 11 a m. Date Saturday October 16.
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