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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1891
Page
15
A Pittsburgh Sunday Dispatch column reports Republicans urged courage to support Governor Pattison’s push for truth in the State Treasury scandal. It notes Hastings endorses a strong Senate response and condemns the Home rule evasion while urging full cooperation with the governor’s investigations.
Discussion of Pittsburgh and Allegheny water needs considers Philadelphia's gravity aqueduct approach from mountain streams. A $16,000,000 aqueduct could beat pumping costs, serving 250000 city residents and 200000 nearby, with potential municipal consolidation if waterways supply all.
The passage argues that funding a superior water supply and a gradual principal extinction would win approval. It contends a comprehensive city water system centered on Pittsburg would showcase the benefits of consolidation under one municipal government and mark a major advance over the current arrangement.
The Eastern press argues for arming lake craft while a 1817 treaty blocks immediate action. The piece compares Canadian canal spending with U S inaction and proposes building the Ohio River Lake Erie Canal and the Hennepin Canal to connect the lakes with the Mississippi and Missouri, creating a two day war-ready water route.
The Prison Congress convened in this city last night to address confinement and reform of criminals. The session aims to balance punishment and rehabilitation, hoping to prevent crime and produce humane, effective outcomes. Pittsburg extends a hearty welcome and anticipates productive discussions.
An article urges integrating literature into public school curricula to broaden minds. It notes value in exposing students to great authors and lives, offers practical methods, and warns against turning reading into tedious taskwork at any education level.
A discussion on athletic training critiques the focus on a single muscle set for specific sports. It notes recent breakdowns like Ford among top all rounders and questions whether training disused components weakens the system or, if developed, strengthens it. It contrasts streetcar dependence with rigorous conditioning to avoid fatigue.
The author argues that athletic activity is healthy but can be abused. Exercise and eating are vital, yet excess leads to harm. Recreation should not become the sole life purpose or it will ruin physical health and social or moral value.
The article discusses the fractured state of the Irish Nationalist movement after Charles Stewart Parnell’s death. It notes lingering wounds from factional battles, bitterness toward Timothy Healy, and uncertain prospects for reconciliation among leaders like Justin McCarthy John Dillon E OBrian and Sexton and Redmond Harrington. It cautions that alliance may only gradually heal.
The committee finds public opinion supports that the escaped Fitzsimmons was aided by corrupt officials and jail laxity. It calls for firing guilty watchmen and notes the jail’s management has been loose and incompetent, urging accountability and possible criminal action. It also mentions oil industry concerns about McDonald gushers and oil capacity.
The piece discusses Mr. Edison’s plan to power streetcars by current picked up from beneath rails, aiming to replace trolleys and storage batteries. It notes concerns about safeguarding vehicles horses and pedestrians from unintended current pickup and suggests restrictions on non track users benefiting from the system.
TH quoted Mr Fassett of New York saying we hire 6,000,000 people in the state and 5,900,000 are laborers. The remark implies a high share of child and women labor in New York, a figure critics deem alarming and imprudent.
The Society of the Army of the Tennessee advances a fund to erect a Sherman monument in granite and marble. General Dodge leads the effort, aiming for a worthy tribute to Sherman’s services, distinct from the Grant monument. The piece also notes Kaiser Wilhelm II’s whiskered coins signaling imperial intent, with a caveat that coins may still be clipped.
The text describes Ned Green son of Mrs. Hotty Green a multi millionaire determined to launch a large newspaper and spend seventy thousand dollars before the first issue. It emphasizes he differs from his frugal mother and signals a bold, risk taking plan ahead.
The remark says mud throwing would not help the state race. It argues there are enough public issues to debate without resorting to slime and personal attacks.
The Flyers fought sharp con tests in the season’s final days and challenged Maud’s great record but were overwhelmed by the elements. They finish within a fraction of a second of the mark and hope to break it next year.
The Anneke Jans heirs held another convention with lawyers extolling prospects and collecting fees. A Western newspaper had reported that Deacon White owned the New property.
The passage mixes scattered items on political figures, Kansas population gains, naval mishaps, and gold shipments. It cites Colonel Shepard, Deacon White, Jeeper Gresham, the Grant monument in Chicago, Kansas population growth, surplus, the steamer Dispatch, and European gold shipments with optimistic outlooks for next year.
The excerpt surveys prominent figures including Louis Kossutu the Hungarian patriot in Italy, T Lipsey Coorger the British Royal Academician on his Sth birthday, and Francis Darwin continuing the Darwin legacy. It notes Mr Norton guiding the late poet’s correspondence, Stanley tour of Australia, Pedro d Alcantara printing Hebrew texts, Crampel’s reported death in Central Africa, the Mysore Maharajah’s voyage to England, and a jeweled briquet linked to the Princess of Wales.
The Massachusetts Board of Agriculture reports 1461 abandoned farms, mainly in western counties, with prices rising slightly in the west and still low in the east. Factors for abandonment include poverty, labor shortages, better wages elsewhere, competition from the West, city life, and poor farming methods, but renewed inquiries suggest many will be taken up by productive buyers and improve farming prospects.
A Chicago appellate court opening is mocked for ceremonial robes and silk gowns. The piece argues such pageantry clashed with American simplicity and questions the need for formal robes in the judiciary. It contrasts European traditions and calls the trend un-American.
The Spanish duty on American flour to Cuba drops from 20 to 1 per barrel under the Spain United States commercial treaty effective January 1. Demand grows to 300 000 barrels as New York Chicago and Baltimore vie to supply, with ships racing to carry the flour to Cuba. Proponents praise McKinley bill reciprocity while warning against broad free trade with rivals.
The Scottish American reports a famed duel between Rob Roy MacGregor and MacNeil of Barra. After traveling to Buchanan, Barra challenged Rob Roy to prove who is the better swordsman. They battled with dexterity, but Rob Roy wounded Barra in the sword arm, keeping him out of action for months.
A Lewiston Journal summary notes that in 1880 domestic wool use reached 235 million pounds with 40 million imported, plus 48 million cotton and other fibers. It cites carpet wool imports of 94 million domestic? and states about one seventh of wool used was imported. The report calls attention to rising domestic production and tariff impact on the home market for American woolen goods.
A Toronto Empire piece reflects on Old Morality W W Smith and his Liberal ties, noting his rise from book seller to Commons leader and Liberal snobbery toward aristocracy. It contrasts Liberal pretensions with Conservatism embodied by Sir John Macdonald and W T Smith.
The Rush will be deployed back to the Bering Sea and keep the Bear there through November to deter potential raids on the Pribilof Islands amid rumors of Victoria sealers targeting the area. Officials note past poaching after revenue cutter departures and aim to curb unauthorized sealing near St. Paul and St. George.
In a joint debate with Major McKinley, Governor Campbell offered what he could defend for Democracy, acknowledging the defense was inherently weak by the nature of the case.
Spasmodic city efforts to curb spoiled foods are described alongside tales from Broadway, including De Wolf Hopper scenes and a beer drinking elephant. The piece also notes stenographer scams, ghost stories at theaters, chance meetings among travelers, tariff chatter, and Broadway cable work fueling daily chatter in New York.
Omaha Herald notes the Kickapoo nation holds 206456 acres on Oklahoma’s eastern border and refuses to sell under US supervision. The Times calls their stance mule like while observers warn real estate moves benefit outsiders, not Indians who cannot bargain and rely on paternal government disbursements and dubious traders.
Governor Pattison appoints 20 commissioners to represent Pennsylvania at a National Convention on Western waterways. The piece criticizes indiscriminate river and harbor spending and urges a carefully studied national plan to end local political appropriation and waste.
In Ohio the current campaign shows less of the old burial style and decorative lighting and uniforms. The writer hopes the trend toward education continues through the end of the race.
In Ohio, Democratic leaders hedge on defeat, noting the McKinley law has not raised prices as predicted yet arguing better times follow its application. The text suggests McKinley’s influence is substantial in the state.
A miscellany catalogues diverse notes from across regions. Items mention Chicago's cable cars, geographic curiosities, unusual trades, and local curiosities. Readers learn of explorers, engineers, naturalists, and everyday oddities with brief, vivid sketches.
A fragmentary dialogue scene follows a practical, joking couple and a lively cast. Characters including Maud Henry Phyllis Mortimer Clora Adolphas and Gas eam share quips about cigars, mosquitoes, piano talk, dust, and weddings. The sketches mix humor and domestic hints with seaside Jersey mist and social chatter.
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