Postage Free In The United States Dispatch Daily Circulation
The Dispatch issue details postage rates and delivery options for the Pittsburg Sunday edition dated October 18, 1539. It outlines annual and quarterly subscriptions, Sunday and carrier delivery, and price policies for duplicate copies. It notes a 2 cent postage for mailing Sunday issues and urges carrier and agent cooperation.
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Safety of Electric Light Wires in Pittsburg
The article questions the safety of above ground electric wires in Pittsburg and urges underground conduits as the only permanent security, noting New York’s harsher fatalities and urging early adoption to prevent future deaths. It cites limited local fatalities two to three years ago and warns storms could expose hazards.
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Justice Possible in Cronin Case Sparks Chicago Outcry
Reports assert bailiffs aiding the defense fixed jurors and a plot to derail the trial. The piece urges swift punishment for the bailiffs and those who employed them, warning Chicago waits for foundations to be tested.
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Cronin
Talesman
Reform by Riot in Lafayette Temperance Move
A Lafayette town ordinance banning liquor sales provoked a violent response when a nearby dealer opened a speakeasy and defied warnings. A mob wrecked the saloon, juries may not convict, and the drive for total abstinence is condemned as social harm. The piece warns violence and law defiance exceed drunkenness in moral harm.
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Women and Mer In Letters About If They Were Men
Prominent women answer what they would do if they were men. Many confide desires already within reach and share conventional aims. Ella Wheeler Wilcox offers maxims on manly courtesy and character while Louise Chandler Moulton envies male freedom from dress tyranny.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Louise Chandler Moulton
Women and men's roles debated in social chats
A discussion teases out ideas on gender roles with Mrs Frank Leslie credited for shaping masculine energy and Margaret E Sangster urging justice mercy and humility. It notes women show confidence and character without seeking male attire or privilege, suggesting they already hold decisive influence.
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Frank Leslie
Margaret E. Sangster
The Gas Problem and Public Debate Over Shortage
The article surveys explanations for a gas shortage, weighing pipeage limits and metering. It notes waste and the meter proposal as fair, if priced to help consumers. Officials face criticism for talking of disappearance of supply and potential financial missteps.
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The Rights of the River in Wheeling Bridge Case
The river interests clash with railroad builders over closing the channel for a new Wheeling bridge. Obstructing navigation during fall coal shipments could hinder a major commerce flow. If no amicable arrangement is found, coal interests may seek Secretary of War intervention.
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Wheeling
The Gain in Morality in City Life
Dr. Howard Crosby notes morality has risen over fifty years, though questions remain about ebbs and flows. He argues progress comes from exposing evils and fighting injustice, with critics of today shaping a better next generation. The Atlantic Constitution’s Southern life column offers varied readings.
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Howard Crosby
New York
Varied 19th Century Voices Highlight Reform and World Fairs
A mosaic of opinions covers social life in Georgia reform talks by Judge White, prize awards in Paris 1893, New York electric light clashes with Mayor Grant, Campbell forgery doubts, Astor’s World Fair aid, Liberal victory in North Buckinghamshire, Depew likeness to Vanderbilt, gas shortage debates, liquor law violator penalties, landowners aiding the World Fair, and railway coal reliability versus rivers.
Prominent Figures and Society Notes Across Cities
Dwight of Yale flirts with the idea hazing is past while Secretary Tracy and Mark Twain touted as dinner speakers at a New York Fellowcraft Club event. Thomas Netsor Page offered Chicago magazine editorship but plans to write, Drony Benn wins 7000 on baseball league odds, Nat Goodwin gambles on Boston, and Jon Burns linked to Robert Burns. Empresses in Japan abandon Western women’s dress. Paris models spark renewed historic costumes. Rear Admiral Melancthon B. Wright, 76, recalls steamship era after 18 years in service. Mars Cleveland seeks new pursuits, eyes oil painting, avoids letters while another with same name remains active. Omaha Evening Bee notes a circulating notice about Thomas L. Kimball’s retirement.
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Yale
Tracy
Mark Twain
New York Fellowcraft Club
Thomas Netsor Page
Virginia
Chicago
Drony Benn
Nat Goodwin
Boston
Jon Burns
London Dockmen
Robert Burns
Japan
Melancthon Bwith
United Bastes Navy
Navy
Mars
Cleveland
Omaha Evening Bee
Thomas L. Kimball
Czar’s Germany Visit Promise From Philadelphia Requirer
The report notes that the Czar will not declare war while in Germany and will wait until he is safely out of the country on his return path. The Philadelphia requirer records this conditional pledge as the sole public statement about the visit.
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Philadelphia
Germany
Academy of Science Sparked by Pittsburg Arts Link
A Pittsburg Art Association meeting recalls the origin of an Academy of Science project. George A. Macbeth notes Microscopical Society actions echo the Arts group, while Dr. Holland and C. C. Mellor are cited as early proponents. Remnants describe Thaw, housing ideas, and a push toward a common scientific home.
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George A. Macbeth
Academy of Science Project
Iron City Micro Scopical Society
Art Association
W. N. Frew
C. C. Mellor
Macbeth
Microscopical Society
W. J. Holland
Academy of Aciance
Holland
Academy of Science
Pittsburg
DisPatch
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William Thaw
Academy
Baltimore American Poem Fragment Reflects Romantic Vision
A fragment from the Baltimore American displays a poetic meditation on a lover through celestial imagery. It compares the beloved’s dark eyes to constellations and speaks of souls, truth, and love reflected in those orbs with reverent tone.
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Married Fifteen Years? Zag Anniversary in Oakland Home
Mr and Mrs Charles Zag celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary at their Fifth Avenue Oakland home last evening. A large number of friends attended to extend congratulations. Rev Dr Herrick Johnson of Chicago officiated at the wedding ceremony and offered best wishes to the couple.
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Fifth Avenue
Oakland
Zug Huting Sha Ines
Georg Charles
Leila
Oda
Toneen
Misa Laila
Rhoda
Emma
Carermans
Itteburg
Herrick Johnson
Psicago
Duddy and Lally Wed at St Malachi’s Southside
Last night Patrick Duddy and Lide Lally married by Rev. Father Mc Tighe at St Malachi's Church after the evening service. Duddy's father visited the license office to confirm a license had been issued and no objections were raised to the union.
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Lide Lally
Father McTighe
St. Malachi's Church
Southside
Father McTiche
Cousins Mary Powers and Thomas F Cullinan Wed in Questionable Catholic Ceremony
A marriage in Allegheny yesterday morning linked first cousins Miss Mary Powers and Thomas F Cullinan. Both Catholics, they faced potential church objection since canon law bans cousin marriages without papal dispensation which had not been granted. The outcome of church involvement remains uncertain.
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Mary Powers
Thomas F. Cullinan
The Sumter Rain Mystery Explained By Insect Jets
In Sumter South Carolina a garden phenomenon produced rain like showers each day last week for about three quarters of an hour. Dr Stunds identifies a fruit tree near the spot with insects that eject jets of water from their bodies and cause droplets to fall as rain. The brilliant butterfly sized insects shed light on the strange waters and dismiss superstitious beliefs about the event.
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Australian Woman Tracks Chicago Bigamist to Jail
An Australian woman, Mies Elizabeth Hackett, arrives in Chicago after a 10 000 mile quest to confront Julius Mailhouse alias Julius M House a noted American criminal now in Joliet prison. After a canceled honey moon and debts he faced police as she exposed his multiple marriages and past crimes.
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Opera in the Hebrew Tongue Delights Pittsburg Audience
The Oriental Opera Company of Philadelphia presented its third Pittsburg performance last night at Turner Hall. The Hebrew language production The Atonement drew a large audience with standing room. Madame Grin barg received hearty applause along with Miss Emma Thomashevsky whose voice showed promise.
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Pittsburg
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Lightning Strikes Sharon Woman Four Times in Ten Years
Mrs Archibald Rankin wife of a county farmer was struck by lightning for the fourth time in ten years. She remained conscious aside from a brief loss of consciousness and escaped serious injury. Local physicians are puzzled by her survival.
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Supreme Court Justices Entertain at Swissvale Country Club
Judges enjoyed a convivial evening after a hard week at the Swissvale country club house. Sol Schoyer Jr led the event with assistance from Harry Oliver Major G W M J Ricketson Congressman Dalzell and others.
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Congressman Dalzell
It Grinds a Bigger Ax Though
Carnegie mill in Pittsburg turns out steel railway ties at eight per hour. The new departure promises forest rest and more steel mill activity, yet may reduce demand for axes and wood choppers. Gotham Enterprise notes New York papers grow wary of the World's Fair project and the influence of millionaires and a financial committee, contingent on Congressional decision.
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Possible Speakers Pen Portraits of the Speakership Candidates
Washington dispatch outlines four leading contenders for Speaker of the new Fifty first Congress Butterworth Reed Cannon and Barrows with portraits of their temperaments, speaking styles and parliamentary savvy. It notes Butterworth as a plain, earnest but formidable rival and compares McKinley and Burrows, while praising Cannon for forceful oratory and Reed for tactical skill.
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Republican Gubernatorial Nomination Guidance From Philadelphia Press
The Philadelphia Press advises candidates for the Republican nomination for governor to pace their campaign and beware of rising, unpredictable support at the start of winter, urging steady strategy and caution.
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Barnum to Ship Greatest Show on Earth to Glasgow
The Etruria carried Phineas T. Barnum Mrs Barnum and posters from New York. One hundred of Barnum's paraphernalia animals join 380 horses and elephants to Glasgow in oak boxes for the voyage. Barnum expects return to America in about four months.
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Laughing guest dislocates jaw at Plainfield reception
At a Plainfield New Jersey reception Miss Taggars laughed at a joke by her escort and dislocated her jaw. For two hours she endured agony until two physicians repositioned the jaw, taking 40 minutes to restore it.
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William Miller Needed in Buffalo Warrant Case
A warrant for actor William Miller was issued in Buffalo over a domestic dispute involving his wife Mary. The case concerns an alleged abandonment and personal conduct connected to Tomy Pastor's production.
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Tomy Pastor
Mary
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Famous Metropolitan Eccentric Dies in New York
Henry Schmidt known as the Razor strop man died early this morning of heart failure. A longtime New York eccentric, he came from London years ago with a fortune, spent it traveling the country, and once drew bank presidents with his strope. He preached temperance on Sundays and sang hymns with a baritone voice. Funeral plans note many men of national reputation are to attend.
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Henry Schmidt
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London
Milton
Dying Woman Alters Will Amid Guardian Row
Mrs Portingall, a Brooklyn widow with two children, lies ill with stomach cancer. She had prepared a will leaving her assets to her children and appointing John W. Wallace guardian. A conflict with Father Nash over church sacraments led to a torn new will, and the dying woman was moved to a friend's home in the suburbs to die in peace.
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Church of the Sacred Heart
Wall Street Messengers Swindle Firms Players of Mulvey Case
Bankers and brokers complained to Inspector Byrnes that messenger boys billed for messages not sent. A detective found rubber stamps at Mulvey's home used to forge vouchers with firm names. Mulvey swindled one firm of $100 and others for varying sums.
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Stormy voyage ends in port for Augusta Victoria passengers
The Hamburg line steamer Augusta Victoria arrived with 1,100 seasick passengers after a terrible voyage. A wave damaged the turtle back and rails, wrecked the engineer's room, and swept crew overboard. Boatswain broke a leg. two sailors were knocked about and unable to leave their berths. Count Sporwick, Danish minister to Washington, was aboard.
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Mills Misreported on Democratic House Control
The Boston Herald notes a misreport of Roger Q Mills who supposedly urged Democrats to exercise control as if still in the majority. The piece argues the current Republican majority should govern within proprieties and justice until they act, and suggests Mills would acquiesce.
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Boston Herald
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City of New York Named Fastest Ocean Racer
The steamship City of New York was the fastest ocean racer to be found anywhere in the world, claimed by Chicago Tribans. It operated all day yesterday setting a high speed benchmark for transatlantic travel.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Boy Is Amid Asia's Acknowledged Elites
A Reading-era piece extols John Hinton of Fayette County as the ablest American in Asia, noting his early life in Westmoreland, travels across oceans, bravery medals in India and Persia, and his current role as military commander of the District of Horst under the Afghan ruler, funded by vast wealth from trading.
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Pennsylvania
John Hinton
Fayette County
Westmoreland County
Persia
India
Horst
Ameer
Afghanistan
Cabo
Curious Condensations from a Wildly Varied Bulletin
The Gabilan ranch in Monterey County sold for 380 dollars last week after weighing 7 605 acres and tied to seasonal crops. Winters, California man J E Wolfskill reports. Ukiah resident 22 marries a widow with children. A Tulare woman, Mrs McCutcheon, kills a lynx with a rifle. A cabinet maker Mr Gregg and a London shoes and leather items line. A Newport man captures a sea serpent. A growing coyote threatens George Osborne's chickens in Oregon. A Maine man demands 677 for a lost trunk found at Bangor. Ducks and wild fowl described. parrots in New York speak names and recall Gettysburg. A court imposes a fine in a curious case. Captain Thompson returns from a South Sea cruise with a Jar of artifacts from Peru and Tarapaca battlefields noted. The report blends travel, crime, and natural history in a brisk, miscellany fashion.
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Senate
London
Newport
George Osborne
Ochean
Ore
Maine
Sea Bangor
Alley
New York
John B. Alley
Gettysburg
Costa
Laughing Philosophers and Humorous Snippets
A collage of jokes and verse snippets from literary parody pages. The collection opens with quips about horses and names, moves through playful exchanges about love and social scenes, and closes with a roguish poem about a poet of global fame and a dubbed artist.
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