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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1889
Page
3
With four days left in the 1869 Exposition crowds rise daily and more excursions pour in. The management plans continual floral displays and new musical features by the Thirteenth Regiment Band. Tomorrow and Saturday feature Congress of Nations and Le Pere la Viewire with cannon, plus Trovatore’s Miserere. Bandmaster Jones will conduct sections of the program on Friday.
In a Southside blaze at The Oliver Iron and Steel Company, Barnes safes with three fireproof doors protected books, checks, bonds and stock papers. Vaults opened next day showed contents intact. the company ordered five large safes for use during rebuilding. Barnes safes showcased at Mechanical Hall exhibit, praised for strength and burglar resistance, with factory at 124 151 Third Avenue Pittsburgh.
The main building near Floral Hall hosts Graff Hugus Co exhibits of gas hearths and mantels. Displays include antique coax mantels with onyx trim, oak reproductions, asbestos log fires and Monarch and Bessemer ranges. Monarch hot air furnaces and natural gas appliances are shown with nickel and tile ornamentation, illustrating efficient heating and stylish indoor gas use.
Opposite the main entrance in Mechanical Hall, a display features finely finished machinery. The exhibitors promise their units are the most novel in the building and invite parties familiar with machinery to seal them in operation.
Visitors in Mechanical Hall see a dancing mock figure near a big fan connected to a heated and cooled air system. McGinness Smith & Co present a Florida steam heater and a Columbia boiler with radiators and a laundry machine by A. Dalph. Their compact, efficient heating design is installed in notable city buildings including the Hussey building housing the Chronicle Telegraph.
J0s. Eichbaum & Co of Fifth Avenue Pittsburg showcases an elegant exhibit of artist materials leather ware and stationery while steering the city’s job printing. Superintendent Reed Johnston earns credit for inventive bindings including The Allegheny Insurance Company volumes The expiration of One-year Policy and The Three-year Policies bound in full Russia with gold tooling. Banks listed include Exchangre National Tradesmen's National Bank of Pittsburg Masonic Bank and Pittsburg Gas Connect. Jos. Co. remains the source for complete manufacturing and mercantile book needs.
A North Gall gallery exposition showcases Hopper Bros. & Co furniture with carpets curtains parlor dining library and bed room suites china silverware clocks and accessories. The firm stresses fair dealing and lasting reputation as an advantage to buyers and anticipates growth as exposure widens connections between buyers and sellers.
Reinecke & Co. displays over 100 kinds of iron work including fire-escapes shutters staircases fencing and railings. Their pumps attract crowds in Mechanical Hall and at 3009 Wood Street, with a wide range of models and reliable water supply solutions.
A jumble of notices reports a light overcoat sale at Sailor's on Sixth and Liberty with fashion aims, followed by jewelry listings at Henry Terheyden 530 Smithfield and various priced earrings and rings. It notes a dress goods sale at 50 cents a yard and auctions by I M Pennock & Son for two properties, plus other retail pitches from local stores.
The city solicitor discusses a rigid three year contract with the East End Electric Light Company amid fears of New York style blackouts. City officials express confidence in service and note potential future underground wiring for cost efficiency and reliability.
Fall and winter stock at H. J. Lynch's 438 440 Market Street features embroidered robes dress fabrics and a complete underwear line including camel hair merino flannel and Scotch wool. Silks satins plushes embroideries and laces are offered with low prices on comforts blankets sheets and bed supplies. Dreydoppel soap sold widely at a fair price and men s kersey overcoats priced at 13 attractively displayed at the Grant and Diamond corner opposite the new Court House.
Advertisements offer merino white wool underwear in multiple weights and colors from Allen Sally & Co and Jos Horne Co. plus wool scarlet sets and silk mixes. Boarding stables near Monongahela City advertise roomy stalls and care under J S Coulson & Bro. Also billed are trusses tracers and clothing buys at Fleming & ten Druggista and De Hasn’s Big 6 while Miller reform lines appear in stray copy.
The American Relief Association, born in Johnstown by physicians and soldiers, seeks charters and plans a Pittsburgh meeting led by General Axline to organize lodges for disaster response. A blue star badge bearing RJ for Remember Johnstown will be worn on duty as the group’s constitution grants broad authority to the Commander in Chief and Physician in Chief to direct operations.
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