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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1890
Page
4
The Dispatch is regularly on sale at Prentano's in Union Square New York and at Ave de Opera in Peru France. The notice invites readers who have been disappointed to visit either location for availability.
A visiting British delegation notes Pittsburg’s mills furnaces oil and gas wells and coal mines impressing experts more than initial remarks. The piece urges using foreign criticism to improve local manufacturing and cites John McCullough as a model for extracting value from critique.
The Nation argues that the growth rate from births minus deaths has steadily fallen across the century. It cites 55 percent in 1800s, 24 percent before the war, 15 percent in 1870, and about 25 percent in 1880, then suggests immigration skews the trend. The piece urges census officials to justify why such a decline does not undermine the census as a whole.
Real estate authorities and The Dispatch argue for building affordable two to five room cottages for laboring families. They warn that many cannot find housing, causing population losses, and suggest better grade, neater cottages to attract workers while avoiding slum-like dwellings.
A Harrie bore Coll report mistaking 34 600 000 for tote wages in Aberdeny and 550 000 population yields $61.10 per person. It claims one third of the population earns wages and an average worker income of about $1,850, inviting doubt on the figures.
The article critiques a figure of $34,000,000 in wages claiming it misuses division and census data. It argues the average earnings are far lower than cited, noting 1880 census figures show fewer wage workers and questioning whether the $34 million applies to iron and steel alone or all county manufacturing.
The British iron and steel visitors praise Birmingham Alabama for potential cheap basic steel production and predict a future steel center there. Pittsburg officials stress strengthening local plants to defend leadership while acknowledging a possible Southern rival. Indiana politics hint at Harrison renomination logistics amid private business interests.
The piece mocks the Oklahoma Governor’s fear for his life amid a capital location dispute. It endorses New York Sun’s compromise for multiple capitals. It also notes a steel conference delay in navy material and quotes Mr. Derew arguing labor and capital must cooperate, calling Depew’s view trash.
A Newport woman drowns herself after drinking away from home to avoid disgrace. Philadelphia citizens study fraud prevention in voting with a registrar scrutinized, finding 126 false names. Advertising claims about Henry VIII and Charles II provoke satire. A Baltimore American quote links higher beer prices to fewer anarchists, raising questions about the statement.
A fragmented note recalls two pleasant days last week and quotes Senator Purums saying he represents Kansas not Pennsylvania. The passage questions Senator Plumb and Senator Ingalls and their efforts to represent Kansas, urging Kansas voters to judge who serves the state best.
A miscellany of names and ambitions appears in this untidy OCR. George Vanderbilt pursues a premier American library. collectors, judges, archbishops, and authors are profiled. Mrs. M Barrit Howcott owns vast timber lands in the South and West. William Waldorf Astor issues two illustrated novels. Major David E. Cronin illustrates a lavish set.
English M P R S Donkin defended robust party criticism at a Conservative meeting in Tynemouth. He warned against obstruction that blocks government measures and insists criticism should be candid and good natured while preserving the Parliament’s life blood.
The Young Men's Christian Association completes 118 arrangements for the winter course. Highlights include The Ideal Concert Sextet with Carrie Louise Ray on November 25, Rev P S Henson on December 26, Boston Ides Banjo Club on January 23, Mrs Scott Siddons readings on February 27, Swedish Quartet with Lara Barden on March 27, Bill Nye with Ollie Torbet and Gustave Tholberg plus Frank Downey. Tickets restriction notes issued, extra tickets at 50 cents each. Enriching program run by a commuter committee led by L B Griggs.
Judge Wheeler of Vermont's district court expands the 1688 protective act by ruling that envelopes bearing the big print Excelsior Collection Agency violated anti harassment provisions. He noted the words were designed to attract attention and shame the debtor to compel payment, surpassing prior warnings.
Mrs Nancy A Beymer mother of Simon Beymer president of Beeymer Beyman Lead Company died yesterday at her son’s residence 460 Fifth Avenue East. She was in her 80s, known for charity and church work. Jacob Stein of the Fifteenth ward died yesterday at 49 Butler Street from complications of an abscess back his car. He was years old and had long resided in Lawrenceport, active in Loyal League affairs.
A collage of reflections on dreams and reality mixes folklore, social quips, and literary excerpts. The fragmentary prose weaves dream visions with sharp asides on politics, fashion, and daily life, noting fleeting delights and haunting nightmares while threading in topical nods to McKinley era tariff debates.
A Pittsburg letter to the editor denounces Welsh tin plate makers who visit for the Iron and Steel Institutes proceedings. It questions their claim that America cannot produce tin plate under a tariff lower than four cents per pound and calls their statements biased and unproven. The writer suggests testing their figures against Pittsburg costs.
A correspondent with wide travel experience urges the city to post street names at street corners so they are visible day and night. The writer argues this would serve strangers residents and visitors alike, matching the era's park and public improvements, and cites current signs often obscured by awnings.
A reader asks why male majority is 21 and when this rule started. The letter notes that the Constitution set a legal age for males in the United States, and mentions Ohio allowing women to be of age at 15 in some states. It also references a New York sighting of a substance that glows when lit and watered, posted by an amateur chemist.
In April 1861 President Lincoln issued a call for 76 000 volunteers to serve a three month term. The inquiry asks about the best rate for a bond and whether money can bail a criminal defendant, while another note seeks the deepest coal shaft in England and its depth.
A narrator compares London to New York, praising crowded omnibuses and the Strand, Fleet Street, St Paul’s, Oxford Street, and the Bank. He notes bustling sidewalks, shop fronts like Tiffany's and Scribner's, sandwich boards, strawberries, roses, and street music from piano-organs. The piece reflects awe at London’s crowds and urban life.
A narrator alternates between London street life and a tour through the British Museum. He notes regiments of street musicians, poverty and variety of inhabitants, and then rhapsodizes about the museum’s vast treasures from Egypt to Rome, including manuscripts and famous relics.
A reflective note describes library and gallery visit etiquette and experiences in London. It contrasts extensive access to books with restrictions on novels and highlights the British Museum and National Gallery as vast, time demanding destinations with no admission fees and daily crowds.
An analysis contrasts the Comte de Paris and Lafayette in their American journeys. It notes Lafayette's 1770s arrival amid war, French support with Rochambeau, and Yorktown victory, then Lafayette's 40 year return to a prospering Union. It argues public reception mirrored ongoing national progress and valor.
Robert T. Lincoln announces plans to move Abraham Lincoln's remains to Springfield and place them in a crypt within the Lincoln Monument. The Lincoln Monument Association approves and expects the boy's remains to arrive within a month, with Mr Lincoln visiting in November.
Deputy Sheriff J W Lamb reports a peculiar phenomenon at John Lyne's yard in Red Osk Church area. Three maples drip water from all limbs after a dry spell as a heavy mist lingers day and night. Locals fear portents while professors from Bothel College offer no explanation beyond unusual sap flow.
General John B. Henderson recalls a claim that Mount Marcy in the Adirondacks was the earliest land to emerge as the Western Hemisphere formed. The note is part of a broader column citing geography buffs Agassiz and others.
A roundup of notes from 19th century letters and journals covers debtors jailed in England, art and archaeology finds in Pompeii, a vast Treadwell Mill in Alaska, and curious hoaxes, with items on patent medicines in Constantinople, a Tell monument site decision, a mustache trainer, and a witty postal anecdote from England.
A collage of light verse and dialogue snippets from multiple papers. Jokes range from domestic banter about boarders and lodgers to wordplay about pigs and perfumes. The pieces showcase era humor and social quirks with playful mishearings and clever turns.
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