Blind Instruction Institute Opens in Forty-Second Street
The Board of Trustees met to review admissions and inspect quarters at the new Institute for the Instruction of the Blind on Forty-second Street. Principal Hiram B. Jacobs reported steady progress with 12 pupils as Tommy Little’s case highlighted the project’s potential to aid Western Pennsylvania.
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New Institution For the Instruction of the Blind
Forty-second Street
Scranton
Souther
Bryn Mawr
Pittsburg
Great Blind Asylum
Philadelphia
United States
Thorougly
Forty-second Street House
Hiram B. Jacobs
Tommy Little
Tommy
Pittsburg Blind Institute Moves Toward Permanent Home
A Pittsburg project to educate the blind operates from the Irwin residence with 12 pupils. Principal Jacobs from Indiana leads the school, aiming to admit 25 to 30 once permanent quarters exist. The tale traces plans, donors, and the shift from grand schemes to practical needs for shelter and instruction.
Washington Society Prepares Dazzling Season Highlights
Washington society circles stage a glamorous season as Miss Grundy Jr gathers for THE Dis PATCH a trove of intriguing facts and social notes detailing events, personalities, and upcoming entertainments shaping the season.
Montreal Hosts Bourbonist Welcome For Comte de Paris
Mayor Grenier Alderman Ouimet Speaker of the Houses and other officials accompany the Comte de Paris to Brookville and Montreal. He is met with a large ovation showing strong anti republican, pro Bourbon/cl erical sentiment in French Canada. Official visits to the Archbishop and Catholic institutions frame the program. The republican counter demonstration fizzles.
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Montreal
Grenier
Ouimet
Houses of Commons
Comte de Paris
Brookville
Quebec
Three Rivers
Stories of New York life by Murray and Belle headline Sunday issue
The Dispatch highlights five features by Charles T. Murray and Clara Belle in its Sunday edition. Letters promised to be unusually crisp with gossip content and twenty large pages set for tomorrow.
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New York
Charles T. Murray
Clara Belle
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Dispatch
Two Men Duel With Crow Bars in Park Avenue Shop
In New York on October 24 two men Joseph Wood age 50 and Carl Barg age 46 clashed with iron crow bars inside a Park Avenue blacksmith shop. The fight raged for some time and ended only when both men collapsed into unconsciousness.
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New York
Joseph Wood
Carl Barg
Park Avenue
Women Auxiliary urged missions at Calvary Church East End
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Episcopal Mission Council met at Calvary Church East End. Bishop Leonard urged a deaconess and teachers for missions while Bishop Talbott pressed hospital and Indian school needs. The meeting highlighted mission work, youth involvement, and fundraising efforts across regions.
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Calvary Church
East End
Women Auxiliary meets in devotional opening and talks
The morning session of the Women’s Auxiliary to the Episcopal Missionary Council opened with devotional services led by Bishop Howe of Central Pennsylvania. Rev. George Hodges welcomed attendees as Bishop Whitehead urged courage for the year. Julia Emery, National Secretary, outlined the group’s achievements and urged branches across parishes. Mrs Howe spoke on Mothers’ Meetings and Miss Spencer described foreign missions work in China Japan India and Africa.
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Calvary Church
East End
Episcopal Mission Council
Leonard
Utah
Emery
Julia Emery
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Episcopal Missionary Council
Howe
Pennsylvania
George Hodges
Whitehead
Philli
Pittsburg
Spencer
China
Japan
India
Africa
A New Bishop Appointed to Alaska
The House of Bishops has chosen Rev. Dr. John W. Chapman, a missionary in Alaska, as bishop designate. At 32 he will be the churchs youngest bishop once ordained, which will take several months due to the winter and travel delays. He is noted for his work among the Esquimanx and preached early sermons at Trinity Church in this city.
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James Irwin
Philadelphia
Asylum
Schenley
Campbell
Heyal Institute For the Blind
London
England
Ees
Talbott
Wyoming
Idaho
Dioease
Wallace
House of Bishops
Alaska
John W. Chapman
Chapman
Esquimanx
Trinity Church
Dancing Season Promises New Figures and Costumes
The Dispatch previews upcoming dancing styles with ideas for figures and costumes as the new season begins. Tomorrow’s issue offers twenty pages of all the news and details for dancers and admirers.
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Dispatch
Longtime Pittsburg merchant Eli Edmundson dies in Baltimore
Eli Edmundson a veteran Pittsburg merchant dating to 1832 died in Baltimore after a five week illness. He followed his daughter Mrs Dryden to burial in Allegheny Cemetery and leaves a seriously ill wife in Oakland. His lineage includes Dr W F Edmundson and two surviving sons Eli Edmundson Jr and T C Perrine. His life linked to fires, church work, and the Mansfield Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Eli Edmundson
Pittsburg
Baltimore
Dryden
Allegheny Cemetery
Oakland
W. F. Edmundson
Edmundson
Methodist Church
Smithfield Street
M. E
Chartiers Township
Mansfield Methodist Episcopal Church
Fifth Avenue
Surprises in Canada Rise From Iron and Steel Wealth
Special telegram from Niagara Fats reports Erastus Wiman greeting British and American engineers in Canada. He notes Canada's vast iron deposits, pure limestone, thick coal seams, and oil finds in the Mackenzie Northwest, signaling future significance and potential closer Anglo American cooperation.
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Niagara Fats
British
Tron and Steel Institute
American Mining Institute of Engineers
Erastus Winman
Canada
McKinley
McDonald
Congress of the
United States
Britain
Abe
Wrecked Yacht Katrina Sinks After Run Aground Near Matinecock Point
Locust Valley reports E D Morgan’s steam yacht Katrina bound from Newport to New York struck rocks eight near Matinecock Point at 8 30 this morning. The hull split beneath the engine and sank rapidly. Morgan and 29 crewmen were aboard and saved after detaching lifeboats. no further details on survivors or rescue.
Iron and staple trade surge puzzles investors in 1889
The Stimulated Movement to the interior continues with brisk activity in dry goods groceries boots and shoes and plantation supplies. London and New York reports note strong demand across Atlantic coast cities and Western centers while Louisiana sugar and rice receipts fall due to severe rains. Iron and steel remain busy though prices steady and production outpaces demand. wheat exports and stock changes show mixed, cautious markets.
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Bradstreet
Atlantic Coast
Cincinnati
Chicago
St Paul
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
Memphis
Dallas
New Orleans
Louisiana
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
Alaska
New York City
Rocky Mountains
United States
Canada
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Boston
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Bessemers
Milwaukee
Ss. Paul
Denver
Ibox
Bessemer
Grain and livestock prices mixed amid weak demand
Wheat rose 15 cents on the week and corn gained nearly 1 cent, while pork slipped slightly. Foreign demand offers little support to speculation and exports lag behind last year, making current value measures unreliable.
Exposition Authorities Debate Separate Fine Arts Bureau
The World's Fair committees discuss reorganizing the art divisions as the Bureau of Fine Arts seeks separate status from Music and Drama. They consider limits, leadership, and funding, with a Chicago meeting slated for November 15. The note previews Lick Observatory telescope work and upcoming Dispatch coverage on measuring solar system speed.
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Bureau of Fine Arts
Music and Drama
Potato rot wrecks harvests across region
Saratoga October 24 The potato crop fails widely as drought ruined early tubs and rot ruined late harvests. Despite promising yields, many dug potatoes were worthless forcing abandonment of later digging and leaving farmers with little for sale or storage.
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Saratoca
Mie
Navy Cadet Cruse Dismissed for Disobedience at Annapolis
Naval Cadet Andrew Jackson Cruse Jr of Pennsylvania, third class, is dismissed from the Naval Academy for disobedience of orders. He refused to study information on alleged aging cases from a court martial. Cadet T C Pollard resigns. Maryland Court of Appeals allows George D Gilbert colored Morgan University student to register in Baltimore, recognizing student voters rights.
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Annapolis
Andrew Jackson Cruse, Jr
Pennsylvania
Naval Academy
T. C. Pollard
Maryland Court of Appeals
George D. Gilbert
Morgan University
Baltimore
Ees
Howard Fielding’s Clever Letters Featured Tomorrow
Howard Fielding contributes another witty letter to the Dispatch for tomorrow’s Sunday issue. His humorous writing is unmatched and a feature of the paper’s S-column pages. The Dispatch boasts twenty S-column pages and the largest circulation.
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Howard Fielding
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Dispatch
Rail Interests Align Reading with Vanderbilt Syndicate
Philadelphia reports an alliance between the Reading Railroad syndicate and the Vanderbilt interests, with Vanderbilts to be represented in Reading management. H. B. Hollins replaces Gibbs at the syndicate meeting as Hollins & Co. are longtime Vanderbilt brokers.
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Philadelphia
Reading Railroad Syndicate
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilts
Reading
H. B. Hollins
Gibbs
Evening Telegraph
B. Hollins & Co
In New Mexico They Repulse a Body of Troops Pursuing Them
Silver City New Mexico October 24 The troops sent to pursue the Apaches who killed two sheep herders near here engaged the band in a remote canyon. The fight ended with the Indians repelling the pursuers after two of their number were killed or wounded and the rest fled.
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New Mexico
Silver Crry
N. M
Sheriff Lyon County Official Ends Life With Shotgun
Bax October 24. At 6 pm Bancroft Lyon county elder and former sheriff shot himself through the heart with a shotgun and was found dead at the barn door by his daughter. Yesterday he took out two accident policies on his life for 3000 dollars, valid for 24 hours. THE DISPATCH has secured Edward Kipling's first serial. opening chapters to appear Sunday November 9.
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Comconpiaa
Bax
Phage Dupessae
Bancroft
Lyon County
Dispatch
Eadyard Kipling
Clincher Family Joins Capital Society After Election
Jehu Clincher is elected to Congress and his wife Tabitha along with daughters Miss Clincher and Miss Valeria Clincher rise to prominence in Millville society. The family plans a theater of social ascent in Washington, while facing the constraints of a capital season and fashion.
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Jehu Clincher
Congress
Tabitha Clincher
Ladies’ Missionary Sewing Circle
Millville
Johu Clincher
Clincher
Valeria Clincher
National
Washogton
Fathers of the Republic
New York
Philadelphia
Clinchers
John Clincher
Washington
Burg
Valeria
Mrs. Clincher
Millville Heiresses Join Washington Society in Grand Entrance
Mrs. Clincher and her daughters depart Millville for Washington to seek influence amid diplomats and secret receptions. They charm Secretary Simpson’s circle, stage a lavish debut, and secure invitations, transforming their status from provincial nobles to fashionable players in national society.
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Miss Valeria
Clincher
Ificent
Simpson
Jehn Clincher
Pennsylvania
Washington
Sim
Olincher
Wanhrest
Atomes
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