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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1890
Page
7
The Dispatch announces its Easter advertising office located at 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street and in Room T1 of the Tribune Building New York. Foreign advertisers and home advertisers are welcomed at the new central location.
The page lists daily and weekly delivery rates for Dieratcn including Sunday editions, with annual and monthly options. It notes delivery via carriers at 10 cents per week and announces that next Wednesday's Dispatch will feature comprehensive election notices, urging agents to submit four orders early due to heavy edition demands.
The piece argues for steadier year round public involvement in governance beyond election periods. It contrasts frequent pre election political fervor with Swiss direct voting as an example and calls for sustained citizen scrutiny to curb corruption and influence, urging calmer, continued interest.
The Philadelphia Company directors raise gas rate from ten to fifteen cents per thousand, to take effect December 1. The move prompts concern over consumer cost and potential competition from other firms and artificial gas plants. Investor Pew's gas pump experiment could unlock additional supply by tapping more wells, with results due in the next eight to ten days.
In a surprising twist amid New York politics, Richard Watson Gilder joins the anti Tammany drive as a stump speaker. The Century editor and noted poet delivers a sonnet and takes up political campaigning with fervor in the current contest.
Mr Gilder announced plans to back the People's Municipal League using a mortgage plea to aid Tammany dissenters and free his city. He rode a Bowery truck last Monday night delivering speeches amid cheering red fire, but vowed not to speak from a truck again as critics compare his performance to a boiler factory’s nightingale.
Allegheny farmers argue better rural highways will bring higher returns from crops, reduce hauling costs, and raise land value by improving year round access to cities and towns. They endorsed convicts working on roads while avoiding unnecessary exposure, noting prisoner privacy and health considerations.
One Philadelphia paper retracts a scandalous charge against Mr. Pattison regarding the South Penn matter, admitting the insinuations were unworthy of credence. The public recognizes it as a political blunder and a rare vindication of Pattison's honor as truth prevails.
The article extols football as a national pastime and the most popular college sport, noting growing interest in Pittsburgh. It argues amateurs should run the game for fun, glory, and skill, not profits, insisting discipline and strategy over brute force benefit players morally and physically.
A warning about hiring unfamiliar professors for children’s entertainments. recounts a Bound Brook New Jersey incident where dancer performances damaged reputations. Notes five kicks shock audiences and urges caution. Mentions President Harrison and a mix of other public figures and events of the era.
A collage of society notes recounts Jonas Albert Beige sailing to a country, portraits and autographs from the Count of Paris, and varied figures like Edward Evrett Hace the Boston preacher, Sarah Bernhardt's Melbourne plans for 1802, Gladstone's literary rebuttals, Mrs. Fawcett and other notables. It also mentions Marshal McMahon, the Princes of Wales, and a voyage involving a priest abroad, with lingering anecdotes on culture, politics, and society.
The will of Photius Fisk, who died about a year ago leaving £30,000 for a Relief Fund aiding the poor including colors, is disputed by Hydra relatives. They allege undue influence by attendant Lyman T. Hodge. a question of religious influence and a possible lawsuit over a free thinker’s role may arise.
The Western Unitarian Church meeting in Chicago aimed to reconcile divided western churches. Committees propose forming a Conference Association with state conference presidents and secretaries. The association will meet in Chicago within six months, with the rest of the gathering focused on social aims.
Farmers report Hessian fly damages early sown winter wheat in Missouri and Kansas. Wheat sown in September is ruined, with Cass and Jackson counties cited as affected. Belief grows that fields will need plowing and replanting due to the infestation.
Leavenworth officials report postal authorities excluded an entire edition amid disputes over anti lottery law coverage. The cut affected church baffle news and local notes published earlier in the week.
A death notice reports the passing of the Count d Any in Staten Island city overnight. The article provides scant biographical details and mentions the hotel setting, with uncertain wording about his journey and period of residence.
A stream of reflective vignettes urges embracing weather and life with youthful defiance. Nostalgic musings recall Halloween Fillipeens, political jabs, and social observations, urging resilience, humor, and staying lively despite age or gloom.
James Hamilton of Bumefront presents a working model for an ocean vessel with three parallel horizontal shafts each supporting a three blade propeller. The middle propeller is larger, shafts connect inside, and nine engine shaft combinations allow continued speed if parts fail.
A Chicago News account claims a wealthy Washington widow, widow of a famous general, was paid by a New York syndicate to obtain a Supreme Court decision. She allegedly copied part of Justice Miller's opinion from his desk while the family attended church, enabling large stock trades before the ruling.
At the New Jersey Prohibitionist State Convention in Trenton the group adopts a resolution to test the ballot reform law. Dr J B Graw argues the law disfranchises voters and benefits party bosses while the convention endorses compulsory temperance education and condemns 1890 legislative action.
In Hazelsville Pa a widow Mrs James Proud collapses after learning her late father forgave her. The Proud family, wealthy English guardians, had long opposed her marriage to Sir Proud. She had fled with him decades ago and the shock of the forgiveness appears to have contributed to her collapse.
At Napopolis on October 3 a monument honoring the Jeannette Arctic expedition of 1879 was unveiled by the Naval Academy. A Washington party by special train included Mrs. DeLong and Commander Melville, with naval officers and civilians in attendance. The monument features a white marble pyramid cross and bronze anchor, with a bronze inscription plate. It was erected by the Navy carsmen and James Gordon Bennett.
A crowd recalls a raw oyster feast shared by telegraph operators on Chesapeake Bay. They remember huge, briny oysters bought from a Cherry Stone Inlet fisherman after two weeks on hard tack. The tale concludes with the sea’s seasoning outshining pepper and sauce.
Western railroad men recalled Nevada sierra snow depths of 25 feet last winter and ongoing postwar efforts to keep lines open. They warned that the coming winter could be worse, noting long patrols by linemen and persistent snow on mountain tops into spring and summer.
A California visitor reports a tariff boost to local wines and fruit, with freight-rate reductions after Santa Fe rail expansion. He notes Southern Pacific cooperation and growing access to central and Eastern markets, especially Chicago, where hotelier praise boosts confidence.
Governor Hills seriously considers seeking a federal census recount for New York State after Secretary Noble refused to grant a city recount. The dispute shifts from a city matter to a statewide issue affecting representation in the House of Representatives and the fairness of the state's share.
At the association session the group voted to change its name to North American Bookeepers’ Logety. Dr. A. B. Mason, Thomas G. Newman, and HK. Medini were named to the World's Fair Oparian Committee. Papers on bee culture and related topics were presented during the day.
Providence reports a Lime Rock farmer’s young colt that repeatedly escapes its stall to climb ladders. The animal climbs to the hay mow and even gazes from a second story window, with several escapes from confinement to reach the upper level.
An enthusiastic audience welcomed Joseph Murphy in Kerry Gow at the Grand Opera House last evening. The old play retains its charm and Murphy displays his Irish wit amid strong support from de Melville and the company. Kerry Gow will run through the week on the boards.
The Farmers Alliance session at Sprinckey New Hampshire adjourns after electing officers. A memorial endorses the Paddock pure food bill and denounces Conger Congress, sending it to the United States Senate. A greeting goes to the Iowa Alliance in session.
Oswaroo October 20 report states Edgar E Frost of Frost Bros wins a divorce from Mary Frost by referee agreement after two Sak tie jury trials. Mrs Frost keeps custody of their child and receives 2000 dollars while planning a cigar business financed by the settlement. Bris invested the money in the new venture as she confronts her past. The piece also notes America’s commercial supremacy and contrasts it with Englands foreign trade.
Workmen digging near the Old Landing on Elizabeth Creek unearthed a 40 pound bell buried three feet deep. Henry Miller possesses the bell after believing it may be gold from its yellow sheen. Jewelers tested fragments and suggested a high gold content, though no assay is provided. The bell measures about 22 inches at the base, tapers to the top, and features a coronet crown with a three-aperture beam. An inscription sits above the ring in relief.
A discolored ball and buried bell, likely from a Portuguese monastery, may conceal treasure. Elisabeth’s scholarship cannot decipher an inscription and no local convent existed near the site of the unearthing, leading the owner to conclude the bell could hold precious metals.
A Wyoming rancher visiting Beaver, formerly of Pittsburgh, delays a Westward return after proclaiming Western belles would win his peace. He camps in town, courts a young woman, and the pair marry, catching the next westbound train together.
Nels Walling, a rich young farmer near the city, must forfeit £1000 or marry Miss Lottie Nelson after placing the money in her safekeeping. Nelson admits the funds exist but refuses to return them without Walling’s promise to wed. Walling pursues action against the Safety Deposit Vault Co. to reclaim the cash without marriage.
Boston reports Japanese princess Mrs. Kontaro Keneko has ordered a court dress for a very small figure. The ivory satin gown features a rising sun and peony motif with mandarin yellow folds, a three yard white satin tram, and an ornate white bodice with gold trim. A green satin brocade train completes the ensemble for court receptions.
Postmaster Van Cott clarifies the recent act excluding lottery matter from mailings and warns publishers that newspapers or publications containing any lottery or gift enterprise advertisements are prohibited. He notes that European government premium bonds ads fall under the law and must not be mailed or delivered.
Nellie Totreau, a Lumpkin girl of about fourteen, proved her skill handling a mammoth road engine used for hauling logs at a California saw mill. She steered the engine through woods and hills with dexterous control, impressing the mill crew with her adeptness.
A young women’s band forms in Oroville under Prof. Lockwood of Thermalito. The group learns to play large brass horns once used by men and attracts many applicants as community interest grows.
The Boston Globe and New York Evening Post discuss women approaching parity with men in municipal affairs. They emphasize women's focus on education, welfare, social justice, and urban services such as streets, sewers, schools, hospitals, and police.
A compact survey of curious notes from science, geography, and culture. It catalogs numbers like 40 001 Italians in New York, 997 pound man in Indiana, vast ore outputs, royal pageantry, and strange place names such as Bird in Hand and Painted Post, offering rapid glimpses of a world in data and trivia.
A collage of quips and skits from newspapers and magazines. The items feature domestic satire on manners and marriage, a chorus of travelers and readers, and light jests about love, money, and social pretensions across multiple voices.
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