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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1889
Page
11
The record notes average copies per issue for the Sunday edition of Joe Visrarca over the three months ending July al. It lists circulation figures and compares weekly totals to establish the average per edition in the period.
The Dispatch lists subscription options with yearly and quarterly terms, including Sunday editions and varying prices. Postage details specify carrier delivery charges and a 2 cent postage for mailing Sunday issues abroad. Readers are advised to keep manuscripts and note stamps for return of unsolicited submissions.
The Queen's prorogation speech omits topics the public expected, notably Canadian sealers and the grants to the royal family. The article notes the dismissal of Commons debate on royal allowances and mocks the royal stance as superior to parliamentary effort. It warns future trouble if royal marriages go unsettled.
The arrest of a single handed highwayman in Michigan's upper district prompts a harsh assessment of this generation's civic resolve. For months the robber threatened two states, robbing stage coaches and trains in a spree of terror. The article notes that twelve men could overpower him and credits the two men who captured him, urging stronger public backbone to end such predation.
Reported renewed talk of a mysterious syndicate buying coal mines along the Monongahela River with a proposed 25 million dollars. The plan aims to consolidate coal interests, potentially affecting mine ownership, labor wages, and broader market dynamics in relation to other districts.
The article discusses the link between Texas fever outbreaks in cattle in Kansas and the broader dispute over shipping live cattle versus dressed beef. It notes concerns that diseased cattle might be shipped East as dressed meat and the challenge of detecting illness in meat, while acknowledging industry interests oppose such risks.
The article argues that shipping diseased live cattle or infected meat risks spreading Texas fever and other illnesses. It urges regulation to prevent disease spread by either method, balancing the two approaches so both can provide cheap, wholesome food without endangering public health.
A local warning about a clique selling fictional tickets for balls and picnics to raise funds in the name of the Amalgamated Association. The scheme uses a forged seal and pretends a strike to swindle honest people out of money. Readers are urged to verify strikes in the press to avoid loss and support legitimate efforts.
Commentary argues Tory leaders mimic reform efforts while seeking credit for enabling changes by opposing factions. It notes Lord Salisbury’s potential Irish reform stance and predicts Liberal authorship of the policy gains, with Parnell and Gladstone as the true catalysts behind reform.
The master report in a long running suit over a 10 million loan finds the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad honest in managing finances. The decision favors the Pittsburg division, showing funds used for improvements and rolling stock rather than benefiting the main line. The case timeline spans two years with detailed voluminous findings.
This column comments on Union Theological Seminary smoking scandal anachronisms and jokes about missionaries King of Siam gifting a palace to missionaries. It notes Jax Govuxto C P Huntington rail pool leaders philanthropy Uncle Jeremiah Rusk quotation and a London strike independence. It laments Canadian speech remarks and Pittsburgh Exposition progress Standard Oil Ohio Democracy ties. It also mocks Sugar use in White House expansion and Milwaukee veterans hospitality for revenue.
The Rash has boarded fourteen vessels prowling Behring Sea. The number of sailors it presented to these vessels remains secret to avoid public disclosure of naval depletion. Fashion notes that fall dresses will be decollate though bills are not expected to be cut low. Russell Harrison recent arrival to New York contrasts with the non tipping of the other side at San Francisco.
The article notes England expects Sir Edwin Arnold as next laureate while naming Prof. W H Brewer as Yale successor to Elias Loomis. It surveys famed figures born in 1809, mentions Fanny Forrester’s death, and details Gen. Crook’s criticism of Sitting Bull. It also recalls Oliver Wendell Holmes birthplace and General NLP Banks’ long public career.
A Philadelphia woman visits the House of Commons with a velvet bag slung over her arm. Seven solicitors or officers stop her to inspect the bag, fearing it could conceal dangerous items. The incident provokes concerns about security and misidentification.
A New York Tribune item notes a Western paper claiming readers will agree we should parapes again and asks why in Sam Hill people don’t set it down. The fragment hints at a playful editorial aside about standard phrases and regional expression.
A Johnstown Tribune feature highlights the city’s revived spirit with 26 columns of local ads. It recounts manager E D Wilt’s conflict with Marie Prescott and Richard McLean, amid plans for future productions and a looming legal clash.
A humorous anecdote recounts Henry Clay defending a frightened woman from a street goat in Washington. The goat charges after being restrained, and Clay again seizes the animal by the horns, amid a crowd of amused boys. A passerby advises to cut and run like the devil. The item then shifts to a note on fashion in the West with Nebraska tar and feather attire.
The article surveys beliefs in ghosts and spirits across Asia and Africa, describing ghors, tiger and snake spirits, and venom that cause disease. It explains customary rituals to appease these entities, including offerings of earlS pigs goats flowers and fruits, and the singing of charms at shrines.
The Hay Fever Association of the United States completed its sixteenth annual meeting in Bethlehem New Hampshire. Members heard Col M Richards Ledger and Dr Edward Worthington speak while jokes and stories kept up spirits. A Philadelphia speaker claimed $3000 spent over 43 years to curb his nose and described nasal nerve cauterization as the cure. President Lockwood put the U S sneezer total at about 200000.
Treasury reports a preliminary action in a case resembling the Jeannette affair. Bowker & Co. imported 14 Italian marble cutters from Carrara and faced disputes over contract terms. Some workers left for Carrara after dissatisfaction, leading labor groups to charge violations of the alien contract labor law. Judge Call denied a demurrer and the case proceeds.
The F. L. Norton sailing yacht, owned by Norton Naval Construction and Ship Building Co.,completed its first voyage from Tottenville to Sandy Hook and Tompkinsville amid head winds and ebb tide. Captain F. L. Norton announced a future race challenge to any build, flag, from Sandy Hook to the Bermuda and back, between October 1 and 14.
A telegram from August 3 reports at the Department of State growing concern over Walker Blaine. He was due two weeks ago, left Bar Harbor for New York, and has since vanished after a prior altercation with a buckboard. No clues have surfaced, with rumors he may have been swallowed by New York.
A brief editorial note reflects on trusts and their terms in a changing era, highlighting perceived shifts in business and public sentiment about corporate arrangements.
David Divert of Ridgeview Park Johnstown died last day at 7 P M of typhoid fever after a short illness by the flood losses and left a widow with no children. Welty McCullough of Greensburg a longtime county lawyer died at 1 30 A M after a brief illness. He was educated at Washington and Jefferson and Princeton and admitted to the bar in 1871. He was 45 and widely known in Westmoreland and Western Pennsylvania politics and law.
A poem describes autumn scenes of maples saffron and moonlit woods. The speaker reflects on a beloved near during harvest winds and fading summers, picturing memory and blessing amid amber light and amaranth in her hair.
The writer portrays a dull Washington summer under a new administration, with early hints of social pace and a lack of lively figures. He contrasts the previous bustling social set with a quieter season, predicting postponed reforms and a shift in political theater as writers seek humor amid reform and boredom.
A collage of opinion snippets from Chicago Times Philadelphia Times Baltimore American New York Herald and more. The columns mock and comment on finance labor fairs trade strikes and public figures with satirical tone and clipped wit.
A troubled figure described as a socialite away from home faces multiple arrests in Bouton and Philadelphia for offenses from drunkenness to theft and bigamy. The article notes prior time on prison islands and in penitentiaries, yet portrays her as fat and jolly amid chatter of a 1 cent child, cable bonds, and a looming case.
A roof collapse at a worksite left a laborer entombed twelve feet from the door. Rescuers removed five men from the debris ten minutes later, but the victim died en route to the hospital. Chandler, Cloyd Chan and Edgar Fawcett sailed for Europe today by.
A long eight hour Labor Day meeting is scheduled for Cooper Union in the evenings. Similar celebrations are planned in Brooklyn New York Newark and Jersey City with related events and activities.
The company informs customers that from Monday rates between New York Boston and Philadelphia rise to 3 cents and an extra cent per word over ten. This marks an advance from six to three percent.
Paul Haimont, a Frenchman involved in stealing 163000 francs from B Journal & Co. in Paris, was a prisoner aboard the Coe ee de Havre today. He occupied a stateroom, waived examination before United States Commissioner Osborne last Saturday, and agreed to return to Paris for trial.
Police report a New York and Brooklyn gang led by Annie Dugan using social access to invade homes. They send fake telegrams claiming a relative is in distress then join the visitors to loot residences. The Hazelton house lost goods valued at $900.
A telegram message arrives for Dr Holmes on his fiftieth birthday. a curious charge of nine cents plus thirty five cents for delivery is noted as the messenger boy insists on fees before the doctor opens the envelope. The sender remains unknown and the poet jokes about owing one cent.
The Greenback party discusses holding state conventions here and there. The remark suggests he has procured a notable supply of free passes.
The Buffalo Courier quotes a joke that all Gaul is split into Paris the rest of France and Boulanger. The remark frames French regional divisions in a humorous light.
Subscriptions in wood barter are urged as roads stay passable. A Bedford County nonagenarian walked six miles to visit relatives. Tom Quick monument memory noted in Milford. Erie finds $300 looted by a hollow stump owner dispute. A pine forest yard fuels local industry. Erie Gas Works reports success against whooping cough. Lumber crews on Ransom’s Island uncover a 60 foot petrified tree.
A collection of curiosities from across New England and Indiana. Highlights include the oldest elm of Deorfeld Mast and its claimed heritage, the Avery oak in Dedham Mass with a 10 foot trunk circumference, and a shaken hill railway tale from near Casbidie City Indiana. Also noted is prisoner Jack Moods, recently sent to Alfred jail with a dramatic wagon overturn incident and a fleeing inmate halted by a bystander.
A collage of snippets from jokes and quips touching philosophy, social manners, poetry licenses, marriages, deafness, and a curious medical note. The fragments include a wife’s comfort, a widow's cry, jokes about licenses for poets, a summer resort engagement, and a dramatic medical caller.
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