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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1889
Page
4
The record notes average net circulation per issue for Tur Wisratcn's Sunday editions over three months ending August 11 and August 16. It documents printing period, circulation figures, and specifies the newspaper’s distribution metrics for the period.
The notice lists subscription prices for various editions of the Daily Dispatch including rates for daily and weekly issues. It notes offerings like papers with or without Sunday editions and annual, quarterly, and monthly terms, set in a Pittsburg newspaper dated Tuesday September 10, 1882.
The Pittsburg Relief Committee seeks $125,000 advanced to Johnstown cleanup, but Governor Beaver denies personal liability and the article urges transferring the claim to the State Relief Commission. It notes the official understanding was reimbursement in his official capacity, now disputed, and calls for constitutional funding authority.
Pennsylvania veterans assemble at Gettysburg to dedicate regimental monuments and honor comrades who fell in the pivotal Civil War battle. Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania regiments provide strong representation as the reunion and commemoration unfold.
A scornful defense condemns Graham and Brodie for sensational stunts at Niagara Falls. The writer attacks their boasts and schemes to gain money and notoriety, suggesting they deserve hard labor and jail rather than adulation. The piece cites a fictitious plunge and dog fate to illustrate false bravado.
The article argues that milk suppliers who regularly deliver to customers on Sundays and other days should not fear Judge Stowe’s milk shake ruling. It emphasizes that delivery to regular customers is a distinct function of the business and should be read through common sense.
A fragment notes discussions surrounding a leading millionaire and legal perspectives, signaling tension over how wealth influences interpretation of the law. Details remain sparse in the readable excerpt.
The piece argues Mr. Russell Sage's support for the inter State commerce law is prudent yet risky, warning that praising the law while implying it serves corporate interests could distort its purpose. It attacks a Washington Post editorial for misrepresenting the law’s competitive constraints and cautions against hidden dangers in Sage’s backing.
Rev. J. O. Huntington reports dire conditions among miners at Spring Valley Illinois mines owned by W L Scott. He says epidemics rise from want and that Scott keeps wages low while demanding interest on coal rights. Huntington portrays capital control as causing starvation wages and political motive behind their action.
The article compares June prices with current levels, showing gains of about 140 dollars per ton for pig iron, 200 dollars for steel rails, and three dollars for bar iron. Coke prices rise most in percentage terms, yet overall prices remain below 1888 average, with output growth stabilizing margins.
An Omaha incident shows two burglars cleaning up in a bathroom before ransacking a home. They explained their errand and left, having taken nothing, prompting bemused musings on cleanliness and morality.
A satirical column mocks burglars seeking a bath, notes on Virginia’s old mortgage on the White House, and New York World objections to champagne at Wanamaker’s launch. It predicts a hard winter, a post-winter ice crop, and jokes about a U S capital six hundred miles north by west of San Francisco and Canadian sealing fishers.
Erection of tinder box frame sheds near the Exposition gives a chance to judge if building inspection laws can be enforced.
A Scotch cutter beat a Burgess forty-footer in Marblehead last week on all three points of sailing. The result gives American yachtsmen a disturbing hint that future America's Cup races may not be easy victories.
The report notes a rising Florida orange syndicate as a key player in the citrus market. It suggests that if the group tries to halt outsider shipments it will face strong pushback and potential squeeze from competitors.
A column of satirical notices and opinions touches on General Alger preferring the G A B to the presidency, Tolstoi as greatest living novelist, Howells' shifting stance, and a note on a fire trap in Albany. It mentions Mr Armor of Chicago with a Shakespearean jab at the U S Senate and references Canadian losses to Teemer backers. The piece closes with a remark on time, boat racing, and revenges.
Highlights include Mrs. HeneT BezechEn Stowe's good health, Mr. Episom’s cigar habits, a planned statue by the Woman's National Press Association for Mrs. R. B. Hayes, and novelist B. Blackmore tending his garden. Also noted are Exeter’s acting principal Grorok A. Wentworth, Mrs. Hannon's Washington trip with Rev. Dr. Scott and W. A. Maker, Goschen’s fifty eighth birthday gifts, Mme. Patti Nicolini’s album tribute from elder Dumas, ex Attorney General Garland at Homing Hill, and New Orleans railway clerks presenting Congressman Peters a jewel-eyed cane.
The Mexican Economist reports a yearly value of exports from the United States to Mexico at about 19.26 million dollars and Mexico to the United States at roughly 25.09 million, asserting these figures are the most accurate yet and show a several million increase in U S exports.
A fragile lobster colored ice water tank near Fort Wayne Railroad gate on Federal street allegedly dispenses no water despite pennies dropped. The writer notes it is likely many coins vanish without return and suggests a visible empty signal when empty. The piece also mentions theater boxes at the Bijou and the U S Mail debut in Louisville along with Exposition excitement and festive electric lights drawing crowds.
Dr. Tarlt on H Bean leads a survey of Alaska's Karluk River to set fisheries regulations. The August 12 report notes Karluk as Alaska’s largest salmon river, with potential catches down this year due to overfishing and heavy seines. About 400 white fishermen work Karluk, plus six Chinese in canneries, with six large seines up to 1500 feet long.
Bishop Newman of Omaha told Chicago Methodist ministers that ignorance and fanaticism fuel race tension in the South while the church works to solve it. He praised colored colleges, noted illiteracy among whites and blacks, and urged North South unity against foreign-born influence. His remarks drew applause but no debate.
Caleb Lozier of Camden has lived with a broken neck for eight days after a tourniquet removal exposed part of his spinal cord. He remains hopeful of recovery despite médico cautions while his sweetheart stays at his side around the clock. The Inter Ocean claims New York City has more millionaires than any other region, a boast unlikely to be proven by tax records.
Father Philip Hartman of the diocese died at age four score years after burning hands. Julia A. Fairman, widow of James Fairman, died in Plainfield New Jersey and will be buried in Allegheny Cemetery. Ramuel Graves editor of the Lebanon Standard and Times died at 37 of blood poisoning. Hon. BR. B. Dunn ex president of the Maine Central Railroad died aged 7. Lieutenant C. O. Sharrar of the Navy reported in Washington.
A lively Pittsburg theater review praises W. J. Beanlan’s return and James Scanlan’s Irish performance in Shane-na-Lawn. The piece commends the love story, humor, and vocal numbers while noting pacing and villain portrayal limitations.
A review of Mr. Tanehill's Brica-Brac praises its antiquated, eclectic props and lively cast. The farce is likened to a jumble of old plays, with humor that sparked frequent laughter and caused three audience members to be removed for hysterics. The piece delights some while others doubt its lasting value.
A civil company presents Passion s Slave this week with strong mechanical effects and fine comedy. Miss Josie Sisson is a pretty soubrette and G W Larsen and Richard Lyle handle buffoonery. Jelle Keene’s son o the mle excells. John We Gens appears as a villain with minimal grasp while audience capacity is reported full.
The theater presents a burlesque show this week described as corking good with a strong company. Parisian Revels features beautiful costumes and several pretty faces and figures, promising immense business as the cast has strengthened since last visit.
The World's Museum offers a new popular attraction with a minstrel entertainment praised as among the best for the price. Numerous curiosities fill the other department. A leisure hour here is described as more interesting than any other place in the two cities.
A wealthy Chicago group plans to back the world’s fair with at least 12 million dollars, aiming to raise 25 million with bond backed by property. They will not join the current fair commission but will coordinate, seeking lake front exhibition sites and swift completion of arrangements. Names of investors to be published later.
John E. Dey a longtime Lebanon Ohio pioneer died last evening in his ninety ninth year He celebrated his ninety eighth birthday on July 8 He came down the Ohio River from Pittsburg on a fathom boat in 1818 and settled in Lebanon where he lived ever since He joined the Odd Fellows in 1842 as the second member initiated into Lebanon Lodge He never employed a doctor and was opposed to medicine but retained his faculties to the end.
Several newspapers question John L. Sullivan seeking a return to Congress. Some mock the idea as improbable or inappropriate, while others speculate on potential political misfit and public reaction to a former pugilist in a legislative role.
The piece surveys medieval quests for the elixir of life and the philosopher's stone. It notes beliefs that gold could heal and renew the body, cites Roger Bacon's claim about a life prolonging solution, and recalls that despite faith, death persisted and secrets faded or were guarded by few.
The excerpt recounts medieval and early modern figures like Axtephino and Nicholas who claimed extreme longevity and esoteric powers. It notes alchemists such as Roger Bacun predicting futures, rumor of homunculi, and Porta’s cautious stance on creating miniature beings, framed as a curio of past beliefs.
Long after alchemy faded, legends kept the promise of longevity, drawing impostors like Dr Dee who claimed to discover the philosopher's stone in 1581 at Glastonbury Abbey. Count Albert Laski toured Europe seeking it as he funded experiments to transmute iron to gold, until both men fell into ruin and Dee died penitent in England.
The article recalls belief in the royal touch from Edward the Confessor to Queen Anne, noting that many were believed cured by the sovereigns. It mentions King Charles I touching over 100000 people and discusses the historic ointment made from various macabre ingredients applied to weapons, not wounds, as a credence booster.
The article traces early folk remedies such as blue vitriol powders applied to bloodied garments, praised by Digby in royal presence, and tar water promoted by Bishop Berkeley. It notes dramatic, later contradicted cures including a tale of a tailor’s leg fracture reportedly cured by melted tar, later corrected to a wine leg.
The heirs of Benjamin Talbot press claims to about 80 acres in central Logansport once held by Talbot who fled to Canada after the fugitive slave law. The land includes riverfront property and buildings along the Wabash and Eel rivers, valued in the millions. Four sons and two daughters inherit, with Henry Talbot reportedly missing since an 1840s message from Danville Kentucky.
An archival Chicago Tribune snippet notes a murmur in Chicnea court sessions with a juryman absent. The fragment hints at courtroom pacing and a paused trial proceeding under Breese era media. No clear defendants or outcomes are evident in the readable text.
In New York the case of Henry Ives and George Stayner began in the General Sessions court. Ives appeared in a striped necktie and diamond shirt while Stayner appeared flustered. Separate trials were discussed as the pair faced charges, with an opening cus set for tomorrow amid their return to Ludlow Street jail.
A policeman discovered four undére children and their 89 year old grandmother Catharine Nolan crying from hunger in a wet riverside cellar at 3 am. Two children had whooping cough one cholera infantum and one croup. Father jailed mother vanished four weeks ago. They were evicted for non payment of rent and furniture seized. All five sent to a hospital.
Alexander Gladstone aged 18 and three younger boys under 11 are accused of snatching two boxes of cigars four dollars and soda water paraphernalia as Bloomfield scrambled. They were arrested arraigned in court and placed in the custody of the Children's Society.
Saburo Fujo announces a Japanese postoffice official will study the U S postal system. After examining the New York post office the official will visit central offices in Washington Philadelphia and Baltimore for further study.
Oscar F. Dudley woke to his dog’s whine and found his corridor ablaze. He alerted ten residents who escaped with minor injuries as half the building burned. the dog was saved and Dudley had moved in after his pharmacist wife’s suicide months earlier.
A coroner's jury exonerated Henry 8 Hartman of San Francisco after he struck Patrick J Ready who attempted to steal Hartman's watch with a cane on August 30. Ready died September 4 from the injuries.
Ex Attorney General Garland chases deer at Hominy Hill and settles a $5,000 Arkansas debt after a political clash. A law change to allow August deer hunting aided the settlement and Garland reports satisfaction with the outcome.
York September 2 The Select Castle of Pennsylvania will convene in annual session in LO. 0. F. hall at 10 oclock tomorrow morning Select Commander J F Skerrett will urge advancement of funeral benefit relief and cadet rank progress while the Mac Eeoy mh Castle accepts the constitution adopted by the supreme Castle under which past officers receive honors at term end An address by J B Roberts marshal general commanding the military will be delivered as part of the observance
The New York World notes renewed international discussion on American men marrying English women. It asserts a primary reason is American girls, suggesting other factors need not be mentioned.
A collection of curious items from Bethlehem Pennsylvania to Ohio towns. Citations include a colonial cannon display in J Sama Fause’s home, a Reading quarrel with red pepper, Erie arrest with fifty dollars, a drunken husband fogged by his wife, York mayor receiving Waterloo wood, a Trumbull County tame woodchuck, a Wheeling cheese mice incident, a dog trained to walk backward in Bellaire, and 385 crows counted on two trees near Barnesville.
A fragmentary Newark era page blends tales of Eastport telegraphers, a Georgia legislator drawing a live snake, a Texas haunted cabin near Galveston, and a Sierra Charrotes antelope hunt with a giant rattlesnake sighting. Readable items mention coffins from Jackson orders, a Lancaster Bible display, and eerie cave scenes with snakes and a family.
A collage of quips and jokes from 19th century humor columns recounting marriage folly misers, superstitions, and swift wit. Snappy exchanges include a bridegroom’s missteps, a dentist joke, a baby at the hat, and brisk one liners about thought and toast.
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