Terms of the Dispatch
The dispatch lists subscription terms for various editions and durations including one year and one month rates. It notes delivery with Sunday inclusion and weekly rates, with a Pittsburgh Friday date of September 14, 3888.
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United
Darcy Maeraton
TAIL
DisratTch
Pam
Disraton
Dan Disraton
Lily Disraton
Darcy Imsratch
Srspat
Werxer Sterarcn
Yor Damy Bisraton
Inchiding
Sunda
Great gale devastates seaboard resorts along the Atlantic
Reports from the Jersey coast describe a massive storm that damaged Coney Island Long Branch and Atlantic City as far as Pittsburg's summer suburb. While many lives were lost the toll is not yet clear and further weather may follow in 1889. The storm's impact spanned a long seaboard line and railroad connections enabled evacuations.
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Jersey
Atlantic City
Conemaugh
New York
Coney Island
Long Branch
Pittsburg
Atlantice City
Beware of the Barristers in Newspaper Baseball War
A comic warning profiles lawyers and editors in a hoped for rematch after a prior defeat. The piece suggests wary conduct, potential legal tricks, and the risk of injunctions affecting the ball game between press men and their opponents.
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Weadv
Tinziver
Pickwickian
Amanias
Nine
Commissioner Tanner Departs as Veterans Pensions Loom
The administration loses Commissioner Tanner who leaves with the President’s certificate for honesty. His successors face high expectations from veterans tied to party pledges and to halting deficits. Harrison’s policy clash with existing laws risks fiscal strain as pensions remain a flashpoint.
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Tanner
Harrison
New Pension Debate Tests Harrison Administration
The article argues the high cost of the pension program unsettles the administration and warns the successor to balance economy with duty. Veterans groups push for liberal allowances while the new Commissioner must quell criticism from various sides during the coming Congress. If Harrison can weather the period until Congress convenes, a clearer pension policy may emerge, avoiding the conflicts seen in recent months.
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Grand Army
Harrison
Congress
Stocks and Stability in Endowments and Railroads
The discussion rebuts claims that Johns Hopkins University is ruined by Baltimore and Ohio stock. It argues the railroad is solvent with strong earnings, cites mismanagement as the cause of woes, and warns that endowments should not rely on volatile railroad stocks. It advocates free competition to discipline dishonest practices in railroading.
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore and Ohio
Siebold
Newcastle
England
Maybrick
City and Electric Company Clash Over Tearing Up New Pavements
Philadelphia officials oppose underground conduit plans that would require tearing up recently paved streets. The Highways Director argues the recurring damage to streets is wasteful and preventable by preinstalling gas water and sewer conduits at street edges. The piece condemns this neglect as criminal and urges foresight in street construction.
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Philadelphia
A Profhets Poor Record
A column notes Lewis Greenslade known as Lewis the Light faces a divorce after eighteen years of propheting while neglecting his family. His wife obtains a decree and alimony of five dollars weekly as the piece critiques religious leaders who focus on the future over earthly duties.
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Lewis BR. Greenslade
Lewis the Light
Pittsburg News Reflects on Trade, Science, and Weather
The column notes steady steel trade improvement in Pittsburgh and railroads lacking cars to move products. It honors Captain James Rees's contributions and praises Rev Dr Holland's science expedition role. It cites political figures in pension disputes, British affairs, and threats of drought for Johnstown while Pittsburgh faces scarce rain after flooding.
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Pittsburg
Tam Dis- Patch
Dr. Holland
Africa
Public people paragraphed and noted society items
The piece mentions Maud being nicknamed Jack by the Prince of Wales, census projections by General M C Meigs, Max Straxosen aiding the Home for Incurables at Fordham, Semerich expanding into German opera roles, two royal scientists Prince Albert of Monaco and Archduke Ludwig Salvator, Russell's wife described as intellectual and Bostonian, Mr Russell's Minneapolis properties, Patti remaining at Craig-y-Nos with dates and earnings, Patti touring London and provinces, Falkenstein inventor of smokeless powder and his rise from unknown chemist to German government deal.
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Prince of Wales
Maud
Jack
M. C. Meigs
United States
Max Straxosen
Fordham
N. Y
Semerich
Patti
Aisa
Lohenerin
Berlin
Prince Albert
Monaco
Archduke Ludwig Salvator
Austria
Sol Suire Russell
Adams
Oliver Optic
Russell
Minneapolis
Craig-y-Nos
London
Liverpool
New York
Canada
Mexico
Curious Hindoo Notions Some Superstitions Bengal Peasantry
From Calcutta Times a Bengal rural life study notes beliefs such as Garada driving away snakes Senne Bee n repelling ghosts cholera timing on days Monday or Saturday signals mortality bamboo flowering foreshadowing famine fan knocking on body arms crossing threshold teeth picking nails killing snakes must be burned night words snake and My avoided call creepers and insects no waking a physician a moral dream brings prosperity devotion without headgear is wrong Jon as a ghost charm black cat with white face auspicious beliefs.
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Bengal
Bombay Anthropological Society
Garada
Pias
Jon
Man Offers $5,000 for a Bride in Indiana Ad
James Morgan, caller later identified as Mo Johnson, 60, a wealthy resident of Lake Valley Morgan County Indiana, advertised for a wife and promised to pay $5,000. Five thousand letters sat unclaimed at the Martinsville post office as readers sought a wife.
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Martinsville
James Morgan
Mo Johnson
Lake Valley
Morgan County
Ind
Removals for Cansr in Florida Times Anion
The article notes the present administration will not remove five Democrats without cause while a Republican seeks the position. It reflects political tension and speculation about changes in office.
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Florida Times-Anion
The U S Mail and a City Rail Tale
A wry column notes frugal travel by Allegheny council members and a misadventure on the Fort Wayne line. It then reports Louisville responses to The U S Mail stage premiere and Bijou Theater manager Gulick praising the farce’s success and potential.
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Tirene
Louisville
U. S. Mail
McAuley
R. M. Gulick
U.S. Mail
Gulick
David
Kate Davis
Jenks
Horse Drinks via Barn Hydrant Habit Draws Crowds
In Hornellsville New York Charles Strack a baker notes his brown horse repeatedly turns the barn hydrant on and off then drinks from the trough. The animal has performed this act daily to the amusement of onlookers and raises questions about animal curiosity and behavior.
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Hornellsville
N. Y
Charles Strack
Strack
Chance for a Good Looking Girl Letter from 1899
A letter from Youngstown dated September 7 1899 asks Castle Garden for a domestic helper. The writer seeks a living arrangement in a family of three adults, prefers a girl with some style not under twenty years old, and promises not to keep a girl previously. The tone is earnest and informal.
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Youngstown
Theatrical Promises and Local Theater Notes
The Bijou Theater hosts W. J. Scanlan who delights crowds with Swing Song My Magele and other works. Miss Mattie Ferguson and Miss Helen Weathers gain praise in their roles. Harris Theater faces questions over Passion's Slave attribution while Alvin Joslin debuts at the Bijou. Woman Against Woman earns broad praise. Tax Old Homestead receives clergy endorsement. Big Eliza heads to World’s Museum. Austin’s Australians vaudeville at the Academy of Music next week.
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Myles Aroon
Shane-Na-Lawn
W. J. Scanlan
Scanlan
Harris’ Theater
Barnley Campbell
Campbell
Passion
Hartley Campbell
Mr. Davis
Emunp Conner
May Wheeler
Louisville
Grand Opera House
Big Eliza
World's Museum
Minatrel
Austin
Clagg
Academy of Music
Grey horse rampages through Delancey street store
A large gray horse escaped from a Meyer Garas labsky wagon on Delancey street and charged through a Mayer Hauptman grocery store at the Delancey and Attorney streets corner. The animal toppled a bed, injured no one, caused about 100 dollars in damage, and was claimed by its owner.
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New York
Twelfth Precinct
Meyer Garaslabsky
Delancey Street
Aniane
Oo Delanear
Clinton
Lemsen
Meyer Hauptman
Cormer
Delancey
Attorney Streets
Celia Hauptman
Annie Hauptman
Hauptsman
Mr. Hauptman
Tme
Esther Hinchfeld
The Sea's Erosion Across Atlantic Shoreline
The article notes year after year coastlines on the Atlantic seaboard retreat inland against advancing waves. It cites Coney Island and Sandy Hook as examples with inland tree lines and former meadows now under water, while insisting the continent is large enough to endure encroachment and suggesting losses may shift to other regions.
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Coney Island
Sandy Hook
Staten Island
Atlantic Seaboard
Woman To Wed In Waterbury Church Aged Bride Lures Suitor
Telegram from Waterbury reports Mrs Bessie Norton of Stratford plans to marry 18 year old Charles Kench at St John s Episcopal Church on September 16. Norton formerly married to Frank Norton of Thomaston, allegedly divorced and accused of taking jewelry from Kench s mother after an alsp on a train. a lavish breakfast at Tre Mont House and a furnished home were arranged amid questions of wealth and horse conveniences.
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Waterbury
Cons
St John's Episcopal Church
Bessie Norton
Charles Kench
Tremont House
E Kench
Mr. Kench, Sr
Stratford
Depew
Frank Norton
Thomaston
Mr. Kench
Union City
Ohio Society mourns Cox death in New York
The Ohio Society in New York adopts a resolution expressing sorrow for the death of Hon. Samuel Sullivan Cox. It honors his public service and personal virtues, notes a funeral committee of 15 members, and lists the appointed representatives including Handley, Ford, Chance, Brice, Swayne, and others.
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Ohio Society
New York
Samuel Sullivan Cox
George Handley
H. O. Ford
Mahlon Chance
Bernard Peters
Wm. Merry Fogg
Wager Swayne
Calvin
Brice
Warren Higley
Thomas Ewin
H.C. Burnett
Benjamin le Fevre
F. Picxiotte
M. L. Southard
W. L. Strone
Joseph Pool
N. S. Granger
Defiant Pool Sellers Challenge Government Site Lease
Treasury telegram from Sacramento reports resolute sellers occupying a Government site building under lease claim and defying state law. Architect Windrim says the structure belonged to vendors, not the government, prompting a demand to vacate immediately via Sacramento District Attorney.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Sacramento
Cal
Windrim
the Treasury
Foreign Finds and Auctions Stir Curiosity Worldwide
Tom German Museum in Nurnberg bought Prince Salkowski’s armor and weapons for 51000 while experts value the collection at 300000. Uranium ore in Cornwall shows a true fissure vein with ore up to 20 percent and market value 12000 a ton. A Buenos Aires to Andes line claims to be the world’s longest pee line railway at 340 kilometers with a straight 26 arrow grade. England reports a depreciating Lincolnshire farm once costing 6700 now bid 2100. Richard Wagner Society in Germany posts higher membership and balanced finances at 11000 receipts with 2500 spent on educating poor students.
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Tom German Museum
Nurnberg
Prince Salkowski
Cornwall
Buenos Ayres
Andes
England
Lincolnshire
Richard Wagner Society
Germany
Wagner
Allegheny Water Works Proposal Urged By Citizen
J H Harrow of Allegheny calls for expert, city backed study on water supply options. He argues a public system could be cheaper than private profits and cites past surveys, costs, and the need for renowned engineers to avert costly mistakes. He favors shared funding among nearby boroughs if necessary. September 11.
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Allegheny
Mmepaten
Iasce
Lith
Iist
Alle
Engineers’ Society
Armstrong
Claremont
T. P. Roberts
Allegheny River
Troy Hill
Ecco
Atlanthar
Pittsburg
J. H. Novielland
St. Moritz
Engadine
D. M. Green
Green
Walter Works
Jta
Prof. Green
Frederick Graff
Philadelphia
Rodolph Herring
Joseph P. Davis
Rey
New York
Allethea Cornell
J. H. HaRnLow
Alleghery
Drowning Warning At Lock No 1 Prompts City Bathing Debate
In a letter from Pittsburgh dated September 1, the author laments the drowning of Sheriff McCandress' eldest son at Lock No 1 and urges safer river bathing. He notes dangerous currents, irregular riverbed, and steamboat wakes endangering children, calls for safer swim areas and public baths, and warns authorities to act to prevent further tragedies.
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Dispatch
McCandress
Pittsburg
Monongahela River Packet Company
McCanillers
T. PR. Pittsuueg
Quiet Allegheny Wedding of Eveline Schwartz and Dr Mowry
Miss Eveline Schwartz married Dr William J Mowry at 54 Bidwell Street Allegheny in a quiet ceremony due to a family death. Only close relatives attended as two bride nieces served as maids of honor and Rev John Fox united the couple. An elegant repast followed at Kennedy House.
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W. GB. Mowry
Bidwell Street
Allegheny
Eveline Schwartz
William J. Mowry
Schwartz
Miss Schwartz
John Fox
North Presbyterian Church
Kennedy
Washington Health Update Delays Return of Secretary Halford
Private Secretary Halford remains in Washington to fully recover from recent attacks of tenesmus, progressing slower than usual. He will stay until he is entirely well.
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Scrox
Halford
Washington
Immigrants Reach Castle Garden From Stormy Seas
The 400 new arrivals in Castle Garden are weak and seasick after stormy crossings, with some too weak to walk and others placed under medical care. Among 1000 Teutonic steerage passengers are a Mormon elder and two converts, plus plans for 20 more Mormons to come aboard Gaidl liners. Notable cabin passengers include A M Palmer theatrical manager, Baron Von Meyerburg Austrian Consul at New Orleans, Stephen Williamson MP, and Colonel John Hay.
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Bick
Ocean
United States
Gaidl Line
Teutonic
Sandy Hook
A. M. Palmer
Baron von Meyerburg
New Orleans
Stephen Williamson
John Hay
Reverend McAuley Name Sparks Bound Brook Call
In Bound Brook a church vote chose Rev. C J Young over Rev. McAuley amid name debates. Young received 183 ballots to 8 for McAuley and was elected unanimously. Elder Hendrickson urged lowering the salary from 2900 to 2400, but the motion was postponed.
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McAuley
Macauley
Boundbrook
C.J. Young
Elberon
Young
Mr. Young
Mr. McAuley
Elder Hendrickson
Fatal shooting of Oliver A. Samuelson in family conflict
Obsessive conflict over money and work drives Oliver A. Samuelson to fire on his daughter Ada in their home. He chases Ada to the basement, shoots at her, and then wounds John Carley as he intervenes. Carley shoots back, and Samuelson fatally wounds himself with a knife and a final gunshot.
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Oliver A. Samuelson
Ada
John Carley
Samuelson
Carley
Chinese Boycott Targets White Building in Mott Street
John P. White built a five story block on the site of a former storehouse rented to Wing Wo Hing Novelty Co. The firm refused lower rents for the old stand and coordinated a Chinese boycott. Laundries along Mott Street closed shutters as White struggled to find tenants. Legal action seeks arrest of Wing Wo Hing’s head.
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John P. White
Mott Street
Wing Wo Hing Novelty Company
Mr. White
White
Wing Wo Hing
Long Si Tee Yong
Eighteen Rattlesnakes Found Under Stone Near Newton
Mr A H Honkle of Newton New Jersey, while surveying the Sussex Warren county line near Newton, found a large rattlesnake under a flatstone. It measured 6 feet inches with 12 rattles. A hole under the stone held 17 more rattlesnakes, smallest a foot long, largest 3 feet inches. The party killed all with sticks and clubs.
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New York
A. H. Honkle
Newton
N. J
Sussex
Warren
Amos Vangorden
Daniel Shoemaker
James Kishpaugh
Frank Kimbal
Striking Home Destruction Tests Neighborhood Patience
Buffalo reports Union Iron Company as complainants in a singular case. A vacant lot on Hamburg Street held a small cottage which neighbors reduced to firewood in two hours on Sunday. Police offered no remonstrance as hundreds acted. company seeks protection for its cottages.
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Buffalo
Union Iron Company
Hamburg Street
Congress Under Queensberry Bates
John L. Sullivan shows indecision about future plans possibly pursuing Congress or jail. The piece argues he would be valuable as a legislator in advancing constituents interests with motions or opponents likely to be carried.
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Congress
Queensberry Bates
Baltimore American
John L. Sullivan
Local Crime and Oddities Report From Early Tri-State
Philadelphia locksmith travels door to door in ransacked neighborhoods to offer repairs. A绍Wtsor of Sha mokin fined 67 cents per path for 45 paths, jailed 85 days for nonpayment. Altoona telegraph operator sought to relay love messages and collect delivery costs. A dandelion atop a ten foot pole noted from Lock Haven patch. A West Chester chicken with four legs struggled to scratch. Large tobacco leaves harvested on John Miller’s plantation near Lock Haven. Owens finds a two headed water snake on Captina creek, preserved in alcohol at Woodsfield. A young woman of Rockville West Virginia sports an unruly dark brown mustache and pride in it.
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Owens
Captina Creek
Monroe County
Woodsfield
Curious Condensations From A Reading Of Strange Clippings
A jumble of notes reports an orchid in Fay Gould’s conservatory, a sidewalk opening, salt deposits found by Lees, a rattlesnake in a New Jersey kitchen, and a frozen surface on New Jersey waters. It also mentions a Geer sign port loss, rattlesnake counts in Georgia, love poems in an album, uranium discoveries in Cornwall, a Florida man’s 060 pound hog, German rifle orders, beguiling hair loss scams, and Niagara Falls flow estimates. An excerpt notes elopement rates in Jeffersonville and a funeral in Atlanta with unusual burial instructions. A giant mastodon bone exhibit in Portland draws crowds, described as massive and well preserved.
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Williams
Martha Sain
New Jersey
Othea
H. N. Haring
Calhoun
Mure
Dean Sabel
Cornwall
William Wilkinson
Putnam County
Florida
Wailkineon
Haden
Steyr
Landwehr
Niagara Falls
W. D. Guoning
Both Falls
Jeffersonville
Ind
Gretna Green
Kentucky
H. H. Tucker
Atlanta
Portland
Ore
Funny Men and Schoolroom Jests in Early Bits
A fragment from a humor column featuring quick quips about parental discipline and school life. It includes lines about a third gentleman warning a suitor, jokes about birch rods, and witticisms such as a paste pot bill, a gallery actor, and a sea water pun, reflecting light humor and social foibles.
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