Advertising office notice for The Dispatch in New York and Paris
The Dispatch promotes its advertising office in the Tribune Building New York inviting foreign advertisers and friends. It notes availability of The Dispatch at Brentano's Union Square New York and 17 Ave des Opera Paris for visitors seeking help after hotel setbacks.
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Fastern
Thibune Building
New York
Dispatch
Brentano's
Union Square
Ave. Des Opera
Paris
France
The Car Shortage Hurts Pittsburg Industries
Pittsburg railroads fail to meet car demand hampering blast furnaces and coke supplies. Industries suffer as trade grows and shipments lag. Calls to end double header trains and increase rolling stock to match Pittsburgh’s rising commerce.
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Disratoon
Todey
Pittsburg
Langston Venable Contested Seat Seated by Republican Quorum
The House broke a deadlock over Langston and Venable as Republicans supplied a quorum and unseated Venable while Langston won the seat. The piece argues such partisan acts undermine popular government and risk future defeats from reckless partisanship.
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Langston-Venable
Joseph Cannon
Venable
Langston
Cheadle
House of Representatives
Committee On
Republican
The Errors of the Census Debate in New York
A crowded discussion in New York papers questions why the census undercounted the city. Editors blame incompetence, partisan schemes, or reform bias, while others argue no single explanation fits all the discrepancies. The wider issue includes comparable counts in Minneapolis and St Paul and recount corrections.
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New York
United States
Porter
Tribune
Civil Service Reform Press
Asward
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Critique of Census Flaws and Political Interference
The piece argues that South city growth ratios were misrepresented while Pittsburg and Allegheny underperformed. It criticizes civil service reform, enumerator incentives, and the census’s overlong, irrelevant questions, urging restraint on nonessential inquiries for future censuses.
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South
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Sun
Conference agreement on tariff bill favors iron and steel shifts
The conference committee accepts the House steel and iron schedule with steel plate compromise and Senate steel billet rate. The deal cuts steel billets sharply, more broadly pleasing iron and steel interests, while sugar provisions remain unsettled and risk surrender. If House sugar terms and Senate binding twine amendment align, Republicans would appear to fulfill their anti trust stance.
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House
Senate
Conference Committee
Claus Spreckels
McKinley
Republican Party
Protection for Steel Billets Protests Against Tariff Rates
Pittsburg manufacturers press Congress to reject proposed steel billet tariffs. B F Jones argues billets lack protection and would lose what little they have. Col Bayne seeks changes to unfair provisions as tariff schedules near final approval.
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Congress
Pittsburg
B. F. Jones
Washington
Bayne
Political blossoms bloom for Reed McKinley candidates
The piece notes Reed and McKinley introducing themselves as presidential hopefuls with early momentum but warns two winters ahead prevent firm predictions. It asserts James G Blaine remains formidable for the 1892 Republican nomination, health permitting, while William Henry Harrison is rarely discussed as a serious contender.
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Reed
McKinley
James G. Blaine
Blaine
Harrison
American Tests Question French and English Armor Quality
The test shows French steel plates outperforming Cammell compound armor on ships, cracking after five shots versus four. It raises doubt about English naval armor while praising French protective plates and suggests American-made plates must face the same test to confirm resistance and superiority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Monitor
England
Emery's Answer Deepens Northwest Gubernatorial Clash
Ex-Senator Emery counters Bradford by naming 250 Republicans who signed a pledge to Pattison. The oil regions boil with the governor race as Emery prepares to address the floor Friday night, a test of his influence on the canvass.
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Northwest
Bradford
Delamater
Emery
Pattison
Drink and Good Roads Comment on Drunkenness and Jail
A county column notes a surge in drunkenness with jail commitments rising seventy five percent since Brooks law. In two years over nine thousand people were jailed, about seven thousand for inebriety related offenses, despite liquor restrictions. The piece suggests using the convict population to improve public roads.
Philadelphia Inquirer Quotes on Pattison and Budget Waste
The Philadelphia Inquirer quotes its Delamater-led editor as asserting Governor Pattison is responsible for excessive spending in the 1883 extra session. It argues the Legislature failed to do its duty, framing the blame in partisan terms.
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Phildelphia Inquirer
Delamater
Pattison
Kilgores House Kicking Seen as Senate Bid
Kilgore gains prominence in Congress as a potential U S Senate candidate due to his unconventional claim of Senate eligibility through kicking, with critics doubting other required statesmanship. The piece also notes Boulanger and sugar tariff debates, plus mining strikes in the coal industry as broader political tensions unfold.
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Kilgore
House of Representatives
Texas
Plumb
Kansas
Senate
House
Reform as a Shibboleth and Political Photo Op
Me Co ta re y M De rew urges reform as a shibboleth while noting Senator Ingalls calls it an iridescent dream. The piece mocks Depew for past reform efforts and warns Republicans against using photographs of House discord to sway public opinion over party merits.
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Coaterey M. Derew
Senator Ingalls
Depew
Ohio Gop Nominates Strong Men for Congress in Response to Dem Gerrymander
The Ohio Republicans push for strong men like Foster of Fostoria to win Congress, citing close ties to Standard Oil. With the House iron and steel schedule, officials fear trades that undermine cheap sugar for consumers. Lima oil speculation failures and two oil exchanges' closures reflect public caution toward manipulated staples. If Pennsylvania producers boost transport and refining, public interest in the market may return.
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Ohio
Lima
Pennsylvania
Test of Foreign Armor vs American Eight-Inch Gun
The test of armor plates of foreign make against an American eight inch gun shows important results. The American gun and its projectiles performed satisfactorily, contrasting with foreign trials where armor often prevails, marking a notable outcome in ordnance comparison.
Canadian Fisherion Statistics Report
In Ontarias OrTaWA on September 23 the Fisheries Department reports Septage pack 4 Ffny Frazer river totals. The document notes a total of 1 760,000 cases and weights, with figures tied to ages and regional crews including Noas, Ekelakers, and Soust. The summary outlines case distributions across packs and targets in the river region.
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Ortawa
Ont
Fisheries Department
Swamp Doctor Defends Bleeding Practice Folklore
A tale questions the old swamp doctor creed that medicine must bleed to heal. When faced with a mill accident, the physician refuses to aid a near-fatal victim unless he bleeds him first, defending professional honor over patient life.
Scrappin' Time Cook Skips to Preserves Task
In a brisk kitchen scene the cook asserts she has prepared the potatoes meat cabbage cream and eggs and now must finish by handling the preserves. The dialogue emphasizes hard work and cooperation in the bustling domestic setting.
Shanty boat tragedy and talking parrot entertain Pittsburgh crowd
In Pittsburgh near Monongahela a tidy shanty boat named Bessy Blossom hides a surprise. A stray sky terrier’s death shocks visitors who vow secrecy. Polly the parrot mocks a child’s crackers request with a blunt reply as neighbors linger over the odd tragedy and daily glimpses aboard.
Autumn Drama Solves Sweetheart Dilemma
The verse sketches a seasonal mood of transition and longing as a couple faces changing fortunes. The speaker imagines autumn scenes of gold and red while a summer girl, no longer engaged, contemplates marriage prospects.
First and Last Cigars Tale From a Tobacco Road
A squatter recounts his youth near Paterville and the tale of a prank with a red seed tobacco cigarette that exploded like a firecracker. He then chose a clay pipe and has not trusted anyone to fill it since the incident.
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Chawin' Terbaccar
Paterville
Chris
Siazle
Chicago Accepts Washington Park for World’s Fair Site
South Park Commissioners pass an ordinance granting Washington Park for the World’s Fair managing body. The local board of directors approves and forwards to the Nations Commission. The National Committee adopts resolutions correcting reports about Chicago’s bid and pledging full commission support for the fair.
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Curcaco
South Park
Washington Park
The
Nations? Commission
National Committee
Chicago
Ae Faret
Deaths of a Day: Captain William Read Dies
The venerable Captain William Read of Central Station, reputed as the oldest police officer in service, died last night. Age details are unclear, but he had served many years and was mourned by numerous friends.
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William Read
Esteens
Reed
Mrs Jenkinson and Mrs Hebdbig Die in Bellevue and Bel
Mrs Mary Ann Jenkinson aged 78 died yesterday at her son’s residence in Bellevue. She is mother of KR and W Jenkinson, noted wholesale totals man at Seater. Funeral planned for tomorrow for Mrs Louisa Hebdbig, wife of Geo Koselich, who died yesterday at her Fourth Street home. The service will be held Thursday at M.
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Mary Ann Jenkinson
Bellevue
Louisa Hebdbig
Nes Koselich
Geo
Fourth Street
Bel
Gu Thursday
Ata M
Harbor restrictions removed for Chicago Columbian Exposition
Acting Secretary Grant announces the old harbor line is re established and extended south inside the west wall of the breakwater. Restrictions from Monroe Street to Park Row are lifted if Illinois Central Railroad consents to state and city ordinances and releases claims to land east of its right of way. The War Department aims to free space for the exposition while protecting navigation and commerce.
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Washington
Grant
War Department
Benjamin Butterworth
Chicago
Chicago Lake
Monroe Street
Park Row
Illinois Central Railroad Company
State of Illinois
City of
Department
Tate
Congress
Fourth Anniversary of County Democracy Celebrated
A large crowd filled the County Democracy rooms for the fourth anniversary. William J. Brennen served as chair and gave an opening address as the party’s candidate for Congress. The event featured Hooper Bros mandolins, Major Sellers Quartet, William Finnerty, Loughrey, Squire Boyle and others, with Tony Pastor's company and the Innes Band providing entertainment before an appetizing lunch to close.
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County Democracy
Association
Democracy
William J. Brennen
Billy
Congress
Hooper Bros
Loughrey
Squire Boyle
Tony Pastor
Innes
Tombstone maker tracks the dead to drum up business
A grave-faced man in an old paper notes obituaries in a busy office. He compiles names and addresses of the deceased to target living families for epitaphs and tombstone commissions, profiting from grief as he catalogs the dead. The piece satirically contrasts this with the grim business of death.
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Taz Drs- Patch
Land of the Living
Resolution on American prisoners in England seeks inquiry
Representative Beranton of Pennsylvania presented a conference resolution to the Committee on Foreign Affairs urging the President to investigate the conditions of American citizens Dr. Gallagher W Kent W Wilson T Whitehead and others imprisoned in England for political offenses and to seek humane treatment if the charges prove insufficient or unjust, aiming to ensure fair conviction and due process.
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Washington
Beranton
Pennsylvania
Committee On Foreign Affairs
England
Dr. Gallagher
W. Kent
D. Wilson
T. Whitehead
Thin House
Not a Great Traveler Not a Specter Tele HAs to Tile Dispatch
Wilcox September 22 Elk county shows a curious resident in J G Anderson of Glen Hazel. He has stayed on a farm near this place for 80 years and never rode a train in his life, the farthest he has traveled from home being six miles with a horse and wagon.
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Spectal
Wilcox
Elk
J. G. Anderson
Glen Hazel
Two Prominent Young People Quietly Marry in St. Peter's
A pretty quiet wedding occurred at St. Peter's Church last night about seven o'clock with Rev. Mackey officiating. The bride was Miss Alien V. Connor sister of J C Connor and a department operator in the First police district. The groom was James H Sheppard brother of ex City Clerk George Sheppard. They left for a bridal tour to the West shortly before six and will reside in Pittsburg after their return.
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St. Peter's Church
Mr. Mackey
Whaling Permit Refused for American Captain
The Minister of Marine and Fisheries refused Captain Whitelaw request to whale in the Gulf of Georgia. He planned to operate from an American bottom, but no precedent would be set, denying permission for a United States citizen to cast whales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wikilerk
OrTrrawa
Minister of Marine and Fisheries
Whitelaw
United States
Gulf of Georgia
American
Notable Obituaries and Notable Mentions Across Towns
The late Rev E P Roe will be honored with a monument in Cornwall N Y. In Troy steps are under way to erect a memorial for Emma Willard champion of women’s education. The Duchess d Uzes owns the Veuve Cliquot champagne business through inheritance. Joan H Littlefield, renowned lecturer on Lincoln, travels the North for speaking engagements. DoveLAs Sladen the Australian poet visits Nepigon Ont then Montreal and Boston. William Brockie hosted many distinguished visitors in Germantown. General Merwin and Judge Morris in Connecticut are bald rivals for Governor. Royal H Pollman pledges to elevate politics as a Christian duty in Maryland’s Third district. Dr Mencprie once a sailor boy, now a top Brooklyn preacher who studied in Boston. Hampton Institute printing by Negro and Indian artisans.
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E. P. Roe
Cornwall
Troy
Emma Willard
Duchess d'Uzes
Boulanger
Joan H. Littlefield
Abraham Lincoln
Bn Ja
Dovelas Sladen
Nepigon
Ont
Montreal
Hoston
Germantown
William Brockie
Philadelphia
Brockie
Merwin
Judge Morris
Connecticut
Royal H. Pollman
Congress
Maryland
Thas
Mencprie
Talmage
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Boston
Hampton Institute of Virginia
Augusta
Peery
California
Augusta Ekblom
Eere
Hood River
Ore
Midland County
Mich
Pleasant Valley
Davison
Herbert A. Clark
Chaplin, Conn
Summit
C. Goodrum
Athens
Ball Telephone Company
Washington
Germany
Abel Douay
Batte of Worth
Ranment
Douay
Africa
Leonidas Tourkessen
Georgia
Atlanta
Woodstock
South Carolina
Ex-President Hayes Delivers Address at Soldiers Monument Dedication
A large crowd gathered for the soldiers monument dedication as Ex-President Hayes spoke to the city. The brief address praised civic societies and highlighted the event as a moment of local remembrance and unity.
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Hayes
Autumn Voices in Harper's Magazine Poem Fragment
A fragmented poem by Nina F. Layard in Harper's Magazine evokes autumn decay and violence of greed. The speaker notes trees bleeding gold and red as the season shifts toward cold watching stars.
Exposition Votes On Liquor License Commission Topic
The Exposition enters its fourth week with DrsPaTon Poll Book allowing visitors to vote on topics including whether liquor licenses should be granted by a commission. Open to all voters at Drs-PATCH Headquarters Brunswick-Balke-Colinder space Exhibition Building. The Dispatch delays new essay contests until after current prizes are awarded.
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DrsPaTon
Drs- Patch
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Billiard Company
First Synod of the West Meets in CocHEarrom
The thirty third annual session of the First Synod of the West of the United Presbyterian Church convened at 7:30 pm in the United Presbyterian Church with Rev. Graham delivering the sermon and opening prayer. About 180 ministers and elders from Allegheny Beaver Valley Butler Cleveland Lake Mercer presbyteries attended. Rev. L. McCampbell was elected moderator for the year. Theological Seminary report due tomorrow. evening program includes a young people's conference led by Prof. J. B. McClelland. Local town hosts arranged hospitality for visiting clergy. no chickens shipped to markets.
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Cochearrom
West
United Presbyterian Church
Mr. Graham
Allegheny
J. B. McClelland
Grove City
Presbytery of Redstone Meets at Dunbar
The Presbytery of Redstone gathered in the Dunbar Presbyterian church at 2 PM with Rev. W A Edie delivering the opening sermon. Rev. J R Donenoo of Mt Pleasant church was elected Moderator as reports from church boards were heard and Greensburg church difficulty set for consideration tomorrow.
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Duncan
Redstone
Presbyterian Church
Dunbar
W. A. Edie
J. R. Donenoo
Mt. Pleasant
Greensburg
Maney Nomination Helps Uruguay Paraguay Role Approved
The Senate executive session focused on George B. Maney of Tennessee for Minister to Uruguay and Paraguay. After full discussion the favorable committee report was concurred in by a two thirds vote, marking one of the first nominations of this session despite prior opposition tied to his party.
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Washington
Senate
George B. Maney
Tennessee
Uruguay
Paraguay
Presbyterian Union Hosts Reception for President Fairbairn
The Presbyterian Union arranges a reception for President Fairbairn of Oxford College at the First Presbyterian Church on Monday, with addresses of welcome by Dr Jeffers and Dr Purves. Members of the Union, with wives and friends, will attend.
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The
Presbyterian Union
Fairbairn
Oxford College
England
First Presbyterian Church
Dra. Jeffers and
Purves
Favorable Report on Alaska Interior Exploration Fund
Representative Rockwell reports from the Military Affairs Committee a substitute bill to allot 100000 dollars for the Secretary to conduct an army exploration and survey of Alaska's interior using available officers and enlisted men. The Norristown Herald notes a Pittsburg Dispatch remark about Satan and staying close to home.
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Washington
Rockwell
Massachusetts
Committee On Military Affairs
Alaska
Norristown Herald
Pittsburg Dispatch
Political Rhetoric Across Newspapers on Pattison Quay Delamater
A compilation quotes editorials and notices from several papers in New Castle and surrounding counties reacting to Pattison, Quay, and Delamater in Pennsylvania elections. Supporters urge Pattison while opponents attack McGovern-adjacent figures and labor alignments influence the race.
Curious Condensations From Odd Items Across States
A collage of bizarre notes from Fresno to Georgia and beyond. Tales include a Georgia mother with 26 living children, a banter in Columbus leading to swapped prosthetics, a Georgia editor gifted a six pound potato, and a Chicago janitor hiding by electrocution. Rumors of prunes, an optic nerve misdescription, and a Brooklyn divorce spree are noted alongside odd incidents in Michigan, Massachusetts, and the South. The Senate moves to discontinue old coinage while local curiosities persist. Names, places, and dates add texture to a parade of peculiar anecdotes.
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Fresno
Cal
Georgia
Columbus
Chicago
Laughable Headlines from the Archives
A collage of quips and snippets from periodicals recounts road agents, touring slang, and social satire. It includes jokes about watch theft, British army ranks, champagne in iceboxes, and a lawyer misadventure, recalling humorous scenes from old newspapers and magazines.
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Tim Disfatch
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Exploration OF
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