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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1889
Page
15
The Dispatch explains its three part 20 page issue and urges prompt reporting of incomplete carrier numbers. It notes contributors should keep copies of articles and states compensation details and return of manuscripts upon stamped envelopes. Postage for Sundays and duplicate copies requires two cents.
Cities like Pittsburg plan to welcome South American delegations but must push Congress for a regular steamship line. Delegates should urge lawmakers to establish transportation links, enabling agents to study markets and manufacturers to tailor goods, with renewed private sector effort from Stritich and German merchants.
The death of Captain W. R. Jones at the Edgar Thomerson Works follows injuries from a blast furnace explosion last Thursday. Jones, longtime chief executive of the Braddock industrial complex, led the workers with energy and public spirit, and his loss leaves a void felt across the community.
A New York newspaper cites riding masters who say reserving part of Central Park for the World’s Fair would hurt their business and offend ladies riders. The piece mocks the idea that equestrian experts should decide broad public policy and notes the city’s press may not be inviting for such verdicts.
The young man Harry Flann received five years in prison for embezzling bank funds. The court noted the sentence meets the minimum law requirement and serves as a salutary lesson despite arguments for mercy. Flann had not yet reached his majority, complicating the case and raising questions about his prior conduct.
A judge sentences a young man for defalcation, noting youth and inexperience as factors. The piece argues that while youth invites leniency, the infliction of minimum punishment should warn others in fiduciary roles of the consequences of misusing entrusted funds. It contrasts youth with mature offenders and urges fidelity despite harsher business rewards.
The announcement states Hon. W. H. H. Miller will join the Supreme Bench, based on the other partner of the late Indianapolis law firm. The move, seen as authentic, elevates a cabinet member whose national reputation grows with the elevation, while drawing jeers from opposition presses over presidential influence and corporate-law ties.
The piece mocks Belford, Clarke & Co for blaming losses on reprinting English novels to imitate rivals. It argues the excuse is foolish and cites similar claims by railroad and glass firms. It warns that such “follow my leader” behavior leads to ruin and supports strict international copyright.
The piece notes St Louis citizens organize beer production to counter the beer trust and keep schooner sizes, arguing that open competition challenges trusts unless they hold special advantages. It cites the watch trust as another example of competition breaking a monopoly and asserts that without entry barriers, trusts fail against new entrants.
Count Thomas A Edison predicts a future where the world becomes a gigantic ear through universal phonograph use. He describes the phonograph as a sound recording and replaying marvel capable of a tremen dous task unlike anything seen before. If the device had life it would be worthy of praise.
A column lampoons a future world of ubiquitous sound recording, exposing reputational exposure for politicians, editors, and dissenters. It critiques monetary policy moves, market manipulation in cotton and railroads, and notes incidents from journalism and public figures, with a satirical edge.
A collage of verse and prose threads a talk on mistaken identity a wind themed love poem and social notes on George Meredith and Shakespeare. Also features a playful political verse praising Foraker and a singer’s recitation from an unseen source.
Ex queen Isabella wins 40000 francs on a horse race. Hawaiian Minister Carter heads to Washington. Amherst President Seers sails to Europe with his daughter. Prince Albert Victor plans India travel via China Japan and Canada. King Alexander of Servia asserts dignity in every sentence. Reverend Georges Washington urges British collectors to form associations for Washington papers. Tain Kwo Ying, new Chinese Minister, described as tyrannical. contrasts with Chang, soon departing. German Emperor eats varied breads at meals with modest prices.
Telegraph reports the excursion committee of the Grand Conclave of Knights Templar planned 80000 cigars for public distribution. Nearly 8000 people were said to ride cars at railroad stations. A Chicago commandery altered a hotel car interior to hold a barrel of ale and porter with shelves for champagne baskets.
The Women’s Christian Society of the twin cities operates a network of homes for distressed women. The Temporary Home at 929 Penn avenue shelters those in need, including intoxicated women, while a Permanent Home at 193 Locust street educates on housekeeping and helps place residents in jobs or send them to country work. A Young Woman’s Boarding Home at 40 Stockton avenue supports the organization’s youngest beneficiaries. Felix R. Brunot donated a three story brick house, and a Breadwinner’s Home offers affordable housing for working women in need.
Miss Mary McGraw hosted a refined gathering at 187 South Avenue Allegheny in honor of W H Dewey visiting Pittsburg from Silver City Idaho. Guests included W Dewey Hackenstein Kennedy Hauckenstein Ward McGraw H McGraw Bree Munhall McSweeny Ihmsen Callaghan and others as the social season enjoyed a brilliant entertainment.
The president announced a large slate of postmasters across numerous states including Zarcy Arkansas Phoaix Illinois Moscow Idaho McLeansboro Illinois Lemont Illinois Paris Illinois Sullivan Illinois Olney Illinois Winnimac Indiana Storm Lake Iowa Algona Illinois Marshalltown Illinois Abilene Kansas Bend Kansas Cleperl Kansas U. S. territories and more. The moves include appointments replacing resignations and removals, signaling broad federal staffing changes.
Stratford prepares for the September 25 celebration of its 250th settlement anniversary and the dedication of a soldiers and sailors monument on Academy Hill. The event expects 1509 in line with food for 5000, lanterns, tableaux and early history scenes featuring Indians and backwoodsmen. Attending dignitaries include Governor Hulkey, Lieutenant Governor Merwin, Senators Hawley and Platt, and others from nearby towns. Speeches by Rev Foster, Joseph R Pachey, and Benjamin T Fairchild are listed among planned remarks.
Tanner, in a confidential letter to Dalzell, says he couldn't kick. Private Dalzell would by this time resemble the remains of a South Carolina table d hote if he could.
Ex Senator Riddleberger declares a line between white and black, while a jibe about water and waistline follows, reflecting sharp quip on race. The exchange captures tension in public discourse.
The Philadelphia Press notes there is no alarm in the report that Jay Gould plans a European trip and emphasizes he will not take the country with him.
In the Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt the narrator muses on persistent train robberies and notes that a sleeping-car porter’s wealth remains untapped amidst recurring heists.
The piece snubs Boulanger as a man of ability who failed to justify his reputation. It notes his dramatic yet empty rise, questions his military intent, and argues genuine French judgment contrasts reasonable thinkers with those easily swayed by rhetoric.
The article traces Boulanger’s rise and break with loyal supporters who doubted his daring, noting that many old friends ultimately voted for his rival. It explains why conservative voters backed him to enter the House, seeing it as a path to topple the Republic and provoke upheaval, with Royalists and Bonapartists hoping to pull political advantage.
The article praises Carnot and his ministers for a well run campaign that left Boulanger politically dead. It asserts republican France is strengthened and will endure, with the people preferring the republican government over Royalists Orleanists or Bonapartists following the 1870 war.
A Franco statement asserts France will not seek war but is prepared to act if provoked. It credits Carnot with peace aims, national support, and a strong Republic ready to calm internal factions while maintaining readiness for possible conflict.
A French reader praises the Republic noting the army’s reform and 27,000 free schools serving 5,000,000 children over the past 15 years. He predicts a republican future, diminished Boulangists and Orleanists, and Europe at peace with disarmed soldiers returning to fields.
Railway managers should arm engineers conductors and brakemen to deter weekly train robberies across the country. A few thousand dollars could make the practice unfashionable and reduce threats to crews, promoting safer rail travel nationwide.
A farmer disguised himself to test his hired man who vigilantly watched the stables. He ended up shot in the leg, while the hired man acted promptly, keeping watch and preventing further danger.
An aged speaker speaks of six ghosts from youth that linger by the fire. The sneaking, silent visitation recalls memories long buried and questions whether any grave can truly seal them. The passage imagines a future sleep in the speaker’s own grave.
City column recounts Mrs Mulholland attacking Miss Low after confronting her over a liaison with Bernard Mulholland. Mulholland fled. police removed the arson-ruined intruder. Other items note Blaine family movements at Fifth Avenue Hotel and upcoming visits by engineers and actors including Salvini aboard ships.
The executor of the late C. H. Butler offers Boscobel the Beecher country seat near Peekskill on the Hodo n for sale. Once bought by Henry Ward Beecher early in his career it cost about $250 000 after improvements. It may now be available for about a third of that sum. Beecher joked his potatoes cost him one dollar each to raise.
West Third Street church once a wealthy center nears dissolution as crime and disrepute creep into the surrounding area. Attendance collapsed from hundreds to about twenty. the rector halted Sunday evening services and plans to relocate to the uptown area if revival fails.
Delegates of the Cigar Makers Inter national Union of America at Tammany Hall conclude a two week session. The cost to the union nears $20,000. The convention orders localities with multiple unions to form joint committees to manage strikes and regulate wage prices in the New York district.
President Harrison, after meetings with Tracy Windom Wanamaker Proc tor Land Commissioner Groff and reps Cogswell of Massachusetts and Butterworth of Ohio, urged careful, neutral consideration of a World’s Fair site. He called for unity to ensure a successful celebration without favoring any single location.
Mrs. Bismarck found the old man with a Russian pipe and laughed as he held an editorial urging Germany to restore Alsace and Lorraine to France as a peace offering.
Tri State Triples and Aspar ignite in a church organ pipe at St Josephs in Johnstown causing chorister fear until the pipe is removed. A 1795 silver dollar found buried near a yard stump in Yardley Pennsylvania by William Derry. A wood duck plumage claim notes commercial value for salmon and bass fly tying. A Tennessee quail at Caswell candy stand and a hunter near Lock Haven pursue a bear. An Ohio bachelor set to marry next month at 42 Harris Russ Corners West Virginia. A rooster in Russ Corners kills a large yard rat. William Gripsom of Noble County Ohio kills a porcupine in his barnyard. Grover Clovis of Mill Creek West Virginia nearly nets a live rabbit with a basket.
A fragmented page item hints at scattered notes: William Van of Nebraska City, a Salvation Army search in Ennal Tih, and Camden Prohibitionists displaying a Local Option banner. Other bits mention a Fort Wayne judge, a turpentine cargo mishap, Logan County West Virginia details, an artesian well in Corgele, and a Cincinnati suburb ghost legend.
A quirky collage from notes and skits shows humorous exchanges and blurred identities. Characters discuss mourning, milkman’s son, cows, a pump, and odd New York streets while jokes drift through a fair and domestic scenes.
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