Jeannette Dispatch

Dates of Publication: 1889 - 1918

The first issue of this newspaper is dated May 3, 1889.  The owners of the paper were John C. Loughead and John H. Trescher.  It was published bi-weekly until October 1890 when the partnership dissolved.  Mr. Trescher continued to publish it, adding a Daily Dispatch.

The original home of the newspaper was on South Fourth Street between Clay Avenue and Bullitt Avenue.  It later moved to South Second Street between Clay Avenue and Magee Avenue.

The financial panic of 1893 forced suspension of the paper, which resumed publication under Mr. Trescher's ownership.  In 1917, apparently because of his failing health, Mr. Trescher leased the paper to James W. P. Hart who changed the name to the "Patriot".  He also changed the political leaning of the newspaper from Republican to Democrat.

Shortly after Mr. Trescher's death in late 1917, his widow sought to regain control of the newspaper, which she did in April 1918 and she returned it to its original name.  In May 1918 the paper was sold to the Jeannette Publishing Company who merged it with their newspaper, "The Jeannette News" to form the semi-weekly "Jeannette News-Dispatch".
~ Westmoreland County Historical Society

Statistics for the Jeannette Dispatch can be found at the Library of Congress.

Hart, Hannah - 1760

1760, 28, March
Went to monthly meeting this morning; 4 Couples passed: viz. Ben'm Swett and Sus'n Siddon, Reuben Haines and M. Wister, Jos'h Drinker and H. [Hannah] Hart - the other couple unknown to me.

~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 589 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.

Drinker, Josiah - 1760

1760, 28, March
Went to monthly meeting this morning; 4 Couples passed: viz. Ben'm Swett and Sus'n Siddon, Reuben Haines and M. Wister, Jos'h Drinker and H. [Hannah] Hart - the other couple unknown to me.

~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 589 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.

Siddon, Susan - 1760

1760, 28, March
Went to monthly meeting this morning; 4 Couples passed: viz. Ben'm Swett and Sus'n Siddon, Reuben Haines and M. Wister, Jos'h Drinker and H. [Hannah] Hart - the other couple unknown to me.

~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 589 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.

Swett, Benjamin - 1760

1760, 28, March
Went to monthly meeting this morning; 4 Couples passed: viz. Ben'm Swett and Sus'n Siddon, Reuben Haines and M. Wister, Jos'h Drinker and H. [Hannah] Hart - the other couple unknown to me.

~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 589 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.

Stiles, Mary - 1759

1759, 3 October
Went this morning to Monthly meeting-saw 4 couples pass, Viz: George Dylling [Dillwyn] and Sally Hill, John Head and Elizabeth Hastings, Nathaniel Brown and Martha Elfrith, William [Thomas] Masterman and Mary Stiles.

~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 589 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.

Masterman, William Thomas - 1759

1759, 3 October
Went this morning to Monthly meeting-saw 4 couples pass, Viz: George Dylling [Dillwyn] and Sally Hill, John Head and Elizabeth Hastings, Nathaniel Brown and Martha Elfrith, William [Thomas] Masterman and Mary Stiles.

~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 589 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.

Elfrith, Martha - 1759

1759, 3 October
Went this morning to Monthly meeting-saw 4 couples pass, Viz: George Dylling [Dillwyn] and Sally Hill, John Head and Elizabeth Hastings, Nathaniel Brown and Martha Elfrith, William [Thomas] Masterman and Mary Stiles.

~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 589 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.

Brown, Nathaniel - 1759

1759, 3 October
Went this morning to Monthly meeting-saw 4 couples pass, Viz: George Dylling [Dillwyn] and Sally Hill, John Head and Elizabeth Hastings, Nathaniel Brown and Martha Elfrith, William [Thomas] Masterman and Mary Stiles.

~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 589 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.

Hill, Sally - 1759

1759, 3 October
Went this morning to Monthly meeting-saw 4 couples pass, Viz: George Dylling [Dillwyn] and Sally Hill, John Head and Elizabeth Hastings, Nathaniel Brown and Martha Elfrith, William [Thomas] Masterman and Mary Stiles.

~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 589 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.

Dillwyn, George - 1759

1759, 3 October
Went this morning to Monthly meeting-saw 4 couples pass, Viz: George Dylling [Dillwyn] and Sally Hill, John Head and Elizabeth Hastings, Nathaniel Brown and Martha Elfrith, William [Thomas] Masterman and Mary Stiles.

~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 589 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.

Future Labels

A few other labels, and possible pages, that will eventually be appearing under the "Exhumed" section :
"Busted" : People that have been incarcerated.
"Milk Carton" : Photos of people that I cannot identify.
"Say Cheese" : Photos of people that I can identify.

C'mon...you gotta have a sense of humor about these things.

Bowman & Drennen - 1889

Rev. E. M. Bowman and Maggie V. Drennen, both of Irwin, were quietly married at the home of the bride, Thursday evening, (May 9 or 16, 1889), at four o’clock by Rev. Atchison, assisted by Rev. Dick.  Mr. Bowman is a graduate of Wooster University, class of ‘86. <1886>.  He then took the required three year course in Allegheny Seminary.  He has received a call at Ebensburg, where he expects to take charge at once.  This young couple have our best wishes for a long and happy life.

 ~ Jeannette Dispatch, 17-May-1889

You can visit the memorial page for Edwin M Bowman.
You can visit the memorial page for Maggie V [Drennen] Bowman.

Smith, Ephriam - 1889

A valuable invention :
We were recently invited to see Ephriam Smith’s latest invention, which is designed to be used in connection with the alarm of fire.  Each member of the fire company is provided with a bed that has a powerful spring, which is set upon retiring, and when an alarm of fire is sounded, an electric current free the spring, which throws the sleeper out on the floor, and at the same time opens up a shower bath that effectually drenches him.

 Exactly two minutes afterward, a post revolves, in which a number of cowhides are attached that finish the awakening process if the spring and bath have failed to do this.

 Mr. Smith is to be congratulated on his ingenuity, and it is believed his invention fills a long felt want, and will be extensively used where it has been most impossible to awake the fire companies.
-- Ligonier Echo

~ Quoted from the Jeannette Dispatch, 17-May-1889

Spreckles, Claus - 1889

Claus Spreckles, the lucky sugar king, while excavating for a large water tank at his new sugar refinery at Philadelphia, accidently <sic> struck what is supposed to be a belt of natural gas.  Thousands of people visited the place all eager to see what natural gas looked like when ablaze.  The gas first bubbled through the water, and when a match was applied, it loomed for hours at a time, the blaze changing colors every few minutes.  Mr. Spreckles says if the discovery proves genuine gas and a good producer, it will save him $2,000 a day in fuel.

 ~ Jeannette Dispatch, 10-May-1889

Spangler, John - 1889

A Somerset paper the other day records a peculiar mishap to John Spangler.  He was walking with a sack of flour on his shoulder, and a large dog behind him.  Both were unconscious that a train was approaching from the rear, and were crossing a creek upon the railroad ties when the man was suddenly hit by the dog’s body, hurled at him by the engine; and man, dog and flour were knocked into the water.  The dog was killed; the man is all right; the flour is not.

 ~ Jeannette Dispatch, 10-May-1889

Smith, Elizabeth - 1889

Elizabeth Smith, 80 years of age, walked most of the way from Wheeling, W.VA. To Bridgeport, Conn.  She was on her way to Worcester, Mass. where her son lives, and started with only $3.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, 10-May-1889

Dunn, Isaac B - 1789

Major Isaac B. Dunn, of Lexington.  Suicided <sic> June 28, 1789.  Buried in the public burying ground there.
~  Kentucky Gazette, 28 Jun 1789

You can visit the memorial page for Maj Isaac B Dunn.

Whitelodge, John - 1788

John Whitelodge.  Died Oct. 11, 1788
~  Kentucky Gazette, 18 Oct 1788

You can visit the memorial page for John Whitelodge.

Irwin, Maria - 1788

Mrs. Maria Irwin, consort of Samuel Irwin, of Danville.  Died Sept. 25, 1788.
~  Kentucky Gazette, 11-Oct-1788

You can visit the memorial page for Maria Irwin.

Downing, Elizabeth - 1787

Mrs. Elizabeth Downing, consort of John Downing, of Louisville.  Died Thursday, Aug. 9, 1787, aged 25 years.
~ Kentucky Gazette, 06 Oct 1787

You can visit the memorial page for Elizabeth Downing.

Under Rennovation! ( Please Excuse the Dust )

As I was trolling through my blog, I noticed that not all of the postings were linked to all of the labels that they should be.  I attribute this to the fact that after I had over 700 postings entered, I had the bright idea to expand the links to include all posted names under a new ‘Names’ tab which includes the links to the individual surnames by either looking for the surname itself, or to search by each letter of the alphabet, depending on which way you wanted to look for your ancestor.

Then I went back through each and every posting to make all of those links happen, but not being able to do all of the postings at one time, a few of them got missed.  Not knowing how many got missed and being the meticulous person that I am, (some call it anal, others call it OCD), I just have to go through all of the postings one by one and completely redo each post and make sure that they are connected to every link that they should be connected to and re-label them accordingly.

I am even going to add new labels as I go, that include the source where that information came from as well.  The source will be identified on each post as always, but now you will be able to look at all of the postings associated with a specific source with just one click.

And, just because all of the re-postings and linking each post every way possible to all of its appropriate labels and pages is not enough work to do, I also came up with my new "Exhumed" section.  This section will contain the new "Funny Bone" and "Neat Stuff" labels, as well as another connection to the “Paper Trail” section which is explained below.

I will be doing this as fast as I can, because I am just itching to get all of the information I have posted for family historians to find.  I have countless pieces of information gathered from literally tens of thousands of newspapers from all over the United States.

Quite simply, the tabs at the top of the page contain information specific to that tab:

"Name" : You can search by surname, or contained within, alphabetically by letter.

"Births" : Has postings of birth notices.

"Burials" : Has postings of burial notices.

"Deaths" : Has postings of death notices.

"Found !" : People that I found information for that I can link to on Find A Grave at the time of the blog posting.

"Marriages" : Has postings of marriage notices.

"Obits" : Has postings of obituaries.

"Paper Trail" : This is my affectionate name for the best golden nuggets of information.  This contains newspaper articles about people that you don't see every day.

All of the information has been transcribed and I will add photos or copies of articles if I can, as I do not have photos or scans of all of the information that I have.

Other labels that can only be seen on the side bar and at the bottom of the page.  (If I add these to the top, then the blog gets too wide and you have to scroll from side-to-side and that is annoying to me.)

"Funny Bone" : Just funny articles found in my travels.

"Neat Stuff" : Other articles that are, well, just interesting.  {Note!  "Neat Stuff" ended up becoming "Passport Passages" to keep with the travel theme of this blog.}

"Sources" : You can see the postings that I have pulled from various newspapers and other sources.

At the bottom portion of the pages, are the links to all available pages so that you can make a quick jump to that page, subscription feed link, etc.

I hope you enjoy this site.  Don't hesitate to drop me an e-mail or post a comment on anything to let me know!

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"What we do for ourselves dies with us.  What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.
--  Albert Pike