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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1892
Page
10
In a tense train compartment discussion, an inventor accuses a draughtsman of stealing credit for an airship design. The group debates the claim as plans for an Arctic expedition surface, with Van derlyn offering to fund and lead the venture, setting a dinner meeting to decide next steps.
Royal Sterne, Mr Ball, and Jack Hardy visit Professor Wilder’s aeroplane vessel, a 175 foot aluminum cigar airship. Wilder touts it as a safe, directed private air-coupe with a 50 ton shop plant and a 1250 pound condenser. The group debates lift, balance, and power as they glimpse the future craft and its six legs.
Six men prepare for a perilous Arctic voyage aboard Wilder’s airship the Hennepin as backers patrons and a protective sergeant pledge secrecy and safety. Outside, rivals led by Hennepin oppose the project threatening an injunction and possible disruption of the expedition.
A sorrowful poem titled 80 FAIR AND YET FALSE describes heartbreak and disillusion. The speaker laments a beloved who proved treacherous, comparing her to a rose that perfumes yet poisons, and contemplates death as fate dawns while pleading for mercy and pardon. The verse carries a mournful tone and religious undertones.
A detailed 19th century discussion traces Antoinette Brown Blackwell and Florence Kollock as early female ministers. It surveys Pauline injunctions, supports wider ordination, notes praise from Quaker Universalist and Unitarian circles, and cites leaders like Dr. Parker and Talmage, arguing women are divinely qualified for church work.
The article argues anthracite coal will rise in use but may become unaffordable as a luxury. Harris notes higher capital needs to deepen mines, higher costs to mine and hoist coal, and more refuse and water management as extraction goes deeper, slowing trade growth.
The sermon argues poverty stems from social flaws not individual fault and urges the wealthy to provide opportunity and sympathy. It calls for cleaner streets, enforcing tenement laws, discouraging the saloon, fair labor, and personal, thoughtful aid over mere alms, citing Jesus as example and urging practical Christian philanthropy.
An American guest at a banquet reports Emperor William’s speech. He first crumbled bread in silence, then rose, toasted with a crystal carafe, and delivered a halting opening that soon sharpened to clear, cutting-sounding cadence. The observer notes the emperor’s strong voice and fine oratorical presence.
Probate Judge W D Williams of Clinton County testifies to long standing catarrh relief after using one and a half bottles. The ad explains catarrh as a systemic disease needing persistent internal treatment and extols Peruna as the cure, noting its action on capillaries and vasa-motor nerves. Columbus Ohio firm promotes free pamphlet and druggist availability.
Ted Larger has qualities that fit him for a national emblem as the robin and bluebird are celebrated as spring heralds. The piece weaves folklore and Native stories, praising the birds for cheer, thrift, and companionship, and notes their roles in American life, culture, and identity.
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