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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1889
Page
2
Ronald Mervyn joins the Cape Mounted Rifles drafted to Port Elizabeth and marches toward the Addoo Bush frontier. Surviving detail shows a diverse troop, a cautious governor, and frontier fears of Kaffirs and settlers, while commentary notes native converts and frontier police.
In the Cape Colony, Ronald Blunt is observed by officers as a capable mounted recruit possibly an ex-officer. He earns praise for steadiness and looks, and Captain Twentyman notes his potential as a non commissioned officer. A patrol to Kalousie river is ordered, with shelter tents carried and expectations of marking a first settlement site amid native tensions and settler prosperity.
Fragmented notice lists multiple rye whiskies and brands such as McKim's Pure Rye and Pure Rye Whisky with quarts and full measures. Includes partial references to Gibson 1879, Mosses Export, and vendor details near Fifth Ave. The legible bits suggest a shop ad catalog or price list for aged or pure rye products.
An aged column argues that many county court divorces originate from home disputes at meals sparked by temper or stove heat and suggests using Marvin's bread and crackers to maintain harmony amid domestic friction. The closing garble appears as stray text.
Fraunenheim and Vilenck advertise a Pittsburg beer highlighting quality and local origin. The notice mentions contact details and urges patronage to support regional brewing.
Trains leave Union Station at 845 AM and 1240 PM for Valley Camp. Return trains depart Valley Camp at 615 PM, 600 PM, and 600 AM, plus one after evening service.
A partial OCR reads as an item on Ohio fruit shipments and the challenges facing a local fleet. Details are fragmented but indicate concerns over reliability, perhaps due to logistics or market demand affecting the regional cargo operators.
The voyage along the Labrador coast narrates a debate on who first learned of America. The narrator and an English traveler tale a schooner journey from Rimouski to Mingan and Anticosti, weaving Basque legends with the 1892 Columbus celebration. They describe Seven Islands Bay Moisie Mingan Islands and the perilous coast. They note Montagnais and Nasquapees Indians, wrecks, lighthouses, and the desolate beauty of Anticosti. The piece asserts Basque explorers 1000 years before Columbus influenced Iberian navigation and mapped Atlantic shores, shaping early American knowledge.
The Mexican steamer Yboro landed five shipwrecked German sailors at Vera Cruz. Nuevo Leon lead mines shut down due to U S duties on ores. Frosts damaged Central Illinois lower grounds and crops. Plainfield New Jersey feared dam failure, gates opened, danger receded. M C Kimberly appointed General Superintendent of Northern Pacific Rail Road, replacing K B Ainslie. Murat Halstead returned from Germany. Republicans plan welcome at Music Hall with civic leaders. Quarrel near Pineville Kentucky erupts between Smiths and Slashers over a bog. home attacked and travel cut off. Seneca Swalm, convicted in San Francisco for diamond theft, had his sentence affirmed after long appeal.
A report on electricity’s future from Max J. Becker of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He argues electricity will surpass natural forces in many uses, noting safety in caisson and tunneling work, advantages for electric street railways, and an Allegheny City line example with underground and overhead supply on different portions.
A correspondent reports Arab chiefs from Yemen visiting Aden for a grand shooting test arranged by an American marksman. He laid fuse and wires to a distant sand hill, hid a glass bottle as a target, and when the Arabs fired at the speck the first shot produced a spectacular display of explosive fragments, leaving them awestruck by the American’s skill.
The Saale narrowly avoided colliding with an iceberg prompting talks on an electric iceberg detector. F R Colvin argues the device could help under some conditions but cannot be relied on alone due to currents and steering factors. He suggests safer avoidance by steering clear of ice.
A report discusses joining cable lengths by electric welding to preserve strength, noting end to end unions that are nearly invisible. It also covers water treatment ideas by electricity, Medway river purification, and a New York journal’s view on electrified sewage precipitation. Further, a Maidstone visit highlights potential waterfront improvements.
Inconvenience tied to a minor but persistent fault in battery operation is addressed. The article outlines a straightforward method to stop the creeping of salts, a constant source of trouble for caretakers managing batteries where this defect is common.
A recently discovered method for treating copper yields material with remarkable wear qualities. Tests show suitability for bearings and commutators in dynamo machines and journals on locomotives and cars. An established Pennsylvania firm is now marketing the metal.
Max Geitel comments in Glasser's Amaien on attempts to produce illuminating gas by the electrolysis of water. He notes advances in electric science and suggests that electrolytic decomposition may hold further possibilities in the near future.
An electric fire engine, readily tappable for service, is hailed as a modern invention. It can start at full power, weighs much less than a steam engine of equal power, costs about one third less, operates noiselessly, produces no smoke or ashes, and is regarded as safer and more economical.
A French electrician observed that current slows cream formation and conducted multiple experiments. The tests reportedly yielded very satisfactory results on preserving cream using electrical treatment.
A recent Chicago test of a new device called the vagel phone successfully transmitted wave sounds by magnetism. The inventor claims the instrument can convey sounds over great distances.
The New Opera becomes the exclusive property of G C Jenks after dissolution of partnership with J D Watson and Harry McFarland Esqs. Negotiations with Charles W Fleming who wrote the music conclude yesterday. Jenks will produce the United States Mail on the road next month with backers including Dr C S Scott and A P Moore.
James Thomas, a colored man, is held by Alderman Cassidy for trial at the September term after being accused of stealing shoes from A. I. Scott & Co. The hearing for those charged with receiving stolen goods was continued until today.
The advertising contract for the Pittsburg Exposition was awarded to Remington B. The decision covers placing ads across one or more newspapers as part of the exposition's promotional campaign.
Mr James Creahan of 41 Mulberry Allegheny details a years long decline from a severe cold to chronic nasal, throat and eye irritation with headaches and ear pains. He later describes heart and groin pains, palpitations and near fatal attack despite working as a machinist at Lindsay McCutcheon and former Westinghouse worker.
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