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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1890
Page
10
In a Wisconsin village a coffin is opened during a disputed re interment. The undertaker exposes the corpse of Mark who had died under odd circumstances, Bess collapses in horror, and Abe the elder reveals Mark’s eccentricity saved the undertaker from blame. The ceremony ends with the body re interred and the town's mood unsettled.
In Fayetteville Tennessee a colored man Jed Tompkins faces trial for stealing Colonel Ballentyne's sheep after a damaging cyclone. The Squire and Colonel recount storm debris and a sheep found on Jed’s porch as evidence. The Colonel withdraws prosecution, noting this is the first cyclone to blow property into Jed's possession.
The article describes Henry Ives and partner Stayner seen at a popular cafe near Forty-second Street station. It notes Ives's fresh appearance, gold-rimmed spectacles, and a perceived guileless look, with comparisons to a theologian from Dr. Dwight's establishment. Stayner is described with benevolent air and a tall white hat.
Disjointed OCR reads as a minister muttering about flies and bald heads during a sermon. Content is garbled and contains unlikely quoted phrases.
Bolivia's history is traced from its independence to the Chilean war loss of coast. The piece highlights the brutal practice of forced labor among indigenous peons, state corruption, and the Jesuit presence. It notes disputes over the nitrate region with Chile and Peruvian involvement, and flags President Arce’s debt and cabinet liabilities as signs of national weakness.
A fragment from Narragansett Pier shows contrasting views on whisky. The piece reproduces verses praising whisky and a counter view labeling it danger and ruin with references to Ingersoll and Prohibition era sentiment.
The Boston Herald scoffs at Mme Carnot for reviving magenta red as a fashion color upsetting Parisian taste. The piece warns the move could cost her husband the presidency, and laments the color’s potential spread to American wardrobes. It recalls Empress Eugenie as a caution.
A fragmentary poem contrasts a pale, readier summer maid with rustic rivals. The speaker notes her quiet passion and preference for books over rustic courting, admiring her restrained charm and modest thrift while wondering about changing feelings or an impending union. The scene shifts through imagery of gowns, colors, and a mandolin, ending with ambiguous reflection.
A 1900s style article describes Japanese head-rests for ladies to nap without disturbing hair, plus decorative window treatments and movable cornice grilles. It explains cheap DIY construction, mass production of tapestries, and how European workshops rely on family labor to reproduce designs at low cost.
A New York woman, 18 year old Mrs Henry Vehstedt of 246 East 120th Street, received a note with three hairpins and a compliment. She kept her hair in a two foot braid for years and, after a sequence of notes, opened the door to a stranger at 7 PM on a Saturday morning, fearing the unknown caller and an implied danger to her hair.
A columnist ridicules a dust-collecting blower device linked to a spiral hose and echoing a bellows rocking chair, noting its impracticality and potential mess. The piece surveys recent imported fabrics showing faded colors and revived antique hues, predicting trends in curtains and lace with new textures, colors, and decorative embroidery for next winter.
Mrs Wehstedt was grabbed in a dark hall as she searched for a Jetter. A woman hissed Hold your head down and then snipped her braid with large shears. The assailant fled, muttering Henry won’t find 60 now, leaving Wehstedt shaken and claiming no known jealous enemies.
The arrival in America of Herr Xaver Scharwenka director of the Berlin Conservatory of Music and famed composer, known worldwide, stirs musical circles. At 49, native of Samter Posen, he trained at Kallak’s in Berlin, taught there, later led a Berlin institute for instruction, with nearly 70 works including concertos and Polnische Tanze.
Whitelaw Reids Ophir Farm hosts one hundred massive granite columns for a 40000 portico. The granite mansion, modeled after fourteenth century German castles, sits with views of Greenwich Harbor Long Island Sound Staten Island and on clear days the New York skyline.
A Country Parson lecturing boys on life skills stresses grit to start and grip to finish. He urges loving one’s mother, self reliance, honesty, and steady effort, warning against vanity, lax morals, and idle philosophy while championing tenacity, prudence, and practical labor.
The fire that destroyed the old Greeley homestead in Chappaqua recalls the first Greeley family home in Purdy’s station in Westchester. Horace Greeley, as a young man, rented a small three room house there for five dollars a month, noting it was smaller than the later dwelling.
The old Greeley house stands near Purdy’s station a mile and a half from the depot, set back 12 feet behind an ancient stone wall and swinging gate once used by the Greeley children. Mr Greeley lived there about two years before moving to New York. tenants added a similar looking addition, preserving the exterior. The building is very old, with the oldest resident unable to date its construction, and now houses a poor family with garden work and nearby farm labor. The original homestead has burned, yet the older Greeley residence remains a local curiosity for visitors to Purdy’s station.
A leading electrician hosted an electric lawn party at his Connecticut home. Guests entered to electric organ music and saw an electric cigar lighter, electric teapot, and electric fans. The evening featured a grand fireworks display ignited directly from the lighting circuit, controlled by a lady from the piazza.
Phila delphians say Borr Harbor Chicagoans call Bahrr Harburr and true Yankees pronounce Bah Hahbah in this note on local speech patterns from the Boston Transcript.
A fragment from a humorous verse collection titled Fireside Sphinx. A “fortune teller” spoof mocks German style prediction and celestial lore, contrasting with practical sense. The page includes brief poems about decapitation and a June afternoon scene, with playful rhymes and misprints.
A description of a puzzle by J. H. Pezaupre involving removing honors from a deck to form a square of nine piles with four cards each. Each pile must contain one suit in a layer and have equal sum of card points across all piles, with layer sums matching horizontally and vertically. The text remains a fragment of the original puzzle explanation.
A collage of riddles and word games including references to fashion, trade, and owls. The page mixes clues on identity and objects with playful puzzles about daily life and a month long rewards contest. It ends with a Sheridan quote about drinking with guests.
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