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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1890
Page
2
In a London lodging, Vincent Harris beds into the Bethune circle, courting Maishe Bethune while shaping plans for a shared social season. They dine nightly, play music and games, and dream of a Henley houseboat visit as his influence grows.
A young man discusses hosting old travelers at Henley with Maishe and Mr Bethune. He plans lavish, yet simple summer dress for Maishe and imagines bringing Mrs Ellison to view the guests. He reveals ample funds and eagerness to impress, promising arrangements by tomorrow night.
Donna Francisca Barrios of Guatemala, widow of former dictator Barrios, lives in a Fifth Avenue mansion with seven children. Immensely wealthy and renowned for beauty and dance, she recalls her dramatic escape after Barrios’s assassination while maintaining ties with two sisters in New York.
Off Norway whaling employs iron steamer vessels 60 to 100 tons with swivel cannons. A harpoon fires an explosive head via a phosphoric glass tube, breaking on line tension to deliver the blast. Barbed shank grips the whale and a chain and cable through an accumulator absorb initial strain as the animal dashes away.
The Springfield Republican reports a Ward arc lamp on exhibition in Holyoke designed for low extension circuits. Two lamps claim 3,500 candle power total or 1.78 each, using current standard for 16 candle power lamps, enabling higher light with isolated plants. If true, it would be a major advance in electric lighting without higher voltage.
New York society column notes Prince George's Newport visit upsets young women, a Knickerbocker Club scene of a jilted suitor, and a Count Bela Bettyany and Countess at Kaaterskill with a glamorous young Bavarian. Agnes and her mother saga adds a witty cautionary tale of marriage intents.
Beyer's Weekly News reports a steamer sunk off Varanger Fjord in northern Norway after a harpooned whale rammed and holed the vessel. The crew escaped in boats. The tale recalls an 18 year old similar incident where a whale towed a ship 50 miles before the tow rope was cut.
Alexander Jacques claims a herb powder from a secret family recipe enables extended fasting. He attributes long fasts to the mixture used in London tests and cites feeding soldiers during the Belvort siege in the Franco German war. Thirty days has been his usual limit to date.
Naval officers in tropical posts adopt a broad flannel belt worn constantly to protect the stomach from temperature shifts. They claim it aids digestion and serves as a preventive against stomach disorders, noting relief from the sharp change when moving from a warm dining room to cooler air.
In suburbs north of Boston the Gipsy moths are rapidly turning into millers with female moths smaller and whiter than males. A circulating tale that Commissioners would pay schoolchildren 1 or 2 cents a dozen for millers is unwarranted. Commissioners deny ever considering such a plan.
The article argues for lasting taste in home color and form, favoring dark solid hues like Venetian red or bronze green over garish schemes. It extols simple, well-proportioned wooden houses, modern Newport styles, and minimal ornament. recommends rattan furniture, white jessamine, tropical plants, and airy verandas. Indoor trends include pierced panels, rope curtains, cartridge paper accents, and washable textiles, while condemning antique oak, bamboo imitations, and heavy carpets in favor of lighter floors and indigo Japanese rugs.
A Boston Herald writer describes a menhaden fishing method where two boats work a seine to form a wall in maroon water. The catch totals 165,000 fish, about 550 barrels, packed into a large net and dumped into a steamer’s fish tank.
Jewelers' Weekly notes two Salon pieces with strong focus on Birth of the Pearl by Maignag. It depicts a deep ocean diver revealing a slumbering maiden inside a double shell as the pearl is born. The scene is praised for its aesthetic beauty despite factual oddities.
William A. Beatty lost a diamond ring in a Providence restaurant while gesturing to a conversation. During lunch, Wilwa Spencer found the ring embedded in a piece of shortcake. Beatty offered a reward for its return, but Spencer declined payment.
French scientist M. Vaillot reproduced a colored photograph by contact printing in natural hues. Herr Veress improved colored photography by increasing emulsion sensitivity, reducing exposure to 15 seconds from hours, signaling a potential near future breakthrough in color photography.
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