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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1891
Page
7
Correspondent reports from Mexico City on its vibrant press scene and rich cultural life. He notes government subsidies shaping papers, the prominence of The Times and Anglo-American, a robust literary scene, and a National Library housing nearly 200000 volumes.
Travel writer Frank G. Carpen tee notes Mexico City offers three major theaters seating 2000 to 3000 with top troupes. He describes the Nacional and Principe theaters, social theater habits, and a modern pay per act system as proof of the city’s vibrant entertainment and improving culture.
Washington notes celebrate the capital as an intellectual and art center. The piece describes Washington’s growth, parks, universities, and suburban estates, praising leaders, architecture, and leisure options from cycling to boating, with references to McCulloch, Hammond, Newlands, and the Chace development.
English managers deny sensational claims about Temescal mines near San Diego and report beginnings of development in 1890. Ore must be ground to flour and treated in a new oil-fired cupola method, with 60 workers currently employed and output already tracing to tin factories in St Louis Chicago Cleveland and Philadelphia. They expect large scale operations and potential to supply the American continent with tin.
During a famine period in August at St Nicholls the Stanley expedition discovers a three year old Teki Teki child of the Zanzibari pigmy tribe. The child finds pods resembling large beans, makes a powder, and toasts it creating a fragrant meal for the hungry camp. The tribe views the discovery as providential and later returns the child to his people.
The article notes Chilean schoolrooms with benches around the room and an elevated teacher station. Blackboards sit in corridors while charts globes and dictionaries stay locked. Dormitories house beds with a watchful guard in an ante room to oversee all movement.
An advertisement summary describes a patent baby carrier described as a miniature hammock worn around the neck by hooks. It keeps the nurse’s hands free, prevents arm strain, and offers comfort and safety for the child. Weighing under three ounces, it folds compactly and can be pocket carried. Women are urged to value an aid that lets a book be held while nursing.
A brief profile of Ida Gray who operates a small office at 216 Ninth Street in Richmond Virginia. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry and is described as the only female dentist of color in the United States, working successfully in her profession.
Dr Ohmann-Dumesuil argues physicians benefit from cooking expertise. He cites European lectures on tailoring meals to constitutions and warns frying pan misuse causes dyspepsia, noting few foods must be banned except immature meats.
The text notes that male to female births in England stand at 1038 to 1000 but higher male mortality shifts the balance by age ten. Immigration, war, and perilous male work further adjust the ratio, ending with about 1000 women to 49 men in England across all ages.
An elderly nurse recalls never using a wine linked to serious patient harm in the Alfred Speer case in New Jersey. The article notes medical caution and the dangers of tainted substances in clinical settings.
A Sydney arrival reports Harry Shelton, mate of the Dreadnaught, found on the Paroo near the New South Wales Queensland border in a dying condition. Doctors fear his death may occur soon, as investigators seek any clue to the Dreadnaught’s fate and the Molly's Hope expedition.
After the Dreadnaught wreck near Browse Island Harry Shelton was moved by rail toward Sydney and then to the capital. He remains unconscious and unresponsive despite weeks of nursing, a shattered remnant of the ship’s crew and fate.
Mrs. Allaire and Zach French rush from San Diego to San Francisco and aboard the Oregon to reach Sydney. In Port Jackson they visit Harry Shelton at the Marine Hospital, where doctors fear a final collapse. Molly prays and Humphrey vows, but Shelton awakens briefly, recognizing nothing yet but showing a glint of life.
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