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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1892
Page
5
A traveler’s narrative from Pittsburgh to London outlines a planned Oslo to Bergen voyage in Norway. It recalls midsummer bonfires, fjords, Bergen’s harbor and museums, a wooden Fantott church owned by the American Consul, and the glacier imagery of the High North.
A travel narrative describes arriving at Stavanger, Norway, during near midnight daylight. The crew progress along a rocky coast, visit an eleventh century cathedral, observe fishermen selling live cod and salmon, and note Norway’s decline of drunkenness as a national achievement amid cultural sights and midnights sun.
San Francisco reports the final copper mine at Akitas Japan flooded July 14 after a river overflow. Most buildings at the site were washed away and reports vary on the death toll, with estimates up to 60 miners drowned.
The August New York dispatch describes a striking Spanish type beauty in bright red silk stockings at Coney Island, where bathers clash with modest regimens. It notes the season’s reform bathing suits, including blue serge one piece options and a long circular cloak, plus alpace experiments and comparisons to reform outfits once worn by Oscar Wilde era figures.
A lively portrait of the Nautical Girl and her sea ready wardrobe. It highlights sails and gear from Tam O Shanter hats to fur edged cloaks and blue serge yachting suits. The piece praises practical seaside attire for health and sport while noting trends in striped serge and flannel blouses.
Whitn patent leathers pair with white yachting suits while streamers flaunt a vee on board ship. Short tafletas and Tusset leather lacings appear as linings for outing suits with low-heeled shoes. Brace and country shoes come in half-high Tusset leather laced styles. Worts flannel features scarlet and brown stripes for versatile wear.
The piece describes a novel two wheeled vehicle called the equibus. It combines a boxlike carriage with a front elevated driver seat and a detachable bar to harness a horse, presenting a curious departure from traditional horse carts.
A description outlines the equibus cart with a hollowed box under the horse's haunches, springs on the axletree, and the driver seated near the neck. The rig reduces harness use, resists upset, supports fatigued animals, and promises to become a fashionable park ride. The article notes visibility of only the head and tail and predicts wide adoption.
An essay argues that pure mass and proportion can convey dignity without ornament. It questions ornament’s intrinsic value, proposing a period of nude architecture to sharpen form, then explores how restrained decoration might enhance beauty with poetic imagery.
Seneca could repeat 2,000 words verbatim from reading. Hortensius recalled all auction prices. Themistocles learned Persian in a year, valuing forgetting as a skill.
Correspondent recalls camp life with cowboys and the cook at a cattle outfit. Stories include the renaming of a mean horse Cotton-eye Biscuit, a young hand Delk Ransom, and an Englishman teased by ranch hands. Alice MacGowan.
The British and Belgian governments adopt electric signaling balloons for night communications. Eric Bruce spearheaded experiments since 1885, showcasing translucent balloons with incandescent lamps and ground-controlled signals, readable over long distances in Morse code and other codes.
A reflective piece on rain as a gentle boon for health and sleep, the charm of an English periodical highlighting American corn bread and lemon pie, plus notes on manners, home life and thrifty shopping, with anecdotes about cooking, furniture and inscriptions in a dining room.
The piece discusses kindergarten methods for rapid child development, fashionable summer style, French harps as coveted bric-a-brac items, and the trend toward coordinated accessories such as card cases and prayer book coverings. It notes canopied bedrooms with tentlike drapery, and a New York showcase of novel bed setups with lace or muslin drapes.
A scanned advertisement praises a patent medicine for internal use while a Boston paper cites a cynical remark about profanity in Washington. The item notes the product’s controversial past with another name, the Epileptic Review, used in prior ads.
The text condemns adulteration for cheapness and warns that buyers risk injury. It praises Dr. Price for manufacturing pure articles and notes his Delicious Flavoring Extracts of Vanilla and Lemon as well made products.
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