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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1891
Page
6
New York observers discuss Speaker Crisp's committee appointments and Hill's chances to influence the New York delegation to Cleveland in 1896. The piece notes Potter's sermon on beauty drawing mixed female responses and recounts a Christmas tale of a five cent debt impacting a newsboy’s family.
A fragmented item describes a risky oyster cocktail trend from New York via California, detailing ingredients like tequila pepper and horse radish, and praising its strength. It warns of dangerous effects and notes the drink’s popularity at a Victorian social club as men seek extra endurance.
On a city street car General W Swayne cannot pay his fare. A one eyed newsboy on crutches offers a loan to cover the ride, showing unexpected charity from a poor boy to a rich man and lifting the general’s pride.
The piece notes a shift in press and public stance on lunatics and eccentric citizens. It cites a past zeal for releasing the insane and a current push to confine those whose views stray from orthodoxy, heightening fear of dangerous individuals.
A historic note praises a New York cook for a refined preparation of the ordinary smelt. The fish is split and cleaned along the back, laid flat, broiled with ears, and served with butter, salt, and lemon. The dish, named in French as eperlan desosse et le au beurre, gains popularity and respect for its elegance.
The article notes William Henry Hurlbert as a baffling figure known as the vanishing gentleman. It discusses potential extradition by England over perjury, and mentions his claimed winnings at Monte Carlo totaling 7,000 then 23,000, attributed to his calm restraint at games of chance.
The piece lauds Mr. J Seaver Page of New York as a hard working man with a sharp sense for profit. It notes his pigeon shooting skill and leadership at the Union League Club while mentioning his varnish business and storytelling. It also calls him Chauncey Depew’s dangerous rival.
The text notes unprecedented charitable efforts in New York to delight poor children on Christmas with numerous societies rushing to supply care. It highlights 600 newsboys who ate and drank while Mme Albani performed, and a humorous image of observers biting in rhythm to the music.
In a harsh Christmas note, the writer laments the costly roses priced at thirty dollars per dozen, comparing them to oversized tomatoes and suggesting that giving becomes less blessed than receiving.
A New Orleans fireman died when an electric light wire touched a stream of water from his shower nozzle. The incident is noted as a caution against mishandling water near electricity, contrasting with Kentucky.
Wild geese migrate across North America from Michigan to Canada and Hudson Bay regions. They breed on northern ranges, travel in V shaped formations at 70 to 120 mph, and defend young fiercely. They feed on grasses roots and seeds, roost in camps with vigilant sentinels, and descend to wheat and corn fields in the south during migration, sometimes attracting markets for feathers and carcasses.
A Washington Star article explains that agates, a quartz variety, mostly originate in Brazil and South America. They are shipped as ballast to Hamburg and Oberstein, sorted, cut, and polished at mills along the Idar river with over 150 facilities. Workers use grindstones, steel wheels, and diamond powder to shape, then polish with tripoli and water. Artificial coloration via oil, acid, and heat enhances color contrast, while other methods remain trade secrets.
The illness of Prince George raises a theory that typhoid could enter bodies via oysters from sewage contaminated beds. Medical experts study oysters with microscopes to assess health risks while noting records suggest beds avoid city sewers and that typhoid cases may decline as oyster season ends.
The Boston Commonwealth lists average life spans by trade. Gas men live 62 to 65 years, coal and ore workers about 55 years, and many crafts such as masons 55.6 years, machinists 57 years, tailors 52 to 53 years, while engravers 54.6 years and glass cutters 42.8 years.
A painting titled In the Greenhouse is on display this week at the Lincoln National Bank. The work is by J Eadsebb, brother of Seward Webb of the New York Central strike fame, and depicts a shelf of red pink and white azaleas in a greenhouse scene.
In Kansas City on December 25 a self styled savior Mrs Jane Powers led a white clad audience of about 400 in tetralogical rites as she urged prayer and restraint. Amidst whispered prayers a participant exposed herself, ending the vigil as officials note no catastrophe occurred.
A reader declares disdain for iron and linen books, calling them aggravating for boys who cannot break or tear them. The line reflects a humorous schoolroom sentiment about sturdy, durable volumes.
A London Daily News report from the Loo Choo Islands describes a wedding rite where the groom is dressed by friends in humorous attire. The ritual, including bells, a mask, a red hat, and a rattling kerosene tin, aims to deter divorce but has lost its original purpose.
Prohibition editors meeting in Chicago deemed their papers undervalued by readers. They note a broad group of editors influenced by the seductive cocktail share the same view. Harper's Young People references a playful verse about a doll with pink cheeks and a kiss.
The advertisement extols Brandreth's Pills as the best vegetable medicine. It claims a fixed dose yields the same effect and highlights purging blood purification digestion liver stimulation and renewed vigor with improved skin and eyes. The pills are stated to be sold in drugstores plain or sugar coated.
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