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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1890
Page
13
A fragmented discussion on social ritual and happiness. It critiques lingering visits and delayed departures by women in society, then explores varying views on happiness from a worldly, clerical, and fashionable lens. It ends noting simpler conditions ease fulfillment and warns against overreaching desires.
A reader attacks a prior Dispatch piece on women’s grace and posture, criticizing its vague tips. The letter argues for holistic physical education, detailing gravity lines, muscle balance, and the need for a comprehensive program to develop grace, health, and self-reliance without gimmicky exercises.
New York February 22 Captain Jack Crawford the Poet Scout recounts a western camp tale in Hoffman House. He avoids liquor but shares a mother told pledge that saved him from drinking, a pistol shot and a companion’s vow sealing the temperance pledge. The scene ends with peers silenced by memory of a dying mother.
A column discusses social signals of affection and criticizes casual kissing among acquaintances. It advocates a restrained approach, favoring a handshake to show genuine regard and proposes reforms in how women respond to children and society. It cites George Eliot and reflects on women’s perceived trivialities.
Mrs Frank Leslie reflects on a question about happiness and cites her own moment of triumph in finishing Frank Leslies debts. She notes the struggle and weariness behind that victory and questions whether it truly equates to lasting happiness.
A skeptical voice argues bachelors may be happier than married people. The author notes loneliness in loving unions and a dreadful burden of obligatory companionship. He compares marriage to gambling and urges avoidance of such a fortune.
The Globe Democrat notes heavy losses for railways from theft and dishonest employees. It cites cases near Venice Illinois, a New Mexico depot scheme, and a $300,000 Pennsylvanian Railroad oil heist, plus damaged or missing goods like boots and general in transit losses.
Marshall Roberts, age ten, inherits part of a vast fortune from his late father Marshall O. Roberts. The estate valued around 10 million dollars initially, with the widow mother receiving income from five million until the boy reaches adulthood. The family includes Mrs. Robe and the34-year gap to his stepmother and stepgrandmother dynamics.
The New York World reports orchids worth millions in the United States and abroad. Erastus Corning's $250,000 collection in Albany is noted alongside the Duke of Marlborough's famous holdings. Baron Schroder's Windsor collection, valued at about half a million dollars, stands as the world's richest.
Waverly Ohio professor 8 K Smith praises Chamberlain s Cough Remedy on recommendation of druggist A H Dean. Drugstores and retailers including Stuckey Markell Bros Hartwig Butler and Heck distribute 50 cent bottles with strong local trust and satisfaction claims.
Mrs Partington plans to testify in a court case over a $49 17 balance against the estate of Paul Partington but bats invade the courtroom. Judges and lawyers flee as an animal swarm fills the hall while Partington presses on with her umbrella to shield against the chaos. The scene shifts to a market where Donnerblatt, in tattered clothes, recounts hardships before seeking aid from Partington.
A narrative sketches Mrs Partington bidding farewell at a wharf as the brig Seven Pollies leaves port. Flags hoisted in honor, a lighthouse tender, and banter with Ike and others are described. The voyage proceeds toward Rivertown after a long farewell in mist and wind.
Ella Wheeler's piece surveys masculine preferences in women, noting that men favor a mix of independence and restraint. It contrasts flirtatious boldness with discretion, praising cheerfulness, sympathetic nature, and practical vitality while warning against overbearing vanity or defiant independence.
A Kalamazoo man details a windward city scam where tea wrapped in plain paper was swapped for a silk wrapped version sold as premium. The trick puzzled the Chicago buyer and led to a lasting impression of deceit in the retail trade.
The fragment notes a brief exchange about speaking time and a dollar, then mentions a Broadway and 2th street location described as suitable for a hotel, implying concerns about fees or dues tied to a central, well located site. The OCR text is unclear on details.
Text fragment discusses a waking tramp in a town, with partial phrases about movement and a second tramp. The passage is incomplete and lacks clear names, dates, or places to identify a full event or outcome.
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