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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1890
Page
20
The item recounts EO Hearst and Thomas J Clanie visiting West Virginia coal veins. Hearst tests cannel coal with a lamp, buys veins after fiery demonstrations, and rises from Missouri storekeeper to California gold fortunes through option buys.
The piece recounts George Hearst's rise after a bank failure in San Francisco, his mining and farming ventures including 40,000 acres, and ownership of the San Francisco Ereminer. It notes his Democratic support and a parable about a spelling bet with a San Francisco restaurant keeper over the word bird. It also features a portrait of Librarian Mr Spofford and his influence in the Congressional Library.
A serialized sketch records literary talk in the library with Spofford and Bancroft figures. It notes Henry Adams, Nicolay and Hay, Kennan lectures, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony in the capital, plus Bancroft’s ill health and other political literary circles in Washington.
In a Gotham correspondent’s dream, New York gains a pneumatic traffic post. Goods and mail move via underground telegraph and pneumatic tubes from Chicago and St Louis, with same day delivery to homes. Daily life shifts to fragrance, order, and clothless dustless cleaning, while houses feature compressed air cleaning and zero waste systems.
A Brooklyn Eagle report describes young couples using streetcars for secret meetings to avoid disapproving parents. Conductors recall seeing pairs ride uptown then switch cars to appear accidental while facing anxious guardians and looming family trouble.
A New York Mail and Express note claims women with very small hands gain advantage in gloves. It mentions ongoing surplus of Sige and cheap prices. The piece asserts a woman who fits a certain size and recognizes quality will be well gloved, discussing sizes 6 to 63 sold to women.
A new rose named Vick's Caprice is introduced as a true hybrid perpetual that is hardy and easy to grow for amateurs and professionals alike. The blooms display a ground color of soft pink with white and carmine stripes, and the bud is notably long and striking, making it ideal for cutting.
A Chicago cigar store on Lake and Leavitt streets notes peak Christmas demand for two for a quarter cigars, with the shopkeeper predicting a drop in sales afterward and mentioning lingering stock from a prior Christmas.
A long feature recounts Irish legends like the nine hazel trees and the Salmon of All Knowledge, then shifts to Fionn MacCumhall’s search for a bride on Slieve-na-mon. The tale interweaves epic myth with a modern digression about Beatrice, Elizabeth, and a cliffside incident in Bryngelly.
A humorous exchange as a newsboy offers a 2 cent paper for 2 cents while a sharp customer overpays with a 5 cent coin and tells the boy to keep the extra and buy a wash. The scene captures a street moment of commerce and wit.
A Welsh coast tale follows Geoffrey Bingham a London barrister rescued after a tidal accident by Beatrice Granger daughter of Bryncelly rector. Beatrice fatefully entangles with Owen Davies as love, family fortune and social pressure drive tense choices at Bryngelly and Garsington.
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