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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1892
Page
4
A treatise argues nitro glycerine and allied compounds will make ironclads obsolete. It envisions fast, small coastal craft delivering explosive shock waves to defeat large warships, replacing heavy gunpowder vessels with portable, inexpensive weaponry.
A surplus of school directors in Stowe township prompts friction fears as MeeKee’s people join the borough plan. W A Sipe aligned with one side while two outside directors complicate jurisdiction. Voters recall a crowded slate at Bryan’s tavern with many candidates and a looming shakeup as the borough forms.
A Valparaiso report claims United States Consul McCreery is at the center of a new scandal with documents alleging December 1691 and early 1692 bills tied to large exchange dealings. The case links Lt. Harlow and possible misuse of official information, with rumors of moves to revoke his exequatur.
In Blowville Ohio on December 5 1891 a local resident reports Dr D Jaynes Expectorant as the best lung medicine. A boarding house patient with croup improved after dose repeated, and the writer praises all of Dr Jays medicines.
The last winter tour from Pittsburg to Washington by Pennsylvania Railroad departs February 25. Tourists travel in a special parlor car and day coach train, with ten-day excursion validity and a Baltimore stopover allowed in either direction. Return valid on regular trains except the Pennsylvania Limited.
Pittsburg shoppers are urged to inspect three tables of men’s suits priced at 7 25 and a big bargain lot at 7 35 each. Suits come in pin checks, small checks, plaids, and more in back or cutaway styles. Early buyers get first choice of patterns at corner Grant and Diamond streets.
A 1992 letter from Sharpsburg Pennsylvanians praising Krause's Headache Capsules. The writer Coms. F. Sepgwick claims other medicines failed but Krause's provided relief and would be worth ten times the cost. The note is addressed to Draggist J. J. Keil.
A fragment notes Bisgur or Breer Herbs and Aromatics involved in creating a product named Dervousntes, with unclear details about people or places. The readable text lacks concrete dates or locations, but hints at a business or culinary project connected to herbs and aromatics.
The article surveys coal tar use to waterproof porous masonry with boiling or flame-treated coats, and notes a ferryboat ice breaker in the Straits of Mackinac with 24 engines. It discusses sand blasting in steel file production, ammonia refrigeration experiments, aluminum virtues and limits, and novel lens polishing methods.
The Arnheim Live Stock Company offers 38 head of horses weighing 1150 to 1500 pounds in prime condition for light or heavy draught, plus six two horse spring wagons and multiple harness sets. The sale is cash and final, with no weather postponement, starting at 10 a m on Thursday February 25 1892. A carload of saddle and driving horses will also be auctioned the same day.
J F Berry of Bloomington NL consigns a carload of extra good draught horses to Arnheim Live Stock Company Pittsburgh. The sale at Pittsburg Brewing Company auction is set for Thursday February 20 1892 with horses weighing 1250 to 1600 pounds each, to be sold regardless of cost.
Report from St Petersaves cites strong complaints about famine relief in Russia. Food committees allegedly press peasants to pay for past land purchases in exchange for corn and flour while denying aid. The Wetaik reviews condemn abuses, cite fire-damaged villages, and blame delays and mismanagement for losses to the public treasury.
Wallace Howard of Monson Maine is praised as a game man after carrying his injured friend Henry Grover across a 500 foot Greenwood trestle to safety as a westbound train barred their escape. Howard ran to Onaway for help, leaving Grover on the trestle where a railroad surgeon treated him in Henderson.
Emma Hornblower and William Gale, once lovers on the Thames, remarried after long separations. Both widowed, they reunited on a Boston-bound train, obtained a license in Stamford, and were wed by Rev. J A Emery at Town Clerk Watsons office. They are both 57 and traveled on a bridal tour.
San Francisco February 25 special report discusses tension among Hale & Norcross mine factions led by young James L. Flood and Alonzo Hayward. Stock broker Jeremiah Lynch offers 2,000 shares at five dollars, threatens to use proxies and have Hayward arrested, while denying the offer.
The article highlights the pleasant effect and reliability of the California liquid laxatives of figs for women under all conditions. It advises buyers to seek the true genuine article with the California Fig Syrup Co. name near the bottom of the package.
Last week cash buyers are urged to visit Garson Wood's installment clothiers upstairs at 521 Wood Street for great bargains on capes and jackets. Fleishman & Co promotes low prices with cash on delivery and tied to new markets, inviting shoppers to call at once for discounted cloaks and hats.
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