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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1892
Page
7
Murat Halstead recounts a midwinter Atlantic crossing aboard the Fulda with German ports and New York fading behind. He observes storm dangers, rival ships Ems and Etruria, perilous seas, and a passenger overboard, detailing a night of terror, scattered injuries, and later calmer seas with rainbows and Azores lore.
A West Deer Indiana O’Hara route mail carrier describes 30 mile trips on rough roads delivering mail for farmers at Culmerville, Sharpsburg and Rural Ridge. He discusses free delivery, box at farms, and potential government reform to bring daily papers and better service to rural residents. He notes pay of $144 a year and questions the value of current road conditions. He cites Wanamaker’s possible postal relief and urges farmers to improve roads to enable cheaper, faster service.
L. E. Storrer argues in Allegheny County that Star Route mail delivery harms farmers, cites long rural routes, low pay, and poor service. He contrasts with imperial China’s courier abuses and calls for better government postal service for farmers.
Freddy son of a millionaire grows up amid pomp and pretence. His governess gives a perratay task to show how much capital yields a fixed income. Freddy struggles and insists the result must be higher, declaring fifty thousand dollars is too small for true wealth.
The piece notes how Siberian natives tolerate extreme cold with ease. The author recalls listening to them throw back hoods for an hour while freezing winds pin ears, and packing tents with bare hands for half an hour without discomfort, while the writer struggles to light a pipe.
Local physician Dr. W T English demonstrates using phonograph cylinders to record cough sounds for clinical study. At Western Pennsylvania Medical College and Southside Medical Society meetings, he argues recordings reveal diagnostic cues in bronchitis stages, pertussis, croup, and death rattle. He envisions expanding to heart sounds and lung noises with resonators, enabling repeated, deliberate analysis. Frank J. Rely.
A large charcoal producing furnace near Elk Rapids on a new Chicago and West Michigan Railway extension creates a heavy smoke nuisance. The operation condenses 75 percent of by products into squid and uses 15 tons of tar and 6 tons of acetate of lime daily. Alcohol and acetates feed into paints and arts. The piece blends industrial detail with a long dialogue about Mulberry Sellers, a colorful, generous figure connected to the household story.
Incomplete OCR text questions who Masson portrays as the figure who stays home exhausted and opens the door, entertains guests daily in style, greets late breakfasts with a smile, and wears the newest gown to flatter the wife, stirring dissatisfaction and longing in the narrator.
A farmer sits in a railroad car beside a lawyer. The conductor checks the farmer’s ticket bought at his station while the lawyer flashes a card the conductor ignores. The farmer taunts that tickets are cheap when he must also pay the lawyer’s fare, too.
MARK TWAIN fiction features Lord Berkeley and his heir in a dispute over the estate. Simon Leathers of America is named rightful heir after deaths in Cherokee Strip, while Colonel Mulberry Sellers and Washington Hawkins navigate family intrigues and marriage rivalries. A long exchange reveals the Sellers clan’s dependents and tensions as they await the next move.
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