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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1890
Page
2
In a tense scene a performer named Will Condor walks into a lion cage and taunts the beasts as Old Dion sleeps nearby. Condor escapes as lions prowl, the arena erupts in awe and the crowd roars while Mrs Brandreth and Sir Maxwell depart in silence.
Elsie aids Will the sick clown in a rain soaked night at the circus as the lions’ shed hides danger. She pays keepers and faces a warning from Dion while the show and her lover Albert Moore loom in the background. Will coughs, Elsie fears a fatal moment on stage.
The circus crowd gathers for Dion the lion tamer's last appearance as Will Condor, the famed trainer, bravely enters the lion den amid rising tension. Elsie’s quiet anguish and Sir Maxwell Bede’s reflections frame a night of peril and courage in a grand spectacle.
In Middleton a lion named Condor kills by a fatal shot after a chaotic scene as Dion fights, Elsie intervenes, and Will Condor is wounded. Elsie and Will survive, Elsie becomes riding mistress at Brandreth lodge, and the couple finds a modest life with support from Lucy and Sir Maxwell Bede.
The catalogue and favorable reports describe Harcourt Place in Gambier Ohio as an ideal school for young ladies from our city and surrounding area. It draws pupils from 16 states.
Artists and teachers urged to request the catalogue on artist materials with discounts for teachers and classes. Mail orders receive prompt attention and picture frames are offered at liberal discounts. Located at 152 Wylie Avenue. Urssu.
An advertisement notes capital of 100000 and surplus 61500 with deposits from 1 and up and 4 percent interest. It also promotes Como silk umbrellas 26 inch paragon frame with long silver handles priced at 125 dollars, comparing to 175 dollars, by Rosenbaum & Co at 401 Smithfield Street Cor Fourth Avenue Capital.
A one day excursion to Ohio Pyle departs tomorrow Sunday July 6 from the B and O depot at 8 A M city time. The round trip rate is $150.
Seashore and Mountain dresses suitable for any place available at Ladies' Suit Parlor. Dresses fitted on short notice. Pacers and Jones, TwTs 29 Fifth Ave.
At the stables of Arnheim Live Stock Company Lim Pittsburg the sale lists five extra Kentucky saddle horses two extra fine trotting horses and several fine driving horses with details unclear in the fragment.
A Philadelphia Ledger correspondent outlines the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association funded spread of over 450 acres with hundreds of monuments. He tours Reynolds and Warren tributes, Culp’s Hill markers, the peach orchard and Little Round Top, notes Confederate absence and lists state monument totals along with Jenny Wade’s memorial.
A 50 year jubilee note on Cunard Steamship Line detailing its founding on July 4 1840 with Britannia and Cambria, rapid progress to Etruria in 1889, ship specs, and corporate changes including sale of interests and New York agents Frencklyn Brown & Co.
Teheer J A 6 rate of 150 dollars is noted and training with Jeaves is listed. The announcement indicates store hours during summer will close at 5 PM and Saturday at 1 PM. It references dates and names unclear in the fragment but presents a public notice tone.
Helena July 4 Porcupine Cheyenne leader recounts a voyage through Nevada and Salt Lake to Pyramid Lake where he says Christ appeared and spoke to 15 of 16 tribes. He describes a sacred dance, visions of scars, and warnings against war while Upshaw and Two Moons witness the tale. The account notes Porcupine’s performance as staged for truth with his companions Bear Ridge and Big Beaver validating his story. The piece notes mixed belief among whites and tribes and questions the outcome of the craze spreading across tribes.
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