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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1891
Page
7
Tom Druitt and his lively family of boys travel to Pittsburg with a giant colored policeman and a heavy truss. The narrator describes a countryman’s trip to town to replenish his notebook, revealing remorse and a rustic perspective on urban scenes.
In a rambling diary style piece, Zeb Morrow and his wife Hulda recount a Pittsburgh outing with camera flashes capturing city scenes. They describe rides on Duquesne streetcars, a visit to Schenley Park and a tense high bridge inspection, plus a stop at the Newsboys Home and praise for Tom Druitt who aids local youth.
On a Santa Fe route sleeper leaving Los Angeles the Kling family’s four year old girl vanished during bed making. A cross country search found her four miles down the track tucked in sand and sagebrush after a night of wind and open doors.
In a dispatch from Santiago Chile dated June 2 Fannie B Ward argues U S readers are being fed false reports from rebel agents and presses. She defends Balmaceda as mild and educated and warns against foreign involvement while detailing executions, bomb threats, and alleged rebel cruelties amid the civil conflict.
Forest and Stream discusses why trout rise to flies during a snow storm and halt when the snow stops. It notes puzzling patterns of feeding, including sudden, hour-specific rises across a stream and abrupt pauses, inviting fly-fishermen to seek natural explanations.
The Higbee memorial monument for the late Superintendent is completed at Emmittsburg Maryland under A S Esterly and designed by Herman Btrecker. Funds were raised by Pennsylvania school children through the Higgs Memorial Committee. The monument, a single Quincy granite block over 12 tons, bears an inscription honoring Elnathan Elisha D D Superintendent of Public Instruction of Pennsylvania with March 27 1830 date.
The St Louis Post-Dispatch profiles a brindle dog named Baby tied to the Missouri Pacific yards in Carondelet. Baby rides the engine and rings the engine bell, guiding switches with barks and patient wait for the switch to be turned. She follows switchmen, pulls rope when needed, and expresses approval when a switch is set.
The piece argues in a blunt warning that swimmers should not rely on breathing guidance and that keeping the head above water is essential, since breath can be regained but panic and loss of head lead to irreversible danger. It stresses prudence in water emergencies and the limits of providence against blunders.
An excerpt describes a drawing room scene at Tranby with the Prince counting money and a Baronet shoving counters, noted in a fragment from Sassone Street Deroll Free Press. The text recalls an event at a royal or noble gathering, with money and cards mentioned in a nineteenth or early twentieth century setting.
Miss Mary Anderson and her husband Antonio de Navarro settled in Tunbridge Wells after a long hiatus from the stage. The former star adopts a simple home life, cherishing music and domestic joys while denying the lure of public fame.
Molly Allaire remains mentally unrecovered through spring as Lew Barker drains her fortune. Andrew Hollister shifts her to Dr Bromley’s care while police hunt Barker, who vanishes. Edward Manson dies abroad leaving Molly a two million dollar legacy, prompting a doomed reversal at sea where Molly and Hollister reenact past pains and she drowns calling for John.
A Land and Water correspondent reports hearing a cuckoo's notes the other night. The lower note matched an octave below a pitch fork vibrating 523 cycles per second, while the higher note lay a semitone above it.
The scene centers on Mrs. Allaire waking to realize she has been out of her mind for two months. Dr Bromley confirms the memory lapse and updates Molly on John’s voyage, a possible Singapore letter, and the Barker family’s absence as Andrew Hollister faces the task of informing next of kin.
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