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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1892
Page
10
A Pittsburgh sports writer surveys the 12 club league idea, criticizes monopoly rules and pitcher losses, and praises Brooklyn prospects. The piece also covers swimming revival, amateur rowing, cross nation sporting ties, and the upcoming Sullivan versus Corbett fight with cautious notes on Sullivan’s conditioning and training.
The Chicago Tribune recounts Sheridan Knowles, a volatile Irish dramatist and actor turned preacher, who sent 200 pounds to his London wife without an address. The postmaster general kept the sum until Knowles proved the mailing details, leading Knowles to apologize with a witty exchange.
A German inquiry reports that iron and steel ships with wire rigging show no lightning damage when properly connected to the hull. Wood ships with ordinary rigging suffer similar casualty rates as before unless fitted with effective lightning protection. The report notes tropical storms and cites prior costs of the fleet’s lightning losses.
In Roulette County a bear raids a milkhouse milk pan clattering, tears through a trap, and eludes hunters from night to river chase. After a long pursuit with dogs and hunters, the bear is shot in the Allegheny river and weighs 404 pounds. 21 hunters marked the end of the pursuit. A three inch thorn found in the carcass hints at Southern Missouri origins.
The article promotes inventions and methods to protect women’s watches from theft in public. It suggests sewing fastening hooks and small pockets into bodice linings, using loops and eyelets to secure the watch, and even threading the chain through a secured receptacle to prevent loss in crowded areas.
The article notes hair oil use has fallen from ten bottles per year to about one per customer as styles shift from long, thick hair to short practical cuts. It recalls past fakery with bear oil and lard plus scent, and suggests barbers benefited less from extra oils but gained from more frequent cuts.
The piece surveys survivals of medieval signs in American towns, questions about Mother Goose origins, and a long Q A on Friday’s role in U.S. history. It cites dates from Columbus to Lincoln, notes on Blaine, cotton gin, Taylor, and Civil War enlistments, and Pekin populations.
A reader muses on the abundance of rhododendrons and the American laurel in Pennsylvania. The piece traces Kalmia’s naming by Linnaeus, notes laurel’s deadly leaves, and describes rhododendron clusters on Laurel Ridge and surrounding ridges.
The Chappaqua mineral spring near Sing Sing, famed by Horace Greeley, is revived as a health resort. Indians knew its value, waters run from a rock cleft, and salts include iron and manganese. A former Sing Sing physician recalled a grand hotel once built for invalids and regular steamer and stage arrivals to the spring.
The Czar during a Danish visit startled guards in Copenhagen when he chased two large Siberian dogs threatening King Christian's pet cat. He explained he saw the chase from a window, rushed outside in slippers to intervene, and found himself pursuing the barking dogs rather than facing an assassination.
A Victorian era advice snippet urges women to master the art of pleasantness to win affection. It argues charm, cheerful demeanor, and a welcoming smile outshine mere looks, claiming a pleasant partner calms and comforts a man, acting like sunshine in the home.
A turbulent year for ballooning sees multiple fatal and near fatal incidents. In Boston Common two drowned after ascent. one rider fell from a basket but caught telegraph wires at Waltham. A jumper broke a rib at Lexington, another fell into the Kenne River.
A brief reminiscence notes a young girl crying for Castoria during childhood. The line captures a nostalgic moment tied to a familiar medicinal brand from the era.
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