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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1892
Page
5
Correspondent visits Henley during regatta season, detailing English picnic etiquette and the two mile stretch of houseboats on the Thames. Describes luxurious interiors, decor, meals, and social interactions, including American guests aboard the Queen of the Thames. Notes a Henley incident and a light political aside about Mrs Stanley’s electioneering.
A New York dispatch describes summer fashion focusing on comfortable, elegant outfits for outdoor sports. It highlights a navy serge yachting costume with crimson and white trim, a general outing suit with Eton jackets, and midsummer toilettes in light fabrics with varied patterns.
The article reviews airy summer costumes with a French frock belt bodice, green satin ribbons, and a large leghorn hat trimmed with violets. It highlights revived old-time calicos in lavender tones, bell skirts, corselets, and leather belts paired with gingham and cambric frocks for both women and young girls. MARIE JONREAU.
Charles Keene, in a tale recounted by Layard, bets three painters he can secure a private compartment on a morning train without paying for it. They disguise him as a fever patient to deter others, but the group tightens security. Keene wins by washing his face and avoiding exposure.
A Gerwan named Gerwan made a fortune in Liver pool by selling milk. While counting sovereigns on a ship, a watching monkey snatched a full bag, emptied it by dropping coins overboard, then hid the rest in the masthead, provoking the German to cry the thief is the devil for giving to water what came from milk.
Wealthy English traveler Mr. Vernon Tranter visits St Louis and describes Adelsburg Cave in Austria as astounding. He seeks Mammoth Cave to compare beauty and appeal with the American cavern famed for its electric-lit entrance and cathedral like formations. The Adelsburg site near Trieste features a 650 foot by 100 foot grotto, cascading rivers, stalactite and stalagmite columns, and an annual Whit Monday ball within illuminated chambers.
The piece recounts Christopher Columbus and his wife Donna Felipa Palestrello of Lisbon, detailing her support and dowry of charts from his voyages. It notes a love match with Columbus, their modest means, and her death while their son was young. It mentions Columbus later courting a Cordova noblewoman, Donna Enriquez, mother of Fernando, with no record of marriage.
A sensational 1890s tale describes divorces decided not by courts but by climate in private medical offices. Dr. Attshul purportedly judges cases by heart and lung health, ordering separation or death as the supposed remedy, with couples sent to Colorado Springs or seaside towns to live apart. The piece cites Edward H. Allen of Waterbury and Christine Mansfield of Birmingham as illustrative victims, noting legal rejection of such grounds while hinting at possible future recognition.
A Gordon setter belonging to a State street physician has been riding Clark street cable cars for two to three weeks. The dog leaves the doctor to ride to the end of lines and back, returning home for supper. Conductors joke that the dog is a "deadhead" and has adopted urban transit as a daily mode of travel.
A Long Island social page describes an upcoming nautical wedding with a summer August bridal ceremony, white sailboat attire for the wedding party, and a bridal yacht for the honeymoon. It also notes fashion trends from cozy corners to tea service, flower butter, and refined home entertaining ideas for suburban households.
The Galveston News reports a bizarre duel on the New Mexico border between a Mexican and an American over a woman. They agreed to enter a dark room with tarantulas. the Mexican screamed as if bitten but later it was found he had only scratched himself on a nail, not a spider bite.
Report describes the Maharrajah of Baroda’s jewels including a 500 diamond collar, emerald rows, and a Star of the Deccan pendant. An entire pearl carpet 10 by 6 feet with a central diamond and corner stones is valued at 1.5 million dollars.
The article notes Axtell sold for 105000 in Indiana and later Arion sold by Senator Leland Stanford for 150000 on January 11 1992, surpassing all previous prices. It mentions tax assessor values and neighbor protests that the horse owners threatened to move the animal if taxed near sale value.
Of 54 cardinals now living 34 are Italian 4 are Austrian or Hungarian 6 are French 2 are Portuguese 1 is Belgian 2 are American 1 is Irish 1 is English and 3 are Spaniards Of the three British subjects Cardinal How ard in Rome Cardinal Moran in Australia and Cardinal Tachereau in Quebec
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