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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1892
Page
9
T. C. Crawford writes on George Pullman's model town and company system in Pullman Illinois. The article surveys contented workers, high wages, robust libraries, low rents, and a single police presence, highlighting the absence of major strikes since 1880 and praising business principles over philanthropy.
An elderly, impoverished woman in Chicago endures a cold night as opium fumes spur a dream sequence. She envisions a luxurious room with screens and rugs, a nightingale, a river scene, and a guitar, before the fire dies and the pipe will never be smoked again. The poem contrasts decay with imagined splendor.
The Public Administrator holds the effects of unclaimed heirs in a three story Duane Street building opposite the old sugar house. The depot houses odd items and valuable seeming contraptions left by late elderly inventors with little money or family. Many unique devices prove valuable only as mechanical curiosities.
The author argues baptism signifies a new environment and initiation into the church rather than a fixed doctrinal definition. He emphasizes regeneration as an expansive concept tied to nurture, community, and spiritual influence, not a literal physiological rebirth.
A MORAL SUASION tale set in a New York boarding house where a supposed burglar provokes a humorous clash of methods. Women discuss violence while a tough young man leads a rescue as a sleepy husband returns late to reveal the real intruder.
A Chicago lot at Clark and Washington, once sold in 1832 for 61 dollars, is now valued at 600000 to 700000 dollars per front foot and could rise to millions as Chicago plans growth toward five to six million people. The Koale family retains the original deed, illustrating past progress and future opportunities.
In Duncan Mills near Cazadero California large bald eagles are harassing livestock including pigs Shanghai chickens and calves. Local sportsmen report keeping rifles loaded to deter the birds as they rove the area causing concern among residents and farmers.
In a vivid historical anecdote from Pearson's Weekly, King George IV amid a coronation revelry arranges a wager among six palace chambermaids to smoke cigars in thirty minutes. Most struggle to light and lightened ends, only one finishes a full cigar, while others quit at half, provoking riotous court merriment.
An English scientist calculates the time to fill the world with all it can hold. He cites a current population around 1.49 billion and estimates a maximum sustainable population of 5 094 000 000 on Earth’s surface, reaching around A D 4072. He notes insects are scarce in homes where Buzine is used.
A St Louis Globe Democrat writer reports an old woman bitten by a rattlesnake in a southwestern area. After early whiskey dosing worsened delirium, an old negro man used a red liquor with a greenish tint and herbs to treat her. She recovered in days, but he refused to reveal his formula.
A promotional letter from Texas dated July 18 1891 claims Peruna and Manalin cure Bright's disease gravel and other urinary ailments. It asserts life saving effects and urges readers to request more details from McCullough while noting a free publication on kidney diseases.
An article explains an electric heating twist machine used to form twisted metal rods for stair rails fences and partitions. It notes interior heating avoids gas incorporation and results in blemish free metal, with heat retention and controlled twist via clamps and a rotating shaft.
A small incandescent lamp on a thin stem with a spiral resistor provides adjustable brightness for surgical endoscopes. The catheter like device measures about five sixteenths inch by eight to nine inches, features a tiny lamp at the tip and a reflecting prism with lenses to illuminate and inspect the bladder stomach and other cavities. Medical lamps with adjustments and reflectors are becoming near essential at the operating table.
The Telegraph reports rising concern over telephone growth competing with the post office telegraph system. last year British telephone firms sent 160 million messages versus 66 million by the post office, signaling possible reforms as people prefer quick writing over speech. A French journalist advertises a 400 word telephone service for gains, charging 21 shillings, a profit over older telegram costs.
A British magnetic separator used to extract iron from bones oil cake and other materials now also removes wedges and picks from coal before coke making. The device uses a low inclined drum with magnetized poles that pick up metal pieces as material passes through, providing multiple chances for capture.
The article notes a shift from traditional dice throws to an electrical dice box in public resorts. The device uses five small columns with hidden dice and five front buttons. pressing them rapidly spins the dice and reveals a new result, potentially increasing gambling convenience and speed.
The article notes the summer relief of electric fans, now attached with a motor housed in a globe suspended from the ceiling. This innovation aims to cool the stuffy city bedroom without creating dangerous drafts for the sleeper.
Queen Victoria wears two enameled bracelets each bearing a portrait. The right wrist holds a portrait of the Prince Consort while the left displays her youngest great grandchild. She states the right wrist holds her first and greatest love and the left the bed God allowed her to have.
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