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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1889
Page
2
A bee farmer narrates encounters with a swarm, describes how a queen can land on a hat and be protected by a hat, and explains hive structure. He compares honey quality, notes bee travel from four miles away, and details bee anatomy including legs, pollen collection, digestion, and queen rearing.
A vivid account of the Oxford University Mission in Bethnal Green led by Herbert Ross Webbe, detailing the Webbe Memorial for Working Lads and the Oxford House care network. Prince Albert Victor opened the Bethnal Green institute, which houses study, meals, clubs, and a clubroom, while Oxford House operations pursue education, charity, and religious life amid urban poverty.
Poet voices that getting works widely circulated is difficult for all poets. The era sees critics and readers favoring established formats while new writings struggle to reach the public.
A husband punishes a child with repeated whacks while the wife pleads to spare the boy who protests in a scene set around Sunday pants. The dialogue shows sharp discipline and domestic tension with a motherly appeal.
The General Assembly notes Methodist Episcopal South appropriation of 17000 from book profits for conference claimants. Presbyterians report 614000 raised toward their relief fund. Catholic College Rome reports 67 American students preparing for priesthood. 1273 YMCAs own property valued at 6451013 with 1449669 in expenses. Baptists in Chicago seek 850000 to unlock 1500000 gift for university. Hartford Seminary opens courses to women on equal terms. Missionaries stress child conversion as effective outreach. Congregational Union receipts reach 116988.08 with gains over prior year. 1689 five-month totals show notable increases.
Correspondent Mary J Holmes describes life in Cairo and Luxor noting veiling norms for women and the Khedive's family. She observes dancers in Luxor, child brides and arranged marriages, and the mixed impact of English and American influence on education and women's freedoms.
A simple method to reduce glare from incandescent lamps without lowering light output is to apply a thin coat of collodion to the globe.
A collage of scientific curiosities and notes spans color dyes from coal tar to skin graft color changes, a proposal for a universal telegraphic language, volcanic activity near Vesuvius, therapeutic sea level hypobaric regions, salt eating practices among Eskimo and African tribes, and a Census Bureau circular urging physicians to record vital statistics accurately for the year 1900.
A traveling correspondent visits Macao in May and surveys its fading fortune and opulent past. He details the port’s decline, the coolie trade’s legacy, and the city’s famed fan tan tables run by a Chinese syndicate. He sets the scene at Cameeus garden grotto and the old cemetery, noting the Monaco of the East's precarious state and a potential betting system critique.
A New York Press note discusses street car and elevator nudges by men toward women. It suggests the offended woman move away and, in a crowded Broadway bus, reveal a man’s foot on hers and ask a repartee to deter further advances. The piece argues clever, nonviolent replies deter repeated insults.
A profile of Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh of Borris County Carlow outlines his life born deformed without arms or legs. He built a political and landholding career, lowering rents and entering Parliament while leading a faction in the Irish Landlord party. Though mocked, he remains a steadfast figure with two estates and a large family, praised for honesty and influence in settlement efforts.
A fragment from New York World humorously notes Little Daisy examining a grave object. The text references a fish’s weapon and suggests someone is tired from carrying it on his nose. The passage reads as a playful, cryptic cartoon caption with unclear specifics.
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