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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1892
Page
8
A fragment from a serialized tale reveals artist Tracy and patron Sellers navigating social tensions during dinner with the Earl and Gwen dolen. Subplots include romance, awkward observations about a young lord, and plans that stir jealousy and ambition as characters probe character and fate.
A tribute to Miss Clough principal of Newnham College Cambridge, detailing her founding of student housing now evolved into three halls Clough Hall Sedgwick Hall and Old Hall. The piece recalls her influence on women’s higher education and features a portrait of her at College Hall. It also contrasts ages and highlights comments on the German Kaiser's divine right of kings with references to historical precedents.
Arthur Stanley Wilson, son of the rich builder, marries Grace, a descendant of Sir Robert Filmer. The Wilson family has close royalist ties, with elder Wilson reportedly backing the Prince of Wales and the younger man gaining royal favor despite his role in the baccarat scandal.
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, famed Arctic explorer, arranges London departure for January or February next year to pursue a novel route to the North Pole. He believes a current runs from Siberia’s north coast to eastern Greenland, and aims to ride it via the Bering Straits, seeking open water to reach the pole while meeting the ice and current head-on. Relics from the Jeannette and similar evidence bolster his confidence in the current’s existence.
The vessel, about 250 tons, will have an oak hull with cross beams forming a spider web frame. Its bow is designed to lift above ice, combined with engines to reach seven knots and full sailing rigging.
Nearly two millennia after Rome sought to drain Kabyle lands, the Kabylian tribes held firm in the Atlas mountains. Romans failed to conquer them, and the French now face ongoing revolt after promising Kabyle customs would be respected. At last reports the Kabyles were gaining advantage over French forces.
Rumors swirl that Miss Van Wart may wed the Duke of Norfolk, risking frames for many English halls. The Howard family home Arundel Castle and Norfolk House have historic links to royal politics, with Princess Mary and George II tied to the era’s power centers.
A reader recalls Harrigan’s comic piece Bad Whisky about an Irish husband’s drunken return home and his wife’s humorous attempts at cure. The tale uses a candle flame and a story about spontaneous combustion to illustrate a point, with humor and a brogue rendition provoking laughter.
W.G. Kaurmann analyzes France's political turmoil under President Carnot. Cabinet formation struggles and distrust threaten stability as Loubet assumes Premiership while Constans remains out, signaling potential dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies and rising crisis risks.
The Electric Railway Advertiser reports John Christiansen of Quincy Massachusetts has developed a driving mechanism where all wheels are powered by a single small motor, reducing streetcar noise. The serrated rims prevent ice and snow from hindering operation, and a car using the device ran on the Quincy road during storm and ice with notable success. Also included is a humorous restaurant exchange about a customer waiting and a waiter retort.
George Hoopers argues Lent as a season of prayer and fasting to train believers like the apostles. He warns that casual faith fails to cast out devils and urges extraordinary spiritual drills, including disciplined fasting, targeted with definite goals, and enhanced family prayers to elevate daily life toward holiness.
Government rock sharps build wax mountains to study crumpling of crust. Layers of wax mixed to resemble brittle and plastic rocks are cast in troughs then stacked like geology strata. Gravity and slow end pressure bend the layers into mountain shapes similar to the Alleghenies.
A travel correspondent tours Montevideo noting the Cementerio Central as a lavish South American icon with marble vaults, costly chapels, and rented family crypts. He also highlights Teatro Solis, Montevideo’s grand opera house, flirtatious social life in the cazuela, the luxurious Hospital de Caridad funded by lottery, and a quirky post office.
Parisian jewelers devised methods to strip outer layers from pearls found in shells and treat them to restore beauty and value. They can transform irregular and pear shaped pearls into spheres and alter color with chemical baths. Experts, however, can detect these deceptions.
Brandreth’s Pills boast an enviable reputation built over more than sixty years with confidence from the public and medical field. The advertisement claims the pills are entirely vegetable and harmless, delivering consistent effects and purportedly prolonging life by removing disease producing matter with each dose.
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