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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1890
Page
2
Geoffrey arrives with Mr Granger to Bryn and reunites with Beatrice after a tense wait. Beatrice tests his ambition while hinting at a shared future, and Geoffrey confesses loneliness and his longing to be cared for. A fragile promise to persevere fuels their unresolved bond.
Geoffrey Bingham faces a plea from Owen Davies who declares Beatrice loves him and begs for help to marry her. Davies pleads with Bingham while Beatrice remains oblivious, leaving Bingham torn between duty, love, and fear of scandal as Whit Sunday unsettles a troubled coastal town.
A verse satirizes women adopting male roles in public life and sports, lamenting mobility and fashion. It mocks gender norms with lines about buying oats, driving a team, paying fares, and posing on platforms, ending with a nod to a Masson in Clothier and Furtitaher.
The piece reports a persona’s week of travel through Colorado Wyoming Utah and the Jordan Valley noting spring arrival and the blackbird’s courting display. It observes a surge in real estate activity replacing mining and stock, with men intensely focused on property schemes and speculation.
An anecdotal sketch recounts Henry Brown in Denver selling prairie land to fund dreams, while reflecting on wealth, tears, and misjudged property swaps. It mentions Atchison prospects, prairie dog fencing, and family speculation leading to city lot trades and unlikely profits. The narrator notes wives plays a role in real estate schemes and a humorous misfire with Minneapolis lots.
Disjointed narrative recalls property lots beheld by a distant locality with a bear killed years ago and a carriage purchase in Balt Lake. References to Pansley, the Benders, and city property dealings hint at a tangled social web. Patti’s aging career and a fading voice anchor the tale.
A rambling reminiscence recounts visits to Wyoming and the Capitol with playful asides about lighthouses, coyote encounters, and stage work. The narrator recalls warm welcomes, a disrupted New York homecoming, and comments on Pacific rail travel and dining cars. Occasional quips about hens and stage life punctuate a stream of personal memory.
The Rev Dr Talmage of Brooklyn, editor of the Christian Herald and head of the Tabernacle, advocates a new creed free from Calvinist predestination and election. He argues for loosened doctrinal constraints, urging that Christians be freed from old creeds and allow belief to be shaped by scripture alone. Opponents warn revision could erode foundational Presbyterian doctrines and risk sectarian unity.
A historical reminiscence recalls Old Shah-bah-skong, Mille Lac head chief, defending Fort Ripley in 1862. It notes promises by Minnesota officials of special care and later Ojibway treaty pressures from a Washington agent. The Indian chief rebukes the agent, asserting honesty and strength, as a council ends.
A Chicago Herald column lists folk remedies for warts. Methods include cutting elder sticks, rubbing warts during funeral processions while reciting a rhyme, using a black snail on the warts and impaling it nine nights, cradling warts with bagged pebbles at crossroads, transferring warts by tramp’s hat, and burying peas matched to wart counts under ash or hazel.
The dialogue features Vine and another speaker quipping about DeLancey, noting he is a born actor who has rarely received encores. Vine adds a playful twist by claiming he was a twin at birth, underscoring the humorous tone of the exchange.
An American recounts an experience at the London Lyceum where stalls require evening dress. With his morning suit, the man is steered to a box to avoid embarrassment as the staff notes the strict attire rule and the potential notice he faced. The tale ends with a witty remark about English politeness.
The article explores antique and curios in male clothing as tailoring becomes artful. Felix Morris of the Voices Company is noted as an amateur antiquarian with a 100 year old coat from a French émigré, prized for its handmade details. The coat, bought in Montreal, showcases fine stitching and craftsmanship not common in modern sewing.
The New York Sun reports Ellis Island as a proposed immigrant station is disliked by naval officers. Vessels entering Brooklyn Navy Yard unload powder and take on ammunition at Ellis Island, causing delays and restraining officers from leaving for New York. The situation creates frustration for those aboard near the city.
An old Beaver county farmer recalls July 1863 when a young Southron raider Morgan passed near Pittsburgh. In Wellsville a teen girl, a Confederate loyalist, kissed the captive as guards cleared the room, amid crowd threats and wartime fear. Morgan had been captured near Salineville Ohio and brought to the Missouri House hotel.
Fayetteville Dispatch recalls a Tennessee locality with no newspapers and a population that hears all they want to know A Texas immigrant wrote to friends and news items said immigrants were coming fast enough to eat the corn up The recipient misunderstood the term and asked if they knew what immigrants were The Squire examined the letter and clumsily replied Tr a little pounds
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