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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1889
Page
2
An unnamed narrator discusses a controversial surgeon Dr Benary who claims the power to erase memory through a brain operation. The expert proposes to cure despair by complete memory obliteration and reintegration, offering to perform the procedure on the skeptical interlocutor and transforming the patient into a renewed person under careful care for a year.
A Covington Georgia tale recounts a pious mother who trains her children to always exempt the minister when speaking of any person or thing. One boy bursts in with a hog sighting and loudly says it is the biggest he ever saw except the minister, causing the mother to faint.
Chicago Tribune recounts a tense encounter on a ranch where a newcomer and a Oklahoma squatter clash over land and a claimed burying ground. The squatter warns of danger while the visitor nonchalantly boasts about umpiring baseball in Detroit before fleeing.
The article surveys spring gowns favoring easy princess lines over directoire cuts, with Spanish influences and rich embroidery. It previews hats, bonnets, and sailor styles, then shifts to dramatic education and cosmetics focusing on posture, Delsarte training, and throat shaping. It includes health tips, diets, and remedies for beauty and vitality.
The text argues that bread and wheaten grits should be regular diet components while dismissing juice drinks. It condemns grape juice and various beverages as harmful, claiming they worsen stomach health and cause derangement.
A Hong Kong based professional tattooer, recently in the colony, showcases color rich patterns from dragons to gods. Clients choose from sample books, needles puncture colors, and pain is slight. a dragon tattoo costs about $20 and hours of work. The operator has earned roughly $6,000 yearly.
A six year old on a Pleasant Valley car fires rapid questions at his mother about machinery, bridges, and quiet. The exchange ends with the mother embarrassed as the boy’s relentless curiosity continues to the post office. If he fails, the blame would fall on his instructors.
A fragment from To-Day in New York showcases slang and witty social banter. Characters Sadie Skipabout Dolly Molly Murrayhill Priscilla Back bage Misa Puritanica Kingschapel discuss Boston influence and urban pretensions while planning a casual visit to Jones' for milk and a bean.
The writer describes cooking with tropical produce and exotic dishes while caring for Ariel. They contrast culinary curiosity with political debates, praising the child’s curiosity and growth. The narrative riffs on prohibition, motherhood, and reform, arguing that nurturing a child embodies civic progress more than distant state action.
A feature on the water ouzel or dipper describing its aquatic instincts and nesting near waterfalls. It shifts to a discussion of luck beliefs about marriage, including May as unlucky, weddings on certain days, and superstition about rain, tears, funerals, and bridal signs observed in England and Scotland.
A brief excerpt notes a remark heard in Pittsburg on street conversations after Judge White's onslaught. It compares discourse to a governor’s exchange with another governor, reflecting political rhetoric of the time. The passage hints at regional dialogue and public sentiment as travelers converse.
In a terse exchange from the Toledo Blade era, a former editor asserts competence with scissors and paste, claiming past work editing a country paper and confidence in hanging paper.
The Lewiston Journal recounts Elder Thompson, a Universalist preacher, who officiated a marriage between two people with opposing religious views. After the ceremony the bridegroom complained the preacher should not have performed it if he did not believe in hell. Thompson argued that a man can find his hell in this world. Two years later the man reminded Thompson of the marriage.
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