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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1889
Page
11
A legendary Electric Wizard dwells in a snowbound mountain castle where electricity runs a self sufficient farm. Tales claim he controls all operations from a single room with buttons that automate feeding, slaughter, cleaning, cooking, and serving meals to his animals and himself.
Two youths Jim and Robert climb to the Electric Wizard's castle on a hill to seek knowledge of electricity. They glimpse an all electric world with a moving carriage, electric horses, a lake heated by electricity, a flying balloon, and a high tech castle. The boys return home eager for more demonstrations the next day.
Jim visits a castle with a wizard who shows marvels of magic and machines. Robert assists strangers and earns rewards from the wizard before parting ways. The tale ends with Jim returning home happy and well provided.
The passage describes two brothers turning presents into useful devices. Jim builds a writing machine that uses a pen to create legible text for vast audiences and a talking tube to project voices for miles. Robert crafts a coal thread device that produces extensive light, banishing darkness and brightening the world.
A short piece notes that a boy finds a portrait not a true likeness while a renowned violinist shares the same view of his portrait. The tale suggests a child’s honesty reflects a broader artistical demand for accuracy in likenesses.
An 1886-1889 report discusses Pasteur’s rabies inoculation success with cases from Russia and France. It recounts 16 of 19 Russians cured after wolf bites, details dog and wolf transmission in Brittany, and notes low mortality after preventive inoculations. It cites multiple cures, failures, timelines, and international expansion of anti rabic institutes.
A discussion on the hardships of a preacher's wife and family in modest parsonages. It notes low salaries, reliance on gifts, and social expectations, with examples of ridicule toward improvidence and pride. It argues independence through fortune or means to ease the strain.
A muddled fragment promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for stomach ailments. The text mentions averting stomach distress and confusing references to ailments and locations, but specifics are unclear.
An old resident recalls a bizarre 1883 funeral near Lewiston. Four mourners rode to the grave, a mourner read Scripture, and a frying woman hummed in another room. The body was not buried as the coffin remained unopened and the hearse driver witnessed the anticlimax.
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