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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1892
Page
13
A humorous sketch by Howard Fielding describes a day in New York as a shopper drifts through Park Row near the Brooklyn Bridge with parcels jangling from pockets. A cab horse balks, foams, and a crowd surges, illustrating bustling street life with sharp local color.
A chaotic street scene unfolds with a trenchwork crew under a roofed tunnel, horses and wagons swerving as hundreds press forward. A vigilant policeman and newsboys amid the danger frame a metropolitan spectacle while pedestrians mingle with near misses and comic chaos.
A first person account describes a chaotic scene as Maude and companions struggle to secure tickets. The narrator endures a crushing crowd, miscounted coins, and a helpful stranger, then fights to reach a forward train amid jostling passengers and policemen guiding the wave.
The article surveys a Yorkshire inventor's new stove with veiled air ducts that promise up to 50 percent fuel savings and reduced smoke, to tackle London fog. It also notes photography's rising role in investigations, citing railway accidents and a window fall as cases where pictures established facts for coroners and police.
The article argues neurasthenia can be improved by a rational lifestyle including air light water gentle exercise gardening and a simple diet. It warns against narcotics and excessive tobacco while endorsing patience rest and mental treatment as essential components of recovery.
A new tracing paper for drawings uses black lines on white ground and is bleachable by sunlight. After exposure in a printing frame the paper only requires rain water for developing and fixing, saving chemicals. The pigment forms a dark, permanent deposit, addressing a long chemist’s challenge.
A Boston Journal feature surveys historical and modern orchestra layouts from the Dresden and Paris Conservatory models. It traces wind and string placements, notes shifts toward front wind sections, and lists dozens of positions for violins, cellos, basses, and brass with emphasis on leadership and acoustic balance.
The Holy Pigeons of St Mark's in Venice have been regarded as sacred since 887. Palm Sunday fettered doves and pigeons were released, later hunted for Easter dinners when caught. Escaped birds gained reverence, with laws protecting them and large grain subsidies. After the Republic fell, many starved until a pious seal’s will funded care.
A new device uses an endless inclined platform on rollers to carry a person from one floor to the next. The platform continually rises and returns to the bottom to rise again like a dredge bucket, moving very slowly so that individuals can step on and off safely.
A French astronomer offers his view that Mars’s red glow comes from crimson vegetation rather than bare rock He doubts flowers exist on the planet and suggests the red region could cover broad areas beyond known boundaries.
A sweeping look at New York society engagements and weddings in early winter. Miss Grace Wilson and Cecil Baring are set for a high profile international marriage delayed by a peer loss. Miss Maria del Valle weds the Madrid Marquis De Casa Argadin in a cosmopolitan union. Antoinette Goion’s Mayfair-linked nuptials with Horan Nugent generate buzz. Details on Winthrop, Holt, Foster, and Drexel Penrose weddings fill the society column with lavish descriptions and expected Europe-bound celebrations.
A December wedding unfolds with lavish decor and a rare ring gown. Canopy draped over a corner mirror with smilax and lilies of the valley, American Beauty Roses, pink ribbons, and palm banks. Bride’s gown is a dead white Bengaline silk with long sleeves and high neck, trimmed with silver embroidery.
A traveler recounts Japanese dental practice where a bamboo chair and finger pressure replace forceps. A boy sits with a board of pegs, practicing peg extraction to train a future tooth puller in a portrait of traditional skill.
A 1665 New Amsterdam directory records 20 streets and a population of 251. Broadway known as De Heere straat, Wall Street De Waal, Pearl Street De Perelstraat, and the Battery as Aen de Stryndt van de N. Roevier. most residents were Dutch with one Frenchman, Jacob.
An American inventor uses powdered graphite instead of coke to form carbons for electric arc lamps. He compresses the dry pores in a mold, then adds a drying oil as an agglottant. Resistance can be varied by adding finely divided fiber in different amounts.
Collecting bones of bisons killed long ago on the Canadian Northwest prairies has become a profitable trade led largely by Indians and mixed heritage people. Gatherers trek the plains with carts to haul skulls and bones to Canadian Pacific Railway stations in settled districts for transform into pees for farmers.
The world boxing champion outlines his intended moves in the coming year as he weighs theatrical contracts and future bouts with Mitchell or Jackson. He asserts no color line in facing rivals and aims to fight for the largest purse, wherever offered.
The writer discusses a side bet of $10,000 to prove sincerity and secure a ring time with Sullivan, asserts right to demand similar guarantees, and outlines intent to resume boxing if fortune favors him against Mitchell. He suggests future plans to meet Peter Jackson or top fighters, possibly retire afterward, and condemns older six month rules as obsolete.
James J. Corbett argues against old prize ring brutality, notes Sullivan held the world title for 12 years with few defenses, and defends his own plan to fight Mitchell in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. He estimates weekly earnings and a $100,000 year end gain, and considers sacrifices to defend the American claim again as the best boxer in the English-speaking world.
An article recounts stories about the boomerang dating from Australian games and a Central Park tale by King Bill. It notes theories of its evolution from arc shapes used by various peoples and a Queensland legend about bendanna leaves.
A St Louis Globe Democrat writer extols rubber heels that dampen sidewalk jarring, noting early versions failed in durability but modern rubber heels with leather bases blend with leather looks. The writer cites personal relief from prolonged nervous trouble and predicts widespread adoption for shoes fitted with the safeguard.
The London Star recounts a Maori legend of a high born chief who loves a maid of lower status. The father forbids the match leading to the chief starving to death, the maiden leaping into the sea, and the father then leaping in after them to prevent their union in the afterlife.
Queen Victoria, as robust as her era, dined at Mar Lodge near Balmoral during a luncheon for the Duke and Duchess of Fife. The meal featured venison, ox tongue, grouse, roast beef, cheese, wine, biscuits, and port, illustrating her solid appetite despite advancing age.
The report notes buffet cars added on the route from Pittsburg to Buffalo on the new Botalo express. Through cars depart Pittsburg after the evening hour and reach Buffalo eight hours and a few minutes later.
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