Introduction of the Whaleback and Pittsburg steamship pair
In a feature on Western Pennsylvania iron trade, the John Harper and Alex Nimick, two new steamers built to haul iron ore from Lake Superior to Pittsburg, are praised for size power and speed. The piece outlines their construction cost, early voyages, and impact on inland shipping as steam vessels overtake traditional sailcraft.
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Western Pennsylvania Iron Manufacturers
Great Lakes
Henry W. Oliver
Marine Twins
John Harper
Bank of Pittsburg
Alex. Nimick
Homor
Pittsbore
Pitts
Alex Nimick
Lake Superior
Pittsbury
Pai
Pittsburg
Pittstore
J. R Irwin
Fairport
Tom Disaparen
Steard
Harper
Pert
Nimick
Duluth
Minn
Harper d
Flying Light
Wis
Government Canal
St. Mary's River
Cora
Iain John L Devidson
Bay City
Mich
L. Milla
United States
Ewe
Black Rock
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Cleveland
Steam Power Replaces Sailing Vessels On Lake Trade
The article notes the dominance of steam over sailing ships on the Great Lakes, citing counts of vessels by tonnage and the 8 322 gross ton ore cargo moved by a Lake Michigan steamer. It recounts early screw steamers, triple expansion engines, and towage of sailing vessels, including a schooner earning 931 gross and 6,925 net after paying 7,000 in tow costs.
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Acuin
Sheldon Thompson
Black Rock
Ipid
Iske
Lake Michigan
Pittsburg
Pas Ien
Lake Superior Rts
Lake Marine
Cleveland
Toledo
John Harper
Fairport
Poison in the Air from Factory Smoke Hazards
A Dispatch article warns that coal smoke carries arsenious acid and sulphuric acid, settling as soot in cities like Pittsburg. It notes high soot deposition in London and the need to wash glass roofs, linking air pollution to widespread ill health and calling for methods to capture smoke.
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Pittsburg
London
Artificial quinine hailed from remisia plant in Brazil
Paris scientists Dre Grimaux and Arnaud report creating an artificial quinine from the shrub remisia pedunentata in Brazil. The base cuprein is treated with sodium then with chloride or methy to yield a drug identical to natural quinine, promising cheaper prices and broader medicine development.
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Dre, Grimaux and
Arnaud
Paris
Brazil
Palm Extract Promises Cure for Blood Poisoning
A report claims Dr Engels discovered a palm extract from an African wild palm that cures blood poisoning from snake or rabid dog bites. The remedy is injected under the skin, causes fever briefly, then fever and swelling subside by day seven, and symptoms vanish. African trials report high cure rates among bite victims with some deaths attributed to exhaustion rather than poisoning.
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Engels
Pasteur
Africa
Inaugural address on preventive medicine in London
Sir Joseph FPayrer reviews a decade of preventive medicine in Hygiene Congress remarks how Elizabethan poor living caused plague and malnutrition. He credits sanitary reforms and medicines with reducing plague leprosy and other diseases, noting vast improvements in food housing and sanitation since the past.
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Congress of Hygiene
London
Joseph Fpayrer
German specialist calls for more sleep for children
Dr. Cold argues children need more sleep and Infanta should sleep most of the time. He notes 6 to 7 year olds lose sleep, harming health, with average children getting about eight hours and needing ten. He asserts until age 21 nine hours daily maintains physical balance, and even adults require seven to nine hours. A. H. Atkingox, M.D.
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Dr. Cold
Infanta
Atkingox, M.D
Morning Ills and a Patent Bitters Claim
The text warns about grippe moves via door drafts and wind, citing Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive and treatment. It asserts the tonic combats malady and related issues like biliousness constipation rheumatism dyspepsia and kidney trouble, noting alcohol in Bitters as the effective medium. The weak are said to be most affected and urged to use the product.
Inaugural Duquesne Table d Hote Dinners Begin Season
The Hotel Duquesne under William Witherow starts fall and winter Table d Hote dinners next Monday from 6 to 8 PM. Leading patrons promise meals equal to New York's best at about half the metropolis price. Mahon Bros. & Adams advertise lodge badges at 52 Fourth Avenue.
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Owen Meredith
Hotel Duquesne
William Witherow
The
Duquesne
New York
Metropolis
Praised by All Everybody Likes Pilsner Beer
All around town the Pilsner beer from Iron City Brewing Company is hailed as the most popular drink. Local voices praise its quality and availability, noting strong sales across first class and telephone service channels.
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Iron City Brewing Company
mThssu
Round trip train schedule from Pittsburg and Urgettstown
A schedule shows a train leaving Pittsburg Union Station at 6 30 a m central time on October 7 and 8 with return from Urgettstown at a P M time. The notes reference October 6 and 9 as surrounding dates and use vig wl appears garbled.
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Ciemni
Pittsburg
Union Sarkoc
Urgettstown
Bingham of Ohio a Prominent 19th Century Statesman
The article profiles Ohio leader Benjamin F. Bingham born in Pennsylvania in 1815. It covers his education, long public service, multiple Congress terms, roles as Judge Advocate and minister to Japan, and his firm yet constitutional stance during Reconstruction. It notes his debating power, temperamental friction with Butler, and his advocacy for peace in the postwar era.
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Whitten
Dispatch
Times
Bingham
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Franklin College
U. S
Court of Claims
Thaddeus Stevens
Butler
Ft. Fisher
Surratt
Pincham
Eldridge
Colfax
The Van Santvoords Face a Grim Family Reckoning
In a tense scene at the Fifth Avenue home, Alonzo Van Santvoord informs Kitty and Hector that a grave financial loss threatens their fortune. Kitty, alarmed by the threat to luxury, grapples with poverty while Hector resents Alonzo and chafes at the scandal surrounding Chichester and the firm.
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Kate van Santvoord
Alonzo
Kitty
Lonz
Chichester
Saratoga
Mr. van Santvoord
Lon
Hector
van Santvoords
Fifth Avenue
Hector van Santvoord
Alonso
Jack Pettigrew
Alonyo
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Iskes
J. M. Goodwin
Mercer County
Wessels
Auburn Penitentiary
Detroit River
Fitzpatrick
Fairport Docks
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
Ashland
L. E. Stofled
Mahon Bros. & Adams
Fourth Avenue
Borgettstown Fair
Vis
Pennsyl
Vania Lines
Lloyd
John A. Bingham
Ben Butler
His
Credit Mobilier Troudle
Credit Mobilier
Ames
Committee of Investigation
Congress
National Bank
Edgar Fawcett
High Bridge
Chapter Iit
Uncle Crawford
Gunn
Kreech
Nottingham
Queensware
KEECH
Penn Avenue
Ninth Street
Nile
Dren
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