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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1890
Page
11
Prince Henry journeys across distant lands following a crystal lake to rescue Princess Rosa. A sea nymph grants a jeweled sword to defeat the desert witch and her dwarf son, enabling him to pass the guarding lions and enter the witch’s magical palace.
Princess Rosa embarks to rescue her ailing mother after a cruel dwarf demands her for ten years. The plan hinges on a magical encounter in the desert with the witch, aided by her brother Prince Henry and the water nymph. A jeweled sword defeats the dwarf and his mother, ending the threat as the desert palace crumbles.
A home amusements notice from ER in Chadbourn Lewiston Michigan invites readers to solve playful puzzles titled Some Enigmatical Nuts for the Lisie Folks. It urges audience participation and provides a location tied to the event and the weeklong effort to keep the boss occupied by solving the puzzles.
A fragmentary verse voice prefers humble toil over wealth, signaling contentment in poverty rather than luxury. The speaker rejects riches and luxury, valuing health, sound mind, and steady work, choosing a middle ground over extremes of wealth or debt. The text ends with the name NELSOxIAN.
A cryptic excerpt presents a word transpose puzzle with culinary hints and scattered definitions. It references grain powder, East Indies spice, a metal, and a riddle about a grand sea initials earth finals continent. It ends with a brief note BWEET, s 15.
In Chicago efforts aim to reduce ship smoke ashore from passing steam craft. An experiment shows a perforated spraying tube inserted into smokestacks releases steam to condense the rising smoke. The device acts not as a smoke eater yet promises utility in smoke suppression.
A compact early explanation of electricity as a form of energy, the concept of lines of force from magnets, and how a dynamo uses rotating armature coils and collector rings to generate current. It describes parallel and series wiring, power input, and the role of magnets and rotation in creating electricity.
The text explains energy as a condition of things including electricity heat wind and other forms. It notes each form can do work and requires power to change states such as winding a spring lifting a weight compressing air or energizing a wire. It describes converting steam engine energy into electricity via a dynamo and lines of force.
Describes fortifications and deadly passages at Gettysburg including Little Round Top and Devil's Den. Details Meade Halleck dispatches and Meade's reply, then recounts bounty jumpers and Kilpatrick Farnsworth charge with Farnsworth mortally wounded.
A Brooklyn mission scene features So Oo, a prominent Chinese Christian who trained at a South Oxford Street mission and joined the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church under Rev. Kelsay. He is described as fearless, gregarious, and gifted in song, once drawing Mott Street crowds with singing as Edward Thwing spoke in Chinese. So Oo departs last week to devote himself largely to Christian work in China, at his own expense.
Washington dispatch sketches Senator Joe Brown as a rich, combative Georgia figure with a sharp tongue and humble origins. It notes Brown's wealth from coal mines and real estate, his political rise, and contrasts him with General Gordon, plus recounts Toombs and Ochiltree anecdotes and a claimed non duel with Toombs.
The Philadelphia Press notes George W. Childs and his Bryn Mawr estate Wootton as the finest and most expensively maintained country place in the United States. A new building costing about $40,000 will replace a recent stable fire. The sprawling grounds require a large staff year round and seasonally, with gardeners, coachmen, footmen, and house servants all paid substantial wages. The palace carries about $200,000 in value with high annual upkeep and improvements totaling around $30,000 yearly.
A Manchester Courier report describes a bow piano novelty from Pressburg Austria. The instrument resembles a case frame housing six violins two violas and two cellos. It uses circular bands pressed onto strings by a keyboard to produce tones. Tuning gut strings is seen as the main practical hurdle. steel wire strings may not be widely usable, risking it remaining a curiosity.
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