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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1892
Page
10
A report describes a Moscow edifice lavishly covered with precious metal. It notes a 40 million dollar church seating ten thousand worshippers each Sunday, featuring the largest bell in the world, and gardens for evening amusements of peasant folk.
The writer portrays Moscow as the empire’s religious and commercial hub, notes the Kremlin and Church of Our Savior dominating the skyline, and details the church's extraordinary cost and opulence. He compares Moscow’s splendor to Rome and Constantinople, highlights gold-plated domes, vast bells, and gold artifacts within the church, and contrasts Moscow’s grandeur with Washington.
The account describes a St Petersburg church service with vast crowds, the Tsarskoe-Selo palace and its gilded walls, St Isaac's Cathedral beauty and cost, Moscow University, and Moscow and Kremlin landmarks. It notes wealthy merchants, a People's Park evening, and vibrant citizen gatherings amid gold, glass, and marble riches.
The narrator describes the Summer Gardens atop Ivan the Terrible’s five story tower with a 300 foot dome, the Kremlin walls, and the vast Moscow cityscape. He notes the Treasury’s immense riches, the giant bells, Ermitage gardens, and nearby theaters, races, and gambling culture amid a bustling Russian capital run by famine relief lotteries occasionally permitted by the government.
The Philadelphia Telegraph asserts French women excel in business, citing a Parisian wife who took charge of her husband’s commission house, doubled its transactions, and built a flourishing family firm as the sons grew. The piece contrasts French proficiency with other nationalities.
In a brief notice, Royal Amerine items are reported sold by Grovers. The fragmentary text confirms a sale event involving these goods and the Grovers outlet.
The piece surveys the Prophet Joel amid locust plagues, noting authorship uncertainty and dating debates. It contrasts prayer led by preachers with modern reliance on health measures, and delivers Joel’s two sermons: repentance before God’s mercy and hopeful eschatology toward Pentecost and judgment.
The Queen ordered the Chapel Royal pews reserved for rightful users. Outsiders are barred. A nobleman’s second wife and her daughter caused protests as the gallery for peeresses was misused. The Lord Chamberlain warned the husband that his stepdaughter has no claim and would be refused entry if she returned.
Correspondent reports on Tidd's Neck once dubbed the Gem City of the Everglades. Despite cholera, war, and a major 1878 blaze on Box Elder Street, locals promote climate and growth, city bonds, and new street-improvement plans amid recovery and booster enthusiasm.
A patented airship claims large carrying capacity and light, strong construction with easy control. The balloon is elongated cylindrical with a cab hung by rods from an aluminum band frame encircling the balloon. The car frame also consists of aluminum bands.
Description of an airborne vessel hybrid with a gas balloon hull, oilcloth cover, storage battery, electro motor driving a main shaft, and coupled lifting wings front and rear. Propelling wings and a swing frame enable steering, with bevel gear engagement to alternate between lift and propulsion. Extensions, rudders, augers and springs support flotation and landing stability.
The New York Sun reports Mr A J Cevp forged a Beloochistan journey for Prtermann's Mittheilungen, cribbing Gasteiger Khan's 1881 Innsbruck travel sketches. The magazine printed the fake account for years before uncovering the deception and noting similarities to earlier literary hoaxes.
The article describes the use of varying frequency vibrations as a therapeutic method. A helmet with an integrated motor delivers skull‑wide vibrations to ease neural pain, insomnia and chronic headaches, with reports of soothing effects and potential for broader medical uses.
Prof J Blyth introduces a windmill system for electrical and other uses. He argues wind powered light for lighthouses is ideal due to exposed, windy locations. Accumulator aided windmills suit country houses for clean light with little maintenance. Potential exists for factory work and broad industrial applications. Blyth envisions each home with a windmill storing current to power lighting and labor-saving machines.
Dr Newman Lawrence critiques doctors who delegate electricity applications to nurses or assistants with vague instructions. He notes a growing group of conscientious practitioners who properly locate and apply modern curative electrical agents. The London Electrical Review supports creating a dedicated school to train medical electricians.
Prof Elihu Thomson introduces an alternation based telephone system using low period AC, eliminating local batteries and offering a flexible closed circuit. Anunciators at the exchange operate by lifting the receiver to open the circuit, with potential for wider adoption once proven practical.
An English grocer has unveiled an electric fly trap powered by a motor. A sweetened band draws flies into a wire trap, sweeping them away. The device, praised for effectiveness, is being adopted by many shops and displayed in shop windows as both fly catcher and advertisement.
Old rails are repurposed as telegraph posts in India. Wrought angle iron brackets about two feet long are bolted to the posts with ends bent to hold the insulator pin. Wires are kept well apart to avoid contact during night winds, giving a neat overall appearance.
The latest estimate places total capital in the U S electrics industries at 720 million dollars. Of this, 2350,000,000 represents the share of electric light and power, with 100,000,000 also invested in electrical supplies and a large portion tied to lighting and railway sectors.
The article surveys notable Senate pairs described as Damon and Pythias, highlighting Beck and Allison, Don Cameron and Butler, West and Plumb, Edmonds and Thurman, and cites Tom Reed and Bourke Cochran in the Hougy as another example of fraternal alliance among lawmakers.
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