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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1891
Page
3
A fashion column surveys tall flowing cloaks ribbed grosgrain jet trims and feather boas with capes while detailing small hats of wire and jet. It compares Swiss boarding school manners, notes on velvet wraps, fur trends including mink glutton and sable, and travel garments like Arctic cloaks and mackintosh cloths.
Watson recalls Holmes in London when a Bohemian king seeks help over a royal scandal. A mysterious note leads to Irene Adler, a staged church scene, a dramatic fire alarm, and a final testament in a thrilling seduction by disguise. Holmes earns a bound emerald ring though the intrigue ends with Adler’s bold resolve.
A catalog excerpt lists multiple new titles with authors and publishers including Lillie F. Wesselhoeft John Trowbridge Amelie Rives Olive Thorne Miller Frank R. Stockton Juliana Horatio Ewing William Henry Bishop and Edward Everett Hale. Prices and distributing houses cover Boston Pittsburg London and New York.
The Straub Brewing Company announces ready fulfillment of orders to saloon and private trade. It claims its Pilsener and Munich lager cannot be excelled in the states and guarantees four and a half months aged beer made from top hops and malt. Telephone 5038 and visit Corner Main Street and Liberty Avenue.
Blain e value project advertises free daily trains and work prospects with an invite to invest in the future. The notice mentions locations in Pittsburgh and Allegheny with a contact at Limekin's cleaners and a medical remedy claim for a cough.
Advertisement notes J Dwyer selling fine dress goods and latest jacket styles along with jewelry on easy terms in Room 4 MeDance block at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Smithfield.
The columns announce a final eight days of a five dollar offer for all patients and diseases. Drs Copeland and Hall extend their $ a month rate for medicine and treatment through October. Any patient applying before November 1 receives treatment for $54 a month with all medicines free, each month’s care costing £5 until cured.
Mr Decker a 41 year old carpenter from the corner of Wellington and Picnic streets describes a long battle with catarrh. He cites chronic head and throat pain mucus constant nasal discharge and disturbed sleep. After treatment by Drs Copeland and Hall his head is clear throat pain gone hearing improved appetite restored and he is gaining strength.
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