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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1890
Page
20
The dispatch portrays Pittsburg as an emerging oil city, with Chartiers field activity near the town. It describes oilmen building new rigs, recruiting local workers, and expanding industry across Chartiers borough and surrounding hills.
The passage describes Pittsburg rising as a dominant oil center, with Northwestern Ohio and West Virginia fields driving growth. It notes major companies forming headquarters in Pittsburg, including Columbia, Hazelwood, Tons Valley, Fisher, Forest, and Chartiers, and highlights the Chartiers field drawing investors and visitors to see tall derricks and the active operations.
The narrative chronicles how oil wealth traveled from Parker’s field to Pittsburgh then outward to Bradford Allegany Warren and Macksville, lifting farmers into wealth via royalties and taxes while drawing in migrants and industry. It notes the monopoly and railroad collusion delaying local development and the social shifts accompanying oil money.
In Philadelphia's Inquirer a fish tale recounts Captain Corkey's Suez ship voyage death and a 30 foot shark entangled by the ship's iron stem. The creature was split near the gills and freed only after the vessel reversed full speed, sparking theories of sleep or scavenging aboard.
A Washington Post idea for a small withdrawing room or boudoir. Tint walls soft china pink and tone with lace hangings. Use Nottingham curtain fabric, a feathery pattern, and a 15 to 16 inch flounce. Finish edges by dividing a curtain. White frames, serge with wild rose pattern, floor in yellow wash, white wolf fur rugs, and four foot white wood wainscoting complete the look.
The brief item discusses a watch cleaned across several visits, noting a shift from a gold case to a gold-filled case and now to a silver cane. The remark highlights minimal remarkable changes in the jeweler’s weekly routine.
A writer reviews Prof Joseph Rodes Buchanan's article predicting a Democratic win in 1892, a labor capital war, and a geological catastrophe from 1910 to 1916. The piece outlines widespread destruction along the Atlantic coast and Europe, then envisions a new democracy and millennium after turmoil.
The article discusses weather and social forecasts based on periodic laws and statistics, then contrasts telepathic and clairvoyant methods. It notes limitations from en masse thought projections and cites Prof. Buchanan as a disciplined predictor using scientific deductions, not inspiration or prophecy. Mark F. Geisworp.
The Niagara Gorge rope walking saga traces Blondin and rivals from 1850 through 1887. Blondin, Farina, Spelterini and others drew crowds while Stephen Peere died attempting the Cantilever to Suspension crossing on June 22 1887. The wire cable measured 0.875 inches and 900 feet long.
In Mt Tabor cemetery near Anderson DC a lithograph fragment bearing ends of Confederate ten dollar notes was unearthed. It recalls the Richmond mint era and the wartime escape of engraving stones, later hidden, broken, and used as grave markers by locals and artifacts recovered from a well.
A country dweller with wasp experience shares a method for quieting wasps. Cover with flannel, create a face net, dissolve camphor in oil, and use a syringe to saturate a nest top at night while approaching with a light.
A Texas pair, a young bear and a wildcat, perform a one night stand at a Harlem variety theater. The show includes a drunken bear act and a chaotic finale with growlers, cages, and comic misadventure, leaving the pair in custody and the stage audience amused.
Mile Brain and Mile Catamount stage a chaotic showdown in a Texas theater. Paint, ladders, and a forest backdrop explode as the two roars and tumble through doors, ending with Mile Brain grabbing a beer growler and both bears retreating after a wild matinee. The next day Mile Brain is sent to Central Park amid dissipation reflections.
On August 24 near Queenstown a City of New York passenger ship reports use of electricity for ship to ship communication. A young, high status woman and a mysterious man attract attention on deck as they test a metal railing telegraph device, sending practice messages to the Aurania and captain. The voyage trends south avoiding ice as Cunards sail Rosaleve and passengers follow the unfolding wireless experiment at sea.
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