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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1891
Page
9
A young girl named Margaret at a castle by the sea imagines sea nymphs and mermaids after moonlight on a restless ocean. She hopes to glimpse fairy beings amid a carnival led by a sea king and queen, as waves lap the shore and stars shimmer above.
Margaret and Inga seek a captured veil the Sea King's daughter once wore. A crafty witch stole the silver gauze and hid it in a hut along the shore. A yellow bird brings a Fairy Queen message directing a predawn retrieval before sunrise.
A fairy tale recounts Margaret and Inga befriending a Sea King’s daughter. Inga retrieves a silver veil, but only she can return to the water realm with the veil, while Margaret remains yearning for the underwater palace and gifts from the nymphs. The Sea King’s daughter returns home, and Inga sends signals to Margaret from the ocean. The tale ends with the veil restored and the witch’s theft exposed.
Puzzle items titled A Mythological Voytagee and An Old Friend describe a riddle sequence about light and habit. The text hints at a playful brain teaser for children, noting an older author’s confession about late nights and light in a sociohistorical context.
The text presents a fragmented historical poem recalling an ancient fame in Orient lands, noting sin and former glory, with convoluted lines about poverty, punishment, and theft across ages. It attributes the piece to H C Burer and hints at a troubled poetic voice.
Fragmentary text mentions moons and currents with unclear relation. Names and details are unreadable. no coherent event or person remains identifiable.
Fragmentary OCR shows 18th century items including a reflection on courtesy and dress in 1740 and a shipboard charade about lookouts on the Ocean. It also lists a 11-letter word puzzle with clues to form related words, including cur tain, kitchen utensil, indefinite article, and others.
A sermon argues that true success lies in religion and requires business discipline. It contrasts worldly wealth with eternal aims, urging constant effort, attention, and advancement in faith akin to progress in business. It notes many successful merchants neglect worship and that church attendance signals religious engagement.
A compact verse on mending and tailoring with a playful critique of skill and irreverence. The speaker praises those who sew a button and repair tears, noting rarer ability than extreme boldness, in a folksy, mock-epic tone.
A garbled OCR fragment references Pain in Pole Se, Wokensec, and Unale Distributing in portions. The readable parts imply a note on factual adherence in distribution or communication, mentioning Jovan in uncertain context. No clear event or outcome is established.
The readable lines hint at a mixed list of exports and foods from a historical ledger, mentioning items like ham and bread, beans with molasses, hash and onions, tea, sponge cake with ice cream, and chestnuts. Also includes stray numbers and words such as 1738 and 1733.
A party of 11 with 32 horses camps near Bear river headwaters west of North Park. They bait two bear traps and, after a 700 pound grizzly is trapped, surround and burn brush to drive it out. Holmes shoots first, Lyons is injured, and the bear is killed. They plan to move 15 miles and publish a carrier note to a North Platte ranch post office.
A New Hampshire farmer found a bear and two cubs on the Canadian side of the line and drove them into New Hampshire, where he killed them. For thrift he will receive a thirty dollar bounty from the State.
Dr Chauncey M Depew argues from his Europe trip that England invites undesirable European migrants who depress wages for native workers The Globe Democrat interview warns that unrestricted immigration to England worsens London s poor and that the United States will become the Mecca for Europe s distressed poor who expect immediate prosperity once they land
N P Witter of Rio Janeiro notes Brazil’s rapid move away from empire toward republican practices. He recounts railroads mills street improvements and electric light plans as evidence of progress and observes freer criticism of officials and more active use of money to spur growth.
J F Murphy J E Griffin J McGuane and P Keating fished yesterday afternoon in the Nashua river. After a slow spell both Murphy and Griffin felt a tug and pulled up a single fish a beautiful blueekerel weighing almost three pounds that swallowed both hooks.
A fragmented line discusses human nature and a tendency to bet, reflecting on lessons about risk and impulse. The text hints at a ps word or phrase misstatement, suggesting confusion or error in transmission.
Society notes from Buncombe County North Carolina recount summer movements of socialites and locals. Miss Coudert Veasy is described as the belle of Sandy Mush and rumored engagements are denied. Miss Clandestine Wartz suffers a riding accident on Monroe Tushmaker’s mare Emulsion near Mount Busbee while a horse drawn wagon and local follies amuse. Several named visitors and residents are profiled with humorous, satirical strokes typical of the era’s society columns.
Scene notes a jumble of eccentric locals and misfit happenings. Mentions Miss Smathers and Miss Briggs with colorful portraits, a failed White House visit, and scattered vignettes about dances, dog antics, and a storm of gossip at Ozone House and surrounding inns.
Philadelphia Press notes discussions among merchants about applying George Eliot style of expectation to dogs. A shop talk tale suggests dogs mirror their masters, becoming what is expected, as a visiting English lady calms a dog by apologizing after stepping on a munstiff tail.
A new bell design for electric cars emits a sharp penetrating note before arrival, giving ample warning to pedestrians and other vehicles. The driver controls the cadence with a foot button, ensuring instant response and reducing delays on tracks shared with horse cars.
A new patent describes an instant wheel locking device for electric and horse cars on grades. It activates if the trolley leaves the wires or a fuse blows, holding the wheels to prevent movement. The mechanism operates automatically to ensure safety on ascent.
A new motor designed by H Ward Leonard, announced with grand claims, enables independent control of speed and torque, uses minimal power, and promises smooth operation and universal applications from elevators to railways and military uses. The inventor suggests immediate practical and commercial impact and anticipates widespread adoption pending patent details.
A leading English engineering journal argues that Muybridge first captured living creatures in rapid motion using zoetrope or Eocoraxiscope projection. Marey and Anschutz improved results, while Edison’s proposals remain limited by film sensitivity and lighting, delaying rapid motion photographs beyond sunlit scenes.
The Soriete Industrielle of Amiens France offers for 1692 season prizes including cash and gold and silver medals for answers to electrical and related questions. Awards cover brake dynamometer upgrades, cheap belt dynamometer work meters, water purifiers for steam boilers, low cost electric light installations, and essays on bleaching hemp and jute.
Ozone is now produced commercially by electricity using the silent discharge method. Siemens designed the early ozone tube in 1867 and a Berlin firm now employs a modified version for disinfectant use. Ozone disinfects water, bleaches materials, cures wines, and destroys bacteria and insect life.
In England many country homes now have electric lighting and electrical adaptations. An electric garden pump is introduced as an efficient option for garden work. It requires simply fixing a tethered end to pen Oates wanes pogo as desired.
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