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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1889
Page
5
A Scientific and Industrial Notes column summarizes methods used by Central Africa copper miners and iron workers. It describes copper casting in hatched forms, malachite ore beds on hilltops, shallow pits, and no lateral workings. Iron smelters dig ground pits, fill with charcoal and ore, seal with mud, and employ night shift bellows to produce hoes and weapons.
The article notes aluminium usage rising as prices drop and skills improve. It lists applications from telescope tubes and jewelry to dental tools and aircraft parts, and highlights its potential to transform the iron and steel industries. Experimental results vary across regions and alloy purity remains a concern.
A New York firm develops portable hoisting motors 3 to 15 horsepower with a large drum and brake, claiming lower running costs and higher efficiency than existing power. An electric locomotive using storage batteries is also being tested in Rome New York, with suction magnets and new drive concepts, aiming to cut fuel waste versus steam locomotives.
The article notes Canaigre or quasisitic tanning roots found across western Texas and New Mexico along the Rio Grande. It describes roots resembling sweet potatoes and notes two centuries of Mexican use. An extract containing about 40 is mentioned as having tanning action comparable to gambier.
The article describes a zinc application process to iron forming a durable alloy surface that resists temperature changes and can be heated without damage. It also details M. J. Dickins patent for laying wedge shaped or rounded softer courses in roads to create foothold and drain surface water toward side channels.
A new cooking method uses a simple lamp heated oven with a water filled floor. The cooker sits on a water joint to trap odors and retain the floor, promising odorless cooking of fish cabbage and similar foods.
Glycerine can temper steel and cast iron with varied specific gravity from 0.8 to 1.26 at 15 C by adding water. Use glycerine in amounts of 1 to 6 times the weight of the pieces and heat from 15 to 200 C depending on metal hardness. hotter for harder steel.
The London Lancet notes success in treating pneumonia with continuous cold therapy. An india rubber ice bag is kept over the chest for 12 to 24 hours after the crisis, alongside usual medicines such as opium ipecacuanha digitalis and brandy.
Educational items report grants and awards to local teachers and facilities. Alvss Eulalia A Gr av es elected to a Grant position. Central Board may award two medals this week. Central Board and School openings noted. enrollments rise in Washington School area with new teachers planned. A sick pupil and a nurse’s progress mentioned along with Bellevue Hospital physician trainee Miss L E Moore.
The piece argues Pittsburg’s expansion is real, aided by capitalists and contractors collaborating to build homes and stimulate real estate. It notes fewer houses as a key obstacle, calls for cooperative efforts to lower costs, and cites Philadelphia’s pricing as a potential model.
Stocks were generally dull with limited activity as 110 shares traded. La Moria showed weakness with bids and asks reflecting exposure concerns possibly causing a drop in value.
Banking activity shows liberal discounts and steady business, with checks strong and broadening conditions. Week's exchanges exceed last year by over 3,000,000 while Clearning House reports detail daily weekly year figures and world market notes on money movement and treasury disbursement near October.
The market opened at 65R1 and peaked at 99 with a close at 904 amid thin turnover. Traders chased a few covering positions while the rest of the day saw limited strength as brokers met to discuss activity.
Fragmented OCR text notes voting sentiment, market features, and refinery quotations. Mentions Pittsburgh Petroleum, refined products prices in New York, London, Antwerp, and John M. Nites from Sixth Street. Contains garbled phrases and nonstandard spellings but preserves named entities and approximate topics from the era.
Market notes from Titusville New York and Oil City show National transit certificates opening around 83 to 84 cents with steady to higher trading. Crude shipments nearby total 4195 barrels and 126000 barrels sold at the exchange as prices fluctuated through the day.
Pittsburg sees a weekly permit tally near the 140k mark with 22 projects led by the Pittsburg Natatorium on Duquesne Way and multiple brick and frame two to three story structures across wards. Despite rain delays the overall trend remains strong with long list of owners including Nimick Birchfeld Spalding and Hufnagile among builders on Butler Forty-fifth streets Nealey and other corridors.
Property transfers involve No. 650 Fifth Avenue opposite the Music Hall sold to John Guntz for 6300 cash. various parcels on Squirrel Hill, Botu Street, Harvard Street, Grazier Street and Speer Plan changed hands to named buyers. Mortgages and loans are recorded by Ewing & Byers and Samuel W. Black & Co, with values ranging from 3000 to 25000 dollars and terms from five years at 6 percent.
Receipts show 60 cattle head and 480 head in consignments with little trading, while house receipts total 2700 and 3100 head on shipment with market active for New York buyers. Slips of foggy wording obscure some figures but indicate cattle movement and regional buyers, with uncertain totals.
A volatile session on the New York stock market ends with more advances than declines after early weakness. Manitoba slips about 1 percent while Sugar Trust and Atchison show weakness. later buying and short-covering lift most issues back toward opening levels. Bond trading remains quiet with limited price changes as the market swerves between dullness and late-day recovery.
The market opened weaker with a sharp attack on sugar and Atchison, but there was strong buying at the decline including foreign accounts and Boston shorts. Insiders reportedly aided the sugar drop, while M. P. Havemyer denies plans for issuing books. Overall, the market remained generally firm and bank reserves were better than expected, hinting at higher prices next week.
The New York Attorney General approves statements filed with the Superintendent of banks. A Friday real estate transaction in Hazelwood sold two acres 120 perches of land adjoining T. M. Jenkins residence for $8000. The purchase appears to have deeper implications beyond the surface.
From Bancor Maine on September 28 a Portage Lake family recounted a bear escape and a girls chase. They say the cub broke its chain and fled into the woods while the girls and a dog used sticks and a log tied to the chain to recapture it. They remark they fear mice more than bears.
Reports on potential branch formation in Homestead for Sunday October 4 with tentative agenda. Next Thursday a meeting in Boho Diviret Depay will feature Gallagher and others outlining the association. Wheeling gathering today features J A Burns from Allegheny and J W Sullivan from Pittsburgh as speakers. W D Brown of 520 Ward Street receives a hat from local officials amid an event highlighting his services during the Johnstown disaster.
City Solicitor Elphinstone of Allegheny notified Duff Manufacturing to secure another site for an electric high plant. The plant will be erected at Marian Avenue and Martin A Ig. Duff appears the lessee under a tenancy at will with three months notice to vacate.
A nostalgic verse extols Castoria from infancy to motherhood, claiming it soothed a sick baby, comforted a crying child, and continued through each stage of life with the product. The quatrain humorously notes continued use as family grows.
The article quotes John Staib of Allegheny describing severe respiratory and chest illness blamed on harsh duties as a streetcar driver. He recounts consuming relief from doctors and credits improved health to Dr Copeiais after treatment and steady care.
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