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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1888
Page
4
In Wheeling a crowded theatre scene unsettles Mr Bowser and the Bowser household as preparations for an evening out collide with social tensions. Guests discuss money and future plans while a tense mood hangs over the audience and stage.
The Louisville Courier story recounts Henry Watterson a noted poker player in New York and a tale of high stakes poker with Sen. Tom Rowan and other figures. It weaves anecdotes of bluffing risks and fortunes won and lost at symbolic poker tables and theater settings.
Lawrence Groulund of Boston, a leading American socialist author, arrived to stay for weeks and plans multiple talks at private societies and mass meetings. He argues for a reformist, government-backed socialism without violence, aims to form a native American socialist association, and predicts a twenty to forty year transition to a controlled economy with unions governing trades and trusts under public oversight.
A fragmented OCR from a 19th century issue blends verse about fate and change with social satire. It juxtaposes odd rhymes and a mock map, then shifts to a dramatic scene of a ribbon counter clerk and a merchant prince in a theatre setting. The passage ends with miscellaneous notes and a medical claim.
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