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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1893
Page
7
A long, blocky piece on women’s hair trends and dress styles. The text describes fashionable bangs, rolled hair, back styling, and jewelry considerations. It includes care tips for blondes and advice on creating stylish jackets, plus miscellaneous household and grooming hints for women.
A review notes Siss Bosing in Maid Martan and Sydoy Grundy’s Nights at Theatre, praising the performances of Mrs. John and Joseph Holland, with strong support for the Frohman company. It highlights Adonis and the Lutefire's revival, the success of David Henderson's American Extravaganza Co. in St. Paul, and mentions plans to tour Milwaukee Cincinnati Louisville St. Louis and Chicago for the World's Fair season.
Washington correspondence notes Mrs. Cleveland hosts two private weekly receptions in the executive mansion. Invitations required. many seek entries and some deny access. Ushers enforce privacy amid curious crowds and souvenir-seeking guests. The piece includes anecdotes about social life, invitation cards, and comments from Secretary Gresham and other officials.
The Legislature backed a plan to create courts of conciliation with four commissioners elected alongside justices of the peace. No attorneys would appear, and the goal is to urge equitable settlements over litigation, reviving medieval ideas of justice and reducing reliance on statutes and lawyers. The article notes a broader western trend toward reformist justice and mentions The Reichstag opening with Herr Ablwardt.
A New York feature reports private property valued between 500 million and 600.05 million stored in city warehouses. Safe deposits include jewelry, deeds, and cash, with women using boxes for opulent jewels and men storing fortunes, while depositors use apartments for business and social access.
A colored man named Jack Bradley was hanged at Bannetteville for the murder of L. C. Taylor, a white man, near the depot water tank on the night of August 6, 1892. Henry Smith was also a convict in the case, but mercy was recommended for him, reducing his sentence to life imprisonment. Bradley confessed that his accomplice was Henry Perry, claiming little direct relation to Taylor and saying the crime was intended to frighten him.
The statement from Constable Willym A Love describes complete restoration of hearing after two treatments for catarrh affecting the ears eyes nose throat lungs and stomach. He details relief from ear pain throat irritation coughing lung weakness and improved general health, attributing cure to the therapy claimed to treat catarrh across the mucous membranes and organs.
The Copeland Medical Institute operates on the second floor at 1121 Main St Wheelleg W Va with Dr W H Copeland consulting and others offering specialty care for ear nose throat lungs and general diseases. All diseases treated at a uniform rate of 5 dollars per month with medicines furnished free including consultation examination and treatment for all patients.
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