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Wheeling Sunday Register in Wheeling, West Virginia

29 Apr 1894

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Wheeling Sunday Register

Location

Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1894

Page

3

Western bad men shaped frontier justice and myth

The article profiles notorious frontier figures including Wild Bill Hickok era outlaws and frontier lawmen. It traces how desperadoes and killers such as Bill Masters on, Jon Westley Mording, and Bat Masterson fit a pattern of violence shaping Southern and Western frontier society. It notes mentalities of murder, gambling dens, and frontier policing, with references to Kentucky feud notorieties and the spread of lawlessness south and west.

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May Day Meaning Abroad and United Labor History

A 1894 overview traces May Day origins and the global labor movement from Europe to America. It notes Paris 1889 influences, U.S. leadership in early unions, and rising street parades in England Belgium Switzerland and France, with commentary on government responses and the growth of international labor solidarity.

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Senitey Negiater Loxcox Eyonasa Spain Portozal Italy Russia Saga England France Belgium Switzerland Holland United States Brotherhood of Lecomotive Lalit America International Congress of Labor Paris Europe P. Gompers Brotherhood of Man the &S Couet Fourth Estate Confederation of Labor Epwanp Hrrpaxr Hyde Park Morris Burns Arch London Rufno Jt Champs Elysee Champs de Mars St. James and Hyde Parks Tabor Leopold Geneva Lausanne Alps
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Devilish Chain Tale and Masculine Summer Fashion Sighting

A fragment from a 19th century column recounts a legend of the Piper family and a devil gambling chain cursed to burn the Piper castle with every heir. It then shifts to a Brooklyn street scene describing a young woman in masculine dress provoking public curiosity and questions about gender style.

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Satan Wadia Piper St. James National Review Sholay Bess Brooklyn Josiah Allen Mary Walker
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King of the fakirs and street peddlers in New York

A New York interview with George Washington Stivers, self-proclaimed king of fakirs, describes the street sales trade from Nassau Street to city hall. It covers licenses, methods, supply chains, profits, and the tight control of pushcart and tray vendors, with anecdotes on inventions and the cultural slang shift surrounding fakirs and fakery.

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Lconyristtet New York Hilai George Washington Stivers Bia Ane Street Nassau New York City Mr. Stivers Ares Stivers Nassau Street Post- Office Silvers Cbs Wight Chest and Dumb Mae Boston Millville New Jersey Ano Simsuy Lke
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Jake and the Weitz Bear Exciting Arctic Vessel Tale

A San Francisco reader recalls an alarming night aboard a ship in Arctic waters where a polar bear boarded through a rubber hatch. Jake, trapped and attacked, fights the bear and barely escapes by using a rope stay to reach the deck as the bear topples to the floor. The crew later eats bear steak at breakfast.

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Jake San Francisco San Artio Cruise
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