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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1893
Page
7
A rugged portrayal of mining camps and frontier life contrasts romance with harsh reality. The piece explores prospectors, railroads, law, and Wild West dangers, detailing daily routines, tools, and rugged outdoor living amid mountains, pines, and mineral wealth.
The attendance at Welcome Lodge Thursday night was good with brief, orderly proceedings. A fire degree was conferred and a second degree taken by CBuitee. Committees were formed to explore a separate West Virginia lodge jurisdiction, with many lodge members noted as deceased since 1891. Updates include upcoming degree work, prize badges, and a push to institute Upchurch Lodge on November 27.
The article discusses the rise of thoroughbred racing as a major business in the United States, the expansion of tracks in New York and New Jersey, and the impact of pool rooms on racing by siphoning bets from tracks. It notes the Board of Control conflicts, winter racing, and calls for reform such as repealing or validating the Ives pool bill and adopting the French mutual betting system to reduce corruption and preserve racing’s popularity. It profiles Sheepshead Bay, Morris Park, and Monmouth Park, and mentions figures like Richard Croker and Peter De Lacy in the broader racing milieu.
The article recalls the Gravesend track control by M F and Philip O Dwyer and notes its vast grandstand when crowded on Brooklyn handicap day. It names prominent turfmen John A Morris Michael F Dwyer Pierre Lorillard Foxhall Kee and their bets and stable fortunes, with Lorillard as American Derby and St Leger winner. mentions racing successes and notable horses. It also covers Huntington business troubles with M S Johnson, and the launch of the Minneaplis class cruiser Minneapolis with Miss Lizzie M Washburn christening.
A first-person reminiscence recalls winter Chicago in 1850 when a boy skated ten miles to town for an axe. He bets on old wooden skates against wolves along the river, recalls forest shadows, and ages of frost, night, and survival as wolves close in behind him.
The text notes mineral stores are hidden in inaccessible places or buried under soil, and that such instances are rare. It warns that only those familiar with Quartsty deter locations could trace the surface and adjacent ground for miles, implying cautious, selective tracing of mineral sites.
A narrator recounts a brutal chase by wolves across a frozen river. He fights off the pack with an axe, dives for a desolate cabin, climbs rafters, and rigs a door trap to survive. With wolves pressing from all sides, villagers arrive as night falls.
An advertisement for Copeland Bell and David of Wheeling West Virginia touts their medical treatment, promising restoration from long illnesses. The notice claims cured ailments from nervous disorders to rheumatic and other diseases, urging readers to mail $3 and address inquiries to the firms in Wheeling.
A fragmented rail timetable lists arrivals and departures at multiple terminals. Notable entries include times and numbers, with several unclear or corrupted words, suggesting a dated schedule page.
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