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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1883
Page
5
A fragment reads like a nineteenth century newspaper skim of a magician’s performance. It describes water set on fire melting steel and a talky stage routine with cards and copper cups and a wall box. The audience sees a wand, a box, and a final reveal of the chosen card.
Fragment from a Philadelphia tale recalls Maggie Summerfield a famed dancer and her suitor from years past Their families opposed the match yet love endured across travel to China and a fortune made The pair renewed vows after a long separation and the lover returned to Philadelphia last week to wed once more
A New York pawnbroker describes a cash vault of jewels and notes, revealing how wives borrow against furs and diamonds to fund social needs while husbands are kept in the dark. He notes secrecy, high charges, and a system that relies on trust and careful risk. He argues men share blame for wives’ entanglements in extravagant debt to sustain appearance.
A fashion summary describing ornate Autumn fashions with tailored skirts, velvet trims, and intricate beadwork. Mentions Newwoven white lace, velvet vine tuners, fancy pleated shells, and various panel patterns. emphasizes exclusivity and artistic design from top designers.
The article details an early fall suit featuring dark blue and old gold tones, with a double polo front coat and a skirt with white banded strips and draped over skirt. It notes a plain velvet jacket option in garnet or lilac, lace trimming, and a spray of wild roses on the jet shoulder. General notes mention gaiters, silk fabrics, macrame, knotted handkerchiefs, and fashionable trims like velvet and lace.
A column sketches summer fashion with sweet peas in corsages, long silk gloves, ribbons, laces, and tulle robes. It notes Newmarket hats for country riding, light summer attire, cream colored dresses with delicate embroidery, and jewelry usage waning at watering places. A separate item reports a Pittsburgh Gazette anecdote about a woman fainting at news of a poisoning case, with medical details and a request for a tract on life.
A montage of aging residents and early settlers from Vernon Missouri and Pike County Illinois. Reports highlight centenarian spans, long lives, and notable ancestors including a former servant to John Quincy Adams. Notes on a longtime black worker Price aged near 90 in chain of local enterprises.
A fragmentary Bangor Maine piece humorously surveys women and society with quirks about marriage, fashion, and leisure. It notes contrasts between pre and post marriage behavior, street seating habits, gossip on appearance, and a reference to a Washington Star cartoon commentary.
The piece surveys cholera era medical observations noting cold stomached summers and isolated pockets as defense, cites Dr Stokes county and Dr Cruise on diet risk, and reflects on obscure cures, then pivots to a long discussion of marriage age and modern matchmaking, condemning arranged matches and endorsing equal agency for women in choosing partners.
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