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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1892
Page
7
A fragmented dialogue on women’s roles, beauty, and fashion spans American and European perspectives. It cites attire trends, ideal female forms, salon gossip, and quotes from actresses, writers, and designers, touching on marriage, flirtation, and the social gaze across eras.
The article profiles Charles Lauri, famed Drury Lane performer, detailing his costuming for animal roles including Puss in Boots and a monkey. It notes a $250 frog costume, elaborate makeup routines, and plans to imitate a kangaroo while emphasizing his life in London with a wife and a six year old daughter and a growing menagerie.
The Dixie nne explains cholera origins and incubation, notes quarantine practices, and outlines historical outbreaks from 1832 to 1873 across North America. It discusses transmission via water and food, symptoms, and public health measures, citing New York and New Orleans events and European links.
A blur of entertainment news from New York and beyond. Frederick Robinson inherits a fortune and leaves the stage while Glover Sallie Williams marries Begle. Marie Burroughs signs with Willard for next season and Miss Pollock headlines Gilbert and Colier’s The Mountebanks in San Francisco. Patents, actors, authors and managers appear, with Ibsen drafting a grand opera libretto and Patti in a forty concert US Canada deal.
Boston Globe reports a Chicago father fired two chambers of a revolver at a local photographer after payment was refused and a baby picture was displayed in the shop window with a caption. If tried before a jury of married men he will be acquitted, says the article.
A garbled medical tract links catarrh to widespread illnesses affecting the head throat ears digestion and nerves. It claims mucus irritation causes deafness bronchitis ulcers indigestion heartburn and nervous decline, detailing a supposed progression from nasal inflammation to severe systemic decay and endorsing a combined external internal treatment as the only cure.
The Copeland Medical Institute advertises L. G. Davis M D as a specialist physician treating catarrh throat and lung diseases stomach ailments and a tonic for discomfort. The notice promotes free boat rides and includes a timetable for Sunday evening services and a 104 page pamphlet.
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