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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1889
Page
7
A fragmented report recalls a Washington girls boat race with mentions of paddlers, observers, and local supporters. It notes memories of prior crews and public interest, highlighting team names, locations, and the competitive atmosphere surrounding the event.
Descriptive ledger details a bygone ice yacht and toboggan design with innovative run gear, sail and weight balance, and pilot control. It notes construction dimensions and propulsion ideas, including telegraph wire catchers and a wind driven steering, interweaving technical notes with stray nautical and fashion references from the era.
A lurid issue from The Arizona Kicker recounts a violent confrontation on Blackjack and Apache avenues, detailing a shooting in self defense and subsequent burial costs. It riffs on a Denver library dispute, a mock literary society, weather forecasts dropped as untrusted, and a public feuding between parties over a failed romance and a forged engagement, all wrapped in a satirical Western tone.
The article describes planetary motions including Mercury near Regulus, Jupiter conjunctions, Venus as morning and evening star, Saturn’s position in Leo, and Mars and Neptune details. It mentions public interest in star watching, with notes on observers and social scenes featuring Mrs Spooner and Misses Moore, Fitzgerald, and others enjoying bicycle rides and telescopic viewing.
Fashion notes describe heavy corded silk and amber shell inlays, new gown trims, and varied fabrics. It mentions Gothic and Vandyke names for trimmings, gold and silver belt buckles, bead embroidery, and the Edison mantle wrap. It also covers bicycle riding by Washington women, club leadership, and social dynamics around attire and accessories.
A verbose column of social observations discusses wife and husband dynamics, blaming misaligned patience and gentleness, vanity, and material focus. It covers swindling over postage, postal clerks’ efforts, and a meteorologic note on a vegetable year while touching on international life expectancy comparisons.
The law allows a husband to beat his wife without breaking her limbs or maiming her, and up to 106 blows is permitted before separation. It notes that a husband may separate from his wife after she is beaten. It mentions a provision that a poor husband may return his wife to her former husband if he sells her due to poverty.
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