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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1882
Page
4
The piece surveys Philadelphia’s crime climate and police presence, contrasting public fear with claims of safety. It references provincial attitudes, a harsh press climate, and opinions on governance, suggesting a tension between crime, punishment, and civic pride. It also covers political and legal debates in Virginia and national figures weighing in on public accountability.
The XLVIIth Congress includes Henry G Davis who will not appear as a U S Senator again. He plans to devote himself to expanding railroad ventures and West Virginia wealth, while remaining active in public life through private business and state advancement. Davis is praised for foresight, practical wisdom, and steady energy in steering the state toward national prominence.
Pottsville Pennsylvania now claims the deepest coal mine in the nation with a 1576 foot shaft. Daily operations lift 200 cars of four tons each, taking just over a minute to move a full car through the shaft. A visitor warns that the ordeal is unsuitable for the weak kneed as the speed resembles a hotel elevator yet induces tremors, ringing ears, and a disorienting shift from light to darkness.
A tribute to Trollope, hailed as a foremost English novelist whose work captures real life in high society. The piece praises his photographic portrayal of characters and scenes, contrasting him with other authors and noting his impact on English literature.
The Senate adopts a resolution demanding a full government pensioners and claimants list. It argues the cost of printing is small beside the savings from exposing frauds and the sheer scope of pensions granted to wartime soldiers, widows, and dependents.
The piece urges Wheeling to elect independent minded councilmen over party lines. It argues for a citizen's ticket led by merchants to pursue favorable railroad and shipping policies, asserting rail opportunities hinge on Council support and a progressive stance.
The article urges using long winter evenings for varied constructive pursuits. It advises alternating daily work with diverse hobbies such as geology chemistry drawing painting music or language study to rest tired nerves expand knowledge and improve social standing. It highlights practical personal and civic benefits of self improvement.
The Baltimore Journal of Commerce notes rising sales of Government lands in the Southern states. In 1879 sales reached 5,650,219 acres with Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Florida accounting for 481,174 acres. In 1880 total sales were 9,166,918 acres with 916,815 acres in the South.
The piece notes US deaths in 1880 totaled 756,898 with a per thousand rate of Kil. Males 390,644 deaths show 96,804 under one year and 163,880 under five. Females 363,874 deaths reveal 78,372 under one and 135,920 under five. Diphtheria caused 38,398 deaths, typhoid 22,905, malaria 20,261, and consumption 91,551.
A mosaic of satirical items notes Beecher's preference for quality one shows, possible mustaches for London police, Venus transit drunken celebration in Cincinnati, St. Louis brewers starting a lager-boosting paper, and light quips on gifts, annexation jokes, billiards for girls, and a midnight dressing frenzy by Herbert Swender and Bismarck.
Miss Carlyon quits a traveling company in St Louis over the Henry V kiss. The piece describes the kiss as done in England with hands on the shoulders and lips pressed for two minutes, provoking indelicacy and discomfort. It also notes Freddie Gebhardt gossip and a farm humor piece about a Reading court case for breach of promise.
A fragmentary verse hints at a girl whistling provoking a reaction as a neighborhood disturbance. No clear names, places, or dates are identifiable, but the text suggests curiosity or humor about a whistle by a girl and its effect on observers.
A Columbus audience hears family skeletons from high society. Dick Nevin, once a leading Ohio figure and public printer, is now a day laborer after a life of wealth and political clout. Neil Dennison, ex-governor Dennison’s son, drifts from army to marriage turmoil, while his wife, a devoted if ruined figure, sacrifices everything to reform him. The piece sketches tangled marriages, social rise and fall, and a city’s fascination with fallen elites.
The article sketches Edward 8. Stokes, once linked to Col. Jim Fisk’s murder, until his rebound as a hotel proprietor with an opulent bar and nude statuary. It notes his later ventures in theater financing and a swift foray into trotting horses, while detailing his flamboyant style, fame among high society, and enduring public curiosity about his past.
A New York Morning Journal report describes high end dolls and wardrobes priced from $9 to $95, detailing elaborate dresses, accessories, and starter trappings. It notes doll crates, trunks, and boxes, with wardrobe costs ranging from $9 to $12 and luxury couches priced up to $15, illustrating the extravagant doll market.
Fragmentary lines describe a speaker weighed down by shame and fear of being foolish. The voice laments scorn from men, notes few talents, and mentions blood red imagery and unsteady courage. Overall the piece reads as a distressed, cryptic lyric fragment.
A garbled excerpt debates wisdom and virtue, stating that real government requires selflessness and learning. It asserts that those who know enough to admit ignorance pursue true knowledge and resist dogmatism, contrasting finite grasp with infinite truth, and ends with a misty, reflective image of striving toward a bright vision.
Census Bureau statistics show diphtheria deaths total 38,308 with women 18,010 and men 20,298. regional variances span 12.16 to 53.80 per thousand. Typhoid fever deaths total 22,805 with 11,053 women and 11,752 men, highlighting urban rural water conditions and sanitation as key factors.
Historic column notes fashionable but barbaric hat ornaments in New York trends imitation aztec motifs provoke criticism. Wary readers compare the unaesthetic display to past brutal regalia as hats showcase barbaric designs in public view.
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