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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1896
Page
9
A readerly collage of humorous verse and prose pieces on Christmas, Santa Claus letters, and season observations. The long rambly text blends songlike lines, playful parodies, and stray theatrical notices with notes on holiday shopping, wish lists, and local charitable appeals. It evokes a nostalgic small-town Christmas mood with references to shops, markets, and seasonal entertainments.
Pseudo gossip wraps a noisy week in theater and sports as Sardou, Beerbohm, and Hale stir schedules in New York and Australia. Francis Wilson and Hammerstein team with Cleveland, Florida. Miss Davenport misses a New York show due to illness. A Stranger in New York headlines.
Special to the Register. Thomas H. Davis of Grafton, candidate for the West Virginia internal revenue collectorship, faces rival George Bowers of Martinsburg but arrives confident. Davis met Senator Elkins and state delegates, maintaining he will secure endorsement from Senator Harding as the decisive step toward the post. Also notes Judge Snyder’s Belfast consulship bid and unrelated court orders from Charleston and trial term schedule.
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