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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1887
Page
5
A long, distorted reminiscence centers on poker at a party with a young man and his partner. The narrator recalls old hands, seedy bets, and a chaotic scene around a gaming table, culminating in a risky bathhouse anecdote and a critique of cultural norms.
A travelogue describes Kioto's Nishi, the Vannsi hotel, and views from the city. It notes temples such as the Big Buddha statue and the Temple of Thirty-three Spaces, with commentary on Buddhist and Christian shifts in Japan, including Lu Buddhist priests’ celibacy changing and Christian missions expanding in Kioto.
A long sketch praises senior scholars and builders in New York and beyond. It notes Gorge Bancroft born 1500, recounts his political and literary work, and highlights Vermilye, a senior pastor in New York, with decades of service. It closes with Captain John Ericsson, Swedish engineer famed for naval innovations and wartime ironclads.
The London Mechanics Magazine notes the enduring vigor of David Dudley Field born Haddam Connecticut 1805. He studied law in Albany and evolved to a prominent New York jurist and abolitionist. Field aided code reform with Penal Civil Codes and remained active in politics, attributing his health to conscience, constitution, God, and regular daily walking.
An aged physician noted that an hour daily on horseback helped a patient with chronic headaches. The account references medical figures such as Dwight Wooley and Theodore Deight Wooley, with ties to Yale and New York as part of a broader biographical sketch.
Fragmented OCR text lists various terms and names associated with infantile skin conditions, medical topics, and scattered geographic or institutional fragments. The readable material hints at medical discussion or notes, but lacks a coherent narrative or clear events to summarize into a concrete report.
Schedule fragment lists trains from Redgsgorhla Central to multiple destinations including Pinatargs and Martin's Ferry with arrival at Rellecort. Times range around 10a to 2p and distances noted as 610 mm 142 pts and 445m. OCR errors present. readable trains and stations identified.
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