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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1892
Page
7
A fragmented, period voice portrays a narrator reflecting on aging women, clothing care, and domestic friction. It mentions a hostess, gowns, shabbiness, body lines, and practical lessons about preserving garments, with scattered prop names and social cues from a bygone era.
The article details evolving dress styles with upaline tints and ribbon collars. It notes collars formed of rib bon and sleeves gathered at the shoulder, waistlines subtly trimmed, and velvet trims with satin ribbons. It highlights Medici and Lauules collars and the trend toward standing necklines and heavier gowns for smart, bundled looks.
The piece highlights women in New York and Belgium shaping industry and social reform. It notes factory employment for 1,000 workers, charitable duties by women, and efforts to advance women’s rights through unions, journalism, and lectures. It features Mrs Sluss, Signora Hopedestl, Miss Friedrich, and others in pivotal roles.
A young Chicago telegraph technician, Robert Houdin, demonstrates hypnotism in St Louis with William Jones of Jonesboro as subject. The show features rigid trance stages, postures between two chairs, and experiments including tasting a potato and swallowing a glass-formed “rock candy” without discomfort, while observers note physiological signs and potential risks.
The piece reviews recent theater crowds and profits, noting fairs and poor holiday turnout. It highlights performers like Mme Mapleson, Phil Peters, The Dazzler, Anna Boyd, and The Widow, with a London Theatrical Trust formation and anecdotes about various stars andTheir backstage habits and preferences.
A survey of prominent 19th century actors and managers recalls J Joseph Jefferson Maggie Mitchell Rosina Vokes May Waldron Robson Flora Walsh Donnelly Girard Sam uel Popular Cox Nellie McHeary John Webster Salvini Whee v Thos W Keene Lottie McCullough Mary Anderson Lawrence Barrett Billy Florence and others. The piece notes their temperaments, routines, and conduct behind the scenes during the season.
In New York reports the Coney Island Athletic Club offers 45000 to McAuliffe and Burge. Billy Myer and Alf Kennedy dispute the match claiming higher value for Gibbons and Myer. Dick Burge and backers hire Haggerty to push the deal. trainer McDonald denounces Burge’s conduct amid disputes. The Hae Ball Manager is jailed again in Brooklyn after abduction case.
In a heated council discussion the proposed ordinance faced strong opposition from proponents of liberty and constitutional rights. Amid the clash, advocates urged root-cause approaches to crime and social ills, including hereditary transmission, prenatal influences, and education on psychology and physiology to improve society.
A fragmented page recounts medical trials and symptoms, naming doctors Copeland and Keyes, with a siege of references to illness, quackery, and anxious treatment notes. The text hints at fever, coughing fits, aches, and distress, framed like a chaotic field report from a bygone era.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses cemeteries, memorials, and a fear that memories fade as people age. It mentions hospitals, fights, and a vague plan or event dated April 10 related to a “Lime Kivk” and a product or package. The text is incomplete and largely unclear.
The Opeland Medical Institute located permanently at 1121 Main St Wheelie W Va announces consulting physicians Dr H Copeland and Dr O Bell offering specialized care. Office hours include evenings and Sunday appointments, with emphasis on throat catarrh and related ailments.
An advertisement promises all diseases treated at a uniform rate of five dollars a month. Medicines are furnished free and includes consultation, evaninatory medicine and treatment for all cases six and all patients.
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