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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1884
Page
2
A long European and American miscellany surveys politics and finance with references to Nicaragua debt and a looming war in China. It touches on telegraph finance, railroad ventures, and shopping fashions including descriptions of elegant ball gowns and sashes.
A fragmented fashion column describes vinaigrettes in erect alver, knitted silken purses shaped like Florence parse ei, watch wearing with aril bow, and gold bracelet trends. It mentions coned petals, colored bows, and crocheted black Florence Loiing with jet beads as current adornments.
A fragmented 19th century note describes edge paper, invitation design, and wedding cards with ornate motifs. It mentions square invitations, pale rose cards, dragons and animals on weights, birds, and Japanese stamps. Also notes on wedding symbolism, candleholders, shades, and decorative urns. It ends with social commentary on women and manners linked to a banquet reference.
A garbled piece discusses Salish price points, upcoming serial pieces like Deiven Heck to Biden with Gustave Doré illustrations, and forthcoming works. It mentions The Shakesperean Reserve cyclopedia, Thackeray notes, and lengthy notices of English publishers, typographic errors, and historic proofreading feats by Edinburgh professors. It notes 60,000 type forms in London printers cellars and a famed public error hunt.
Christmas was widely observed in Wellsburg with church activities and holiday gatherings. Sunday schools distributed candies and presents while Barth’s Hall hosted a M K E meeting and a Knights ball. The Opera House orchestra entertained a large crowd as members admired gifts and chairs were delivered to Sunday school classmates.
A critical survey describes Moscow and St Petersburg venues like the Golden Palace and Dancing Room of Alexandrou, where drinking, gambling, and sensational stage shows fuel crowds late at night. It condemns government tolerance and moral decline, noting widespread public venues infecting city life and the maligned influence on aristocracy and commoners alike.
Christmas passed quietly in Fairmont and nearby areas with church holiday activities and social gatherings noted. Local residents and families are mentioned with few disturbances, holiday events, weddings, absences, and community notices amid a busy post Christmas scene.
Fragmentary items report drilling progress at a 72 foot derrick in McConnie and expected gas flow from 1500 feet. Lincoln County Clipper changes hands to Bowles. Lincoln County deaths and injuries include Samuel Lewis found dead and Judge Brown injured. Marion County coal trade active. Owens killed in B and O tunnel accident. Williamson injured at Lowell. a five year old in Marion County nearly died from concentrated sun. timber loss near Bay lost to flood. Winfield Schoolhouse destroyed by fire. West Union records a whisky issue.
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