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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1885
Page
3
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls a Linnean Society of New York talk with curious notes on exotic cuisine. The speaker and colleagues discuss preparations of various meats including a rhinoceros dish encountered after a circus incident, described with Gothic detail and local anecdote.
A garbled 19th century column quotes Mrs Grundy on Americans in Canada and social scenes in New York. It mentions economy by some people, knives for pacing oranges, weekly hired rinks for residents, egg cannes at seaside hotels, and fashionable dress by young married women. It also notes ecclesiastical disturbances over candlesticks at a Brooklyn church and dull winter for an steamship line.
A garbled 19th century style fragment describes a womanly wit and a Chicago tale boat. It notes damp weather, a blunt response, and a sharp room scene. A caller recalls a moment of defense and love amid confusing dialogue.
A rustic guide describes soaking and cooking dried beans in a rich pork broth with salt, onion, and molasses. It notes the baking process, the use of mustard for flavor and health, and comments on the dish as a nutritious staple embraced beyond New England.
A sprawling, period tone piece catalogs culinary curiosities and decorative arts. It notes Terrapin and canvasback in demand in Washington, seasonal mushrooms, oysters, apples fried in butter, and English muffins. It mentions fish and game laws affecting markets, a boardinghouse pudding, and Japanese decorative trends, including shells and mother of pearl embellishments.
A vintage note on five o clock tea service values and table decor. It highlights elegant settings, low miniatures, and the revival of old-fashioned tables with fluted edges. Mentions prices from 1 to 40 and suggests arrangements with flowers in glass bowls. The piece also notes mourning attire in black and Astakhan fur as stylish options.
Readable segments describe an audience stamping feet in approval after a curtain falls, with scattered lines suggesting stage banter and rough slang. The text presents disjointed phrases about a parade and a rough exchange among characters, lacking clear narrative coherence.
A collection of scientific notes mentions eyelids in sharks and absence in whales, winter effects on insects, a university tied school in Edinburgh, silk looms in New Jersey versus India, grasshopper life stages, and a range of innovations from anemographs to Bessemer steel. It cites studies on breeding salmonids, an ink removing cyanide, and the chemistry behind red-short iron, all reflecting tightened sanitary science and industrial progress.
A fragment from a humorous piece rails against the European continental bed, arguing it is too short and heavy with a feather quilt. The reader muses on sleep discomfort, bed size, quilt weight, and a comical nightly struggle for air and balance amid quirky prose and exaggeration.
Fragmentary readable text describes divas in monasteries and on ground in Aais Minor with night guards in Canton and inland areas. Mentions Cantonese protection guarded by 500 soldiers nightly amid ruined palaces. Ambiguous events and locations referenced.
The text parodies Vesuvius lore with exaggerated symptoms and a narrator who jokes about autographs and ignorance of volcanic terms. It recounts ancient eruptions and near destructions of Pompeii and Herculaneum, interleaved with satirical notes about autograph hunters and society.
Letters from readers across Ohio and Pennsylvania describe Peruna aiding chronic stomach catarrh, lung and bronchial issues, and general well being. Testimonials claim improved walking ability and relief after months of use, with merchants noting strong sales and demand for the medicine.
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