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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1884
Page
3
A long narrative traces a saloon keeper in Louisville and his rival in California. It recalls Mackay's career, marriage to a widow, and Mrs. Flow’s social circle, detailing wealth growth and community ties. The piece notes Mackay’s generosity, Nevada ventures, and ongoing support for orphans.
Col Whalen attends to Maggie the mare in a dramatic tale from the Civil War era. The horse, named Maggie Locust, served as a Confederate courier under General Morgan, survived battles, and carried dispatches across Kentucky and Tennessee. The report records his plans to preserve her skeleton after her death and recounts their years apart and reunion in Louisville.
A traveling liquor salesman named Jabed Gazely, now on crutches after a fall, enters a rural town store only to clash with the new owner over stock and prices. The quarrel ends with Gazely kicked from the door, admitting a mistaken encounter and a lesson on fair trade. Nearby pedestrians read humor clippings and jokes in the same issue, including a mischievous cart of misheard lines and a shoe-store dispute over a dollar tag.
The article sketches renowned Texas cattlemen and financiers led by Stephen A. Dowss and ex senator Lane. It profiles men like Lane, Slaughter, West, Collins, and King, noting land holdings from tens of thousands to over a hundred thousand acres, cattle herds of thousands, and fortunes ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. It highlights their appearances, temperaments, and roles in the cattle industry postwar era.
A collage of parlor wit and social quips about women, fashion, and urban manners from various papers. Snippets ridicule gender roles, weight gossip, and fashion trends, naming towns such as Detroit, Oil City, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, and Philadelphia. The items mix proverbs, quips, and light sarcasm on public figures and everyday life.
A curious contemplation presents Mae Dost Know and a wise animal amid a sunlit scene of ten thousand goats dancing in the air and on the ground. The text ponders why creatures avoid danger while humans seek meaning, noting the puzzling limits of knowledge and perception.
A humorous column warns Bismarck women to weigh risks before leaping into marriage like a leap year, comparing fashion and wealth to flirtations and breach of promise. It notes suitors may seek brides quickly and cautions readers about romantic entanglements, with a playful aside on poetry and cooking.
A long fashion column reviews changing hairstyles from bangs to the Saratoga and Grecian coil, noting bang removal and new waves. It describes salon trends, fabrics, trims, accessories, and the era's jewelry, velvets, laces, and gowns with period imagery and style tips. The piece mixes mythic references with detailing of headwear, necklines, and fabric treatments.
A thirty five year old memoir recounts a Louisville belle meeting her future husband during a Mississippi River landing trip. The steamboat voyage to St Louis featured dancing, feasting, and high society crowds aboard floating palaces.
Miss Lelia J. Robinson, a recently admitted Boston lawyer, argued a deserted wife's petition for custody of two children and separate maintenance. The Probate Court granted custody to the mother, barred the husband from contact, and ordered him to pay half his income monthly. The ruling marks Robinson's notable courtroom debut and signals future practice in her own cases.
A pasted sample of nonsensical quotes and brief notices from newspapers. It references a Boston man claiming a century old piano, humor about digestion and medicine, poems by Etta Wheeler, quack cures, dental office rushes in Chicago, stage humor in Philadelphia and a tavern gag line. It preserves fragmented items in a light, comic tone.
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