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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1896
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Valentine celebrations and public notices with scattered names, dates, and events. The passage intertwines a theater or arts scene with civic notices, but readability is too low to extract a coherent event or outcome.
The Mardi Gras celebration ushers in Lent with Rex the King touring the city, receiving the keys from the Mayor, and presiding over grand parades and ballrooms. Visiting military companies join in a citywide festivity, mixing North and South in a storied Crescent City pageant. Rex and his court visit City Hall and the ballrooms as Queen selections and royal processions unfold amid lavish allegorical floats and public devotion.
James Collins confronts a berry grower about out of season fruit damage. A musket is fired during the confrontation. a deer is killed, and Protector Kidd warns Collins about future violations of game laws. The incident elevates to a legal concern as authorities investigate the improper hunt and season breach.
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