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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1894
Page
9
A garbled 19th century style lament questions Maine prohibition and social behavior. The text mocks enforcement and public attitudes, noting mixed messages about drinking, religious influence, and local norms. It mentions places like McKim and Wheellog and references dated events and persons in a satirical chorus.
An 19th century account describes illicit whisky access under Maine law via drug stores and other pharmacies. It notes liquor sold to prove character, disguised depots, and portable cans used to evade officials. Reports detail the maneuvers of reform officers and the clever schemes to keep spirits available in plain sight.
A satirical look at Maine liquor policy sketches how prohibition and state controls shape drink access. It describes cheap spirits, cider, and soda fountain syrups fueling temptation, notes tunnels and adulterated whiskeys, and questions whether prohibition or high license laws curb vice.
The review discusses Frederic Masson’s Napoleon and Women, arguing it reinterprets Napoleon’s life by detailing his romances with Josephine and Marie Louise. It notes the author uses documents to challenge traditional views, portraying Napoleon as a loving, human figure influenced by women and sentiment, with emphasis on Josephine’s poverty, infidelity, and impact on Napoleon’s reign.
A Wheeling times report details lodge work across multiple chapters and councils. It notes St Ohio expansion with new chapters, island council degrees conferred, upcoming anniversary events, lodge meetings in old and new Temples, and social entertainments including a charity opera house sale and a Halloween orange social.
The United States Britain and Germany face possible ending of the tripartite Samoan government as discussions shift to delegating governance to one power. Officials warn the arrangement risks ongoing disputes and potential clashes while Washington weighs the fate of pacific stability amid a dangerous diplomacy.
In Hosrisenos Pa February 17 an Atlantic Express traveling at high speed collided with a freight train on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The impact demolished several loaded cars and severely damaged freight cars. Passengers were reportedly injured, with some rushed to nearby facilities for treatment as crews assessed the wreckage.
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