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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1897
Page
3
Fragmentary account describes a room of prayer believed to be preserved near Ephesus. It mentions a house associated with the Virgin Mary, built for her by Saint John the Apostle, and discusses fears of establishing a costly shrine as interest grows among pilgrims and relic seekers.
A mob of about twenty men abducts Tenderfoot Charlie in a hotel barroom at a western stage terminus. They prepare a public hanging under a tree in the square, with rope and a barrel as the improvised gallows, threatening others with death by shooting. Charlie offers no defense as the crowd mobs toward punishment.
A General Post Office official discusses adopting a uniform for country postmasters or postmistresses to aid special delivery letters. The plan envisions bicycles and a distinctive uniform color and trim to signal the rider, improve right of way, and garner respect as women carriers handle delicate deliveries in rural areas.
Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox describes a voyage to a fantasy Dream Town show at sunset. The narrator imagines a journey across Slumber Sea to a nightly performance at eight, where dreamers stage a celestial spectacle atop clouds and the moon before doors close on late arrivals.
sensational report from San Francisco dated January 16 details Charles Dillard Wilson and Mrs W Dimond fleeing Honolulu for San Francisco aboard the steamer Coptic. Wilson, a Seattle arrival, married to Miss Jennie French in Seattle before joining the government band in Honolulu. Their onstage romance led to a real life affair and abuse, with Mrs Dimond left behind husband and child as the couple sails to California.
A crowded page blends fiction and reportage with jumbled chatter, jokes, and courtly asides. It threads theatrical notes, banter about telegrams and postmistresses, stray anecdotes about hangings and politics, and random quotes from various era publications, creating a mosaic of period voices and curiosities.
An unusual fragment mentions Wite Gh and Jack in a cryptic note about a New Year event. It references a Beato, a terric phrase, and a Brute miler, with incomplete names and vague places. The readable text hints at a public or social context but lacks clear facts.
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