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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1883
Page
7
A long fragmented column rails against elevated roads and urban reform. It parades a cast of places and figures including New York, Brooklyn, Mayor candidates, and civic debates on traffic, taxes, and social norms. The piece reads as a satirical survey of city life with numerous tangential asides and mock-serious concerns.
A New York lawyer who spent seven years in jail contends the detention was unjust and unjustly prolonged. He describes the case as a duty to defend his client’s real estate rights, detailing court actions, a writ of habeas corpus, and a long appeal process culminating in a pending judgment and ongoing efforts to publish his account as a pamphlet.
A fragmented report notes an incident involving a sleeping child and a sequence of events described in guarded terms. Names and places are unclear due to OCR errors, but the core reference points to a rescue or care situation linked to an urban setting and a local response. Further readable details are limited in this fragment.
A fragmented tale recounts royal visitors in Europe and America, detailing a Marquess, princes, and a high profile party mixing with hotel life. It notes a mix of travel through the South, a domestic and courtly atmosphere, and a notable character movement amid a backdrop of royal expectations and backstairs gossip.
A garbled jumble of slang quotes and fragments from a regional paper features mock dialects and scattered anecdotes. It includes misheard phrases about music, sermons, and rural life, plus a muddy exchange about a ditto and a cabbage. The collection resembles a spoof of letters and overheard remarks.
A schoolhouse dog named Ned assists students and teachers in Midway Minnesota. Ned formerly belonged to Mrs. Margaret Buford and now attends classes at Mr. Rogers' home daily. He sits in for recitations, answers with an intelligent bark, and excels in spelling and ball catching.
In Colquitt County near Murphy's precinct a wedding between Mr. James White and Miss Delini Anderson ended tragically when a bystander killed the bride and groom after the ceremony was pronounced. Rev Elijah Black officiated as the couple were joined in matrimony.
Fragmentary OCR- text shows garbled names and phrases about a bow and events. No coherent person, place, or date can be confirmed from the readable portions.
Sanitary Registers Solanovo January reports Mayor Powderly quitting the Knights of Labor post after heavy daily letter burdens. He cites workload and duties, saying he could not continue without neglecting his mayoral duties while remaining active in the order's executive board. He notes growth, arbitration outcomes, and the order's wide reach across Canada and Mexico.
A Philadelphia Chronicle summary reports U S production in cut glass, spikes and tacks employs 4,323 machines across 14 states. It lists establishments and machines in Maine Massachusetts New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia Kentucky Colorado and others, with details on factory closures strikes and labor negotiations affecting firms like Baltimore glassworkers Winslow glass and several New Jersey plants. The piece notes wage demands factory suspensions and possible shifts to new plants and rail plate mill developments.
In Wellsburg curious onlookers gathered to witness the operation. A glass cylinder process involved shaping a clear thin glass exterior, splitting it lengthwise, and inserting a cold iron end. The pieces were prepared for annealing, then cut to size and shipped after finishing. A liberal reward is offered at McLean's drugstore.
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