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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1893
Page
7
The piece recalls theatrical rivalries and elder actors, detailing Thorne and Forrest clashes backstage and Booth’s mentorship legacy. It shifts to coastal fashion, describing beachwear evolution from corsets to blue flannel swimsuits, and vivid portraits of stylish bathers and water-curled hairstyles.
The article reports a busy week of fraternal lodge events in Wheeling including Welcome Lodge No. 6 entertainments led by Past Master Workman McClusky and G. W. Grimes of Jonte Lodge, with about 150 attendees aboard the steamer Phillips. It notes new initiations at Excelsior and Reliance Lodges, a Medical Examiner appointment for Upchurch Lodge No. 20, and a Supreme Grand Lodge session in Toronto with three-year assessments set across multiple jurisdictions. The piece lists initiated candidates, officers elected, and upcoming meetings and installations across several lodges including Wheeling Commandery No. 1, Miriam Chapter No. 1, Knights of Honor at Alpha Lodge No. 424, Excalistor Lodge No. 40, Wildey Rebekah Lodge No. 3, Franklin Lodge No. 3, Wheeling Lodge No. 5, Shield of Honor Zane Lodge No. 1, and General U.S. Grant Camp No. 17, plus planned excursions and state-wide installations.
The article extols American harness horse breeding and speed gains toward a 2:00 standard, noting imports of American trotters, evolving bloodlines, and the potential future of 2:30 and 2:00 records. It discusses cup records, breed value, and the move toward higher performance amid rising prices and better training gear.
A fragmentary Victorian-era verse piece appears to describe a sea voyage with dramatic imagery of waves, Neptunian forces, and a sisterly relation amid stormy tides. The text shows garbled OCR with several misread phrases and names, rendering a surreal nautical scene without clear narrative resolution.
The article discusses Helmholtz measuring thought waves. Hersch timing a touch response at a seventh of a second. hearing reaction at sixth of a second. sight at one fifth of a second. It notes similar distances for these signals and suggests images travel slower than sound or touch. Donders estimates about seventy five thousandths of a second for willing response.
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