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Wheeling Sunday Register in Wheeling, West Virginia

31 Jul 1892

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Wheeling Sunday Register

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Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1892

Page

8

Sultana Disaster Survivor Recalls 1865 Tragedy

A veteran recounts the Sultana steamboat explosion near Memphis on April 27, 1865. Maj. McCown and other Union prisoners endured a night of terror, rescue efforts, and court martial twists. He details the ship’s overcrowding, the blast, drowning horrors, and heroism of Maj. Pillar and a brave rescuer, while noting lingering scars and memory of the fallen.

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Trying Life of a Country Wife in Hard Work and Quiet Year

A vivid, sprawling scene contrasts two rural women in a mossy farmhouse. One, worn and weary, describes endless farm labor from spring to winter, while the other, city-tempted yet curious, probes why farm wives age faster and endure such strain. The tale traces chores, recreation scarce, and the pull of memory as children return with simple gifts.

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Women of the West: Notable frontier heroines and feats

Abilene Kansas July 23 special correspondence highlights frontier women who shaped settlement. It recounts Mary Simpson’s daring capture of the desperado Ireland with a lasso turning the tale to legend, Anna Kimball saving cattle by lifting Rankin aboard, Emma Perry’s botany guided drought recovery, and Oklahoma’s pioneer mothers guiding wagon trains and staking land, plus early female reporters and riders proving frontier grit.

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Railroads timetable fragment notes city connections

Fragmentary OCR of a railroad schedule lists trains between Pitaburg Pistaburg and New York with assorted times and routes. It references Toledo Steubenville Wheeling St Clairsville Canyon Alliance Philadelphia and Elm Grove lines, detailing daily and Sunday services, and notes a Church Train from Elm Grove.

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