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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1890
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled names and phrases with scattered references to people and places. The readable bits suggest a cultural or literary note, mentioning likely individuals and institutions in a cryptic, diary like record without a clear event or outcome.
An itinerant agent persuades William Williams, a Black resident, to buy the self study volume "Colored People Who Can Not Read" and a set of heavier books. After days of reading, Williams struggles as his mind wrestles with the text, while the agent observes his progress and contemplates further sales.
A historical sketch describes the Democratic and Republican Speakers and presiding officers in the U S House across recent sessions. It notes Tony Reed’s chairmanship, Burrows, Grosvenor, Allen, Henderson, Butterworth, and O Donnell among others, with anecdotes on their styles, rulings, and presence.
Fragmentary OCR reveals a colonial code from New England, detailing severe penalties for Quakers and others, Sabbath restrictions, travel limits, and public discipline. It mentions Connecticut and New Haven with references to banishment, death for certain acts, and strict enforcement of religious conformity. The text is garbled but centers on harsh governance and social control in a Puritan colony.
An old advertisement extols TILSOZODONT as a cure for dental woes. It promises relief from sickness and death in a disordered mouth, claiming the product cleans teeth and banishes foul breath, restoring tone to soul and body. It targets big weddings on the West side and mentions freedom from dental woes amid a noisy era.
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