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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1889
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR text suggests a boxing championship scene with references to champions and bouts. The disjointed wording obscures names, places, and outcomes, leaving only vague hints of participants and event atmosphere.
An account traces James Arthur a North Carolina planter who killed a rival, fled to mountains, and later surrendered after a court battle. The narrative weaves boxing and mob violence with Carpenter’s leadership and the McCoy family vendetta, detailing lynching, shootings, and a mass fight for justice that reshaped local power dynamics.
A sweeping, lurid retelling of the Hatfield McCoy feud detailing border violence from elections at Blackberry Creek to cross river raids. It chronicles Randall and John McCoy kinsmen versus Ellison Hatfield and kin, kidnappings, ambushes, and executions across Kentucky and West Virginia, ending with a murder on the Tug river and a brutal river chase.
A visiting correspondent recalls the Hatfield clan’s hidden refuge along Tug River, detailing the siege by Kentucky authorities, tenacious detectives, and the harsh hunt that followed. Hatfields resist capture as generations endure in a mountainous stronghold while threats loom from Logan County and state actions.
An odd 19th century patent cure touts Sanford's Radicat Care a two bottle remedy with a Kenneay bottle and an impurity remedy for $1.18 including directions published as a dubious medical patent. The ad pretends to free users from money dangers and ill health while urging purchase.
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