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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1884
Page
3
Fragments recount a chilling tale of living burial and failed revival as an English patient is slowly entombed. A long, chaotic narrative weaves through medical theories and sensational anecdotes, detailing fear, procedures, and a haunting cure that ends with a rescue attempt and grim consequences.
A detailed nineteenth century account describes Mr. Tennent who, after being thought dead, revived within hours as doctors and family debated burial. The narrative follows his memory loss, regaining literacy, and a remarkable tale of waking episodes and near-death fevers observed by onlookers, with mention of other cases of suspended animation and the philosophical questions they raised.
A fragmented colonial cookbook style snippet outlines methods for devilled oysters, river water beef curing with salt and wood, potato preparation for canoe travel, and a fish paste sandwich with butter and lemon juice. The text preserves dated cooking guidance and era-appropriate terms.
An optimistic vignette centers on a man who constantly looks ahead to success and a memorably odd exchange quoted as Mr Yeast says I understand you have been sitting for my ad while another party responds with fury and confusion in a fragmentary dialogue.
Reports from the New York Morning Journal recount W H Vanderbilt’s vast fortune, detailing yearly income streams from railroads, bonds, and real estate. The ledger shows extensive holdings in Michigan Central, Northwestern, New York Central, and others, with a mansion, art, stables, and luxury items cited.
Detroit Free Press recounts a Third Street citizen’s failed breakfast milk request at a grocer. The grocer claimed sold out, then produced a quart by using old milk from the ice chest mixed with chalk and water to fill the order. A lawyer afterward sought clarification on the incident.
The text appears to be garbled OCR with names and phrases unclear. It mentions a mechanic and a “waster” of his trade, plus a reference to Bread Winneey, suggesting a critique or anecdote. No coherent event or outcome is discernible from the fragments.
The text lists varied animal notes and myths. It mentions that fish come when named, female animals may die to protect eggs, and elephants reach sixteen to eighteen years before maturity. It also notes the tusks of males reaching ten feet and white sharks weighing up to ten thousand pounds, alongside claims about snails surviving boiling water and elephants dying of grief after killing a keeper.
On a Detroit Free Press account a drummer from a Philadelphia saddlery house confronts a wild train encounter with a lone woman passenger. He secures a place by her seat and assists her to telegraph home before a tense moment ends with his flight toward Meridian leaving onlookers astonished by his pale, exhausted condition.
A Pittsburgh couple’s odd contraption, the toe telephone, sparked a comic chase through the stairs and street. The tale ends with the device gifted to the wife by the family, amid a scene of mistaken use and startled neighbors.
A scene portrays Rie and a young man returning from the depot amid flood talk. Susie resists discussing the disaster while lamenting delays in marriage offers and noting boats brought provisions. The flood’s damage and moving from the levee are mentioned, with a casual tone about surviving loss.
A collage of clipped quips and jokes from era papers notes marital spats and social habits. It cites Boston and New York papers on pugs chores clothes and ironing while lampooning domestic tensions and courtroom views with sharper lines.
A youth at a New Hampshire court society supper delivered a toast on Our Sexton describing him as one who tends the Sabbath home, garnishes earths flowers at weddings, and furnishes the bier at funerals. His pun drew blushes and laughs from the group amid irreverent amusement.
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