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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1893
Page
9
The article surveys Lent era social life in Wheeling, noting Easter preparations, weddings, anniversaries, and club gatherings. It highlights planned dances, receptions, and a shift from religious observance to renewed public festivities as spring approaches.
Spectal Telegram reports a five year old girl Elie Roy daughter of Wesley Roy and wife died after dress caught fire while playing near a yard fire three miles east of Manerra Ohio. She burned from waist to shoe tops and suffered until 4 20 this morning. This is the second child lost by burning for the family.
Lieutenant Peary selects Dr. Cook Samuel Entrekin Estrup and Matthew Henson as four core members for the North Greenland voyage. All have prior Greenland experience, with Cook Estrup and Henson joining Peary's 1901 trip and Entrekin on the relief expedition last summer. The Geographical Club executive committee backs Peary and seeks funds to cover trip costs.
March 24 report from Porto Alegre notes the Argentine Vice Consul there was arrested by order of the local governor. The incident threatens a suspension of diplomatic relations between Argentina and Brazil amid long standing friction. A Rio Grande do Sul telegraph line issue hampers news, and rumors say Gen Saraiva’s forces may have defeated near Bagé, but details are unavailable.
A historic claim touts Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup as a refined cough medicine. Marketed to satisfy belief in pine-based health benefits, the ad notes wide availability through dealers with a price in shillings.
A lively survey of spring outerwear and bonnets notes capes as the season’s top wrap, with velvet satin and lace trims, butterfly and empire coats, and triple capes in Paris hues. Small bonnets, varied decorations, and delicate flowers shape the new look while cautioning on protection from illness. The piece ends with a coroner investigation over Colonel Shepard’s death by ether inhalation.
Mrs Stephenson of Parkersburg accuses Bay Superintendent Strause of harsh treatment of her daughter at Parkersburg High School prompting an investigation by the School Board next Monday. Separately, George Loomis faces a city dispute over a bay window obstruction on Market street after being refused permission and fined for removal. he paid the fine after a capias and an officer's attempt to jail him. A second warrant against Loomis awaits action as councilman Weight seeks removal of the obstruction. The city buzzes with both cases ahead of Monday hearings.
In New York March 25 attorneys for New York Life Mortgage and Trust Company filed notice in Supreme Court to move Monday for an order against Henry Cranston to deliver hotel furniture. Mrs Blaine and her sick boy occupy the ground floor apartment. Doctor Dillingham, Health Inspector, notes the boy with scarlet fever remains a danger, though the patient improves. In Georgia, ex-Congressman Watson allegedly faced charges after a confrontation in Thomson with a pistol drawn amid freight payment disputes, with Palmer planning concealed weapons charges.
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