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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1888
Page
2
The OCR reads like a chaotic mosaic of people, places, events, and dates. It references elections, weather, products, prices, and social notes, with many broken names and places, making extraction of a single coherent event difficult. The readable bits hint at a public notice or column noting upcoming meetings and local happenings.
A long transcribed page notes May events in Wheeling including the May Festival with performances in Wheeling and at Lady Washington. mentions local gatherings, political notices, and upcoming Decoration Day observances. Reports include society sightings, community meetings, and a mix of personal notices, elections, and local business updates.
A fragment reports a legal matter involving Heklis Peoverdings and Anny Oteliea Soloton in New York. It describes arguments over insanity pleas, parental concerns, and alleged perversion affecting a daughter. The text references a trial of Mr Johe Tilton under crimes, and a judge’s proceedings with a sentence described as 10-448 months.
A garbled OCR fragment references The Wonderet in Spain, emblems of Eminent Phyeleons, and a jagged mix of names, dates, places, and phrases. It mentions Warr, Katholy, and various disjointed terms with no coherent narrative or clear event to summarize.
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