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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1896
Page
10
Fragmentary OCR text lists bold costumes and uniforms for a political club campaign. Items include capes at 15 cents, fur shakes at 75, and a gun with a flag at 30 cents, suggesting promotional apparel and accessories used during a political push.
A vivid fragment outlines a strategy using mock military outfits, caps and torches to mobilize workingmen for McKinley, detailing costs for caps to boots, cape outfits, and campaign club logistics, plus the aim to turn voters with employment before election. It notes the broader tactic of visuals over rhetoric and the role of volunteers in assembling uniformed clubs.
A Chicago chronicle notes how campaign clubs form with uniform attire costing up to four dollars for a Whitney style outfit. Members select, fit, and wear white trousers, sashes, and caps for parades, with bands in matching dress and white shakos. The piece emphasizes the rising popularity and accessibility of uniforms to ignite marching patriotism.
An Auckland News excerpt records a debate among Muori and Winggora leaders on cannibalism and self-denial. The exchange uses metaphor with a hawk and other animals to argue whether one would eat their own kind, with a hog and a pie as provocations.
A Chicago Tribune snippet portrays a modern young woman asserting independence in a domestic scene. A man whispers proposals in a dim room as she questions his influence, highlighting evolving attitudes toward marriage and ownership within relationships.
Pemberton quips on churchyard yawns as epitaphs of wealthy dead wear thin.
Oatmeal water softens and whitens the skin and is recommended for red and neglected hands and florid complexions. Many ladies use oatmeal instead of soap for cleansing. Tie a handful of ordinary oatmeal in muslin and soak in the basin overnight for milky cooling water. Toilet oatmeal scented with violets is a favorite soap substitute.
Dialogue fragment from a New York World item features a playful exchange where one character jokes about kissing under the other's mother’s nose and then asserts a preference to kiss under her own nose, reflecting light social repartee.
Paris fashion reports silk gowns remain the season’s hit with black and white combos, amethyst accents, and delicate trimmings. Descriptions cover Grand Prix racewear, light poplin gowns, and coordinated hats.
A railroad worker points out a blonde girl about fourteen on a Monon train and a middle aged man with a young child. He explains the girl is a variety actress traveling with the family to Chicago to travel on half fare by playing juvenile parts on the train.
The Danish royal, granddaughter of Saint Clare Desire Clary, stood tallest among Europe’s noblewomen, heir to a fortune of 25 million dollars. She wed Bernadotte after a quarrel with Napoleon’s former lover, linking Denmark’s princess to Norwegian and Swedish realms and shaping European royalty.
A fragment from a poem titled We played at love describes a maid and the speaker sharing a summer sky game to win a heart. The lines allude to a risky romance and fading fear as love is pursued. The text evokes a period voice with truncated phrases and musical rhythm.
A Sommerville Journal column snippet shows the first summer girl telling the second summer girl she has no use for the young man Mr Atherton who asked her to walk on the beach. She explains he offered to carry her and she refused politely. The dialogue hints at social scenes and flirtations typical of a seaside town.
Plankington seeks an able-bodied man to visit his country home and spend Saturday afternoon. Von Blumer asks why. Plankington explains the need to cut the grasp on his Jawa.
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