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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1886
Page
7
An old tale narrated in a rough fable style recounts a soldier stealing a melon and a peasant seeking justice from a local judge. The judge orders trial by test and, upon finding the melon inside the soldier, fines and punishes accordingly. The story ends noting the prince’s fondness for practical tokens, as told by the San Francisco Chronicle telegraph.
A fragmented dramatic text mixes poems and a detective tone as a narrator recalls a strange event on a train. Reminiscent lines mention a sister, dangerous plans, a plaster prank, and a dream of death, interwoven with cryptic dialogue and shifting voices. The piece hints at memory, fear, and unreliable narration within a winter setting.
A Wisconsin audience heard a harrowing account of a reformer Myers who protected and manipulated an asylum inmate, while critics argued the state and county systems failed the mentally ill. The report traces violent restraint, moralizing tales, and broader calls for humane care and systemic change in the era.
The Tre Une Kiln Club adopts a recommendation, pledging changes while noting strained relations with Mexico have eased. Members discuss harmony, a potential debating society, committee reports on finances and art, and caution against unsafe talk. A mix of humor and moral tales rounds out the meeting.
A local tale shares a farm lad Jim delivering a package for his tired father on the road to town. The doctor’s gentle gratitude and the lad’s momentary hesitation set a quiet scene of duty and kinship among farm workers and a village audience.
A narrative tale about a little girl who uses the word awful for everything. She lives in an awful home and village, attends an awful school with an awful teacher, and endures awful hunger, weather, and church life. The narrator frets she will grow into an even more awful being if she stops saying awful.
A garbled serialized riddle poem lists varied directives about where people should reside or migrate to, blending fashion hints, headgear, and nationalities. The text includes references to "Crinnon," "scarlet and yellow," and nations, with a final note about Providence Telegraph and war-path timing.
A brush seine fishery on the Allegheny River drew about two thousand pounds of pickerel and pike while Indian- crewed lines and a brush-net system brought the first such haul in three years. Spectators watched as diversions and chants accompanied the two-hour drive, a method described as illegal under Pennsylvania law.
A Chicago Herald excerpt presents publisher perspectives on manuscript value and true merit. It explains the selection process from submission to reading, the risk of unsold titles, author royalties, and the publisher's gatekeeping role in shaping what gets printed.
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