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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1892
Page
10
The column surveys a wide array of topics from suffrage and party sway to fashion, art and literature. It highlights women in politics and society, names places like San Francisco and Chicago, mentions universities, World’s Fair plans, and the evolving roles of women in arts and business.
Massillon today reports the formation and formal growth of the National Alliance of the Daughters of Veterans of the United States. The organization, born in Massillon seven years ago, now stretches to twenty states with a history tied to the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Washington. Leadership, charter milestones, and a 1400 member tally are noted, along with charitable aims and plans for future conventions.
The San Francisco Examiner details a shift from old harpoons and bomb guns to modern bow weapons in whaling. It explains the darting gun with a toggle iron and a copper cylinder bomb, describing their operation, dangers, and how they drive a whale toward exhaustion before the kill.
The young cannon fires large cut-off shotguns with rubber cushions to spare the shooter. Bombs resemble the band propelled darts, bigger and rubber feathered for stable flight. Each loaded bomb costs about $1.75. Whalers target bowheads, hoping to profit from bone valued around $6 per pound, despite risking multiple shots to hit the whale.
In a New York World tale, two French suitors woo Mile Bertha with prized curls. Each offers a hair strand for a strand from the other, and the exchange is made without touching her hair. The count now wears the rival’s curl ringleted around his heart.
The article recounts James Whitcomb Riley's feats of humor to draw crowds. It notes a town entry as a blind painter with a boy and a painted scene that astonished locals. Riley explains his glasses trick makes audiences seem active or indifferent.
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