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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1882
Page
3
A long biographical account traces Charles Faulkner Sr across education battles civil life and politics. It covers his fight for schooling, entry into public life in 1632, and his influence on state and national affairs including interactions with Governor Floyd and President Taft.
The text outlines the life of Mr. Faulkner, Virginia Democrat and Whig convert, detailing his early legal career, push for antislavery positions, and shift to the Democratic party. It describes his service in the Virginia State Senate, stance on exaction and expansion, his role in the 1830s reform debates, and his later actions in Congress including advocacy for abolition and union, his diplomatic post in France, and his treatment as a political prisoner after the Civil War era.
A retrospective on William Faulkner’s postwar influence in West Virginia. The text highlights his role in solidifying Western Virginia’s split from Virginia, his legal and political work, including his Supreme Court argument for West Virginia’s counties Jefferson and Berkeley, and his service in the U.S. House. It notes his leadership on Judiciary and Division committees, and his later retirement from active politics while praising his public service.
A Paris correspondent describes a newly formed hippodrome where working-class youths, both sexes, race in improvised attire. The day features four damsels in a sprint, a two-thousand meter distance, and later a grueling thirty-round male race. Spectators prize silver water and 40 francs stakes amid lively crowd reactions. Bears seen along Salmon River attract attention.
The essay discusses divergent views among believers on world progress and religious growth. It contrasts optimistic and pessimistic interpretations of scripture and social trends, warns against inferring universal change from general data, and urges balanced attention to both global improvements and local faults within Christian communities. It emphasizes caution in drawing conclusions from averages and the value of prudent, faith-aligned judgment.
A religious miscellany quotes authorities from Samuel Walcott H G Taylor and Cervantes on virtue light and truth. It contrasts formalism with genuine piety urging a life of Christlike action over mere words. The piece muses on the moral aims of Christianity and human duty in faith.
A long, disjointed piece reviews new religious sects in Lapland where women may lead households and ministers, plus extensive missionary activity in October. It moves to reflections on human motion, then a tale of Charles and a dog, ending with a fragmented line about Lucy and a thirsty promise.
A reflective tribute describes a man of industry and integrity. It praises his unwavering fidelity, strict honor, and public and private trials. The piece asserts the world will recognize his character once past storms and prejudice.
A collage of aphorisms and reflections on virtue and knowledge, quoting thinkers like Miller Locke Fichte Carlyle and Eschenbach. It contrasts sublimity in trifles with the limits of human understanding, ending with a parable of sight and inward blindness attributed to Buddhist and Asiatic traditions.
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