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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1882
Page
7
Fragmentary report covers incidents in the city and beyond including arrests and legal matters. Names and places are garbled, with references to churches, public notices, and various disturbances. Details are unreadable in parts, but mention of arrests, trials, and public demonstrations appear among mixed notes.
A jumble of brief items notes a breaking 7 roll at Laughlin repaired for John Powers aged 22 of Steubenville, a suicide attempt, various court petitions, jail breaks near Fayetteville Arkansas, political accusations, a church festival riot, murders and accidents, a shipwreck with many drowned, and multiple deaths including a retired officer in Washington, a Franciscan father born in 1523, and others across Ohio Pennsylvania and beyond.
The article recalls Daniel Webster’s Marshfield seaside farm life and farming interests. It highlights his stock raising, preference for the seacoast setting, and routine of early rising, fishing, and tending cattle. Webster’s humor, fertilizer experiments, and the Websterfly nickname are described alongside his devotion to neighbors and farming.
A biased Victorian-era critique praises the American girl in London as pure and confident, blending independence with modesty. It contrasts English taste, social clubs, and wit, noting how such a figure engages men, excites curiosity, and embodies cosmopolitan charm amid fashion, literature, and theater.
New York crowds, including Langtry Kellogg Dorsheimer and Beecher, fill Fourteenth Street and Broadway as famous visitors stroll, drawing attention from passersby. Langtry appears cheerful amid gawking locals while Kellogg and Dorsheimer move through the throng, amid chatter about social and political circles.
The piece portrays notable figures seen on Broadway and nearby avenues, including Thorne and Rev. Dr. Frothingham, with general Grant in a restrained public moment. It also recounts a lighthearted courtship tale of Mr. H. and a young woman who kisses him as a curious remedy for freckles, hinting at everyday city life and social curiosities.
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