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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1887
Page
5
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century essay disputes divorce stigma and its impact on women. It argues publicity worsens private pain, condemns sensational public attention, and defends the dignity of divorced wives amid contested law and social judgment. It emphasizes gendered hardship, respectability, and need for legal fairness.
In a remote mining camp the long living Millicent Hay and her partner Silas Wickson confront a staged hangman plot at Hanging Rock. Millicent interrupts the plan, reveals her bond to Silas, and the two depart together, unseen by locals, to begin a new life away from the camp.
A wartime tale set in the Allegheny mountains of West Virginia begins with a sick child and a mother awaiting her soldier husband. John Ball deserts camp to see his daughter Sallie, earns a desertion sentence, and returns just in time to comfort her before she dies, while a dramatic petition by his wife to the President spurs a reluctant clemency effort amid a harsh, deadly execution timeline.
An Eant to Mowe scraping. Edward Shephkerd of Harrisburg Ill says he benefited from Fledric Hitters. He claims a long leg tanning issue healed after using Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. Bitters sold at fifty cents and salve at ten cents by Logan Co.
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