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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1886
Page
6
A humorous Irish flavored dialogue unfolds as two lovers debate a secret engagement. Nelly McCusker and Pet Murky navigate teasing obstacles, family chatter, and social hoops while plotting to finally become a couple. The scene shifts through banter about nerves, pride, and acceptance as the courtship edges toward commitment.
A long garbled account centers on Latour and his foe Charni sat in France and the English colonies. It details Latour’s attempts to reach his fort, Latour’s ships and supply efforts, and Lady Latour's pivotal role in steering defense and negotiation amid a conflict over control of a fort and surrounding territory. The narrative weaves through captures, battles, and political maneuvering, highlighting Latour’s resilience and Lady Latour’s decisive action in the siege.
A humorous Brooklyn vignette recalls Jumbo the turtle of Elm Street family fame. The 100 pound pet loves fruit, follows a mistress for apples, and hibernates in winter. A wartime reminiscence of Col Mulligan links a soldier’s bravery to a civic life.
Victorian medical column advises convalescents on diet after diphtheria and typhoid fever. It stresses heart strain risk from overfeeding and cautions against early yellow fever relapse remedies. The piece details appetizing presentation, cautious food progression, and water’s role in digestion.
A garbled paste of humorous exchanges and moralizing snippets, including playful fables and social observations. The text mentions Quien Wrinkles, jokes about a letter, farmers, a delicate compliment, and a chaotic mix of anecdotes with Chicago and New York references. It also includes fashion notes on riding habits, hats, gloves, and hunting outfits reflecting period style.
A fragmentary survey of 19th or early 20th century fashion and social norms discusses men’s evening dress, fabrics, and accessories. It mentions how to wear a frock or dress suit, tips from The New York Tribune, and humorous vignettes on courting and manners, with references to hats, collars, and the social setting of dinners and balls.
A former trader describes a slave sale scheme along the Mississippi, detailing methods to transport and auction a Black person in multiple ports, including Orleans, Vicksburg, and Memphis, with mortgages, profits, and repeated recoveries across trips, reflecting brutal 19th century exploitation.
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