07 Sep 1890
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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1890
Page
1
The readable text resembles a garbled OCR passage with scattered names and fragments mentioning people, places, and dates. It includes stray references to a vote, a figure or event, and disjointed phrases, but no clear narrative or coherent report emerges.
A damaged OCR record shows fragmented political notices and personal memorials. It mentions delegates, families, funerals, and local figures with scattered place names across West Virginia and North Carolina, including Clark and Seaview, with dates around September and notable mentions of private services and a wake.
Senate votes push tariff bill forward while debate over river and harbor funding continues. House confronts its own amendments as factions clash on import duties and spending measures. Political tension rises as chambers move toward final passage.
In a September session the Supreme Court affirmed imprisonment for Emman K Tourgee for contempt after she failed to appear before a referee in James Town over funds linked to her husband Albion W Tourgee. She received a 95 day sentence and fines, appealing the decision claiming no access to her husband’s money since 1890 and lack of regular appearance before the referee. The case stems from a suit by Keokiet Fleming regarding a judgment unpaid, with prosecutors claiming Tourgee shifted assets to his wife.
A street car collided with a locomotive at Wilson Avenue crossing in Chicago. About a dozen people were injured, some fatally, as the car riders were hurled from the car and the wreckage engulfed by the locomotive. Ambulances rushed victims to hospitals. many injuries were severe.
A terrible accident occurred on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad at 5 this morning near Aboda. The first section derailed after the second crashed into it, injuring thirty five to forty people and killing several unseen. Five bodies have been recovered and twelve men remain missing. most victims were laborers. At Spokane, a separate incident at five minutes before six killed twelve men and possibly more, with full extent still unknown.
Etta Simpson aged 17 in Ottawa has slept since August 24 with mania for eating brown paper. Doctors tried two electrical shocks, first only waking briefly, second with no effect. She later ate a morsel of bread and drank wine but remained unconscious. A prior illness a year earlier involved nervous strain from her father. Reports mention hearing voices and strange behavior, with likening to being in power, while family notes the craving for paper has grown.
A London Paris Paris Figury dispute spurs a tale of Marie Rose Mapleson and her husband Henry Mapleson. The letter from Henry at Vichy accuses Marie of a formal union never completed, alleges gifts and engagements funded by him, and suggests possible legal action in Britain while Marie’s sister hints at a forthcoming statement.
Journalistic figures Rochefort and Thiebaux fought a duel in Lacilnge, Holland, after revelations about General Boulanger and M. Mermeix. Thiebraud was wounded in the thigh, a minor injury in a night of revenge and intrigue surrounding Paris and London politics.
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