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Domestic News
August 24, 1877
The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
The Mathews Light Guards, returning from the Springs, received a playful telegram from ladies at Oakland Hotel, Md., on August 22, 1877, regretting their brief stop and inviting them back for dancing amid a surplus of women.
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A GREAT CASE OF CONQUEST.—We had great faith in the Mathews Light Guards, and prophesied a conquest before their return from the Springs. We were not mistaken. The following telegram, received by the officer in command while the boys were en route home on Wednesday, will explain itself:
Oakland, Md., August 22, 1877.
Officers in Command Mathews Light Guards:
The ladies of Oakland Hotel regret very much that you did not stop, and are not going to return, and are still waiting on the platform for another wave of your handkerchiefs. Tears flowing freely.
Love of all. Dancing every night. Gentlemen very few, but plenty of ladies.
Come!
Ladies of Hotel.
Oakland, Md., August 22, 1877.
Officers in Command Mathews Light Guards:
The ladies of Oakland Hotel regret very much that you did not stop, and are not going to return, and are still waiting on the platform for another wave of your handkerchiefs. Tears flowing freely.
Love of all. Dancing every night. Gentlemen very few, but plenty of ladies.
Come!
Ladies of Hotel.
What sub-type of article is it?
Social Event
Military
Arrival Departure
What keywords are associated?
Mathews Light Guards
Oakland Hotel
Ladies Invitation
Dancing
Social Conquest
What entities or persons were involved?
Mathews Light Guards
Ladies Of Oakland Hotel
Where did it happen?
Oakland, Md.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Oakland, Md.
Event Date
August 22, 1877
Key Persons
Mathews Light Guards
Ladies Of Oakland Hotel
Outcome
invitation to return for dancing and social interaction; ladies waiting and tears flowing.
Event Details
The Mathews Light Guards received a telegram while en route home from the Springs, expressing regret from the ladies of Oakland Hotel that the Guards did not stop and inviting them to return amid plentiful ladies and nightly dancing.