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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1893
Page
2
A detailed account explains Hebrew Passover week from preparation and cleaning to Sader services, matzos, ritual foods, and family reading of the Haggadah. It notes sacred days, use of unleavened bread, kosher restrictions, and the home observance by Orthodox and other Hebrews in the city.
A collage of items from Wheeling reveals theater schedules at the Grand and Opera House, including Columbia Comedy Company shows and the Gloriana production, plus notices on transfers of real estate and varied sales such as furniture, pianos, organs, and household goods. Local meetings and resolutions reference St. John Commandery and memorials for Samuel Blake. additional ads promote Bon Ton and related fashions on Main Street.
A morning fire at the B and M machine shop yards near Twenty eighth street destroyed a tea house and iced storage, with three carloads of ice valued at forty dollars per car. Fire spread risk to adjacent sheds. 1375 gallons of oil in a nearby shed heightened danger but was contained. Cause traced to hot ashes from a passing engine stack. Several ads follow.
In Elm Grove Justice Geo Arkle heard part of the State versus Al Kellar and Minnie Hickman for administering poison to Mrs. Kellar. Defense by Hugus Boyce. State by Howard. Testimony from Mrs Kellar Mia Phillips Mrs Rose and Frank Jones. Hearing adjourned to Monday at 2 pm due to prosecutor duties.
McLure House hotel in Wheeling awards contracts for a major electric system upgrade. Plans by James W. Crosby and La Roche Electric Works detail two 800-light dynamos, wiring for 700 incandescents and six arc lights, extending to store rooms and the Dollar Savings bank. A Russell Engine Co steam plant with two 35 hp engines and an 80 hp boiler will power the system, with exhaust steam repurposed for heating. Construction to begin immediately with completion aimed in sixty days.
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