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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1894
Page
7
A damaged excerpt discusses months past and public verdicts. It blends biblical paraphrase with questions about tooth values set by a New York court. The piece muses on whether the loss of four teeth can fetch about a thousand dollars and how market values vary for teeth linked to gender and age.
Five prisoners were released from the jail yard under a warning of early release. Among them was ex-postmaster Dahiet of Bellaire who served about six years for whilat tag Abe pred laws. Doubler was paroled after a tense moment but collapsed in court as guards escorted him toward the delivery of his sentence.
An early 20th century fight at Olive Mile field ended violently with multiple injuries. Spectators describe a fatal blow in the seventh round and a chaotic scene as ring officials and medical staff acted. A fellow fighter, Powers, was implicated in the rough aftermath.
A degraded OCR fragment mentions tours S0c and a restaurant on St 642 with drug and chess firms. It references Sole Pre Bouton and a booklet on care and needs, but key details and dates are unreadable.
In the criminal court yesterday the State v W R Edwards def- sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary after a motion for a new trial was overruled. Edwards had previous penitentiary terms. a life sentence would have resulted if the state pressed the matter. The docket also covered a bigamy case State v Barry T Cheveller with arguments on the admissibility of evidence and questions about marriages. The circuit court schedule and related notices were noted, along with local updates on clergy, schools, and construction.
Coxey's army officer reports desertions rising as the tramp toward Monongahela city faces rough roads and seven days of marching. Sleep on bare ground at Exposition Park brings rheumatism. discipline keeps most marching. Weather delays the planned 2 a.m. departure as headquarters move from Hotel Diamond. Forty recruits join near Reynoldston while 115 are dismissed at McKeasport for objecting to commissary arrangements.
The Traveller of Boston reports letters from 31 governors and 40 congress members on the Nicaragua canal. Most Southern governors back federal construction and ownership, with a few opposing private control. Congress members across several states largely support building, though some oppose bond guarantees for private firms. Supreme Court orders and local crime notes follow, including a river/post office theft and a pension fraud case in Huntington and Scott counties.
The Sunday Register lists Sexpat Rea Israels available at multiple druggists and news dealers. Names include Robert Burt, W E Williams, George Ebeling, Chas Menkemeler, Will Irwin, Pull Row, Harry Stewart, Wil Meakember, Wil McElroy, Armbright, H Quimby, L E Freese, W H Hague, Young, and others. Locations cited cover Chapline Market Jacob streets and surrounding cross streets, with distributors in Island and Portybird areas.
A tale from Buffalo recounts a male servant named John who blindly trusts orders and retrieves a valuable package. He endures a brutal beating defending his duty, explaining he followed orders to the front steps despite painted stairs and a house full of staff. He returns with the package, vowing to “lick the rest of the folks.”
The Pittsburg style clipping reports Sullie Moore versus Lawrence Cruve, a Marion businessman, seeking ten thousand dollars in damages for seduction and breach of promise begun in the Crittenden Circuit Court at Marion. The piece links Moore to a notoriety arc from New York City, detailing her movements and background. Mills and millinery ads follow, plus a flurry of obituary notices and wedding/groom entries with mixed legibility.
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