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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1896
Page
6
A broad survey details worker strikes, wage talks, and union activities from West Virginia to Chicago and Philadelphia. Notes cover wage cuts, overtime demands, organizing drives, and planned Labor Day events, with mentions of mill, lumber, and metal trades, plus regional labor leadership actions and policy notices.
Fragmentary lines describe a town night scene with references to veterans, a man named Meyer, women, and scattered names. The text hints at social chatter, local events, and possible wartime or postwar mood, with placeholder phrases and garbled names suggesting misread OCR. The piece reads like a diary page or clipped notes from a newspaper column.
A scrambled note mentions Richardson and a public meeting with figures like Mel and Kel amid confusion. It hints at questions about work, timing, and a possible vote or decision, with limited legible names and phrases.
GRAFTON West Virginia residents and visitors frequent the town with names like Angst, Woods, O'Brien, Herr and Durbis appearing amid brief mentions. Community scene includes pastors, a long standing lawyer, and guests from nearby towns. snippets show social calls, visits, and a funeral observed last Sunday.
Fraternal notices report Wheeling and surrounding lodges planning August meetings. Members honor deceased brother John H. Aime Dart with Masonry rites at Greenwood Cemetery. Candidates to be conferred, with community services and parades noted for several allied orders and a large park picnic planned by the park division and ladies of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Angi fire politoral grin of 11W fired here just mehy Citrus Kenith A. G. Dason came here on Tuesday, and toy Republicans imatiately toads are rangemests for him to speak while here. Hy spoke in the court house last mlebs. "Tua anittenien wats good sland. cams der nny that a Aunt adna the even ing meade it Exmenhadiengresable to Boont. diy claimed the Dontocrate were afraid of the tariff, and were therefore trying
Loralded denies in anarchisis as followers of Altgeld and Tiliman drift from the money issue. The brief notes regulatory tensions and shifting support among local groups impacting the financial debate.
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