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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1890
Page
8
A garbled Wheeling Chronicle page reports on local events including county session notices, wedding and obituary snippets, and several scattered sports results. Mentions of Deeds of Trust, county proceedings, river activities, and a mix of social notices appear amid unfinished game scores and club updates from weekend activity.
Cox and Morrison boiler makers voluntarily adopt a nine hour workday with ten hours pay, effective Monday, without solicitation from the workers. A boy floater found in the river at Moundsville is identified as about twelve years old, with identity unconfirmed. Other items note property sales on Twenty-ninth arrest street and a boy injured at Creswet mill, plus a labor rumor and a court arrest over abusive language.
Captain W J Robb, a long respected West Virginia veteran, died yesterday just before his seventieth birthday. He enlisted in 1861, rose from private to captain, endured capture at Petersburg, and spent his postwar years in this city among loyal friends. Funeral arrangements to be announced for a service at C M Coen’s residence on South Penn Street Island, with relatives expected to arrive soon.
Forward Lists, a teamster with the Lake Railroad, died after a wagon load of stone toppled on him. He jumped to safety but his footcaught the rein, the wheel crushed his chest and shoulder, and he died about an hour later at age around sixty five leaving a wife and many children.
Shoes and portraits advertised at reduced prices in a vintage sale. Genuine calf leather men shoes handsawed at low price with a life sleeve cabinet offer. Crayon portraits and photographs offered for five dollars at 1121 Metn Street.
Bold claims tout Kemp's Balsam as a cure for colds with science like language. An illustrated bottle is shown with bright packaging and promises of reliable relief. The ad urges readers to choose Kenn and similar remedies for quick comfort.
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