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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1893
Page
4
The piece notes Wheeling Park as a pleasant resort with walks and green lawns and a Sunday program at 8 29. It mentions plans to reopen the Church of God at Riverview Hallaire Ohio with speakers including Elder N M Anderson and J KH Campbell and notes a baptism service and closing rites.
News items report Tom Carney's arrest by Officer Piriagerald for robbing Walter Hilton of $5.15 while Hilton bathed in the river. Also noted are a funeral for Fred R. Etzjerook, the twenty-second anniversary at New Fair Grounds with a parade, Mozart Park Incline progress, Wheeling cyclists bound for Washington, changes to the Pa Handin road timetable, and various local society updates including a Dry Goods window display and Athletic Club officers. Further items cover a Red Cross baseball trip, a Holliday Post meeting, and a forthcoming general gathering with resolutions.
The Seashore draws few inducements as Chicago’s Columbian Exposition remains the prime pilgrimage for locals. Many plan trips for September weather, lodging scarce in Chicago, while visitors from Wheeling and nearby towns depart to view the fair. Read on for lists of residents and visitors bound for the World’s Fair, and notes on travel schedules and excursions.
An excursion train leaves Wheeling at 3 50 p m on Tuesday August 8 1893. Round trip price is 11 00. Tickets are good for ten days. Inquiries may be directed to agents J T Lane T P Agt. Try a bottle of Engine pest exterminator.
In a letter from Great Falls foreman Charles Crago to his father, he details a Western economic crisis as two banks fail and many businesses go under. He reports widespread credit loss, job cuts, depopulated towns, and imminent hardship for workers while urging silver policy action by Congress to prevent social unrest and possible conflict.
A classified notice touts Hromo-Seltear trial bottles for a clear head and steady nerves and promotes the Wiremine Artistic Engraving Co. products as top lithographed imitations. It also announces an excursion via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on August 8, 1893, with a $11 rating and tickets valid ten days from Wheeling. Practical contact details list J. T. Lane as T P Agt.
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