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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1892
Page
6
A Wheeling era column describes the completed grand stand at the State Fair Grounds with 9 600 seating capacity in four sections. It notes light car issues, wheat crop conditions, home remedies for drink cures, and anecdotes from veterans and local residents across Wheeling.
W A Rader, hotel owner at Belmont, is in Parkersburg looking for his wife who vanished Tuesday while he was away. She sold all hotel furniture and stock for about $900, pocketing the money. The wife and a cook named Loughnut are tracked to St Louis. arrest has been telegraphed. Miners at Telgoram report strikes across Montana Monongah shafts as Federation demands halt two major mines.
A fragmentary report describes high water on the Ohio with three feet of water in the canal and the Davis Island dam performing well. It notes a planned barge move and concerns about river treachery and a potential inland city threat from the Mississippi.
A large People's Party convention in Tusxaurox West Virginia named Hi M Hayden and W F Harves for House of Delegates P J Crogan for Prosecuting Attorney L G Cockrell for Assessor Dorsey Foreman and P P Cale for Surveyor and W F McMillen as surveyor The event featured Col D W Fitzgerald the party’s Congressional candidate in the Second District delivering the keynote address and signals strength against the two old parties.
In Presque Isle county near Allis, two eagles battled for a baby girl of Peter Shaw. One eagle died in the fight, another swooped with the child. the father shot the remaining bird as it fell with the infant into a lake. Both birds and the baby were recovered. the child was dead.
Across major cities Cleveland Philadelphia New York Boston St Louis Louisville and Chicago produced decisive wins as pitchers Ehret Cuppy Keefe Jones Rusie Cobb Stiverts Stein and Breitenstein led their teams. Notable scores include Cleveland 5 Philadelphia 1 New York 7 Baltimore 6 Boston 11 Brooklyn 0 and St Louis 3 Louisville 2 with attendance figures cited for several games.
G A R of Benwood held a large bean bake and camp fire at Whiteman s orchard with a big crowd from the city and Bailaire. Private Dalzell spoke warmly about Civil War memories and politics while other speakers were announced. A buffet cafe update and local notices followed, including obituaries and funeral times.
A jumble of sale notices and adverts listing items for sale including household furniture, a patent spirit level, a rotary card cutter, stationary washstand, and blames? rents. The snippets reference addresses in Fairmont West Virginia and a legal notice box 454. The unreadable OCR preserves various goods for sale and legal forms like deeds and leases.
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