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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1889
Page
3
A sprawling catalog of factory activity and labor matters dominates the page. Reports cover union questions, wage talks, plant management, and machinery demand across several firms, with emphasis on threshing engines, window manufacturing, and tile works. The piece highlights workers marching toward eight-hour standards and outlines corporate reorganizations, investments, and local business conditions.
Brooklyn and St Louis pull even in the Association as Byrnes men climb on the Browns. Baltimore holds third as Giants edge toward first, while Boston and Philadelphia jockey for position. Managerial talk centers on pooling league receipts to stabilize finances and a dispute over Pete Wood’s signing with London. Baseball notes from Brooklyn to Cleveland frame a volatile race and a Sunday ball controversy at Manistee.
Racing notes report 2 year olds Fortuna Foust and others posting fast times at 2:30 and 2:24 for miles and halves. McCarthy battles with Gabe Oise in sprint and mile efforts while St Juris and Murphy plans a drive in coming courses. Mentions Maid and Gold Leaf as top foals, with focus on Gallop, trainers, and owners like Rizpah and Lorillard amid a Monmouth season critique.
Alf Kennedy notes Billy Myers faces pressure to drop or defend the lightweight title as rival challengers circle. McAuliffe agrees to a match after Myers forfeits despite a broken arm. Dempsey trains for Li Blache clash. other matchups and purses spill through the scene with boxing figures like Kilrain, Sullivan, Warren, McCarthy, and Fox teeing up big prize plans and world title talk.
Coverage notes the unnamed winner in the Monmouth August stakes as well as related sports results. It cites Mr Withers naming his Chamois colt, the California Athletic Club fight with Frank and Billy Murphy, and a series of track and shooting performances. Also referenced are Wimbledon revolver results for Walter Winans and Purdey Cup winner Sonia F. Winans, a Atlantic City pigeon match, and other miscellaneous athletic notes.
In Chicago and New York theater circles details emerge about Mims Adelaide Moore and her American tour plans with leading men Skinner and Fraser Coulter. Reports cover touring companies, cast shuffles, and upcoming productions like The Love Story and Davy Crockett with notes on industry layoffs and shifting salaries for actors.
A humorous Minnetonka lake incident recounts a well padded bathers mishap as youths pursue a woman in a partial swimsuit. The scene features a boater, a rubber ring, and a dramatic splash that ends with the girl leaving shore with the wet youths in tow.
Mrs Chris Smith and daughter Emma returned home after a visit with Clarington friends. Mrs Thomas Sargent visiting Mr Addison Thompson at St Clairsville at his mother Mia’s residence. Miss Aonen Joyce visiting relatives in Grafton West Virginia. Mr and Mrs Ged Elliott writing for tether at Grafton Ohio. Hannah Smith leaves for Camp Chippewa after a week at camp. Mim Hannah plans to join friends for Niagara Falls and Detroit. Miss Maysie Adolph has moved into a new building. Miss Minnie Alexander visiting heads in Steubenville.
The missing Charles T. Loring of Point Pleasant Electric Light and Power Co. vanished after promising to return with new dynamo. His wife received a note from New York stating he would never return and would not see her again. Creditors moved against his personal property amid rumors about the company finances.
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