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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1895
Page
2
A fragmented sale notice advertises a Monday wal sale with multiple hourly specials. It lists dresses, wrappers, lace, shawls, gloves, silk items, curtains, and corsets with various prices and time slots from noon to after 4 PM. In person purchases only, no orders.
Fragmented notice from Wheeling Register advertising Lensly Institute in Wheeling West Virginia. Details about courses in military and modern languages. Mentions instructors, board trustees, special attractions at the park and transport to the park.
The Ledger of a Wheeling business house reveals an 1800s era account book kept by a Wheeling firm. Entries list clerks, sailors, stewards, cooks, and steamboat crews with monthly wages and job roles. The names include merchants and residents across Ohio and Pennsylvania, with measurements of trade and customers from Wheeling to remote towns.
A public meeting in Park near this place under JrAL ML auspices featured Prof Joseph Kee of Salem Collect speaking on The Possibilities of the Present. Ex Mayor Jeffers and County Superintendent J Law addressed attendees on current events and progress.
A wrapped look at Wheeling’s home club on its recent trip to Franklin, noting swelled head expectations, quick reverses, and the need for stronger hitting. It discusses the Iron and Oil League speed, boxing prospects with Callagher Farragher, and a lively bowling week led by the Nameless and Brownies amid a tight National League pennant race between Pittsburgh and Cleveland.
An advertising notice extols Munyon's homeopathic remedies claiming cures for rheumatism cataracts headaches kidney liver and many other ailments. It advertises a free diagnosis from Professor Munyon and states remedies cost mostly 25 cents with delivery to any address. Also promotes a grand $75 trip to Boston with discounted travel and meals for Wheeling commandery members aboard the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad.
Writ of error granted in the Musgrave case after his June conviction for murdering his wife. The record is the county's largest, with around 1,200 pages. It is anticipated the Supreme Court will grant a new trial. Also reports a steamboat attachment in a Memphis and Cincinnati Packet Company dispute totaling about 12,790 dollars. Excursion tickets offered August 11 to 27 from Wheeling to Mt Lake Park. Camp Meeting at Moundsville Camp Ground August 6 to 11, Bishop Mallallen to preach two sermons on the 10th, 11th, and 12th.
This passage voices the earnest cry of weak, tired people facing ordinary cares that swell into mountains. It argues nerves are weak and bodily organs debilitated, leaving readers seeking guidance amid daily labor and household duties.
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