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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1897
Page
15
The report describes heightened excitement among travelers as a tense event unfolded aboard a vehicle on the Moor. An elegant directing figure guided actions while a passenger in the front seat faltered, leaving others unsettled.
In Chicago Augie H Rotert files suit against Bias Weabe alleging breach of promise seeking ten thousand dollars. The action, entered in circuit court by Miss Certruds, centers on an agreement said not fulfilled after an initial friendship and later intimate arrangements. The defendant connected to an insurance company in the Home Insurance Building on Baltimore Street.
South Bend Indiana August 14 extensive preparations for the annual gathering of the Priests and Arist League at Notre Dame University August 17 to 15 with 400 guests expected. Archbishops Elder of Cincinnati and Williams of Atlanta will attend along with a dozen bishops and others for the second annual league meeting.
Turmoil at Adamstown Moon Tear district as strikers resist deputies after an injunction. Twenty-two miners return to camp as deputies enforce orders. Output reports rise at some mines while Plum Creek work gains and Turtle Creek sees a quiet withdrawal. Chief deputies scout Clarksville for contempt names. Moon Ten district reports distress and a fund for miners.
In Kanawha Valley Dilcher says his force of eight hundred men is encamped near East Sewell on the New River and will begin the New River campaign at once. He plans to leave for East Well to join the army and expects most Kanawha miners to refuse to work by Monday morning.
In Denver Senator Tiler criticizes courts for punishing men who commit crimes and questions the prevailing view of punishment. He argues the system may punish the innocent while failing to curb wrongdoing, noting public concern over how justice is applied.
In grim proceedings near New York State, Mayer Jecobyl’s congregation confronts legal turmoil as Jacobvite is arrested for theft and a tie incident sparks courtroom motion. The case touches Marietta and neighboring communities, with Brown and Harris among those cited in local reports.
There was rae in Police Court yesterday morning with one case only. The Council special Refunding Committee is called for Monday evening. Emma Brown was arrested for disorderly conduct by Officer Walker. A Pronouncing Bee is planned at Fourth Street Epworth League Monday night. all invited. First roof truss placed at the new English Lutheran Church. New pavement and curb laid before Wheeling and Elm Grove Railway office. Ex Sheriff Franzheim settled with State and county. office affairs closed. Unknown Fishing Club of Upper Benwood enjoys time on the Ohio side opposite Jim's Run. Henry Smallstick of Benwood went down Friday evening. Rev Joseph Stecler to preach at Cathedral 10:30 this morning. Rev M Fitzpatrick will be celebrant. Miss Kate Meyers, displaced by High School plan, to start private Kindergarten and school in St Luke's parish house. she seeks liberal patronage.
Misa Maude Shipley returned to Grandview Ohio after visiting Mrs. George H. Ebeling. Guardsman Joseph Bero visits family on the South Side. Mrs. W M Dixon visits Mason City and Pomeroy. Lizzie Bickerton and Emma Steinbecker depart for vacation with friends in Grafton. Grace Miller visits Mrs. Frank Blow. Rosa Garrity visits Mt Savage and Frostburg Maryland. J P Heinlein and daughter Sibyl return from Monroe County Ohio. Grace Gavin Grace Miller Bessa Miller Tillie Lindsey travel to Moundryville grounds. John Stein and John Daller join Cincinnati excursionists. Judge James P Rogers and family return from Xenia Ohio. Marshal Frank Porterfield noted from Ben
A mixed list of local items: government river engineers depart for Cincinnati aboard the B and O last night and will return to Wheeling Monday. Chas Jeffers fined five dollars by Mayor Sheppard in Benwood for disorderly conduct, surrendering in Benwood after a prior incident. Stephens Blue Seals to play Tiltonsville at Riverside. Prosperity Lodge Iron and Steel workers held a park outing for a hospitalized member. death notice from New Castle Pa for a young Schenck child. and a quip about a newspaper editor’s move from Kentucky due to labor disagreements.
A Cleveland Leader quote notes that many relations and friends immediately armed themselves and formed posses, leading to the speaker being up here and out of a job. The remark reflects local tension and collective action among associates.
Wheeling and Elm Grove Railroad posts winter schedule details for Saturday Februa ry 192? including departure times from Wheeling and Elm Grove with special Sunday church train from Erin Roores and entry of the general manager H E Whisgerrer. Also advertisements note embossing samples, West Virginia Printing Co demand for house leases garas rooms for rent and office remitter notices.
Readable parts show a schedule or time note with days Saturday Sunday and time reference in Eastern Standard. The fragment mentions a limited Sunday only period and a general time frame but lacks clear entities or actions to summarize into a full notice.
The Cincinnati Enquirer mocks the notion of fashion errors tied to "Mother Eve" with skeptical humor, noting that even she faced scrutiny while expressing disdain for the outfits and style choices discussed.
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