Wheeling Opera House Ban lal Music Programme
The Wheeling Register notes a Sunday program at the Opera House Park featuring the Park’s Lake Bicydle Excursion Boat and a grand casino with natural attractions. Morning and evening trips available with refreshments, 23 cents round trip admission, with special arrangements for parties and events.
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Wheeling
Aud
Ohio Valley
Wick Rowil
Col
A. Rolf
H T Telephone
Rattlesnake Battle With a Fierce Pointer at Burnsville
A Burnsville correspondent describes a deadly encounter in a thicket as a mountain rattler of large size blocks a rock ledge while a pointer bays and stalks. The dog finally closes and sinks fangs into the serpent, dying from the venom as the rattler remains twisted and motionless in the grass.
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Burnsville
Marietta Social Notes Update From Local Residents
Miss Bertha Hall left for Cleveland by way of Mrs. Douglas Perkins. Mrs Tillie Dyar of Western Texas visits Mrs Wayne Ogle while Misses Eleanor Augusta Fouts and Emily Hoff call on friends in Parkersburg. Several locals return from Cincinnati. Mr and Mrs Jacob Otto plus daughter Jem go to Wheeling after a visit here with Mr and Mrs Henry Heidrick. Moonlight Camping Club ends week trip on Middleswart farm above Waverly. Albert Edmunds of Williamsport and Miss Maggie McCalpin mentioned.
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Marietta
Ohio
Bertha Hall
Cleveland
Douglas Perkins
Tillie Dyar
Wells
Texas
Wayne Ogle
Fourth Street
Eleanor and
Augusta Fouts
Emily Hoff
Parkernburg
A. B. Henning
Emma Rest
Lobman
Mack Gamble
Cummins
Cincinnati
Jacob Otto
Jem
Wheeling
Henry Heidrick
Moonlight Camping Club
H. E. Smith
F. S. Bailey
West
Stanley
Middleswart Farm
Waverly
Albert Edmunds
Williamstown
W. Va
Maggie McCal
Marietta Social News Travelers Visit and Leave
Sire Sileabeth Lodwick of Portsmouth Ohio visits Gen R R Dawes in Marietta along with Mrs Hic kok and Hon C G Dawes of Washington DC. L P Hill leaves for Chautauqua. Dr and Mrs C S Connor return from Atlantic City. Miss Lulu Oesterle and Rose Ellis visit Laura Wagner Waterford. Marietta folk head to Atlantic City including Henry Strecker and others. Mrs D C Larbom hosts a ride on the T C C BE. Florence Harris visits Belpre. A H Lawrence and children travel to Boston. L E Smith family go to Cambridge Springs for a month. B F Strecker heads to Colorado Springs. Local group travels to Molehill WV for Church of the Living God camp. Hattie Nixon of Chicago visits Marietta. Mary Hawke and Clara Myers return to Wheeling after visiting Mrs Witham.
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Sire Sileabeth ‘Lodwick
Portsmouth
Ohio
Hickok
Fourth Street
C. G. Dawes
Washington, D. C
Marietta
R. R. Dawes
L. P. Hill
Chautauqua
Connor
Atlantic City
Lulu Oesterle
Rose Ellis
Laura Wagner
Waterford
Ohio River Road
Henry Strecker
T. H. Sughden
J. H. Grafton
Thomas Jones
D. R. Gerken
Charles Ferris
Mr. Fell
D. C. Larcomb
Florence Harris
Belpre
A. H. Lawrence
Boston
L. E. Smith
Cambridge Springs
B. F. Strecker
Colorado Springs
Molehill
W. Va
Church of the Living God
Samuel Thompson
J.thompson
William Reynolds
Cary
Anna Cutshaw
Paul Cross
Gilbert Dornan
Hattie Nixon
Chicago
Mary Hawke
Clara Myers
Wheeling
William Witham
Threshing machine accident maims Peter Holpp in New Martinsville
Yesterday at Fishing Creek Peter Holpp, a threshing machine operator, had his right arm crushed from elbow to shoulder when caught in a tumbling shaft. Surgeons amputated the arm at the shoulder joint. prognosis is bleak. Holpp, about 45 and married, was seriously injured in the incident.
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Peter Holpp
New Martinsville
Fishing Creek
J. D. Schmied
D. J. Underwood
Linsly Institute Renovations Near Completion
Repairs and improvements at Linsly Institute since last June have brightened classrooms and completed most work. A remaining fire escape will be added to the east wall. The faculty changes stem from Lieutenant Van Duzer’s recall to the steamer Iowa. Lieutenant Blakely becomes commandant aboard the U S S Detroit.
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Linsly Institute
van Duzer
Iowa
Blakely
Detroit
Social notes and visits from Cumberland to Marshall county
Otto Campbell of Cumberland and many local residents were noted visiting, visiting relatives in Rochester and Reading, attending church outings at Whiteman's Grove, and joining excursions to Cincinnati. Local errands included job changes, visits from Misses Walters Moorfield, and plans for trolley party hosted by the A. O. U. W. lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Campbell
Cumberland
Marshall County
Epworth League
Moundsville
Guy Lacey
Leach Bros
Jessie Estep
Rochester
John Eichleay
Pittsburg
John Bridgeman
New Martinsville
U. W. Lodge
John Vance
Niles, C
Chas. Vance
Center Ward
A. Estep
Samuel Gibbons
Baltimore
A. O. Lacey
Glendale
W. Va
Charles McCabe
Atlantic City
New York
Philadelphia
Ben, Wiles
Toledo
Samuel Hunter
Bethesda
Eliza Palmer
Cincinnati
Covington, Ky
G. G. Alley
Video
J. N. Alley
Hartman Herrick
Main Street
Nora
Sarah Serie
Smyrna
Cadiz
Curing the Past and Local Notes in 1897 Tax Preview
Miss Brightie West of St Clairsville visited her brother Dr HS West. Rhoda Bursee enjoyed a week at Moundsville camp. The 1897 taxes are now due with a 2 percent discount for payments by September 1. Carrie Benson and Jessie Hopkins joined yesterday’s excursion to Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deneck
Brightie West
St. Clairsville
HS. West
Rhoda Bursee
Moundsville
Carrie Benson
Jessie Hopkins
Cincinnati
Oil Bonanza in West Virginia Leads US Field Growth
Special to the Register reports Els Fork West Virginia emerging as the nation’s top producer with 7.98 barrels daily from 32 wells, driven by the Hayseed Oil Company and local operators. A wildcat strike spurred rapid drilling, driving regional excitement and a rush for adjacent leases as field output climbs to 7.9% barrels per day. St. Marys notes continued activity in R G Caldwell and French Creek fields with new tests and impending deep-well plans. In Parkersburg the Barrett farm strike yields over two hundred barrels per hour, while a pumper and family suffer a fatal boiler accident nearby.
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Sistersville
W. Va
Els Fork
Hayseed Oil Company
Sistersvillians
Nlp
Ita Field
Klondike
United States
D. Snyder
J. Williams
G. B. Moster
F. Hawkins
Pipes
Standard
Pennsylvania
St. Marys
R. G. Caldwell
Z T. Riggs
J. Smith
French Creek
Curzon City Oil Company
C, D. and Co
C. D
No. 1
Parkersburg
Aucust
Chicago Oil Company
Barrett Farm
Hendershot
Tel
Amos Miler
Lang Farm
Cooper Field
Gabe
Miller
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