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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1893
Page
4
Local Wheeling section reports theatre, restaurant openings, and social notices at Hannan's and Opera House. It records weather readings, fishing club gatherings, court cases, and police actions. Also noted are a public sale, a railroad casualty, and a river crew recap with community updates.
Emplare of the Electric Plast Meste, Wai P Tricklet, a Tasmanian worker at Wheeling Electrical Company, suffered a painful accident at the Thirty-sixth Street power house around eleven o'clock at night. A belt struck him, fracturing a leg, and he was taken home on Market Street where Dr J H Pipes provided medical attention.
At the Camp Grounds a large attendance yesterday joined morning services in the Temple and Auditorium. Rev. Sam Jones preached on Religion, urging practical faith and warning against extremes, with witnesses from the audience and a grand choir led by Prof. Excell.
News of the Day reports a pay car for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad delayed from last Friday and now expected to reach Wheeling by Tuesday. Other items note a colored Methodist camp meeting near Parkersburg with nineteen locals attending, a water shortage on hill side streets, reduced electric line traffic due to a recent breakdown, a narrow escape by an unknown woman on a streetcar track, and the Labor Day parade police detail led by Commander George Gaus with two platoons of officers.
Will Lawler, dubbed the Western Boomer, leads a new People s Music Theatre from the West with first class shows and low prices. Opening week features the Escalona family feather artists, Miss Aloo the Indian magician, and Silverlight the medium, plus Tarr child artists. Sunday excursions promoted to Woodland and nearby towns.
Yesterday afternoon and evening at Whiteman's Grove veterans and their friends enjoyed a G A B Day reunion with a bean bake prepared by the Ladies Relief Committee. The grove was crowded as old soldiers shared reminiscences while young folks joined wholesome amusements in the summer gathering.
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