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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1897
Page
11
The piece outlines subscription pricing for The Register and related editions, plus delivery options and address changes. It notes postal card demand, stock shifts in trust certificates, and a mention of international medicine congress in Munson with 7 500 delegates.
A scrambled telegram recounts a playful scene with President McKinley during a factory visit and a supposed semi official kiss, sparking discussion among contemporaries. It rails at harsh pensions and hints at a Miner’s Half-way House scheme aimed at guiding miners to gold while probing government policy.
A conference in Pittsburg seeks arbitration between coal operators and miners after another near strike. Dolan, Dolan team officials and Pearce report details, with officials stressing the action not binding and miners to be consulted first. Police freed several demonstrators after resisting unlawful assembly charges.
An injured man from Parsament, struck by a train near Henwied at Awe, was found badly hurt and carried to a riverbank. He was taken to Tenwood building, bleeding from the heel and body, and remained insensible at the scene.
Mee G Thompson and children of Mingd Juneen visit Samuel Binns and wife in the Fifth ward. Edna McDonald of over Bille guests Kate Ney on Gutrnsey Street. Mrs W A Mason and Miss Stenlay visit Steubenville locals. Clara and Louise Conrad visit Jacob Rietz. Lizzie Fields and children host relatives from Brudierk Pa. Mr Sheets and family plan to travel to Cleveland overland via Zoar Canton. Mrs Jestin Duncan returned from Marsistown. S D Owens of Coates Ohio in city. Fr Francisco of Steubenville in town. Thomas Carrol and Carl Kraus returned from Cincinnati. Miss Alice Wilde and Miss Meyer leave for Cleveland. Lieutenant Lynskey resigns amid dispute with Major Williams after pawn-shop incident with Liebtle over rifle. Postmortem held to clarify Potter death. Paris R Myers to teach piano Aug 16 using Clavier system at Market Street studio.
The mining situation across the river remains quiet with no major events in the past week. Miners hope for victory but fear a gloomy outcome, while Ohio march plans are opposed by state officials. rail lines show mixed activity as small mines stay closed and relief efforts continue.
Rounds of police court cases and minor events fill the Benwood region. Funeral notices, marriages, and obituaries accompany shop openings, changes in meeting times, a new paint shop, a long distance telephone at a pharmacy, and a steel works shutdown.
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