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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1890
Page
4
A sprawling OCR filled with garbled phrases covers politics Russia and the United States. It touches on property seizures, exile, and public order, referencing Russian governance and Western critiques. The piece weaves names and places in a turbulent mosaic of commentary and oblique statements.
Jefferson county Democrats meet at Court House in Steubenville to nominate a full county ticket. James W. Stephenson for Clerk of Courts, George S. Biggen for Probate Judge, W L Teil for Prosecuting Attorney, Henry Ewing for Coming Stoner, Phumus Roll for Executor lead the ticket with delegates and alternates selected to attend the state convention in Springfield.
A long reminiscence at the McLure House billiard hall recalls local players from past years, naming figures such as Harry Grewumes and M. Statler, recounting matches, chairing overseers, and noting a forthcoming parade and picnic by the Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly with a Grand Army Hall gathering.
A traveling drummer cites a Maine story of a farmer's wife in Washington County who suspects fraud at a store. The proprietor explains a two pound weight in butter and a stone in sugar, while the woman, after a moment, offers eggs to trade for hooks and eyes. A further ad wagers Horsford's Acid Phosphate for gastric depression.
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