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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1895
Page
8
Fragmentary advertisement notes a CHEY Cin theme with women’s shoe lines and price mentions two to two fifty one dollars. Includes a partial line about extra quality and city sale context.
The readable text is garbled with scattered letters and partial phrases. No coherent events, names, dates, or locations emerge to identify a specific article or subject.
A damaged OCR fragment hints at a jeweler promoting diamonds and rings at Gord Wed Sire, inviting customers to view stock and claim fair value. The ad emphasizes high value and customer benefit.
A Woursfield telegram claimed Driggs and Co well near the Dog Skin district would yield a major gas strike, but by nightfall no confirmation arrived. At J L Gydin farm near Parkersburg Mountain State Gas Co crews worked the sand top, reporting a strong showing though later halted. Other wells on Cooper and Sharp farms showed variable activity with some expected to resume drilling, while several rigs prepared on nearby properties as production prospects fluctuated.
A Wheeling audience reports rapid interest in the Knights of the Ancient Essene Order and its Senate in Wheeling No. 1104. Deputy Supreme Organizer H T Rockey promotes its noble aims, with charter membership surpassing one hundred and praise for future senates in Huntington Charleston and Tinton.
A roundup of residents and visitors moving between Wheeling and Atlantic City includes Miss Virginia Reilly Mrs Thos Gold Ing Robert Tewedale and family and many others. Several return from West Alexander Pittsburg and Cincinnati while others depart for New York Boston and Pleasant sites. Major Cody show rumors clarified and local officials updated.
ESS and SONS advertise fashionable tailoring fall styles and a full furnishing department. They promote forestown domestic wares, belts, shirts, hose and neckwear, purchased via eastern agents for the trade. Located at 1821 and 1383 Market Street.
The article stresses that glasses must be properly fitted to correct vision defects and prevent further strain. It warns that misalignment or improper use can worsen eye health and calls for careful examination and adjustment by qualified practitioners.
A fragmentary notice mentions a sale set between slow and August 3st with unclear specifics and no concrete names or timing readable from the text.
Notice to contractors bids will be received informally at 5 oclock p m on Monday for contract work on plans and specifications filed for review at 42 Fourteenth Street. The committees invite bids from qualified firms and individuals familiar with municipal contracting and related work.
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