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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1894
Page
4
Our buyer returns from the Eastern markets with boxes bales and packages of choice merchandise at prices lower than ever in the history of the dry goods trade Dress goods and wraps receive full attention Early buyers secure the choice styles and inspection is invited.
The notice promotes a Monday start at the Moders Languag Neary Bi mont program in Wheeling Park with the Concert Hall and Opera Orchestra, reduced round trip fare, and telephonic ticketing. It also lists park events, dairy ice cream, and tennis arrangements, plus real estate and incorporation items from the same edition.
Steubenville hammered Wheeling 13 to 3 after five innings as rain halted play. Wheeling pitcher P A Sterritt struggled with wildness and poor support while Steubenville starter Sterrett fanned batters and kept Wheeling in check. Home team errors and miscues amplified the visitors lead despite early Wheeling baserunners.
Willapre announces the opening of the annual Pair and Ex position of the West Virginia Association on the Island grounds next week. The show promises a grand success with robust exhibits from agricultural and livestock departments and strong displays from merchants and manufacturers. The educational department led by W. H. Anderson will feature notable exhibits, Paul O. Reymann has secured space for machinery, and art and ladies departments will overflow. The fair office opens Monday with a committee of ladies available Thursday for exhibitors inquiries. Police Court fined two for fighting. Rev Brittingham to preach. Mrs. Bo to sing at evening service. Two convicts lynched at Mitchells station yesterday. Henrietta Hotel praised for service and accommodations. Bottericks Patterns available at Stoas & Thomas.
Broken up Pittsburg team faces hard luck with key infielders out and Stenzel badly hurt after a recent game. Buckenberger defends the club’s play while noting missing shortstop and third baseman cripple the lineup and blame the infield breakdown for a string of costly errors. Weaver fills in but the team struggles to hold together.
In Mien Sepaita Missouri on August 25 a girl named Susie Sterlin, daughter of Joseph Sterlin, slept through a visit by her music teacher Mary Wiles then wrote a letter in her sleep to inform the teacher of parental consent for another year of study. The mother awoke to the strange event and the father followed with astonishment as the girl called to her brother to mail the letter. The affair is presented as a notable somnambulism case with authentic details.
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