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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1891
Page
3
A long community roundup reports visits, family news, church events, and local remarks from Wheeling and nearby towns. It notes travels, illnesses, funerals, holiday plans, musical and religious gatherings, school concerns, and a variety of minor incidents and updates involving residents and nearby communities.
In Steubenville the Common Pleas Court reversed George Agnew’s conviction for attempted rape of Miss Paisley at Irondale and sentenced him to four months in the workhouse plus a fine and costs after pleading guilty to assault. The shooting case against Swickart will go to the Court of Appeals next week. if upheld, it could send him to the penitentiary for one to twenty years. Other items note officers elected at Steubenville lodges, a German school opening, and local residents’ health and birthdays.
An advertisement extols Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy for chronic catarrh in the head and Ostarthal Headache with curing claims and a promised $1000 reward for unsolved cases. The text promotes tablets, antiseptic action, and miraculous results, presenting testimonials and a comparison to a hypothetical women’s fee to provoke consideration.
Weekly miscellany notes meetings and social events from Wheeling. Fire department briefing and council meet scheduled for Monday evening. Law and order cases heard in Police Court plus a marriage license issued to John Hupkowska and Minnie Blebert. Railway updates traffic changes and a looming watch regulation initiative by Gries Bros Co for the Trans Ohio division. civic notices include a church social bazaar and a holiday celebration committee meeting.
Ars News reports rising river water near 9 feet 5 inches in the channel. Packets Congo and Keystone State are slated for today with Scotia sailing to Cincinnati yesterday. Capt. Goodwin aboard Phillips and Ben Goodwin en route home to Wheeling from Louisville. plan to use Luly Prince once ready. Coal operators prefer empty barges up river to sustain mines. about 5,000,000 bushels ready to ship. Starlin returns from Marietta where Marietta Manufacturing Co. builds steamboat machinery. M. G. Knoxs & Son boatbuilders. The fast sidewheel steamer erase et claims Cincinnati stores for trade with Pom eroy. Tros Queen wrongly tied to Cincinnati, actually built in Marietta by the Telegraph builders. launch imminent.
Local social clubs announce a flurry of balls across December and January. Potters' Union No 225 plans a Christmas Eve ball at Testonta Hall with Prof Killmyer. Island Coalition No 3 hosts a December 10 event at Beethoven Hall. Lilac Social prepares for a Christmas Eve ball at Westwood's Hall with Mayer's orchestra. White Lilly Social hosts December 29 at Elm Grove Town Hall with Dimmy's orchestra. Neptune Fishing and Gunning Club dances December 24 at South Side Turner Hall, featuring prizes for best lady and gentleman waltzer, Prof Kramer. masquerade at Westwood's Hall drew two hundred maskers. Miss Bessie Kain won best waltzer, diamond ring purchased from Jon Becker. gentleman prize was a ton of coal. Also noted is a mysterious trespass: saboteur cut four sections of telegraph wire on Market Street, disrupting synchronizing clocks and clock service south of Twelfth Street until nearly noon. glass insulators removed from brackets. No suspects yet. investigation ongoing.
Snowbound cities from Winnipeg to North Dakota report zero mercury and widespread blockades. Trains idle. streets blocked by ten to fifteen foot drifts. Mrs Peddie frozen near Deloraine as two children suffer exposure. other towns report deaths and business paralysis amid the worst blizzard of the season. Silk umbrellas ad ends with jewelry store offers.
A Bellaire report notes a found toy box near the B and O ice house with damage and theft hints, plus routine city life items. Mayor kept busy. few arrests. Bellaire Symphonies pays workers. Christmas pay due. local laundries busy. locals ill, recovering, or traveling. truant officer busy. theatre changes in management. Pythias to attend Grand Lodge. play “A Barrel of Money” slated. prisoners pardoned. elderly Mrs Bowers dies. Masons plan lodge repairs. Lombard to leave for Hunt W.Va.
Mr Lester Eckman of Wheeling recounts his two year struggle with severe throat and chest symptoms, improved after treatment from Copeland and Bell doctors. He praises the cure, notes his weight, energy, and ability to work, and invites verification at his home and clinic. The notice also lists office hours and other local society updates.
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