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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1883
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR text references trials and names such as Ma hale class, Peleoed men, and WS. mentions dates and locations in a garbled form. The readable bits suggest a court or legal proceeding with various names and perhaps a list of participants or witnesses, but specifics are largely unreadable.
A dense compilation of factory conditions, worker tasks, and production shifts across several mills. Mentions of foremen, ovens, nails, planing, and the Riverside and Wellers mills indicate a cohesive snapshot of labor, output, and price pressures in a regional industrial setting.
A chaotic ledger of Belmont area industry reports chronicles new self feeders, pinions, and boiler work at various plants. It notes developments at The Belmont, Seumulbach brewery, Lantern Globe works, Crystal glass, Ohio Lantern Factory, and multiple mills and foundries with production shifts, layoffs, or openings.
A grocery clerk probes a boy’s Thanksgiving tale of a church meal, dancing chaos, and a waxed floor mishap that toppled the minister and crowd. The tale pivots to a sly omen about beeswax and a plan to become a living skeleton in show business.
The report details strikes at Newark and Pittsburgh area plants, wage cuts at several mills, and shutdowns including a barrel factory and glass works. It notes coal and ore discoveries, miners’ actions along the Pittsburgh and Rochester line, and a sensational anecdote about a wig mistaken for a combatant in a congressional clash.
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