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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1891
Page
2
5000 night wrappers skirts corset covers chemises and drawers offered tomorrow in Wheeling with new styles and sizes for rich and poor. The store invites ladies and surrounding country to inspect this grand collection ahead of the holiday trade.
New Year holiday ads announce reduced prices on fur garments, gowns, and silver ware at Willman’s 38 Eleventh Street with late hours for Christmas Eve. Local clubs plan masquerade balls, dances, and charity events at Teutonia Hal Turner Hall and South Side venues through December and January, featuring Mayor’s FAll Band and First National listings.
The Wheeling and Connellsville Railroad plan pushes forward with a new survey of ground from Wheeling toward Waynesburg. Col. Abbott named chief engineer. Gilmore Browne leads a corps to assess routes, aiming to improve a link to Pennsylvania coal fields while noting routes east of Wheeling and constraints of rights of way.
The Buckeye Glass Works at Martin's Ferry has closed indefinitely due to unsatisfactory trade. Also reported are injuries from a brakeman's hand amputation, a dangerous homemade cannon accident, a missing resident, a belting accident at Northwood Glass Works, and a Christmas bazaar plan at Mount de Chantal Academy. Funeral notices, union elections, court actions, and various local notices fill the rest of the page.
Kratz Bros contract for a frame 18 by 40 paint shop on Jacob street below Thirty-sixth. Shafer and Driehorst near completion on a new Main street block exterior. Fred Myer finishes second story addition for Jacob Loeffler on South Jacob street. New two story dwelling for August Gousby in upper Benwood completed by Kratz Bros. Local merchants push holiday sales at Market Street stores Hersrang's Jewelry 1042 Market and Jacobs & Harburger Main street. Jeaux Becker & Co. jewelers advertise silverware sets and gift items in Jacob street cases.
Puzzling holiday time drives shoppers to bargains across the city. M Heymans highlights deep discounts on suits and overcoats with cheap neckwear, plus a large sale on shoes and jewelry. Several retailers tout reduced prices on spectacles, organs, and fine accessories, with ads urging early in-store visits and Christmas card offers.
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