20 Dec 1896
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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1896
Page
1
Damaged OCR notes describe disturbances and alleged impropriety at Bea-Ui Fields last night. Mentions of a buggy, rain water issues, and various unclear references to individuals and actions. No clear names, dates, or verifiable facts can be confirmed from the readable text.
The fragmentary note hints at a railway or oil related item with scattered capitalized terms and unclear context. It references Ls and Spy, suggesting oblique initials or headings rather than a complete report. Further readable details are unavailable in the preserved text.
A garbled OCR item notes a meet booking related to Ree-we on the track circuit. Names, places, and dates are unreadable but the context points to an athletics meet arrangement or scheduling detail. Further readable facts are not present in the fragment.
An incomprehensible OCR fragment mentions individuals and places such as New York Cleme and Le Wad with scattered terms like fathers retreat and furrier. Other readable bits reference people and locales but no clear event or coherent narrative emerges.
Jangs, elected last fall to Get.neneh after districting, received his commission and assumed office today. He will appoint a clerk to the Common Pleas Judgeship and take office in January. Attorney DW Jones of Gali county is expected to be named to the vacancy. Common Pleas Court in Washington County will be presided over by Judge Wood of Athens.
The West Virginia deer season closed with a record takedown of deer turkeys and bears, despite poached game dogs killed by hunters. Nathan Conrad shot two deer at Dutch Hollow, while local dogs scared four deer and sparked talk of lynching for dog killers. An overcoat thief was captured after chase through a Baltimore Street area, released later, as police followed a humid spree of robberies. A four year old was badly burned in the Eighth Ward.
A South Side man, son of Mike Sanefeld, suffered severe injuries in a hunting mishap and had his right arm amputated between the elbow and shoulder. Dr. Ford performed the operation after the accident at the Hoge Run Mixing Company, and the patient was taken home in stable condition. The article also notes a lively party with hunting casualties and a burglary report in nearby Woolford.
New York report details a breach of promise suit in which Fanny Purdy, a lady's maid, alleges Arthur Hochatetter a mill owner and manager of his mother's color mill on East One Hundred and Nineteenth Street and Harlem River forced a secret engagement. She cites letters bearing a dainty monogram and values her heart at $10,000 as proof of a former engagement. The case centers on lovers' correspondence and alleged marriage plans amid family objections.
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