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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1890
Page
4
A damaged OCR segment mentions WEST VIRGINIA PRINTING, JAS B TANey as general manager, and scattered references to deliveries, prices, and quantities. The text rambles through workforce details, sales terms, and a lingering note about slavery, with many unreadable portions. It appears to be a fragmented business notice or catalog page with multiple entities and unclear context.
Articles describe Whacketing Commandery No.1 meeting with Eminent Commander Gene No.7 and Sir Knight Waller of Cravante Commandery, including Red Cross and Malta degrees. It notes obituaries for Bro. Turney of Ohio Lodge No.1 and Brother Wm. H. Caruthers of Ohio Journe No.3 with funeral details and lodge honors. Also reports a December freight fire at Little Miami railroad depot causing significant loss and insurance gaps.
In Wellsburg and nearby areas, a Presbyterian Church concert at Barth Opera House features Mrs George B Caldwell and several Misses, plus a Guitar Banjo and Mandolin Club. Christmas events include a successful M P church caroling, a pastor gift, and a funeral for Mart Caldwell. Community members travel from Washington PA, Latrobe, and Wheeling for holidays while weather and local industry report preparations and repairs.
The article notes a large Christmas Eve attendance at a German mission with visitors from Martin's Ferry East Liverpool Wheeling Steubenville and Ashland Neb including Mr and Mrs Mortimer Williams and Mr J W Sutter A disturbance by four youths led to fines The English M B Sunday school offered a cantata Irost Queen and Aunt Hassinat A lively Christmas scene with Miss Minnie Fisher highlighted.
Report from Washington describes a confusing telegram about Sitting Bull and a “bull” in dispatches. Assistant Adjutant General Vincent and others discuss unclear references as officials read a War Department message at the Navy Department area. The fragmentary text hints at misread lines and coded language amid wartime communications.
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