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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1891
Page
8
The Accinare Clan measurement for dry goods and carpets is advertised on sale by Kraft Bros KHosenburg Speyer Bros Hicks Hoe and Jacobs Isenberg and all jobbers. Ask for it and try it and if not entirely satisfactory the money will be refunded.
Hr. EMNSHEIMER is listed as the sole agent for Ohio and West Virginia in a banking or legal notice, indicating exclusive representation for transactions or filings within those states.
A fragmentary Wheeling Register excerpt presents a garbled mix of names places and numbers. The readable parts hint at a sale listing and various unrelated terms including merchandise items and promotional phrases with no coherent event or outcome.
Fragmented notices from a small town paper describe legal actions, a planned county board vote, a charity ball, and community events. Mentions include a candidate for Superintendent of Wise Indemuiry, Mydows Aver’s workhouse role, a Friday ball by the Late Eod Athletic Association, and a court schedule involving the burglar John Conners plus references to a steamer Appalachioe and the Rescue.
The obituary notes Secretary William Windom was born in Lloydsville on a National Road frontier, apprenticed as a tailor, then pursued law. It traces his youth from a Quaker family era, domestic schooling, and early work, detailing his flight to a legal career and his move to Wheeling for prosecution before rising to prominence.
Developments in the Wheeling Female College sale to the Hospital Association prompt talk and multiple meetings. Statements from Col. O Brien and Mr. Dalzell surface as committees plan next steps, with public speculation that Catholic charities may obtain the property for an orphan asylum or other use.
Deeds recorded yesterday January 5 1801 by Alexander O Maxwell and wife and George D Maxwell to Heney Plock for part of lot 35 on Zane street Island for 1 dollars 1 percent. January 29 1801 deed by Simon Bopp and wife to Clement C Arens for the south half of lot 6 in square 20 map of Judge Caldwell estate for 100 dollars. Also notes an advertisement for Geo M Snook Co dry goods and a remnant sale of Brussels Rag and Hemp Carpets at Oak & Co.
Atlantic Tea Co a tea importer boasts of a loyal patronage and record sales as it lauds competitive pricing and advertising honesty. The firm condemns rival misrepresentation, vows to sustain lower prices, and expresses renewed vigor for the year 1891 to beat its past records.
Shipping terms state that orders totaling ten shillings or more will be sent by freight to any railway station within two hundred miles of any store. The policy applies to all orders meeting the minimum amount and uses standard freight channels for distant delivery.
A disjointed prices page lists Hesuland and New Valetrdla items with values for fruits like grapes and standards for canned goods. It notes items such as California grapes, sugar corn, sardines, and various cakes or rations with unclear units and inconsistent spellings.
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