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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1889
Page
3
A sprawling, fragmentary report details strikes and labor actions across multiple American steel plants and related industries. It notes wage changes, tool and furnace construction, plant restorations, and union activity affecting production in cities like Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, with references to specific companies, dates, and labor leaders.
Public attention focuses on poor country roads and rising transport costs. Roads long neglected are costly to repair, while rail freight classifications increase charges for glassware, squeezing shippers. The Findlay Worhyrald dispute over a glass works syndicate ends with talks of court action. local civic notes include a missionary society event, a Valentine parade, and an extra telegraph line planned to Rochester.
Clarksburg reports bitter cold with subzero readings and notes a revival at Goff chapel. The water Works contract and council actions are discussed, plus finances and street concerns. New Martinsville covers court actions, crimes, local meetings, theater plans, and a wave of local social and business notices from Wheeling to Bellaire.
A Smithsonian report describes the sculptor's process from initial clay conception to the finished statue. It details copying the model with calipers, block cutting, refining the form, and the final touches that convey individuality, noting the sculptor’s chisels translate inner vision into material form.
A jumble of short items from a Wheeling era page, including children's remarks about sermons and punctuation, funeral notices for Thomas Hendrix, local yard shock incidents, mill operations, and various social updates. The scattered pieces mention individuals like Miss F. Martin, Mrs. Taines Wolsin, and Mr. J. Leach, alongside plant and shipping notes and community events.
A Tennessee writer reports a discovery near Romney West Virginia describing a prehistoric burial ground along the Potomac with dozens of skeletons many grave goods pots pipes shells and deer bone artifacts. He notes evidence of battle killings mutilation and disturbed remains from a flood washout exposing is closely examined in January.
A smoky report from Fairmont details a February night scare as a man with a revolver allegedly coerces his wife amid social gossip and legal actions. Mayor Upton seeks warrants for a Genares case, and bonds are set under a grand jury oversight. A new dwelling caught fire, a street bridge news item is noted, and local figures including J. B Coiny and Dr Reger appear in scattered updates.
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