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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1896
Page
10
A rainy morning robbery unsettled the city as safes were cracked during a break in. Police seek a large memo suspect group tied to the crime while a private sale offers carpets and kitchen items. A memorial notice and funeral reference are included among other local notices.
The Inter-State League of professional baseball clubs, formed at Pittsburgh, admitted six members including J. Wayne Toledo and Youngstown, New Castle, Washington, Wheeling. Efforts to add Findlay and Lima to reach eight clubs continue as President Power plans visits next week. Umpire pay fixed and season runs April through September amid a shuffle of potential player movements.
The Connell Health Committee held a meeting with only five members present to discuss waste removal for two years. Bids amounting to about 21000 to 15000 were in the clerk’s hands, with motion to defer the decision to next Friday meeting. Present contract price is 6048.97 per year. Lew Wrappers, Geo. M. Snook, Co.
A preview of boxing’s El Paso fight scene and a discussion of expected outcomes for Maher vs. Fitzsimmons. The piece notes likely private bouts, possible moves in prize fighting, and broader reactions to boxing regulations. Also covered are Inter-State Baseball management talks in Pittsburgh, concerns over Wheeling teams, and a summary of Bowlerdam bowling results.
Fragmentary OCR text about prices and items with unclear names and places. It mentions reduced prices and a person or entity granting zero dollars, but the overall meaning is obscured and names are unreadable. No clear event or outcome can be established from the readable fragments.
Miss Laura Crago hosted a benefit evening at 9500 Jacob Street with a diverse program. Performers included Miss Dizzle Nolte, Miss Melinda Bowman Mandal, Miss Essie Ellsworth, Miss Dulu Ferguson, and others delivering piano, recitations, solos, banjo, mandolin, and readings.
Deeds of transfer filed for record include Hook Om Deed dated February 7 to Scott and McGyaw for the northeast corner of lot 20 in Caldwell's division with consideration of 1000. Another deed January 1 to Adelia Heller by commissioner for lot 5 at Main and Twenty sixth streets with 250. A lost child notice reports a Henry Arbenz child missing, later found, names Mixwell and Rose as wanderers from the Fifth ward.
A correction clarifies editor’s note about candidacy for county court clerk. It states the writer is a candidate for clerk while noting the current holder is Major Mitchell C.D. Thompson and addresses a prior misstatement about the court position and related names.
A fragment lists lace curtains and fabric items advertised at Worth's store with prices about three dollars and reductions noted. The ad mentions various offerings from stamps and living goods to decorative textiles, hinting at a broader sale on household textiles and drapery. The address points to Eleventh Street storefronts and shop names like WHE FAVORITE.
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