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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1895
Page
8
Notice to taxpayers stating delinquent assessments must be paid at the Tax Assessors office. It warns of proceeding to collect and urges payment promptly to avoid further action. The notice is addressed to City collection authorities and references a date of action.
The season features Pauline Hall in Dorcas with a strong supporting cast and lively reviews of Miss Hull. Other attractions include Primrose West, From Site to Son, and Milton Nobles in California drama, plus William J. Core Welt and Le Voit Hopper engagements.
The annual meeting of the local freight agents association at Wheelley Park elected officers for the coming year. Graham as chairman, Wood as vice-chairman, and Braden as secretary-treasurer. News covered include convention plans, bowling results, and crew shifts with several conductors and engineers noted as off duty or resuming work.
Advertising copy announces Strown Hazlett Civil Engineers offering design and supervision of construction for iron structures water works and bridges locating electric lines and related tasks. Brown supervised Terminal works and Wartaker project past three years Hazlett worked in Washington and New York with Consulting Engineer Job Abbott. The firm handles water works plans electric light plant at Lim Grove and remodeling of a race track grandstand for the West Virginia State Fair.
Multiple injury incidents are listed from yesterday. Fred Martin on Eu Street broke an arm after a fall on the pavement. William Fisher slipped on Forty-fifth and Jacob, spraining an ankle. Beljini mill worker Drisler mashed fingers loading heavy timbers. George McVay at the tube works required amputation after being caught in a machine. August Ambrosia on Market Street injured his right side and uses a cane. Frank Nell at Riverside tube works lost the middle finger in a cow wheel, treated by Dr. Stathers. Henry Hillinger struck by a slowly moving streetcar near Twentysecond and Main with no serious injuries. A farmer near South Wood street dashed away from a frightened motor team, minor injuries reported to the driver. A horse-drawn mishap near Hogg's Run caused no major damage aside from lost groceries. The O. W. Ts Club on Markos Street hosted Bob Fitzsimons after the show, presenting a gilded horseshoe keepsake to the club. Also notes a sale and wardrobe stock reduction at the Grand Opera House area.
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