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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1893
Page
2
Fragmented notices show multiple vendors and sales in Wheeling area. Prices listed for goods like undergarments and coats appear alongside job ads and store announcements. Several names and firms such as Bittel Co and Ly Kise & Co are mentioned with various products.
An assortment of pianos and organs offered with various prices including Gilbert, Picher, Metropolitan, Harvard, Hardiman, Brett, Mason & Hamlin, and Vogel organs. Real estate transfers and notices follow with details of deeds and values. Also notes on a vaudeville attraction at Grand Theatre, carpet sales, and a nostalgic memoriam for Sydney Smith from Wheeling associations.
A fragmented note advises careful preparation for shorthand study and mentions facilities, discipline, and an emergency red status. It references Vellice and a business college idea, with unclear details about a potential private part and teasing.
An advertisement promotes a one year subscription for 43 00 with special pricing and terms. It lists publication details and contact information for readers to request a free sample copy by sending their name and address to the publisher in New York.
In Judge Paull's court Handlan and attorney O Keeffe were jailed for contempt after Handlan refused a court order to transfer property to Mrs Handlan, including fourteen horses and harness. O Keeffe was fined costs and released, Handlan remained jailed with property under Dr Reefer in possession. Further proceedings are expected tomorrow and other court matters are listed.
The day passed with little passenger activity on the electric railway. Special police faced hostility in parts of town with one boy arrested for hurling a brick. Several specials resigned, others sworn in by the Mayor. A barber shop barred a Mayor's officer, while regulars were welcomed. Injured streetcar worker Newton expected to walk later this falter. charge details await. Passenger counts remained low, with cars often nearly empty and few running to Bonwood. Local crosswalk complaints prompt consideration of arbitration and council action. In Almaville Ohio, a union dispute prompts refusal to ride Wheeling Street Railway Co. cars and support for union brothers.
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