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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1887
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text indicates mentions of strikes, municipal inaugurations, and possible civic actions. Names and details are unclear, with several garbled terms. The readable items suggest a period paper listing political and city affairs without coherent context.
A raucous Camden Assembly scene centers on Mr. Whittaker defying party whip as Kidd challenges Lucas over Kayer Convention funds. Speakers accuse each other of bribery and loyalty, with Camden’s gubernatorial and congressional implications fueling a bitter exchange about endorsements, money, and party unity.
A misspelled private letter reports Mormon raiders attacked a ranch and store 200 miles north of the railroad in January. The Stone family, including Ada Stone, faced robbery, threats, and pursuit by a posse after Mormons captured a house, with negotiations failing and forces sent toward Hubbell’s tunnel and nearby towns.
Workers at Weidian and Villiners in Brooklyn walked out over vows and pay, halting operations as a Providence Line pier incident surfaced. The firm faced delays and possible shipment reevaluation as tensions rose among employees and management.
Terrifying weather reports describe heavy snowdrifts reaching fence tops and impassable roads across the Dakotas and Montana. Flood threats rise on the Missouri River while towns like Lyons face rising waters and possible riverbreaks. Rail lines and mail routes suffer delays as crews battle blizzards and overflowed gorges, with widespread property risk and famine fears.
ABO TH v Secret Spointy Notes reports Ohio Lodge No. 1 AF AM meets to confer second degree on two candidates. Orental Lodge K of H consolidates with Alpha Lodge No. 424 at Odd Fellows Hall. A B&O roundhouse was blown down in the wind storm with no injuries. Forty Bellaire residents failed to catch a B&O train and walked downtown after a ferry ride. Real estate transfer records note a February 1 1887 deed for Lot 16’s south half on Eighteenth Street for 1 440. A Night Off, a comedy, will be staged at the Opera House by C B Sheppard’s company. Burglars loot Heiner’s hardware store on Main Street taking seven revolvers and other items. A man named Williams Gill suffers cramps on Market Street and is aided by bystanders and medics. The late Ringgold Mitchell, native of Saint Clairsville, formerly of New York and Pittsburgh, traveled for Ansonia Clock Co. at time of death.
Washington February 19 Mrs Cleveland held her last public reception attended by about 10,000 people. A six abreast line stretched three blocks along Pennsylvania avenue as hundreds more gathered from Baltimore and Brooklyn. The doors opened after long waits and the scene became crowded and slow with some fainting from the throng.
Disjointed report outlines rumored moves by Mr Gladstone to attack Speaker conduct and crown prosecutions, with Mr Parnell proposing closure amendments and debate timing changes. Mentions Irish issues, a charity musical at Disciples' Church, and local police activity plus a long note on shipping and European affairs.
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