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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1896
Page
10
An advertisement from E. Stifel & Co promoting new novelty satin fabrics and Mohair Serges. It highlights black and fury Mohair Serges, diagonal weave cloths ideal for skirts, with several patterns offered at 24 different designs. Prices are stated per yard with emphasis on weekly deals.
The letter from Charles H. Becker protests bids for city garbage removal and questions the selection process. He notes no competing bids have been disclosed and defends his own bid and those by others, urging the committee to ensure fair, economical waste removal for Wheeling. He asserts taxpayers deserve transparent bidding and proper oversight.
Frederick Bancroft presents a four act two transformation marvel at the Opera House this Saturday matin and night. A first-class specialty company accompanies Bancroft for a lavish display of magic and spectacular effects. The production is praised as wholesome and popular with ladies and children, with promise of a large matinée attendance. The piece is marketed as The Clean and Wholesome Performance with stirring episodes and attractive songs.
Large funeral services were held this afternoon at the Died Presbyterian Church on Chapline Street for the late United States Marshal A J Garden. Organizations including the First Regiment Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias A C V W Wheel Club Elks and others joined a solemn procession as the casket was conveyed from the church to the burial site at Greenwood Cemetery. A brother of the deceased, A P Garden, had arrived in the city from Washington yesterday.
The Carroll Club hosted a Washington Birthday event attracting a full club house. Notable speakers included J. J. McHenry and Frank Gruse, with music by Prof Pinkus and various vocalists delivering patriotic numbers amid period costumes and decor. The evening closed with a piano encore and remarks on civic virtues and Washington’s legacy.
The hide market in this locality is dwindling to one third of five years ago due to reduced slaughtering by local butchers. Major wholesale beef houses have expanded, lowering local purchases. weekly hides drop from five hundred sheep skins to about two hundred. Heavy buyers John G Hoffmann & Sons shift to larger markets, keeping small tanneries open while foreign wholesalers reduce slaughter, affecting meat sales and local tanneries.
The Ardent Order of Hitortians will present a grand literary and musical entertainment at the Opera House on March 17 for the widows and orphans fund. A first and best talent program is in preparation by the committee and invited guests are asked to attend.
Fragmented OCR text describes items like curtains and leather products with garbled pricing and references to a sale or catalog. Readable elements include mentions of curtains, leather items, stamped letters, and various stray terms, suggesting a damaged advertisement or listing from a shop catalog.
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