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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1896
Page
6
A large group of stamping and lantern firms across multiple states unionize to set common pricing and advance rates for orders. The coalition includes The Nat City Shipping Company and several others, with coordinated credit terms and production targets. News notes growing wartime material demand and a forthcoming rise in lantern and hardware shipments.
The Wheeling wholesale sector now spans groceries, dry goods, hardware, tobacco and more with about 1200 employed. In 1895 the annual volume neared twenty million dollars, carloads average 1500 monthly, and capital tied up tops four hundred million in a city that anchors the Middle Atlantic trade. The piece traces roots to early 19th century firms and notes ongoing expansion despite regional competition, rail links, and river transport shaping a lasting commercial empire.
A bill of small items includes remarks on grants and local happenings. Brisfy and Fainty Tata mention a lone legal note about the grand jury to mornw. The ice crop looks promising while pork prices rose one and a half pents. No police court yesterday morning. The Board of Commissioners meets in regular session Monday. A local pig roast near Hen wood drew a Slav group rather than Poles. Auctioneers sold the Morgan property on Nineteenth street for $705 to Thomas Britt. The Jessamine lab plans a second select bop at Chepline and Sixteenth streets next Tuesday evening. Thomas B. Sweeney was appointed guardian for John Sweeney and other orphans, bond $6000 with Laity B. Sweeney as surety. Rev. Joan S. Worrell will address the men at the Young Men’s Christian Association at 4 o’clock this afternoon. All young men are invited.
The Manawer Rolater company to present Alabama with Frank C Shgs as Col Preston and Clemens Maibrridge in Capt Davenport The Trip to Chinatown promising two entertainments Hoyt scripts A Country Merchant at Grand Opera House and A Cracker Jack featuring Herbert Hall Winslow with lynching and sword scenes plus musical numbers and lively acts.
Miss Blanche Wells hosts Twentieth Century club New Year gathering in Sistersville. Elevating events include a maiden voyage on the new steamer Virginia from Parkersburg, a Bellaire New Year’s ball, and numerous parties in Moundaville Bridgeport and nearby towns. Attendees include Miss Hallie Nieseon, Miss Edna Thompson, Miss Amy Sweeney, and many local residents. receptions, dances, and social games mark a festive season as residents await 1896.
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