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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1895
Page
4
On January 21 a sale will vacate departments and dispose of lines of merchandise. Entire Woolen Underwear line offered at REMOVELING PRICE 6 percent off. Gent's Underwear regular 1.25 quality. Ladies and Children's Underwear at half price. Ladies' and Children's Cloaks sold without reserve. Remnants of all kinds sold at low prices.
A long 19th century clipping presents a collage of notices and items including a complaint about the quality of telegraph reporting from Wheeling, a detailed murder trial verdict in St Louis with Bresach accused of murdering his wife, and scattered references to entertainment venues, petitions, and business ads. The Bresach case describes a brutal arming and torture of the wife and a verdict of murder with life imprisonment, while the telegraph complaint laments sensational crime coverage.
The era notes spring theatre plans with listings for Gorny abouts, Mc Field and other acts. It cites Land of the Ma ulelet Sun at the Opera House, Al. Fivlli's company, Janes and Kruising, Frohman's comedy Jan, and Rose acts by Sadie Hassan, with commentary on venues, managers, and a proposed Wheeling theatre project deemed financially unlikely.
An early 1900s advertorial extols Munyon s Cold Cure to halt a cold within twenty four hours and recommends alternating with the Cough Cure as the illness advances. The piece touts safety and efficacy while linking cures to broader health implications and features a comic aside on theater pricing and Wheeling’s gaslight era culture. It mentions manager changes at theaters and a cast list for Hamlet, highlighting performances and critical reception.
Fragmented report lists court actions including State v daily Kavitt, Goldstiere plea, and various judgments. It notes Joege Compreliem, Isaac Smith v Elizabeth Emblem, and Wood Bros planing mill cases. Citizenship granted to Edward Halpin and Kovhenbacker. Rabbit Supper planned at 132 Eighteenth Street.
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