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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1888
Page
3
A garbled OCR produced dense, error-filled text about a local event and figures, mentioning names, places, dates, and scores in a chaotic stream. Readable fragments reference a ball game, community figures, and a large crowd, but details are obscured by misread words and misplaced lines.
The Sporting World outlines a Southern swing led by Manager Martine. It details a young lineup including Tikit Craw Hirown Murphy Tiernan Foster and Slattery with Hat field and Cleveland as outfielders, plus a staged schedule involving New Orleans and Galveston. The article notes weekly practices, travel plans, and a mix of players expected to report in February and March as the team prepares for the journey south.
In Bellaire the Belchont glass works re elected its board while the American Viapress Company shows activity. Atea Thon Isoyee hosted a Wednesday tea party and Henry's photograph gallery escaped fire damage. Various local events, sales, and social notes fill the page with mentions of births, weddings, theater outings, and community notices through the week.
At a adjourned Wednesday council meeting Os Janney and Waildle discussed vacancies. Waildle was chosen to fill the seat left by S Waddle, who resigned to focus on Standard Glass Works in Wellabing Valley. Several residents and visitors, including Miss Tutdie Johnston and Mrs Frank Kuuball, were noted in attendance as mill operations and social events loom next week.
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