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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1892
Page
5
The Wheeling Register lists a mix of notices and advertisements including delivery terms, staff mentions, and oblique editorial bits. It cites names like Jas B Taney and Cha Gorta, with scattered references to public notices, market prices, and a lengthy political commentary heavy with era-specific opinion.
The column discusses a grip epidemic, recent deaths blamed on the malaise and bad weather, and notes on insurance, banking and theater audiences. It includes a Bellaire school superintendent anecdote, remarks on electric lighting, printers’ lobbying, and a survey of Wheeling’s industrial growth and labor patterns. Details mention January 23 and a New York telegraph note on U.S. government negotiation.
Two bold men robbed the Missouri Pacific express car between Sheldon and Lamar, holding staff at gunpoint. Express Messenger Houck, Baggage Master Hall, and Traveling Agent Barrett’s purses and a safe combo were forced. $75 and minor sums of money and jewelry taken. Other notes mention Spanish dispatches and Garza insurgency updates.
A satirical guide urging the wealthy to display wealth through ostentatious dress, oversized jewelry, bleached hair, and luxurious dogs. It mocks social pretensions and advises strict etiquette toward servants and spouses while detailing extravagant grooming and pet-keeping as status signals.
The record outlines payments by the Union Accident and Benefit Association for death claims in the month ending January 20, 1892, noting over $3,000 paid to members that month including about $1,000 in weekly disability benefits. Testimonials praise prompt, full payments and reliability from Wheeling and nearby towns, with several letters of thanks dated 1891 to 1898.
Fragmented timetable lists arrival and departure times for multiple routes and stations in EST, including Washington City, Columbus, Pittsburgh, and Chicago services. It references daily schedules with weekend exceptions, approximate times, and notes on express and accom services, presenting a historical rail timetable snapshot with numerous incomplete lines and misprints.
January 23 Big strike near Cripple Creek Colorado in the El Paso mine yielded ore assaying 31,000 dollars per ton found forty feet from the surface. A seven foot vein of quartz rich with gold tested at 290 ounces per ton. News drew great excitement as ore was rapidly tested and helpfully verified.
Michael Gaylor, a former policeman, shot and killed his brother's wife Mrs. Mattie Gaylor in her home after a family quarrel. He reportedly sang and danced in his cell after being arrested, expressing satisfaction at the act. The New York Weekly Bank Statement reports broad increases across reserves loans specie legal tenders deposits and circulation.
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