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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1894
Page
4
A chaotic collage of ads and notices appears, listing Wanted men for branch offices and traveling sales, sales of various goods, legal notices, and public postings. The items mention the United Mine Workers, hotel sales, shoe brands, and a summer resort feature, alongside city promotions and a large Wheeling Park event.
In Wheeling Park the Republicans thanked the Wheeling Park Association for the casino use. Delegates from country districts ballot for a county superintendent. James Lewis leads with seven of nine votes, John Young receives two, Lewis declared nominee as convention adjourns. In Brooke county Republicans meet to pick delegates and align for B. B. Dovener.
A list of deeds left for record at Clark Hook's office includes a June 7 1894 transfer between J A Hersberger and wife of Buffalo and James W Paxton for a Reid farm jet on the National road for 2600 dollars. a June 15 1894 deed from Elizabeth Prother of Allegheny to James W Paxton for a Reid farm section on the National road for 15500 dollars. and a June 30 1894 deed from George H Schmidt and wife A Kroft for Jet No 11 in Turk's addition for 6850 dollars.
ER POTTS announces purchase at sheriff's sale of the Rochester Clothing Co stock and offers it to bargain hunters for a few days. The opening announcement promises even lower prices as remaining stock is closed out quickly.
The largest fire in years swept through Rochester, New York, this morning in the wholesale clothing district on St Pauls front. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in clothing burned, but $125,000 of fine spring stock was saved and moved to Wheeling West Virginia for sale at half price or 50 cents on the dollar.
A garbled notice appears to offer goods at low prices with promises of refunds and satisfaction guarantees. The legible words indicate marketing copy about prices and a company commitment, but the full intent and details remain unclear due to broken OCR.
Bargain sale advertisement lists men pants and dress suits with discounted prices, promising full values for every dollar. Public notice warns shoppers of remaining stock and ongoing pricing through the sale period.
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