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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1896
Page
4
An antiquated storefront notice at Main Street markets a daily shipment of dry goods and ladies wear. It touts muslin yardage, colored silks, towels, table linens, and children’s apparel with reduced prices and sample items listed for sale to city and surrounding county shoppers.
Local sale ad lists hundreds of items with deep discounts including 500 pieces soiled muslin underwear marked down one quarter, mitts and gloves, women's skirts, parasols, children's parasols, feather fans, and more. Early buyers urged.
An advertisement promotes ANheslin 3 Register Wheeling Park as a premier Olio Valley resort open daily with Sunday events rain or shine. It lists concerts by Opera Hoa Orchestra at 2330 p.m, park attractions, refreshments, tram schedule to and from the park, rentable spaces for parties, and a sale on apparel including shirts and handkerchiefs at favorable prices.
Moendousville community notices include Mrs Bena Hoan dining with Mrs W Matthews on Seventh Street, Rev J B Sootban’s Chicago trip, and W D Chindle’s Cambridge visit. Local accidents, marriages, church plans, and upcoming rail/holiday travel deals fill the page with names, places, and events.
Sunday round trip fares apply for excursions west of the Ohio River with a single fare for the round trip and return date limited to the sale date. Advertisement promises beer and stock ale options and mentions five trains to Atlantic City by B&O Rail Road with schedules including a 12:25 a.m. sailing and a 5:45 p.m. option via Pittsburgh.
The Seventh Annual Prohibition Assembly at Moundsville Camp Ground gathers attendees with speakers Patrick Donley Winehart and F M Silsby, plus state and local figures. Lectures and events run daily July 16 to 17 with notable guests including Hale Jahneony and Samuel Dickie. attendees stay in cottages as the program fills the grounds.
Port Henry Lodge installs officers led by M David Hahne and others, noting Fort Henry Lodge as banner lodge with 230 members and five applications awaiting. Excelsior Lodge No 49 invites all to a July 25 Wheeling to Cleveland excursion with Put-in-Bay day trip and Hotel Victory dinner, tickets via lodge members. In court, State v W C Garlow forgery demurrers filed to all five counts. State v Frank Thompson demurrers argued and case taken under advisement.
Ferry and Latimer families return from visits in Blairsville and Cincinnati while typhoid fever cases ease. Ituzilin Un mill signs to continue operations next year and Aetna Standard undergoes repairs. One Woman Haver Fishing Club sails for three weeks from Tiltonsville with members Joy Pennington Cox Stillwell Miskell Briscoe. Park Heaton vs Rev Small case resolves in favor of Heaton. Major residents and clubs report brief movements and illnesses around Bellaire Wellsburg and nearby towns.
Mt Pleasant residents and visitors are noted in a string of brief items. Agnes DaVault travels to Brooksville and Corsica for two weeks. several locals make trips to St Clairsville, Berea, Sardis, West Virginia, Pittsburg, and New York. Church services, a Presbyterian communion, and a Mary’s Island fair ground picnic are mentioned along with a Baptist minister’s visit and a St Mary’s church altar society. A local bicycle club considers a road race for middle aged riders. The Martin’s Ferry ball team defeats the Schule club 13 to 10 with notable players named. City business, railroad pay discussions, and a schedule of rail and river transport options are listed, including steamship excursions and new train connections.
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