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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1896
Page
9
Nathan Strasberg, a frontier volunteer, endures heavy shellfire and fatigue during Washington’s 1777 retreat from Trenton to Morristown. Amid chaos, he stays steady, helps cover the flank, and bonds with fellow soldiers as the army fights to hold ground and regroup for a renewed assault.
A long rambling tale of Jake Heatherington an English miner’s boy who works in coal mines in Belmont County Ohio then builds the grand house known as the “House that Jack built” with his mule Jack as partner. Jake grows rich through coal ventures on the Ohio River and uses the success to construct a home commemorating his devoted mule Jack, celebrating companionship, grit, and frontier self-made wealth.
A fragmentary Terra Alta page notes community events and residents. Mentions of Mr. Berry, Mrs. Annie Ploweines, Mrs. Susans Talley, and other locals visiting or hosting. Mentions Lake Terra Improvement Company election, Thirteenth Anniversary soldiers reunion, and various social happenings with limited legible details.
July 11 in Currington Ohio saw Lowe of Sardis visit friends here while Fred Kinple of Peltain stayed with Mr and Mrs Ws. Seals of Steenevily spent the day, and Andrew Werlitt also visited relatives. Raeene and Mrs. J. A. Zarn hosted guests, Capt. Pred Rimple’s family was mentioned, and Mrs. Rachel Quite of PL visited.
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