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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1889
Page
4
A garbled Wheeling Register page covers reservoir cleaning with mud, public health concerns, and city water taste. It references national events, royal news, and social commentary, noting English style satire and local anecdotes alongside brief society notes and advertisements.
Eyewitnesses recount how the North compartment of the basin filled with four to five and a half feet of mud after the draw-off, reducing capacity by about a quarter of 8 million gallons. Workers sunk to their waists while clearing, and odors resembling kerosene filled Market Street, as a full cleaning operation stretched into daylight.
A partial recap from the Masonic section discusses Grand Lodges and recognition across nations, noting England’s Prince of Wales as Grand Master and France's Grand Orient controversy. It cites U S lodge counts, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Missouri, and Pennsylvania memberships, plus local lodge gains, notable gifts, and honors within the Knights of Pythias and related orders.
Alpha No. 424 initiated three candidates with many brethren present though General Fellows was absent. Great Sun Council fires listed by month and location across the United States. Notes from Wheeling Union Chapter No. 1 and Wellasburg Lodge No. 2 report warm rooms, degree work, and visits by officers. A humorous farmhouse tale ends the page with Mr Bowser’s failed country sojourn and comic mishaps.
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