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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1883
Page
2
The Register shows several thousand more copies than any paper in the two Virginias or Eastern Ohio, presenting advantages as an advertising medium due to its wide reach and regional prominence.
A chaotic Fourth of July scene unfolds as Peck's bad boy roams with a chum causing mischief and near arson, while the grocery man battles a prankster, a cat, and a firecracker mishap. The tale shifts to family care, a sick relative, and a weary narrator recalling the day's wild events and consequences.
A garbled obituary and scattered notes recount a drowned infant on Sixth Street, a child's tragic death, and various city notices. Names such as Mrs Haccon Spring and May or June events appear in incomplete form, with unrelated remarks about residents, a school teacher, and local appointments.
A reader recounts a farm family’s Fourth of July routines and a boy’s resolve to join his father in field chores. The story contrasts peaceful rural chores and the boy’s imagined defiance with the farmer and deacon’s observations, ending with a cautious note on future celebrations.
In Steubenville Jefferson County cranks and inmates fill the county poorhouse and state asylum. Probate Court declares many incurable, with plans for a new building debated by County Commissioners. A tragic death follows the Debenhams case as the community grapples with care, privacy, and dignity for the afflicted.
Fragmented local notes describe a disturbing disturbance among residents, detailing alleged misunderstandings and disputed claims. The report mentions a missionary visit, community leaders, courtship rumors, and a controversial incident affecting several families, with officials promising further clarification soon.
Local items report political talk on Scioto case and teachers' reassignment controversy. Monroe county installs first telephones linking county offices, road repairs proposed to Bridgeport, social visits from Wheeling and Pittsburgh, minor burglaries, editor Father Heenan touring, a Grandview grove camp meeting planned, and growth in Williamstown and Parkersburg with new business and depot improvements.
Clarksburg observes a circus week with ornate costumes and visitors from Isnes Tile and May Jackson. local reports praise performers and a plan to turn Nutter Springs into a summer resort, citing medicinal waters and a proposed enterprise linked to local doctors and residents.
A stream of visitors and small events fills St Clairsville area life. Mrs Hannah Wetvoo returns from Mobile Alabama to spend the balance of the tale week. Rev Thos H Barnes of Barnesville hosts a ten day excursion by J B Meyer and C Meyer through Marshall County hills for fishing and hunting. A Wheel ing party enjoys a hotel outing. Hon Haniel Peck and many townsfolk attend social calls. strangers like Charley Askew and Mrs G W Hoge are seen in town.
A fragment from Benwood notes a battery of minor incidents and social items. A child narrowly escapes serious harm in a machine accident involving Charles Earp’s family, plus other local chatter about funerals, drivers at Cokinkis Lodge, a Salvation Army visit interest, and residents Mat Varred and Mrs Leslie Triver relocating or visiting.
In Gretna Green Grist the town known as Nail City, marriages and social changes are noted. Spies of Dr Prasin and family appear, with mentions of residents visiting Kim Grove and local hotel activity. Executive Committee of the Ladies Missionary meets, delegations join from nearby towns, and weather hints about crops and showers are observed.
Local Cranberry notes describe visitors and residents in town including Florence Vickery returning from Durand Wisconsin and Miss Ada Bimpson and others visiting. Mentions Rev Mr Long of Wheeling and General Manager Dunham visiting. John E. Bricklew received a $1740 pension arrearage. Will Goley made a brief early week visit. Community happenings and social visits are highlighted with several names and places.
Ere half a nation’s scorned outsiders are blamed for disorder in Eckhart and Lekhart, as miners in Frostburg face starvation and disease. The piece decries immigrant labor as criminal and uncivilized while detailing filth, raids, and violence, then condemns miners for hardship and calls for food and work.
A garbled list reports elderly deaths in multiple states including Dauphin County Pennsylvania Barry County Virginia and Antwerp Jersey County New Jersey. Among the aged are individuals aged 90s to hundred with brief notes on health work and family, alongside a sensational fatal injury from an axe attack.
A detailed glimpse of seaside fashion at Newport and similar resorts shows women in elaborate bathing costumes and coordinated accessories, with private bathing houses, stylish walking dress worn over swimwear, and a mix of modest and risqué styles as crowds sample the cold water and socialize. The piece notes fashion trends, observer impressions of the bathers, and the social ambiance surrounding the morning procession to the bathing houses.
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