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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1890
Page
3
A sprawling column mixes labor strife, wage disputes, and industrial unrest with regional notes. It references workers at coal and glass plants, factory conditions, and policy debates on gas supplies, plus local incidents, events, and social news across communities. The piece weaves national economic tensions with scattered local happenings and public notices.
The column notes a rough week for Western Mayors’ League clubs as Chicago slides to third and Cleveland, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh falter away from home. Philadelphia and Brooklyn climb in the National League while Cincinnati drops from first to fourth. strong pitching from Foreman and Rhines steadies Philadelphia. A heated bout over Sullivan and Muldoon stirs fan chatter, with trotting star Hamlin and Sunol drawing betting interest for a major match.
Ted Pritchard, English middleweight champion, set to meet George La Blanche, Jack Dempsey, or Young Mitchell in the United States for the biggest purse. A backer plans a $1,000 wager beyond the purse. London promoter Charley Joyce offers to bring Pritchard over, with talks of a showdown against Dempsey, Fitzsimmons, or Charley Mitchell at the Gladstone Club in Providence. Other notes include Kennedy challenging Bowen or McAuliffe for $400 and plans for three large tours, a six day event in Corry and a Saratoga Springs tour, plus updates on cricket and other boxing highlights.
A Sunday Reclater special notes Agnes Hunting ton and other chorus stars courting London favor with patrons like Bar oness Burdett Coutts, while Boston and New York provide Theatre news. It highlights dieting actors, libel risks, contract fights, and plans for a Duchess of Westminster garden party amid a bustling era of stage life.
A Fraternal note recounts a Wheeling Union Chapter R. A. M. convocation where Masonry's symbolic lessons on resurrection and immortality were discussed. It covers remarks by Past Grand High Priest 0.8, details of Mark and Past Degrees, and notes on attendance, forthcoming work, and summer lodge activity.
Mr Thomas Swayne, a Top Mill Furnace employee at 3 First Street Wheeling West Virginia, details a six year illness dominated by chronic nasal obstruction heavy throat ache and constant hawking that disrupts breathing. He links symptoms to persistent colds and claims rapid improvement after treatment, with emphasis on relief from nightly symptoms and renewed appetite.
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