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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1890
Page
8
A draft summary blends local Linn County interests with Washington County items. It mentions leaders, clubs, real estate, and community activities, including weather impacts, road and rail notes, and a public notices style update. The text weaves on public meetings, civic engagements, and local business concerns from nearby towns.
Widespread brief from Wheeling area reports a B&O freight wreck near Cassell's station with seven cars derailed. no injuries. A quarryman, Paul Acker, suffered a leg fracture at a Taylorstown quarry. Incorporation for Storey Company filed in Ohio county with capital stock. Death notices for Miss Lee Mitchell and John H. Watkins noted, with details of families and related events. Police Court reports include several minor offenses and fines plus a transfer record for property on McCulloch street. Advertisements describe various goods and a real estate sale pending for Monday.
The famed Barnum and Bailey circus will perform in the city with 1,200 performers and multiple trains, featuring Nero and the Roman spectacle, exotic animals, trained acts, and a grand street parade at 9 AM on Wednesday the 30th.
A night incident on Twentieth Street ends with Bernhard Bach injured after a clash with thieves in a blacksmith shop. His daughter alerts him to an iron-smithing theft, he confronts two men, clubs one, but a metal piece strikes his head, allowing the robbers to flee.
Dr Bert of Canada visits the Brunswick Hotel to introduce his Canadian fire proof roof paint now applied to several city roofs. Viewers praise its quality while capital holders are urged to consider the product. Also noted is Ponery and strength combined in Enterprise Baking Powder.
Fragmentary text references Atlantic City via B and C July ten to ten days with pillows bolsters and brash and a Bank Building. Mentions Henry Jay ple's and Warear and Haxenen claiming one of friendship will engrave them free of charge.
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