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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1889
Page
8
The text reports on the exumerators reports shaping the city population, noting population growth, density, and changes from previous years. It cites figures for 1890 and 1895, mentions street expansions and housing, and discusses mortality, births, and age distribution as part of a municipal population study.
In a sparse city page, police court entries recount five cases and two docket items while residents and clubs host events. Reports note watch club drawings, a river swimming arrest, and a trolley accident near a Buffalo Wellsboro bridge. Socials, visitors, and local notices fill the rest with names, places, and routine happenings.
Readers planning absences from Seaside and Country should mail subscriptions at 15 cents per week or 18 cents for daily and Sunday, while continuing notices report marriage licenses issued for Anton Weisner and Theresia Bloch, both Germans aged 30 and 18 respectively. The Humilius case notes bail set at 502 dollars after judge Tulge Paull heard evidence, and a brewing accident on Sixteenth Street left a horse uninjured.
A Wheeling manufacturer questions a Long Branch meeting for a pottery trust and says he knows nothing of such plans. An East Liverpool figure suggests English capital may back a nationwide consolidation, with certificates possibly floated in Europe.
The Secretary of State records two new corporations Wyant Coal & Coke Co and Fitzgerald Patent Prepared Plaster Co with offices in Huntington and Eagle, details of capital stock, shares, and officers. A Flinting Workers wage conference at Monongahela House, Pittsburgh, arranged the salary scale for the next year, with representation from manufacturers and workers and anticipated disputes resolved on last year’s basis.
The Walker event ends at midnight with a tight finish as Stibert and McGrane lead a long day of track effort. Mana ger Wood reports eight miles in 1 hour 20 minutes and critiqued rivals Hegelman and Cartwright for dropping out after expense and pressure. Readers are urged to consider Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway for travel with schedules, rates, and maps offered by Wm. Kelly Jr. and agents. White & Co. announces July 22 opening shows lasting a week with 100 cent admission.
A letter from Orrick, Superintendent of Construction Western Division Cascade, states there is not a word of truth in rumors of Postal Telegraph under Gould’s control. The missive defends extensive building from Baltimore to New Orleans and argues stocklike reports aim to boost Western Union. The message also includes unrelated notices and product claims pulled from period advertising.
Yesterday morning at the Creek mill an accident left Eu, Daffy and Alfred Demfck seriously hurt. A sheet-pack clip struck and cut the men, with Daify burned and Demfck leg torn to the bone. Demfck also suffered burns and required care. Mary Williamson accused Charles Bell, a Wheeling man, of aggravated assault and battery. A hearing attended by several witnesses was held before Squire C. M. Auple. Bell offered no defense.
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