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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1894
Page
6
Ellen Osborn surveys dress trends and the idea that dressmakers should study architecture. She critiques overly fussy designs, praises simple lines inspired by Greek and Empire styles, and argues for gowns built with form and function, not mere decoration.
July 18 report from Honolulu notes the provisional government dissolves and Hawaii becomes the Republic of Hawaii under Sanford B. Dole. The new constitution was promulgated July 4 and vows annexation to the United States. crowds cheered as Dole read the proclamation from the former palace steps.
J W Kalas a leading native annexationist reads the proclamation to Hawaiian crowds. The event ends with cheers and no military display observed. The Philadelphia incident is noted with government preferring restraint.
Royalists hold mass meetings denouncing the republic set up after the queen’s overthrow as diplomats weigh recognition. A royalist commission sails to Washington seeking a direct reply from the President while others depart aboard the Rio Janeiro. Separately, a suit seeks 11 million against Russell Sage and the Gould estate over Denver Pacific stock misappropriation.
The week brings no major novelty aside from Sarah Bernhardt. The royal suite attends her Windsor Castle appearance of La Femme de Claude with vigorous applause. The Queen and Prince of Wales witness operatic and dramatic displays featuring De Reszkes and Sigrid Arnoldson among others.
Miss Eve Kearns returns home after visiting Philippi and Elkins. Judge Umstead at Sistersville. Isaac Rosenberg comes back from Baltimore and plans to settle on the South Side with his wife. Numerous locals host guests from Wheeling, Powhatan, Sistersville, and other towns. Reports note church cancellations, a Wright's Grove picnic, and various visits, repairs, and oil-leases interests around town.
Dr. W. C. Ogden has been named a member of the Board of Pension Examining Surgeons at Fairmont West Virginia. A new post office opens at Smith Hardy County with Joseph A. Smith as postmaster.
The piece describes SOZO DONT as invigorating and preserving teeth, while making the mouth fragrant like roses. It presents a poetic claim of a pure breath and a desirable effect from using the product.
Epworth Park at Barnesville opens a warm summer season with the Mandolin Club concert on the lake and cottage growth. Families from Bellaire St. Clair and Washington mingle with local residents as tents rise and new bath houses prepare. notables include E A Dent and Mrs. Damsell among visitors. Mrs Stephens and Rev Chandler oversee grounds. a lively scene of boaters, swimmers, and social touring marks the assembly.
Mrs. C Speidel visits daughter Mrs Burns in Wellsville. Miss Mary Charnock attends West Liberty teachers exam. Prof J A Cox conducts Teachers Institute in New Cumberland. Miss Virginia Kerr returns from Parkersburg visit. J R Braddock of Pittsburg visits town. Miss Laura Dickens from Bellaire hosts Reynolds art party. Miss Edna Ong visits Smithfield relatives. Miss Heston from Philadelphia stays with Mr and Mrs W W Beall. Miss Zella Beutel of Washington PA and Miss Daugherty of Beaver PA visit Mrs Will Miller. Mr and Mrs Ed O Nicholls of Ohio visit relatives here. Miss Carrie Zane of Wheeling visits Miss Bird Oakes. George Hahn of Lazearville dies Saturday. burial Brooke Cemetery Monday. Miss Cora Dodd hosts picnic at Smith's Grove. Miss Fannie Litue returns from Wheeling. Professor Walter Mitchell receives Ph B from Meadville College. Mr T R Ridgely depot ticket agent at P W Ky depot rests. Mr S McGlumphhry replaces him. Mr D S Coyder of Unionport fills McGlumphhrey’s position.
Portland Station July 21. Miss Jessie McKee of Steubenville visits Miss Sallie Stringer. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mackey of Steubenville visit T. J. Stringer. Post office moved to room of T. V. Moore from Wood & Lewis. Mrs. T. J. and Mrs. R. W. Hodgens spend Sunday at Moundsville camp. Pittsburg coal operators inspect Jefferson and Harrison counties. H. Sindlinger becomes operator at Empire on C P R R. Local quips on generosity and castor oil. Ballot lectures prompt questions from teacher Tescher and a reply from Tommy.
Denver hosts the 1894 bicycle congress with delegates from all states, militarized wheel units, and a proposed army of bicycle riders. Coxey plans to thank riders for support of good roads as thousands gather for parades, fashion, and debates on dress reform and war use of bicycles.
Pittsburg buyers purchased all remaining ware at Western Sanitary Pottery. Miss Georgia Aiken visits Miss Ansie Meek in Glenco. Mrs. Newton Shaefer travels to Rust Run for friends and quarterly meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Hunfield visit from Sistersville. Dorteid couple depart for Trenton New Jersey to make a new home. Robert cares visits home. James Welday relocates to Smithfeld. George Tilton plans moving to his newly bought property soon.
Cramixoton residents report Mrs. James Gatts and daughter Neva along with Misses Belie and Ethel Lima attending at Mounds villa. Mrs Alonzo Gatts of Wheeling visiting relatives. Miss Mattie Ambler of Wheeling spending weeks here. Mrs Josephine Johnson of Pittsburg visiting. Mrs John Heatherington of Bellaire spent part of the week here. Mrs Alice McKimmie of Wheeling visiting. E Topp and family spent Sunday with friends at Powbeten.
The article notes Women’s Rights parties would appear at the meet as a novelty, with interest in bicycles akin to Coxeyites, and Jenness Miller praising the bicycle as a factor in dress reform. It mentions bicycle clubs in New York, Boston, and Chicago with women members wearing trouserettes, and includes a brief West Virginia postal affairs update listing several postmasters appointed or replaced in Kanawha and Taylor counties.
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