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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1884
Page
5
A bustling panorama of early industrial activity. Reports note rapid nail factory output, many works operating at full capacity, and looming shifts through September. Coal and steel yards show steady demand while several Pittsburgh area furnaces plan extended schedules and rail works push toward expansion.
The Tribune reports a turbulent Pittsburgh steel and glass sector with Perry’s convict foundry, Cadia Ohio factory fire, and Wellsburg lease talks. Mills across Allegheny and surrounding towns run irregularly as furnaces and forges pause or reopen. Workers seek wage gains amid market pressure while unions rebalance production.
A garbled account mixes dialogue about a lawyer named Nixon and a driver, with fragments asking about occupation and relations. The piece shifts to New Garton Party Dresses, describing frocks, velvet details, and fashion at a social event, noting a decollete bodice and several attendees.
An exposé-like critique traces Monte Carlo’s rise as a major gambling draw, detailing immense profits said to reach 17,000,008 pounds, and describing how public gaming houses lure Europe’s elites with music, stage shows, and luxurious amenities while draining players’ funds. It warns of demimonde patrons and the spread of gambling culture from Mentone to Genoa, Cannes, and San Remo as a social blight.
A critical view describes Riviera visitors drawn by health and wealth to Monte Carlo. Gamblers ruin lives, fortunes vanish, and many return home facing disease or bankruptcy. The Bishop of Gibraltar campaigns to curb vice, while Monaco, under French influence, faces calls to abolish the establishment.
The article describes rapid natural gas discoveries around Pittsburgh dating from 1830 onward, noting wells yielding varied gas quality and large daily flows. It highlights Westinghouse and others sinking multiple wells, with gas used in iron works and street lighting, and reports massive potential savings from using gas versus coal.
The report discusses natural gas firing economics in Butler, its back pressure issues, and potential consolidation of gas interests with Ford of a plate glass firm, Westinghouse, Penn Fuel, and Fuel Gas Company. It describes gas well costs, depths, pressures, and the dangers of odorless, highly heatful gas, plus origin theories and Chinese Belle cultural notes.
In a eastbound train a man observes a crying infant placed on a seat by a taut woman. The mother, who abandoned the child, is intercepted as she demands the baby from a baggageman. The baby is recovered and returned to the mother after a tense moment on the moving train. The scene includes a bystander named Jim Paterson and a bystander noting the train traveled at twenty miles per hour. The article also mentions a toothpaste slogan about a whitening effect.
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