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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1884
Page
5
A sprawling weekly notice reports on reforms, wage movements, and industrial activity across glass, molders, and allied trades. It details strikes, wage changes, and the impact on coal, steel, and related sectors, naming workers, companies, and key regions, with emphasis on labor costs and production shifts.
The Maumay area reports scattered factory activity with Wheeler Iron Company in operation while Keystone Mill near Pittsburgh is shut. Youngstown and Ironton plants show varied output. Shipyards, window glass firms, and iron works across the state adjust to slow demand, with concerns over rail freight, labor, and future reopening.
A fragmented newspaper page recounts bee hunting folklore near Miller's Camp and Camp Stewart, plus several local accidents. Reports include a fatal lightning strike at a Wysong dwelling, a wagon mishap injuring Samuel Ware, and a shooting wound to a boy at New Dominion Payer Mill. The Clarksburg area also notes a West Milford store burglary with a $200 reward.
A tattered report describes a 16 year old Long Island City daughter of a late ex alderman planning to elope with a suitor named Walter. The story, filled with sensational detail, suggests a family history of elopements and warns mothers to employ detectives to curb such behavior. The item reads like a lurid society snippet from an old newspaper.
A fragment discusses fin de siècle dining with asparagus tips in English meals, then shifts to a curious smoking accident near Pare. Dr R wears tight collars, a lighted cigar stray from a window, burning his back and attracting a police inquiry. A man accused offers money to avoid further action.
A Dutch engineer sent by his government reports on the Krakatoa eruption. August 20 to 27 marked peak activity with sounds heard as far as Boston and Australia, the ash mass estimated at millions of cubic kilometers, shifting coastal strata. Also notes brief political tidbits and a dental remedy advertisement amid the page.
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