Industrial World notes wage push and mill activity
The article reports rising wages efforts, extended shifts, and planned plant expansions at several works. It describes operators like Globe Mills, T. Ault & Sons, and the Favorite Preserving Co guiding output as flour demand stays strong. New buildings progress, and a new laundry foundation begins as favorable weather accelerates activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Globe Mills Co
T. Ault & Soms
McAtllen Brothers
Wagee
Brickyard contracts and mill sales stir industrial region
The article reports on contracts for shale brick making and widening Bell's tunnel to double track, with Nicholson to reopen his brickyard post completion. It notes the Markle clay works reappraisal under a receiver, and claims of stock inold plants, pending reorganization and fixture sales. Several workers and railway men gain positions, with local industrial activity and trade cautious optimism.
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Steubenville
O. Jone
Edbward Nicholson
Cauparis
Bell
Washington Branch
Nicholson
Markle Fre
Tr. J. Kellew
Mingo
A. A
Cleveland
Brilliant Ironworks
Mingo Janetion
Lewis Fithen
Win
Wilhela
Roke
W. J. Rainey
Coke Than
Jefferson Iron Works
West Virginia glass works face possible reduced output
The article notes a week with likely little or no work at West Virginia glass works and a later start around July 1 at Buckeye glass house due to warm weather and limited demand. Various shops report mixed activity, with unions, foundries, and tool works operating at reduced or part time levels amid high heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Glass Works
Buckeye Glass House
Hirdia
Spence & Son
Moon
Union Glass Works
Spence, Baggs & Co
McPermott’s Tool Works
Aetna
Mear’s Cooper Shop
Railroad Through Trains On Faster Time Delayed
Officials cannot complete the summer arrangement of Ohio River railroad trains today and push the schedule to next Sunday. The dispatcher and superintendent are preparing it and expect completion by then. Through trains Nos. 2 and 3 will likely run on faster time with no major changes anticipated.
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Ohio River
Rail traffic uptick and station upgrades noted in Wheeling
News items report rising passenger and freight activity across local lines with new service on the Ohio River road and summer excursion plans. Bennet Garrick joins BD&O yards, Night Yardmaster Elliott visits Pittsburg, and improvements include a new ladies waiting room floor at the B and P station.
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Ohio River
Bennet Garrick
Joshua Elliott
Pittsburg
Hd. Deesan
Bellaire
Ben Patton
McMechen
Wheeling
B.D. Warfeld
Railway Claim Agents” Association
Piisburg
Northern Pacific Express Company
Chillicothe
Washington
Inal
Snce
Mipois Central
Peninsular Car Works
Detroit
Texas
Ohio
Indiana
The C H and D After It Likely New Road Up Guyandotte
The Columbus Huntington and Guyandotte Company plans a line from a spot on the Ohio river near Huntington up the Guyandotte valley to coal fields. Prominent backers are named and county aid sought. Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton reps reportedly studied the Ohio river for a potential bridge. If built, one bridge would connect the lines and give Dayton access to West Virginia coal, routing via Ironton to western markets.
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Columbus, Huntington and Guyandotte Company
Wich
Ohio River
Huntington
Guyandotte
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Ohio
Gavandotte
West Virginia
Ironton
Norfolk and Western
Toledo
Detroit
Chicago
Michigan City
Banquet Toasts and Masonic Hall Escort Observed
A banquet in the same building closed in another room with all attendees enjoying the meal. Toasters in order included Sirs Httheldaffer Stone Tuavenner Zorn and Sterling. Grand officers were escorted to the Masonic Hall by the local Commandery. Sirs Baldwin Hedges of Wheeling and Sir McLain of Cyrene attended.
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Httheldaffer
Stone
Tuavenner
Zorn
Sterling
Masonic Hall
Miriam Chapter No 1 Eastern Star Holds Temple Evening
The Eastern Star Miriam Chapter No 1 plans a Tuesday temple gathering under a clear sky, with the group expected to shine as a bright constellation and display its diadem.
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Miriam
Ladies of Honor Meet at Botsford Home
The Ladies of Honor plan a Monday evening meeting at Mrs. Olivia Botsford’s home. All AH members are urged to attend. The group will present an entertainment at Odd Fellow's Hall on Wednesday evening June 12, promising a fine program and social time for all invited guests.
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New York
National Association of Local Freight Agents Associations
Wheeling
Cleveland, Lorain and Wheelng
Cleveland
Buffalo
N. Y
Lake Erie
New York City
United States
Hone
Ar. J. V. Braden
Pittsburg
Investi
Wea
Boston
Atlantic City
Belimore
Washington
New York Central
West Shore
Pennsytononia
Waagner and
Pollman Palace
Ladies OF Honor
Olivia Botsford
Odd Felow’s Hall
Fraternal Officers Elected Across Wheeling Masonic Bodies
Wheeling weekly notes officers elected for Wheeling Commandery No 1 and Bates Lodge No 38 with installations planned for June. Reported are degrees conferred, visits by Grand Lecturer and District Deputy Grand Master, and upcoming meetings at McDaniel Lodge of Perfection No 1 Wheeling Lodge No 5. Also referenced are De Molay Commandery No 1 instatement, court docket for June term, incidents, Epworth League excursion, and local social and civic events.
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Wheeling Commandery No. 1
Peter Boyd
Chas. P. Woo
S. B. Warrick
Conrad Hirech
H. E. Grown
W. W. Irwin
Allen Brock
Joseph Hall
Baldwin
H. B
Bates Lodge No. 38
J. H. Dehamel
Grani
George B. Peabody
R. G B. Battelle
RK. M. Baird
John KK
List
J. W. Waltz
H. B. Baguley
Frank B. Ross
Henry Arris
M. A. Chew
J. B. Wells
John C. Riheldaffer
T. W. Bliss
Schoen
Albert Pike
Knight Wolf
McCahon
5. W. Morris
H. Woodford
Binghampton
N. Y
McDaniel Lodge of Perfection No. 1
Wheeling Lodge No. 5
J. H. Delinel
G. M. Joseph Hall
Fraternity of
West Virginia
Old Wheeling
Boston
Sehoen
George W. Atkinson
Cameron
Temple of Masons
de Molay Commandery
Grafton
Holwade
L. N. Tavenner
John A. Zorn
Hugh Sterling
Ladies Of The G A R Commemorate Memorial Day At Cemeteries
The Ladies of the G A R helped posts lay flowers on soldiers from 1861 to 1865. Blaine Circle No 3 assisted Cald well Post at Moundsville in Memorial Day observances. Lucy B Hayes No 2 to meet June 4 with Mrs J P Huntington to speak. Memorial Day 95 observed more solemnly than in prior years.
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James G. Blaine
Caldwell Post
Moundsville
Lucy B. Hayes
Bleath Ward
J.P. Huntington
Pittsburg
Officers elected at Alpha Lodge No. 424 meeting
At the regular meeting Alpha Lodge No 424 elected J W Lashley as Dictator David Green as Vice Dictator J J Rid dle as Sr Assistant Dictator Joseph Mall as Reporter S Waterhouse Jr as Financial Reporter S M Darrah as Treasurer T A Wall as Chaplain W A Stoetzer as Guide Porter Smith as Guardian G A Beajl as Sentinel The officers will be installed at the second meeting in July.
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Alpha Lodge No. 424
J. W. Lashley
David Green
J. J. Riddle
Joseph Mall
S. Waterhouse, Jr
S. M. Darrah
T. A. Wall
W. A. Stoetzer
Porter Smith
Guardian
G. A. Beajl
Sentinel
Prominent Residents Visit City Amid Social Calls
A flurry of arrivals and departures marks a busy day in the city with Levi Tucker of New Martinsville, J Bowen Knotts of Mannington, and Miss Daisy Richardson visiting. Other notable movements include John Lubic returning from the Allegheny National Convention, George Grubb relocating to Uhriehsville to run a hotel and saloon, and multiple locals traveling or recovering from ailments.
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Levi Tucker
New Martinsville
J. Bowen Knotts
Mannington
Sistersville
Daisy Richardson
John Lubic
Loc Panslavists
George Grubb
Fifth Ward
Uwhriehsville
A. G. Frohme
Factory H
United States Glass Company
Vicnry Albright
Postoffice Department
Catherine Eisenach
Seventeenth Street
August Schultz
South Eof Street
Clara Chronacher
Ironton
George Lobenstein
Bes
Columbus
Charles Lehanb
Tiffin
Adolph Bott
Marshall County
William Goddard
Sardis
J. W. Myers
Forty-third
Jacob Streets
H. W. Brush
Forty-fourth
Jacob Street
Pittsburg
Brush
J. D. Marsh
Fortieth
Sherrard
A. Mabis
Stella A. Eckhart
Europe
Mabis
New York
Frances Ellery
Chapline Streets
Baltimore
Washington
S. Richards
Sudley Springs
Jennie Payne and Daugher
Frostburg
J. P. W. Bowers
Twentieth Street
John FP. Glass
I.Y. Hamilton, Esq
Washington, Pa
River Water Falls Imperil Through Packet Navigation
River levels drop with wharf marks at three feet eleven inches. The Hudson limited to East Liverpool on the up trip, reshipping for Pittsburg. Large boats face tie up unless rain boosts water within 36 hours. Ben Hur and H K Bedford due for Pittsburg. Lexaeton and Liberty also listed. Lizzie Bay docked at Pt Fleavant for hull repairs, several weeks to resume after damage.
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Hudson
Liverpool
Pitts Dure
Cincinnati
Ben Hur
H. KK
Bedford
Pittsburg
Matamoras
Liberty
Clarington
Keystone State
Lizzie Bay
Pt. Fleavant
Blush and Forbidden Kiss Under Rose Tree
A summer encounter unfolds as a maiden sleeps beneath a rose tree. Love awakens, a kiss transforms innocence into blush. She flees, touching roses that bloom red with a secret power, recorded in Madison, Wis. by Mary M. Adams.
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Madison, Wis
Mary M. Adams
City Tax Receiptsand Garbled Product Ads
Receiver Kindebberger reports tax collections from Collector Shafer totaling 1728.70 from fifty cent levies and ten cent levies. Also appears an assortment of catalog items including shirts waists neckwear corsets belts under wear and Swiss fabrics linked to Swabacker store promotions with varied prices and sizes.
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Kindebberger
Shafer
Verzeres
Arion Society postpones meetings until September heat ends
Local items report the Arion Literary Society delaying meetings in the hall due to heat until the second week in September. Other notes include a Wheeling Park bowling event next week and a Red Men oration by Geo Sydenstricker at Mozart Park on June ith.
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Arion Literary Society
Literary Society
Wheeling Park
Geo. Sydenstricker
Mozart Park
Wheeling Steel and Iron Works
South Side
New Matamoras
Haskins Hospital
Benwood
John Bailie
Fourth Street
White's Grove
Caldwell
Herrmann Lodge
Frank F. Dunlap
Sistersville,s
Moundsville
Wheeling
Glassworkers
Witherby Declares Will Join Wife on Vacation
In a New York World item the sudden departure unfolds as Mrs. Witherby prepares to travel by 9:30 train to visit relatives. Her husband quips he would join if business allowed, while house chores go reviewed including rugs carpets doors and kitchen range with a plan to lock up the home.
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Witherby
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