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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1892
Page
2
Readable catalog style notice lists items including suits wrappers gowns house dresses infants wear waists undergarments wraps jackets hosiery mitts and curtains. The brief inventory implies a sale or display of layered clothing and household textiles across multiple categories.
The day’s brief items report a break in at Mr. Frits’s house to steal an ice cream freezer, a man named Jobo Konstic injuring his leg and being taken to Clty Hospital, and health officials urged to drive tramps from the Eighth Ward. Also noted are a rail depot meeting, a marriage settlement in Greens County, and multiple local ads and notices from market square stores and vendors.
The Democratic County Convention met at 3 PM in the Second Branch chamber and selected an excellent Legislative ticket and senatorial conferees. Nominations for House delegates included Brockunier, Dobler, Brandfass, Handlan, and others amid a brief recess and committee reports. Brockunier and Wilson led early ballots and were declared elected, with unanimous nomination for the ticket. A new County Executive Committee was chosen, with members from all districts, and a resolution praising Kenna and Faulkner’s opposition to the Force bill was adopted.
The Electric Light Commission met at City Hall and closed financials with Fort Wayne Electrical Company and Expert Seeley. Council to meet in special session Tuesday to pay bills. remaining settlements involve Wheeling Mining and Manufacturing, Van Dorn Iron Works, and Architect Franzheim. Total plant cost reported as 104 066.95. payments made total 56 210. treasury had 32 116.67. Net loan proceeds 51 826.67. Executive Committee recommended acceptance. photometer tests show lamps generally meet candle power. Resolution to accept plant and pay 42 946.40 to Fort Wayne firm. Seeley to receive 1 282.50. Appreciation given to Seeley, Knight, and Superintendent Bleoo. assurances of high plant quality and future inspections.
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