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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1892
Page
3
A long friendly notice describes commencement events, speeches, and thanks amid a community celebration. It names several speakers, attendees, and families connected to the ceremony and notes traditions observed at the school. The piece highlights honorary sentiments, processions, and the gathering of relatives for the event.
Fragmented text shows a community page with funeral notices, court references, and local events. Mentions Morgantown, Magnolia county, Magnolia disintegration, Court events, Domn Day program, and a new grocer. Several names appear obliquely, including W. Ta, Frisk Clit, Annin Rethmitler Tindal, and L. W. Diglaony.
Local notices report court sessions, church events, and community visits in Moundsville. Updates mention funerals of J. W. Gallaher, circus and mine activity, and civic appointments along with visitors from Morgantown and Washington.
Bellaire column reports on proposed Powhattan to Belmont road length, Georgetown Church dedication, Mrs. Hammond pleads guilty and is jailed, saloon incidents, weddings, political plans, railroad and street improvements, pension payments, church services, and a variety of local civic updates. Names include John Rankin, Edward Steger, C F Kurtz, and others. events span July through August with talks of conventions and community milestones.
Local Democrats set June 11 voting times for precincts to select delegates to county and state conventions. Steubenville seeks eastern Ohio Insane Asylum site with council leader D J Sinclair leading talks in Columbus. Obituaries, weddings, school exams, church events, and local infrastructure updates fill the page along with sport and theater notices.
Reading through a fragmentary local column, residents and visitors are listed with brief mentions. Emigrants and relatives travel, church events noted, and Decoration Day activities described with small group performances.
Local stores launch a major clearance offering $65,000 worth of dry goods and carpets. The massive price cuts are designed to attract thousands of shoppers this week.
The notice lists auction prices for various fabrics including Hest Light Calico at 3c, Indigo Blue Calico at 4c, Lancaster Gingham, Regular S¢ Chevron Suiting, Regular Towelling and Towelling prices, and several unbleached and sheeting items with multiple cent values. It presents a compact catalog of fabric costs with brand and material identifiers.
A fragmented notice shows table linens in white and red with varied prices. Entries mention Regular 25 31y cent white linen and Regular 40 white linen at 28e, plus red linen items labeled Regular 60e and Regular 40e. The text reads like a bargain column or classified listing with mismatched punctuation.
Miss Nol tie Jepson returns from Media Pennsylvania where she studied with Prof L J Watters and W T Hewitson. The paper seeks funds for a July 4th celebration. Dr Winters and family visit David Darrah. local Wachos corps members described as uninlaved.
Regular 20c and 25c Damask towels and Turkish towels offered at 28c and 8c respectively. Damask and Turkish towel sets priced for everyday use with multiple weight options.
The week’s marriage licenses issued include Alfred H. McElwain with Emma B. Keyser and others such as John A. Dahigran with Gertrude M. Wade. Circuit Court meets Monday in Pleasants County with candidates to be named for State Senator JR Shingletos and Hall & Hammett in a Democratic race for the Legislature. Local permissions note oil boom sightings near Calcutta, Shanley Bros. business trip to Parkersburg, and A M Campbell’s sermon at Gibson to a large crowd.
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