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Newspaper

Wheeling Sunday Register

Location

Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1897

Page

14

Fragmented Trial Testimony Recap in Wheeling Case

The record outlines witness accounts in a Wheeling case with Eaton and Katon, detailing a heat of questions about missing goods and a pear shaped object found near a stove. Witnesses describe meetings on sidewalks near Market and Twelfth Streets and a tainted offer of twelve hundred dollars to leave town.

Winess Ealow Wihkes Eaton Main Windaor Yate Botan Fran Vollatre Cob Ariett Witees Sudeley Auton Wien Witte Willvss Raton Witness Wits Katon Kutus Steve Cid Arnott Gakad Ramsel

River News Arrivals and Departures Across Ohio River

The River News lists arrivals from WJ Cincinnati HK Boitford Pittsburg Arcata Parkersbills Rue Starsville Leeray Claringtatt T M Bayne Steubenville with departures including Cincinnati MOK Bedfont Charleston Argyril Parkersire Leaingtam New Maramorat Kult and Silverevitty. Moats leaving today Pitpeteurg Fes Hr 34 m Pilldburs Keystone Save at 7 a.m Hilushore Kanawha 73 1 Cincinnati Vireinhy am Danesville Larva Aa Mesheoreville Leroy 7 ay m. The wagons report shows W Z Cumming as packer for Cincinnati last evening, delivering freight and passengers. Fumminn trains operate daily with strong competition on Cincinnati packers. The steamer Manhattan carries passengers toward Pittsburgh in excursion service. The Ohio River between East Liverpool and Cincinnati sees wrecks removed and snags cleared by Woodruff. Warm, cloudy weather with no heavy rain noted.

Cumming Cincinnati Boitford Pittsburg Arcata Parkersbills Rue Starsville Leeray Claringtatt T. M Bayne Steubenville Canning Cincinnati MOK Bedfont Charleston Argyril Parkersire Leaingtam New Maramorat Kult Silverevitty Lenny Clarineton W. Z. Cumming Fumminn Lee Amsiora Pitlsbore Parkershurs Manhattan Woodruff Ohio River East Liverpool

Park events outline at Wheeling Park

Coming events listed include Royal Arcanum basketball on June 44 and K of Pouting on June 30, Arion Sommernachtefest on July 26, and Okabe Family of Royal Japs schedule at Wheeling Park.

Wheeling Park Royal Arcanum Basquet K. of Pouting Arion Sommernachtefest Okabe Family

Strike at Bellaire Steel Works Ends in Mass Downtime

Industrial news reports a mass layoff across Bellaire steel plants with three months shutdown at lower Bellaire works and partial reductions at Warwick pottery and Riverside Belmont mills. Workers endure heat and fear wage cuts as unions split, while other plants idle ahead of summer shutdowns.

Bellaire Steel Works Industral News Benwood Lower Bellaire Warwick Pottery Register Belmont Bonwood Hinfehey Calico Stifel Bros Main Street Warwood

Two Men Killed in Freight Train Accidents

A pair of fatal incidents occurred on a railroad line yesterday. An unidentified man, about 35, riding with two companions, was struck under a moving freight car at the Lafayette street bridge in Moundaville, his body torn apart and scattered along the track. He died near Rogeby's Rock and was taken to Zink's undertaking. In Glen Easton another unnamed youth, about 20, fell from a freight train and was killed, the mangled body unidentifiable.

Moundaville Lafayette Street Oly Rogeby's Rock Zink Undertaking Establishment Triial Benwood Glen Easton

Horse boats of New York and Brooklyn era from Cassier's Magazine

The piece surveys early horse boats used between New York and Brooklyn as an 19th century transport solution. It notes a water wheel about twelve feet in diameter with four floats positioned to minimize water lift, and describes three general frame designs observed in the crafts.

Ferryboa Fulton Cassier New York Brooklyn

Another Chance James Williams Granted New Trial

A court in St. Clairsville granted James Williams a new trial. he is serving a life sentence in the Columbus penitentiary for the murder of Washington Rinker in winter over alleged intimacy with Williams wife. Williams will face trial at the next term. Tonight Mozart Park hosts Lubin Cineograph showing a facsimile of the Fitzsimmons Corbett fight, drawing crowds at a dollar admission.

James Willams St. Clairsville James Williams Columbus Washington Rinker Taat Winter Williams Mozart Park Lubin Fitzsimmons-Corbett Carson City Raat

President nominates Whit for West Virginia tax chief

Washington dispatch notes A B Whit of Parkersburg named by the President to be collector of internal revenue for West Virginia, with Gaines for district attorney also moving forward. Dorr reacts pleased, Dayton voices anger, Elkins weighs choices, and White to assume the collector role July 1.

Spselal Register Washington, D. C A. B. Whit Parkersburg Internal Revenue West Virginia Dorr Gaines Dayton Elkins Davis White Parkershore Converseman Tke Payton

A Confectionery Charm Blesses a Street Vendor

A fashionable woman leaves a downtown confectioner and shares a kind smile with a grimy litchin selling roses at the door. The Irish youth offers her a rose as a free gift for her smile, a gesture she accepts without payment, in a vivid Chicago Journal moment.

Laidy Chicago Journal

Skeletons and Mutton in a Boarding House

A witty exchange reveals a boarding-house keeper and a boarder trading quips about a skeleton in every cupboard and a leg of mutton, hinting at hidden secrets or foibles in domestic life. The scene plays on social humor of appetite and propriety in shared living spaces.

Gloomy View on Flying Machines and Creditors

A brief fragment from a Chicago Record page angles at flying machines as a future trend and notes creditors would also possess them, hinting at speculation and economic concerns amid a daily register edition.

Chicago

Time Extended Twenty Days to Get Genuine Diamonds

A colorful advertisement from Freeman's Globe Tea Co promises genuine diamonds and other jewelry as prizes with every purchase. It touts cash, watches, rings, plates, and more, urging readers to buy two years of ads worth and claim prizes within thirty days. The promo lists multiple winners and urges action before the offer ends.

Kennedy Wheeling Park Ring Martin Dudkey Moulder Dowler Migenicer Publishing Co Pola Mry J. M. Jenkins Bellaire Wot & Ladies George Fraser Bliss Cutter Jon WY. Sims Fletlaire Steel Works Springfield John Dean la Helle Mille Milt Shook Trhndelphin J. D. Blair Stamm House Freeman's Globe Tea CO

Death of Ernest Tweedy Ends Local Typhoid Incident

Ernest Tweedy died at his South Fourth street home in Martin's Ferry after a month with typhoid fever. He was thirty, son of David Tweedy of Pine Valley, noted for good character and many friends. Funeral will be Monday at eleven from George Tweedy's residence with interment at ML Pleasant. The town reported a successful Baptist church social and a large turnout for St. Mary's church picnic on Inland fair grounds. Several local church services planned for the day with visiting ministers expected to preach.

Ernest Tweedy Geo Tweedy South Fourth Street David Tweed Pine Valley George Tweedy ML. Pleasant Ladies of the Baptist Church Fourth Street St. Mary's Church Sam Harrison St. Clairsville First Baptist Church Dr. Bond J. J. McCutcheon Wheeling Charles Brouds Granville Ohio Arthur Westwood Frank Harris Niagara II St. Paul's Episcopal Church J. Williams Trinity Maennershor Hall Will Rodgers Heymond Long T. Huskins E. J. A. Drennen Sandusky Charles Woods Ann Arbor College A.M. Harkins Rush Run Clarence Hbberts Milford Centre Piqua Richard Stewart Fourth Ward Barrett Des Moines Carl Lash Gambier College Lyman Hanes Pittsburg B. Rothschilds Cincinnati Jas. Jacobe Corwin Young Dittonvale Hanover Street Will Frederick Empire Hiawatha Council Cyunellor Jas Vickers W J. Duff Wm. Frankhauser Samuel Stone Inside Sentinel William Ball Outside Sentinel Thomas Springer Henry C. Mills W. J. Duff Fred Jones Mia George Robertshaw Albert Specht Ross Riverview Cemetery Leila Smily Hoge Delaware Thetii House Caroline Grove George Jonson Cocl Willian Sir Clairsville Nyame Yesterdylyt Willams W. Ty Noble Clayavilla Herman Crider Fe Clarington Frands Wm. Oehlechadiger Calumbes Ity Columb Aenor Ripe

Remaints, visitors, and rail time notes on local events

A mix of notices covers a funeral cortege at Riverview cemetery, visits by Leila and Smily Hoge from Delaware, and local railway time updates. It notes shifts in a sheet mill in operation pending arrival of materials, residents visiting in nearby towns, and a railway timetable detailing arrivals and departures for multiple lines and stations.

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