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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1897
Page
8
Local listing shows lace curtains at 1.00 per pair, lace curtains at 1.45 per pair, portiers 0.89 each, and cellulose-backed sheets by best authors offered at 0.69 each. prices reflect a bargain sale with multiple textile items.
The Nail City Stamping Company and several small buildings on Twenty first Street were unroofed by a storm. A cathedral steeple was struck by lightning and a tree fell on Twenty second Street, injuring one man who was seriously shocked.
Water rents for the six months ending September 30, 1897 are due. Payments made by June 30, 1897 earn a 10 percent discount. The city water board urges timely payments and notes the season includes the Opera House program at 8:40 PM, park excursions, and boat rides. A lively camp scene near Fish Creek is described with notable locals, cooking lectures, and weather impacts.
SEVET YEATS announces a magnificent narrative on the war between Henry IV of France and Navarre and the Leaguers led by Cardinal Bourbon the Duke of Mayenne and their Spanish allies from 1593 to 1598. The Register calls it the best story ever published in the city and urges readers to follow every issue. The first chapters will appear next Sunday.
Resolutions from Central Temple No 4 Ladies of the Colden Eagle note the deaths of Companion N. Hirst and PG. C to honor their memories. They express sympathy to families, order mourning drapery for 30 days, and publish the resolutions in Wheeling and local minutes, while crediting John Roby Louis, M. Schad, FP. W. Legge as committee.
A fragmented notice promotes Madame Smaltzer as a gifted adviser offering insights on important matters at a small cost. The message touts her unparalleled success and invites readers to seek truth in many directions during a limited opportunity at Main xt.
For the above festival the T and C will sell tickets from all paints on its lines east of Ohio river for any train June 19th to 2d inclusive valid for women passage under dine 26th inclusive at one round fare. For further information call nearest B and O agent.
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