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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1885
Page
2
The piece, referencing a metropolitan moral issue, notes lax laws and urges stronger action against respectable saloons and disreputable dens. It argues that vice affects all social classes, calls for vigilant parental protection, and warns that law must curb widespread temptations threatening virtue.
In a close matchup, the Record team edged Mote in a hard fought contest. Key figures from both sides led scoring and defense, with the final minutes deciding the winner at home.
A garbled summary from a historical newspaper page mentions multiple baseball clubs including Boston, New York, and Yale, with scattered references to tours, standings, and an Eastern League umpire appointment. The readable parts hint at Western tours, contested positions, and vague scores, but many phrases are indecipherable.
Fragmented notes describe a 128 yard trotting event at Bitterville Driving Park where Cunningham allegedly deflated Whitehead for 120 dollars. Mentions of upcoming matches and various horses, jockeys, and trainers follow, including Bets on Mc and Bisner Marine and references to July meet events and earnings.
Crops and weather report from Cameron notes corn and grass growing well. Replanting completed and worm damage diminished. A cold wave feared but fog prevented worst. Locals discuss turkey and chicken supplies to hedge against future pest outbreaks and market activity forecasting a lively trade season.
Local tidbits report community events in New Macrixsville and Benwood. Mentions include school staff visitors, a drowned body recovered, a charity, carriages, a grand march at a rink, and updates on county court proceedings, farmers, and tobacco warehousing.
A Washington dispatch paints Commissioner Miller as a pivotal but pressured figure in the new administration. Clerks, collectors, and appointment officers swarm his north-end Treasury office seeking favors, with Miller weighing hundreds of cases daily and shaping hundreds of offices nationwide.
Fairmont reports progress on the P.M. and P. bridge with reconstruction set to proceed promptly. A Morgantown rail link remains uncertain but likely later. The New England Fairmont and Western Coal Bond advances. Gaston Junction to site near completion. West Fork Bridge work may slow without delays.
In local society pages the piece surveys summer entertainments at the fair grounds including lawn parties and rides, notes fashion and photography trends, and records recent social gatherings. It mentions fortune tellers, archery interest, and lingering wedding invitations amid bustling commencement activity and town news.
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