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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1896
Page
6
A chaotic OCR notice touts a Monday sale at The Leader with claims of deep discounts on bedding and household goods. It promises two weeks until occupancy and urges early hand delivery, listing prices and product lines while warning against fake ads and urging trust in genuine bargains.
The note announces further reductions on SILKS for WAISTS and SHIRT WAISTS to shrink large stock. It asks if BLACK BROCADE SILK in the Te grade was purchased, warns that only two bolls remain, urging urgency to buy.
Wheeling Park in the Ohio Valley announces daily summer hours with Sunday concerts by the Opera House Orchestra at 2:30 p m. If rain, concerts move to the Casino. Park features include fresh meats, flowers, shady walks, and a terrace. Train service runs hourly from Wheeling to Elm Grove. Events include grand Fourth of July celebrations, firework displays, and arrangements for dances and parties overseen by A Rolf at 33 Fifteenth Street.
Train No 1 from Wheeling Parkersburg to Cincinnati and beyond offers connections to the FF V and O B Y lines reaching Cincinnati Lexington Louisville and other points. Train No 2 from Kenora to Wheeling connects with Pennsylvania lines reaching Pittsburgh Harrisburg Washington Baltimore and New York.
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a selective digestive remedy, claiming one grain digests 2,000 grains of wholesome food and rest strengthens the stomach. It notes 50 cents a package and lists assorted local social notices from Hannibal to New Martinsville.
Portland Station Ohio reports visitors and greetings as H W Brant of Chicago returns home from Winecliff visits. Sabbath Children Day declared a success. Miss Anna McKim of Martins Ferry guests. M D McMannis returns to Cleveland after Ridge visit. Miss Kittie Haythorne entertains friends with Mr Charles Dilworth and others. Dr Fawcett and wife pass through en route home. Thornley calls on Portland friends. Emma Belton visits McMannis sisters. Harry Sommers returns from Colorado looking well. Hersher family visit at Whang Park. C W Kuckuck returns from Union Bridge Michigan. Village incorporation debate grows as 27th local option approached. Pease township hires Lizzie Stringer Maywood Forsythe for Glenn's Run school. West Lewis call on friends at Rush Run.
The Painters and Decorators Union of Wheeling informs the public that only listed contractors are recognized. The notice names James, McAdams, D. C. Kurner, E. H. Biedeman, B. F. Higgins, C. Boston, James Marshall, Schenerlein & Pratt, Bler & Ephlin, Charles Seybold, John White, Frank Formella. Also advertises stock sale of Shit Walste in two lots at 73c and 1.10 with price range 1.25 to 2.50.
Miss Josephine Landers and sister Lorie visit Steubenville while Miss Katie Hall returns from West Liberty Normal. Clarksburg plans a new depot and bonds for water works with talks of a Short Line railroad. county and district figures visit, and Terra Alta reports local arrivals, church events, and harvest updates.
This cooling weather prompts overstocked manufacturers to dispose of goods, offering sonic bargains. We offer high quality suits in cassimeres cheviots worsteds homespuns and serges, full or skeleton lining, solid or mixed colors, priced from 7 to 20 dollars. Also reduced are Negligee shirts and thin underwear.
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