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Wheeling Sunday Register

Location

Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1893

Page

7

Gutenberg Poets Quest for Expurgated Bible Edition

A fragmentary tale traces Johannes Gutenberg and a poet negotiating a contract for an expurgated edition of poetry and a doomed Bible. It shows Gutenberg as a powerful printer, the poet seeking royalties, and the shift from old craft to modern publishing amid a tale of copyright, peril, and art. The drama culminates in a ghostly vision of an overlooked autographed work and the poet's fading fortune.

Gutenverg Faust Schoemer Mick Anceyor Schouler Schoeffer Gor Guttenbers Solobe

Lively lodge meeting and degree conferrals reported

Excelsior Lodge conferred the first degree on four candidates Monday night and Ballance Lodge initiated one candidate Tuesday in warm weather. Welcome Lodge had four candidates Thursday for the first degree, with two more in special dispensation for second degree. Upchurch Lodge No. 20 lists about one hundred names on its charter. Moundsville trip arrangements and officer photo session planned. A. O. U. W. Buttons offered by Wm F Weir at 50 cents each near the Reo station.

Harry Avis Land of the Orient Excelsior Lodge Ballance Lodge Welcome Lodge M. Sonnebdorn W. D. Watkins A. W. Cole John E. Fowler Wellsburg Cale Fowler Bonnbelmi Moundsville Wero Upebureh U. W Wm. F. Weir Reoistém

Shield of Honor meeting and Mystic Circle initiation note

Shield of Honor Zane Lodge reports a large meeting with over seventy five members and five initiations. Jernal Mystic Circle Waton Ruling 223 initiated three candidates. a Supreme Inspector letter and an invitation to Orion Ruling 881 were noted for June 27. The writ toned with local color recounts a humorous railcar accident anecdote involving Henry Williams and a husband wife pair during a discussion.

Jernal Mystic Circle Waton Fraternal Mystic Circle Mystic Life Supreme Inspector Maccabee Orion Martin's Ferry

Self made magnate Huntington a wall street fixture

The article profiles P Huntington born October 22 1821 in Harwinton Connecticut a self made financier of vast wealth at over seventy he frequents his Mills Building office on Wall Street and invites conversation from funding orphanages to railroad debts. It also touches on his distinguished lineage including Samuel Huntington and Bishop H D Huntington. It ends with a humorous Bridgets Clore reference and a gas inspector incident.

Oi P. Huntington Mills Wall Street Mr. Huntington Harwinton Litchfield County Coon Samuel Huntington Continental Congress Connecticut H. D. Huntington Episcopal Church Hane Hantington

Huntington and empire builders of rails and seas

A long profile traces Charles Huntington from youth in New England to San Francisco merchant, partnership with Mark Hopkins, and pivotal role in California railroads. It notes his leadership of Southern and Central Pacific, Pacific Mail, and Chesapeake and Ohio, plus his civic works, industry, and library. Also included are dramatic volcanic eruptions and brief society notes.

Huntington New York Oneonta Otsego County Connecticut California San Francisco Fem Central Pacifie Railroad Washington Wall Street Southern and Central Pacific Railroads Pacific Mais Steamship Company Chesapeake and Ohio Huntington-Hopkins Company Soree Hampton Institute Virginia Huntington Industrial Works

Local Natur e cure advocates Copeland Bell and Davis

An advertisement extols Copeland Bell and Davis as Spring remedies for catarrh and related diseases. It features Emma D. Clark of Welcome WV praising their gentle treatment, claiming dramatic relief after sixteen years of illness and multiple doctors. The notice invites readers to mail for a question bank and lists treatment capabilities and offices in Wheelersburg and Wheeling.

Copeland Davis Emma D. Clark Bell Wagatt Keema Clarington Beatrice Wes Drs Copeland Bell Davie OM Seth Borat Bell & Davie

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