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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1885
Page
2
A sprawling dispatch covers politics in Ireland and Ireland’s coercion policy, a dynastic scandal surrounding a noted figure, advertising trends, and forthcoming factory taxation debates. It notes oceanic ambitions, volcanic islands, and a rise in industrial ventures. The piece also touches sports gossip about baseball teams, player suspensions, and lottery finances.
The Harvard club faces seasons amid disbandments and offers. Jersey City and Chicago clubs show volatility with several teams folding or transferring. Players receive suspensions, salaries, and freelance offers while the New York State League gains alliance status. The era witnesses shifting managers, emerging talent, and a flurry of intercity competition, with western leagues in flux and Boston, Philadelphia, and Detroit clubs all noted for movements and disputes.
Literary notes discuss a new Alaska coast book by Ellen Ruhama Beidmore, praising its writing and illustrations, with details on authorship, publishers, and geographic scope. The piece also reviews The Magazine of American History, highlighting its frontispiece portrait of Lincoln and several articles. It lists authors and topics, noting strong illustrations and practical value across various issues.
Fragmentary text appears to discuss Teosling by Bramete and a Harper era lie. The snippet includes garbled phrases about expression, a character named Dida, and references to a person carrying something and weighing three in. Overall the readable parts hint at a literary or fictional context with unclear plot details.
In June a clash between Secretary Lamar and a renowned Judge highlights debates over executive limits and constitutional rights. The scene includes Postmaster General orders questioned and a pension case swiftly approved, while Garfield’s statue arrival and Sitting Bull with Buffalo Bill mark ceremonial East visits. The War Department reception featured Uintan leaders and a formal tour ending with a White House gathering.
Reported meeting describes Major Beno and others visiting Sitting Bull to discuss the Little Big Horn massacre. Sitting Bull examined a map of the river region with an engineer, estimating warrior numbers between five and six thousand and recounting tribal involvement over three days. Also notes a Treasury clerk seeking job security and a travelogue fragment describing a strange Colorado town called Worle and its strict communal society.
In Clarksburg a new enterprise forms the Central West Virginia Telephone Company to operate a telephonic system. Lloyd will head the post office move to the Lowndes building on Massapet Street. Postmaster-elect Wella rd C. L. Hickman stands to manage the office relocation.
In Steubenville over the past week marriages, church installs, and social notes are reported. Mr Wi Walker wed Mon Fanuc Thompson with many gifts as they left for St Louis and Chicago. Daniel F. Bradley was installed pastor at the Congregational Church with ministers from several cities. A disturbance involved Robt Fletcher, who was detained after damaging a window and adjudged insane. Mary E Reed of the city mourns her mother and the passing of John Reed. Celestia Wheeler and Bar ges unite in marriage to Albert Heoney of New Cumberland. Excursions to Wollaville, fireworks in Toronto, and a large Catholic company visit are noted along with various social and travel items.
Bellaire reports a busy week with school changes and church services. Miss Jemis Wiley and Miss Manes Obberman attended commencement exercises in Wheeling. Elections loom as Republicans nominate at St Clay. School staffing shifts include Tomer Howston as high school principal at nine dollars monthly. Cravel Hill and Second Ward schools assign new principals. Community anecdotes cover rail concerns, oil wells, a nail works strike ending, social gatherings at Nisgera rink, a Ridgeway picnic misadventure, and various local inquiries and arrivals.
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