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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1895
Page
9
A garbled column mixes boxing notes with racing chatter, naming boxers, managers, and clubs, plus race plans at a fair grounds. It hints at the Spring race, bowling championship, inter club activities, and possible exhibitions, with scattered remarks about attendance and venue, all rendered in a period newspaper voice.
The Inter-State aims to be a strong league able to weather future storms as the Musee Bowling League races see Namieless predicted as likely winner though long ahead. Hrwwales drop two to The Tempers affecting chances, Pen and Penotts slide, and the field remains dynamic with many changes possible before final games. Death notices from Tampa highlight Jose Marti praised as Cuban patriot with mourning declared.
Representative W H L Doolittle travels to Washington to push summer work on a measure to regulate chop dollars used in Orient trade. The plan seeks to authorize exchange and payment in gold equivalents, enabling US dollars to be redeemed abroad, with Japan and China key markets. The article notes confusion over Japanese and Chinese character stamps and outlines expected congressional action to formalize this currency practice.
A muffled dormitory conversation revolves around waking up on time with repeated urges to rise and get ready. Two voices tease and scold each other about sleep, habits, and punctuality, ending with a reminder of an early 4 AM gathering and a casual farewell.
Special to the Register from Kingwood W Va June 29 says four Pennsylvanians Bud Smitley Bill Sutley Archy Patterson and Henk Harves captured April 13 in Preston County will be tried next Monday. They allegedly shot Sheriff Levy Shaw during a pursuit at Brownsville and near Kingwood. The gang carried revolvers knives skeleton keys and even dynamite with looting plunder and a vow bound to a Wandering Star Order. The sheriff was wounded but survived and will testify. The men were captured after a heated confrontation with local officers and townspeople threatened lynching. The story details their weapons outfits and the tense pursuit ending in jail.
AMR recalls a chaotic Vegas episode with Bill Lockridge in which a street organ turns into a clash with a stubborn Italian musician. Bill risks and recoups over a long night, finally leaving town marshal Franklin to locate Marino as the involved men scramble for payment and status.
Fragmentary text shows a dialogue where a Mr or Mrs Lakefront objects to divorce, mentions not planning to divorce for six years, questions a change of town, and references a promise to maintain someone named Hihel Wat with the same papers until 1886. The legibility is poor and names are unclear.
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