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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1892
Page
5
The page mixes notices about carrier delivery schedules and daily vs weekly editions with editorials on labor, politics, and public life. It references Washington news, obituaries, and society items, plus commentary on labor conditions, figures like Secretary Foster, and local advertising copy. The jumble highlights distribution, pricing, and reading habits across a city newspaper era.
A sufferer recalls a severe rheumatic attack beginning in infancy with multiple sores and paralysis like symptoms. After trying Hood's Sarsaparilla for about a year, sores diminished, energy returned, and the patient recovered enough to work again. Now years later, he reports continued wellness and full mobility aside from a shorter limb due to prior injury.
The local Tattler reports a budding press club movement among editors publishers and writers with hopes it will strengthen the profession morally and socially. It notes weather debates sun spot theories and a lively social scene while listing local figures like James Cleary Ravenswood and J K Davis Mannington among attendees and visitors.
A digest of city items notes an Ins Pan-Handle pay-car passing through, a WANDSostE plane in Wheeling, and arrests for disorderly conduct. A child died from scalding injuries, an oyster fundraiser at Rechabite Hall is scheduled, and lectures by Eisner Thonoux and Mr Cannes Ranga are announced. Train notes, theft rewards, and public safety measures accompany municipal updates and estate administrations.
Martin's Ferry reports a record township primary with over 700 votes cast. John W. Crooks leads Thomas Lewis for town clerk by about 100 ballots. Deputy State Councilor James Ralston and Standard Council 39 members hosted a lodge setup and banquet after a long night. the electric plant at Pleasant was noted as burned.
An assortment of remnant fabrics including Cheviot suitings in plaids and stripes at 33 4 5c, outing cloth flannels at 53 40 and 8 to 10c, 40 inch silk French Henrietta at 69c, 200 table cloths 8 4 at 74c, Zephyr ginghams 9 1 2c, Bedford Cord Cashmere 37 1 20c, Vigeroug suitings 9 1 2c, Koechline French Latines 12 1 2c, cardinal table cloths at 890, and black all wool cashmeres at 37 1 2c.
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