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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1893
Page
7
Fragmentary notice describes paper decorations and baskets for home use at low cost. Mentions decorative crape and various paper articles for sale, with limited readable details on suppliers and pricing.
A detailed guide describes making a decorative moss covered box in a vintage craft style. It covers forming the box from pasteboard, lining with wadding and sachet powder, assembling lids and edges, and decorating with green crape, satin ribbons, and flowers. It also notes crocheted paper baskets, floral trimming, and assembling violets for decorative effects.
An article on mutton quality notes that prime mutton differs from the best, with cold storage improving tenderness. It explains aging times, proper hanging, and methods to serve, including roasting pieces like saddle, leg, rib roast, and the economics of fore and hind quarters.
A fashion preview describes spring hosiery to match gowns and shoes with black lace patterns and open work designs. New silk and thread stockings show tartan plaids and fighter tan shades, offering flashy finishes for feminine wear.
A March fashion page describes spring Hosiery including silk stockings with open work embroidery in boot shapes and black grounds with color accents. It covers new thread patterns, novel fabric features, and decorative embroidery, plus a children apron style and practical sewing tips for darning stockings and patching heels.
The week brings a new play fragment The Men About Town by Stanislaus Stange at the Harlem Opera House as a curtain raiser for Incog. It tells of a man’s sacrifice for a pure young woman amid a gaming world and family honor.
The Knights of the Mystic Crain Silver Wave Castle No 11 reports four applications for membership last meeting and urges higher effort. A uniform rank will be instituted March 31 by Major General Hudson of the Uniform Bank, A. O. K. M. E., with a 31 member charter, aiming to support the Grand Castle in Wheellog next fall. Members are asked to recruit new brothers and greet visiting Sir Knights.
SONS OF ST GEORGE WEDGEWOOD LODGE 247 announces initiation at every meeting night and invites all eligible Wheeling citizens to join for a small sum. The lodge boasts a strong treasury a growing membership a grand literary program and high aims for the good of worthy brothers under the F. C. & L. banner.
Rollance Lodge No 18 held a Tuesday meeting with Foreman Charles Brand presiding in Hep Steenrod's absence. Frank and Lewis Bachmann received first degrees, by-laws were adopted, and a social followed. The next meeting is Monday evening with plans for after April to move to Tuesdays. Visitors attended Welcome Lodge with entertainment by Chas Gilligan and Rev Bonnheim. Eight initiations noted, six candidates from Wellsburg to be initiated next Thursday. Garrison reports strong charter signups for Excelsior No 19. list closes April 1. Past Grand Master Ford of Pittsburg expected for Welcome Lodge anniversary. In Wheeling, regular convocation saw three members advance toward higher rank with rapid progress.
Large turnout of brethren and visitors attended. Worshipful Master Rob ert Browne led Fellow Craft degree with Senior Warden Conrad Hirsch and Ed Schoen assisting. George Peabody conferred floor degree in his first effort. Upcoming drills and meetings at Wheeling Lodge No. 5 and Nelson Lodge No. 30, Osiris Temple, Martha Washington Camp No. 1, and Zane Lodge No. 1 Shield of Honor highlight continued growth and charitable aims.
A Philadelphia dressmaker testimonial claims twenty two years of cough chest pains and palpitations ended after using Copeland Bell and Day remedies. She details past failures with physicians, years of suffering, and now reports breath, appetite, sleep, and strength restored. She invites others to call at a listed address for verification.
The Copeland Medical Institute located on the second floor of 1121 Main Street Wheeling West Virginia announces consulting physicians W H Copeland M D E O Bell M D L G Davis M B and resident specialists. Specializes in catarrh throat and larynx stomach and allied diseases with office hours 9 00 am to 5 00 pm daily and on Sundays by appointment.
An advertisement promotes a medical plan charging $5.00 per month with all diseases treated at $80 monthly. It promises free medicines and covers consultation, examination, medicine, and treatments for all diseases, encouraging patients to enroll for comprehensive care.
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