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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1895
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR lists skirts in cloth and wool items offered at low prices. Mentions yards of material, various patterns, crepons, and colors with price range from low to high. Reads like a general sale notice with incomplete phrases and several garbled terms.
Major C A L Cook dies at Obarie tom with telegraphic notes reporting his death. Court action references a warrant and a breach of the peace case. An incident on a streetcar injures Con discter J Ho aghes, with a physician summoned. no arrest yet. Purchases include John Hess Tir at Portland Station for 175 per vere. An Riverside tube works employee loses sight due to an incident at work.
The city braces for a possible Marine Hospital Service bill over a smallpox patient from a steamboat crew. The patient, Amos Smith from Cincinnati, was admitted to the Marine Hospital and later moved to a city ward. Efforts to shift the expense to Washington continue amid debate and notices warning the public.
The Boggs Rim Mining and Manufacturing Co contracts Hawley Wire Rope Co for 12000 to install two engines and dual cable lines at Forty eighth street mine to pull coal cars to chutes. By June 1, 18 mule drivers will be discharged, saving about 34000 yearly, while costs rise 2000 annually. first year savings nearly cover the expense.
An ambitious Wheeling project envisions a six to seven story iron fireproof building costing about 35000 dollars on sixteenth and Market streets. It would connect to a rear switch from the B and Sixteenth track and replace a livery stable and liquor store at Sixteenth and Main. A second corner site opposite the post office would host a business block with a music hall or hotel above, contingent on council approval and Sixteenth street line read updates. The plan includes a prominent tenant and potential major street access, with construction to begin if permitted.
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