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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1896
Page
12
Advertisement notes planned completion in a few weeks with about 60 000 square feet added. Store to be filled with new fashion goods including silks and dress fabrics. Emphasizes a bright, updated customer space and modern selections for shoppers.
Classified textile ad promotes Jaynards Mohairs Sicilian Lizard Cloth and Crepon fabrics starting at 2g per yard, with unusually fine suich values offered.
Straw mattings—some Ungeloin, serviceable, imported and now sold cheaper than current cost. About 25 patterns offered in blue, green, straw, bronze, red and other colors. Sealed yards and varieties advertised at reduced prices to attract buyers.
The Wheeling Patrons hosted a massive opening day event with a record crowd outnumbering the Washington visitors. The narrative covers train delays, packed ticket offices, the parade to the ballpark, and the early game action as Wheeling and Washington met on the Interstate League scene.
Troy in front early with Big Bill Johnson wild on the mound. Rinehart and Darrah spark two more runs. Wheeling pitcher Shaw struggles as Washington offense adds three more in the third before rain suspends play. Attendance about 1,200.
Baseball briefs from May 2 recount a slate of NL games. Pirates rout Louisville as Killen struggles. Breitenstein falters for Chicago against St Louis. New York defeats Philadelphia in a high hitting affair. Brettenstein yields to Parrott late. multiple players figure in scoring, hitting, and fielding highlights across the day’s action.
Boston and Baltimore traded blows as errors and timely hits shaped a 12 inning game. Jennings wild throw allowed two winning runs in the tenth. Stivetts and Hoffer struggled, with Boston totaling four earned runs and Baltimore four. Attendance about 6,000 amid a windy open.
The West Virginia University baseball team beat the Western University of Pennsylvania 5 to 0 in Morgantown. Hickman pitched for WVU with 7 strikeouts while Mitchell allowed 5 hits for the visitors. WVU won again 8 to 6 in a later five inning game, Hill pitched for WVU and Anderson started for the Pennsylvanians. The sample includes amateur notes and other local team chatter from the same period.
A local advertiser touts Alexander on Main Street offering comfort products and a bicycle race feature. The piece covers wood rim bikes, laminated rims, and a patented rear-view mirror for safer riding, noting race plans managed by Lester R. Dillon and a potential field of about one hundred starters.
A north bound train on the Mita River line faced a delay near the crossing around midnight after a heavy eastward afternoon, with crews required for several hours to restore service. Officials from Meno & Co. and local lines coordinated repairs at the scene, urging travelers to seek alternative routes while service was restored.
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