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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1897
Page
13
Fragmentary OCR text references clothes, sizes, and brands and hints at a sale event. It lists wardrobes, colors, and stores in unclear order, suggesting a local retail brief about fashion items and promotions without concrete details.
Readable fragments show discussion of duties on crookery goods and ad valorem taxes. Mentions of named figures like Caxton Knowles Povlar Kiawowee and Payton of Aberin. The text references tariff policy, protection, and Senate activity with uncertain attribution due to OCR errors.
An excerpt describes a gathering titled Tennessee Center International at Nashville Tennessee on May 15. It mentions appearances by exhibitors, advertising rates, and travel notes for attendees from Monroe County and Hamiltolphy. The text references events, departments, and logistics for the exhibition with specific dates and venues.
A dated correspondence from Port Angeles Washington March 3 187 to President of the Anti-Suffrage Association. The signer thanks the recipient for anti suffrage material and discusses support for a women’s rights movement while urging caution and critique of allied committees. The letter references observers examining the Bennie commission and Senater PHN, with hopes for further guidance in the ongoing campaign.
Wellsburg and surrounding districts report a flurry of events from a spring visit to Charleston to memorials and bene fits. Nellie Brown, daughter of Mr and Mrs Luce Brown, died after wintering in Pipritin. Interment set for Friday afternoon at the North Wheeling hospital. Community gatherings include a benefit event for armor and church activities, with many locals visiting relatives and noting improvements at local farms and churches.
Marietta hosts visitors from Pittsburg Ironton and Cincinnati. Mrs Newcomb stays with Mrs Bay while Miss Callie Bay visits in Pomeroy. Moonlight excursion for high school seniors aboard the Catherine Davis. prizes awarded to Mrs James Hall and R D Cooke. Several residents travel to Everett Washington Mt Clemens and California for visits and health.
In Sistersville W Va May Tudge T Jacobs of New Martinsville was in town on legal business Col Robert McEldawney also visited to shop. The Wallace circus arrives Sunday morning in two sections, with crowds expected. The J T Jones Hose Company charters the steamer T N Barnesdall for an excursion to Marietta next Sunday. A two year old child from the South Side died after a burn accident. Funeral plans are not yet announced. Geo A Roberts of Smoky City is in town joking with the profession. E J Miller, ex city engineer, has returned to Wheeling.
The scene notes three story stone and brick Masonic Temple plans next to Olston’s lot above the drug store with modern improvements and a mercantile basement. Prospective depots, rail franchising, court sessions and new newspapers are outlined alongside local builders progress.
Mrs BE W Stone of Cheyenne Wyoming returns home after visiting Mr and Mrs J Harrison of Belpre with her sister. Mrs Rosa Pinnell and son Major of Belpre depart for Cheyenne to visit relatives. Att orney C H Showalter leaves for Philadelphia and Baltimore on business and pleasure. Various locals and visitors are noted including Dr Chas H Bartlett, Gen Alfred Caldwell, and Mrs Florence Trevor. A reception at Juliana street honors Miss Gibbons of Mt Pleasant with Miss Skinner and Miss Weld assisting.
In Williamstown West Virginia Ellison Hall hosts a May social under Epworth League auspices with local guests including Norris Matthews of Trantugion and Captain G Merry. Visitors mention Pleasant County residents, St Marys ties, and church membership events as the week unfolds. Overdue humor closes the column with a light Harper's Bazaar quip about marriage proposals.
Local papers in St Clairsville Ohio note Claude Harrison's rheumatic attack and a long list of campus and town updates including school classes, licenses, marriages, telephones, and travels. A lengthy New Martinsville report covers residents' visits, theater acts, church events, and a Masonic tribute to Carl Meyer with lodge resolutions.
A partial OCR fragment mentions Petre Coe and trades or exchanges. It references quantities or items, and a sequence of numbers and names that appear to be in a local language or coded format. The legibility is limited, but the gist concerns trade or transfer details between individuals.
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