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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1897
Page
9
A highly garbled OCR text fragment reports on a sprawling European and Middle Eastern news scene. It references trials, powers, cabinets, and political rearrangements, touching on Greece, Turkey, and various leaders. The piece blends disparate events and misreads, rendering a coherent narrative difficult.
A fragmented local item notes a community program at a park with readings and prayers, mentions speakers from nearby institutes, and lists attendees including families and clergy. The piece references religious services, a late September event, and a general sense of civic gathering with multiple names and local groups.
A Royal Commission will be appointed to inquire into the workings of the Irish Land Commission. The move is seen as favoring landlord interests amid tensions over rent reductions and relations with India. Parliament plans on examining the Transvaal inquiry while debate on military contagion in India continues.
Fragmentary report notes American steel makers shaping industry in England and discussion of transportation costs and industrial power. Mentions President, British industry, and United Airlines reference appears as fragmented context in a late 19th or early 20th century public notice tone.
Americans who attend the levee on Tuesday May 1st will greet Als storutary, Sweor Yule. The Prices of Werle will night in Dene l of the Queen of Sk Jepies puibany om apxk Toeedigs at the general circle tok Hig wilt person Tyelly Myllin.
Yesterday morning about ten o'clock a Baltimore and Ohio train struck a person near Eleventh Street, killing them instantly. The report mentions a contractor and a railway rushway event with reduced excursion tickets May 11 to 20. Details reference Lawrence, general agent, and depot information.
The Christian Endeavor Society hosted a pleasant social at the Listons home on Purdy Avenue. A marriage license was issued to John Wier and Clara Wison. he from Pittsburgh and she formerly near Sherrard. Epworth League marks its fifth anniversary with activities at M. & church. Junior League entertainment followed by a program led by Rev. Cotton and Prof. Ford of Benwood. Typhoid fever cases improve. others sit up. County Court recommends removing the Court House yard fence for a public park. monument to ex-soldiers reserved. decision at next court term. Stockholders of Moundsville Shoe Manufacturing Company seek dissolution and sale of plant. Various residents attend visits and excursions, with updates on illness, travel, and social events.
Special to the Register Huptugem W Va May 19 a dynamite bomb exploded in a second floor hallway of Col p E Abbott s brick block in the city The blast blew out the rear wall but no one was injured A man was seen running to an alley moments before the explosion police and sheriff deputies hunt the culprit The Fountain rug store on the ground floor suffered the greatest damage while offices and a saloon within the building were also affected
Two determined bidders, both women, drive a Sevres cup and saucer to a fierce auction. The younger opens with a dollar and a half, then bids rise to eleven, fifteen, and finally seventeenth, as the older rival counters. The suspense ends with the older woman paying seventy eight dollars for the cup and saucer, leaving the younger embarrassed.
An advertisement touts Swift's Specific as the sole vegetable blood remedy free of mercury potash arsenic or minerals and guarantees it cures every blood disease claiming there is nothing half as good.
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