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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1885
Page
7
Across both domestic and abroad markets, little new progress appears in manufacturing. Belmont Mill reports idle lines due to equipment issues while industry leaders forecast continued downtime and tentative resumption in coming days. Factory operations show limited gains as demand remains tepid and capital interests stabilize.
Report details early activity by Nines and Miners at 40 bape Nee Stace Ota Mess Sioere af Ele Lick Pa locale. Workers drill to a horizontal depth near Cowl Cu as Kanawha Valley and Bayview river sites are cited. Project includes railroad contract and ship loading plans with various plants, including St Lucie and Belleville, tied to Pittsburgh regions.
The International Window Glass Workers will meet July 10 at Kasfield Hall Pittsburg to discuss the first global convention excluding Germany. U.S. plants like Misoeapote Michina Elmer New Jersey and Duskan North Mana report slowed demand for bottles and vials, with about 85 million items needed yearly locally and exports to Americas. Chimney glass production accounts for 89 percent of domestic canning glass with 42.5 million chimneys annual output. several furnaces have shut or reduced activity while overall shipments toward markets remain weak.
The report covers union activity across Milwaukee and other cities. It notes wage ranges for carpenters in Kansas City and mentions the Granite Cutters National Union seeking Philadelphia publication, plus a national union to be formed for mutual protection. It records membership growth in Hamilton, Ontario, and lists planned visits by General Secretary McGuire to several Indiana towns and other states. It highlights industrial tensions, low wages in southern regions, and broader labor federation plans, alongside scattered literary excerpts and a speculative political critique.
Local notices report funeral arrangements for Ade Booders and sister Margaret Daily, upcoming church services at Baptist and M G Churches, and a Decoration Day sermon plan. Other items mention visitors from Sioux City and Sewickley, a Diebold safe firm visit, construction on Hanover Street, and a Disturbed scene on Hanover Street with a crowd in Wheeling.
The article reports the death of Spmxoriena C id Barnes, formerly of Cleveland, who served as pardmaster on the Ohio Southern railroad. He was killed while taking freight cars in the yard when struck by a projecting beam. His body was taken to the coroner. He left a wife and children and previously worked for the Wheeling and Lake Erie road.
A dispute arose over a $156.90 bill with $25 credit and two years interest. Stillwell allegedly offset the account with a $229 sale, and the jury awarded the plaintiff $84.11. Amid weather talk, local officials and residents commented on rain and bureau matters.
A fair and social at the Court House on Thursday evening yielded pleasing financial results. A race is planned between John C. Suligrne of Wheeling and Curran Nelson of this place on roller skates at Hell's Central Rink. Citizens from Cross Creek district visited town. a divorce case of Reson Pool’s wife from Brooke County attorneys is being vigorously prosecuted with alimony sought.
The measure passed by the Senate imposes fines of 25 to 200 or imprisonment for up to six months on selling adulterated milk or milk products and prohibits manufacturing margarine substitutes from non milk sources. It sets a 1000 fine for misbranding butter or cheese and defines adulteration by water content and milk solids.
A Mormon Ogden paper accused U S Attorney Dickson and U S Commissioner Meking of unlawful cohabitation. Judge C W Powers urged grand jury to investigate, editor Siemenway summoned, possible indictment for libel. In same case, a Scandinavian applicant for citizenship faced polygamy questions, answering no.
A fragmentary account reviews Ecuadorian society and indigenous life, noting economic hardship, racial divisions, and customs. It recounts the Pizarro ransom legend of Ata huallga, the buried Incan treasure, and Valverde’s claimed guide, with warnings of peril and fruitless searches across the Andes.
The narrative recalls a treacherous nine day journey from Guayaquil to Quito with a case of brutal Ecuadorian history under Moreno who ruled for twelve years and enforced vicious acts against clergy and opponents. It extols the grand Andean panorama beneath the equator and towering volc anoes including Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, and Coropaxi, noting their snow caps and perpetual snow fields.
A damaged OCR passage describes drunken women leaving confectionery shops and cafe rooms in Chicago, with a talkative narrator criticizing their behavior and a tavern keeper lamenting crowding his upper parlors. The piece implies social tension over public drinking by women and rumors of impropriety in the late 19th century.
Fragments report the death of Mrs Kea vicwana aged late middle years. Funeral services are planned with a Wake and burial at Mt Calvary Cemetery. Family notes indicate interment at Mt Calvary with services at St. Thiriewatls and Jacob strong chapel. Friends invited to attend.
The report notes sluggish cotton trading with New York futures edging up 9 to 13 points after shorts covering, while spot cotton softened. Iron and steel talks hint at concessions to avert strikes, with six to eight weeks of stoppages likely in Eastern mills. Copper and wheat prospects show mixed signals, and local failures rise slightly, reflecting weak investment and sparse demand.
A young woman identified by the name K B ihdient on a shirt waistband shot herself at the Grandson Hotel. Authorities doubt the name, notes Mina J. Jones on the register as fictitious, no baggage, appears to have traveled from a New England town. Medical exam suggests recent illness, a copy of Pickens Vale of Two Chive Ta by her bed. Pistol was new and unused, shot likely during a short afternoon absence. Body remains at the morgue.
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