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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1892
Page
5
An obituary fragment references a named person with unclear details and a missing context. The readable text hints at a denomination and a biographical note but fails to provide full facts, dates, or affiliations. Further text is required for a coherent card.
Controlling interest in Wheeling Railway and Citizens Railway sold to outside investors led by W R Kimball and A V Champion of Cincinnati and others from Cleveland Beaver Falls and Pittsburgh. New directors and plans for 170000 capital stock, upgrades to line from Atmacville to Martins Ferry, and system overhaul under Thompson Houston arrangement.
Community notices from McMechen and nearby towns include memorial services planned by Hancock Post and Masonic groups, School choir and patriotic selections, church services, and moves by local clubs. Residents attend plays, sales, and social events, with announcements of saloon openings and new business ventures.
A damaged OCR fragment from Wheeling West Virginia advertises a life insurance plan marketed by a society. It touts protection, short term or endowment options, affordable premiums, and favorable employment terms for members. The passage emphasizes large membership and superior business sense.
May 28 report from Rown notes Archbishop Ireland's May 22 letter to Cardinal Rampolla disputing Civitta Catolica's May 1 article. He says it misstates the commission on the propaganda fide and claims U S papers quote authorities before Vatican approval. Rampolla denies Vatican involvement and confirms no prior Vatican communication on the piece.
Special correspondence from Pomeroy West Virginia May 28 Judge Robert J Brewster died at his home He was born in 1830 at Watertown New York and moved to Meigs County as a youth He served as a teacher studied law and enlisted in Company I regiment O V I He fought at Pittsburg Landing and along the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers He later became Judge of the Common Pleas Court of Meigs County and was active in Grand Army and Masonic circles in Southern Ohio and West Virginia He was once considered for Adjutant General and was a longtime editor at the Pomeroy Telegraph Southern Ohio has lost a prominent man
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