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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1897
Page
6
A fragment describes events at Wheeling venues including the Opera House and Casino with mentions of excursions, meals, and banquets. It notes hourly trips and references local hospitality spots and a Kempis party park, with a contact telephone line.
The Wheeling pottery shut down portions of its operations for the summer as clay hands quit work in both branches. An office inquiry cited repairs and a planned halt until late June, with both old and new potteries closing for the usual summer shutdown. Trade had been dull despite a steady run since the holidays, and Warwick pottery was also operating with employees off yesterday for a holiday.
The twentieth annual Wellsburg High School commencement will be held at Barth's Opera House on the evening of June 8. The bacalaureate sermon will be preached Sunday evening at the MB Church by Rev. Dr. McKee. The program includes music, orations by Melissa Patterson, Lida Fay Cooper, Clark Brashear, and others, a diploma presentation, and the address by D. R. Muste.
Healy and Ritter receive 68 pound turtle the largest in the city five strong men haul it in for delivery the shellback will yield about ten barrels of soup for customers next Wednesday also noted is a time change for the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway on May 30 adjusting arrival times to Detroit and Chicago with updated timetables and a model bicycle ad from Hillman and Co.
Mrs. Gabe of the Eighth ward faced a fine after she went to neighbor W. M. Meyers and chastised him for slurring her husband. Meyers alleged to have said dishonest things about the Gabe couple. She pleaded guilty and paid the fine promptly.
John Allen a colored man employed by Dr. J H Pipes swears assault warrants against Jacob Fanner and John Tucker before Squire Allen in the Eighth ward. Allen says he fought with Fanner and Tucker on the river bank last Sunday, claiming he bested them before both men knocked him down.
Benwood residents attend family visits and social events while Knights of St John plan a banquet. Local youths plan travel to Europe and upcoming outings at Whiteman's Grove and Moundsville camp. Funeral notices for Mrs. Taggans and James Scott reflect active coal community ties.
May Reppert visits friends in town after an absence of five months. Miss Agnes Blondin of Beverly visits relatives here. Mrs. L. J. Cutter spends Friday in Paris. Mr. George T. Clark leaves for Newark and will return next week with Mrs. Clark, who has stayed with friends there. Mr. Warner McGinness and Miss Em Jeage visit.
In Darkest Africa the Munyon system of disease cures is extolled by a wide array of witnesses praising Munyon and J W Ebbert for relief from catarrh and stomach issues. Letters recount long battles with illness, doctors tried, and eventual benefit from Munyon’s remedies. Local notices mention guests, travels, and social events as the community shares health and life updates.
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