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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1885
Page
5
Analysis contrasts Nome and abroad industrial activity, noting movements of manufacturers and state market conditions. Highlights include shifts in production, investment trends, and policy factors shaping supply chains and regional competitiveness.
The article details ongoing lockouts at Bellville and nearby mills, with negotiations stalled and workers holding firm for higher wages. It notes Columbia Pa new joined mill running and describes rail and steel market conditions, including price expectations and production levels at multiple plants across the region.
Berwood furnaces resume after repairs while four more restart when waters recede. Riverside blast furnace work accelerates with plan to resume operations around November 15. Local notices include church events, visits, robberies, injuries, and land-ownership rumors amid shipping of bricks for the new plant.
West Alexander notes temperance lectures led by Alexander Cooper at the Presbyterian Church in Opion village drew large crowds with daytime prayers and evening lectures. Over 700 attended Sabbath night as 4010 signed the pledge, with choir led by John J Carson and organ by Mersin Valention and Woode. Local business and social figures visited, and the article mentions meetings, school and church ties, plus nearby visitors from Wheeling and Hock Lick W. Va.
In Wellsburg W Va October 31 the Circuit Court adjourned for the terms with Judge Boyd to preside and Judge Jacob to sit for the next three terms. Court action includes verdicts, protests, and a Bazaar at Borth's Hall for a new church. Local notables from Wheeling and Centra Loge attended, with reports on stage casts and engagements in the United States theatre circuit.
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