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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1889
Page
3
Reports describe wide scale labor unrest as workers strike in coal and railroad sectors. Notable tensions include locomotive conductors and quarry workers demanding higher wages, safer conditions, and better hours while factories face production slowdowns and supply chain bottlenecks across Pennsylvania Ohio and Maryland.
A chaotic sports column reports on a Brotherhood of players forming contracts in New York, challenging the League and promising talent migration. It discusses potential matchups involving McAuliffe, Kilrain, Sullivan, Carroll, and Smith, with purse talks and club strategies shaping the professional scene.
The article reports on Tua the Australian champion to be sent to England, details of the American horse Leo the Great dying of lockjaw in New York, and commentary on American achievements in horse sports. It mentions Tom Riley and Peter Jackson, Muldoon and Sullivan, and a boxing scene with Kilrain and Mitchell, reflecting a page of bustling 1890s race and fight news.
Pugilist gossip notes Min Price Ring and other boxers with remarks on their retirement plans and rivalries. Philadelphia Snowier Hew Weir impresses betting crowds as a top featherweight prospect. California Athletic Club reviews leadership changes. Oil boom reports reach Mannington W V and local weddings, baptisms, and a new mill near Levi Shamae’s property. Brooklyn plans a new chapel and a blacksmith shop starts construction.
Warre nton news reports a Saturday church social for Sunday School funds, a postponed dog ownership case after Mr Gackey withdrew, drilling in Kamiavky Reef with thousands of acres leased and no oil outcome, Republican regret over election results, and local movements including Miss Nannie Pope in Wheeling, Williams at a Tiltonville lecture, Mooney buying Ward residence, and plans to move to Wheeling.
In Burlington a Sunday Register blurb notes Howard Deitch, a Laughlin mill master and town prominent citizen, recently welcomed eight children with five pairs of twins. a boy and a girl weighed eight and seven pounds respectively. Miss Enstna Smith is ill. Mr Charles Helt of Nixon's Row has a new dwelling erected on his lot.
In Farmyont on a Thursday afternoon at 4 30 o clock Will Morgan teller at the Farmer s Bank of Fairmont and Jennie Scott daughter of the late Charles W Scott were married at John C Jones residence with Rev Finley officiating The bride is a respected daughter and groom a trusted banker Several locals witnessed the ceremony Much local news follows including health updates and community notices from the week
The newly organized Belmont county W J U met at the YMCA rooms in Bridgeport on Wednesday November 1. Mike Lide Holloway presided at the organ with Mrs Battelle Bellaire leading devotionals and Minnie Alexander reading scripture. The meeting showcased fraternal harmony built on the scripture and featured reports from Anna E Albert and Thornton Kodeler Bellaire. Delegates and letters outlined next year’s work across forty one departments, with plans to keep the union noncommittal on party lines and focus on Christian and educational goals. The county meeting is set for January at Bellaire with thanks given to Mrs Albert and Mrs Maxwell for summer evangelistic efforts.
The article describes Worth buying remnants of hedge stock and using noodles to create elaborate costumes. It hints at costuming tricks like weaving ribbons to display colors in brocade. An Indian squaw robe and striped gull borrows from a paleface scheme appear as inspirations for these outfits, possibly tied to a Wild West show.
The article notes Lawrence Barrett receiving strong praise for his title role in Ganelon and describes the recent triumphs of Joseph Jefferson, W. J. Florence, and Mrs. John Drew at Star Theatre. It mentions engagements at Park Theatre Boston and New York gossip about Miss Emily Riggs and Miss Selma Kronald, plus Maud Powell and Margaret Mather in upcoming tours and performances across cities including New Orleans and Brooklyn.
An oddly garbled piece details healing efforts and remedies including Ayer's Sure, with scattered mentions of individuals such as Willian Fy Dougherty and T. My Widnes. The text references later months and regions like Hatuptin Virginia and Arkansas, hinting at a medical or personal crisis conveyed through shaky OCR.
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