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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1891
Page
3
A garbled wartime era scan details shifts in manufacturing and labor, citing several companies and plants. It notes changes in output, workforce adjustments, and maintenance of key production sites across U S industries, including furniture, glass, and metal works, with mentions of plant operations and retirements amid broader market pressures.
The Grand body convened in Martinsburg last Monday with delegates from all but one West Virginia chapter. Notable attendees included Past Grand High Priests O S Gang W T J Fick KK D Walker Gustave Brown and Joseph all. Recurring reports praised Masonry statewide as orderly across 93 lodges and noted strong Noble Temple prospects. hospitality in Martinsburg highlighted, embodying the golden rule.
Daughters of Rebecca No 2 announces regular session on Wednesday night November 18 at Wiltay Laie. Lodge reports a regular boom with fine meetings and much work ahead. Members urged to attend, especially those staying home while others attend Grand Lodge and Stee Assembly at Kingwood to ensure success.
Long fragment describes Knights of the Mystic Chain initiative in Toranto dated November 14 and mentions Lana and the Golden Eagle group. It includes visions of the future, praise for members, and calls for good men to join. Also references a local paper launch and city infrastructure payments in a fragmented Canadian newspaper item.
A garbled OCR excerpt shows disjointed phrases and names, making it difficult to extract a clear event or person. The readable parts suggest a local scene with community figures, but no coherent incident or outcome is discernible.
The piece highlights Arion the two year old Electioneer colt’s sensational Stockton performance. It notes he cut 724 seconds from the world two year old record in weeks, surpassing prior marks like 2:10 5 for a mature horse and references Sunol and Sunol’s records. It also mentions Joe Jefferson’s four mile pacing record dropping from 0 to 10s10 and discusses ongoing tensions in baseball between the National League and American Association.
Three years under contract with a fifteen day option discussed with Von der Abe. Glass cock stays with New York. Gibbons to England. Slavin brothers seek midweight meetings. Swipes the newsboy marries. Dalley to tour with a new comedy company. Harrison Tracey fined for a glove contest killing. Boden and Kinniard set to meet in Chicago. Ching and Lang to spar for Chinese American title. Dempsey and Mitchell travel to New York. Overton and Reeder matched in London clubs. Farrell plans a Homewood trial. Priddy posts for a race. Skinner believed dead in Ogden. Farrell vows never to race Pittsburgh again. Priddy vs. race with him. Manhattan A. C. swimming heat results. Moeffert distance record. Munger Accepts race date at Da Soto road. Turf Congress officers elected. Arion trots a mile in 2:05 at Stockton. Oliver offers $100 for ten mile sweepstakes. Jack McCabe bets $250 for ten miles. Pittsburg race plans debated with Priddy, McClelland. Replies to Fox swimming challenge outline distances and dates after November 22.
November news notes Wellsburg items include Henry Hammond family moving to North Benton Ohio and Charles Barth marrying Clara Nause in Fostoria. A fire at McDonald burns Geer’s photo gallery branch. two children die of scarlet fever. a near-smothering incident at an equestrian club ride. Captain Moore laid to rest in Brooke Cemetery. Wellsburg pennant arrives. bar supper planned. Washington Presbytery meeting closes. next in Wheeling in April. Stand ard Glass Works furnace crown collapse halts plant. nine pots lost. Local social updates include visits, trips, and greetings while Hood’s Sarsaparilla advertisement ends the page.
A collection of magazine vignettes on social life and fashion. A white dinner honors a bride with ivory satin attire and silvered decor. A clever working girl uses the baby to signal kitchen orders from her window. Pieces note brass beds in England, false hips, and playful fashion fads, plus a Austrian matrimony club.
A long battle with persistent trouble and failed remedies ends in a transformation described as a return to one’s true self. The speaker recounts nine years of discouragement, futile visits to many physicians, and growing expenses with no relief until a turning change occurred.
Mrs. Meyer of Wheeling recounts a nine year struggle with severe headaches ear discharge and hearing loss. After consulting Drs Copeland and Bell at their Wheeling office her ear drum damage improved in three weeks and she regained hearing. She urges others with similar throat nose and ear conditions to seek treatment and notes full clinic hours and location on Woods Street.
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