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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1896
Page
6
Meantime a Stark County area store announces a clearance of La tis Misses and Children's wraps from a failed factory. The sale highlights One-Wale undergarments Velvet and wool hosiery, with prices and colors listed. Local notices mention visitors, guests, social events, and moving families in nearby towns.
Mrs Chirk Helmick of West Virginia visits Palatine while Thomas, Lenneril, and others attend to business in Wheeling and Williamsport. The town hosts church society activities at the ME Church and a social event in the Yarat room owned by Mrs Lee Vale. Glen Rages and others arrive for fitness reports, with Homer Hall ill at Water Street home with fever.
Fragmentary notice mentions children items and a sale at Ged M Snook and Co with prices such as 3.05 and 70 dollars. Confusing transcription notes several misspelled names and references to trees and timing.
A bevy of new ten wheel Baldwin passenger engines, designed under General Superintendent Harvey Milcieton, are praised as the fastest and most reliable on the rail. The B & O reports only about 6 percent of cars and locomotives in shop for repairs, with new engines delivering solid service. Also noted are Bar ny & Smith completing ten combination bay and passenger cars for Fe and the fast New York to Chicago line expanding to two sections.
Special to the Register Miss Sue Harness of Wardensville, daughter of Hon. B. M. Harness, shot a fine buck from her front porch along the Potomac River. She used her father's rifle, crippled the deer with the first shot and finished it with the second, the mounted trophy to be placed in her room.
Frank Worshaw, arriving from Sweet Charlyboté Springs, allegedly shot George Lene during a feud sparked by a quarrel with Nuckers. Lene died from a bullet wound. Worshaw was arrested at the sheriff's patrol and returned to the Springs, facing immediate punishment amid tensions and threat of lynching.
The Kanawha County Circuit Court in Charleston opens the trial of Joseph Griggs and Jerry Walton charged with the murder of Warner Mimbrotsh. Prosecutors allege the pair shot recklessly, after an argument, striking a bystander and a horse.
Cor nelius Apatin was arrested on a vote tampering charge related to writing a wife’s name on the back of a ballot. The case concerns alleged attempts to influence an election and improper marking, with reference to a single voter and missing details in the report.
A garbledNovember 14, 1899 item from Martinsville West Virginia mentions stabbing near Siilthi Wetze and local names like Joanie At Billmield, with scattered notes on weather, sales ads, and several marriages and relocations.
A cluttered ad listing 80 children’s reefers 1 to 14 years, various jackets in bold colors with prices from $1.90 to $7.00, dresses and dress fabrics up to $4.00 a yard. Notable items include astrakhan bouele jackets, a rich dark blend jacket, and novelty dress goods advertised as unmatchable.
Events from Wheeling to Fairmont and Monongington feature weddings at Morgantown, visitors such as Blanche Hoel of Fairmont, and gatherings hosted by Mrs. Phillip Deitz. Notable items include Ed Hamilton at Elm Grove, Lott Thomas death, a Clayton fire with no damage, and Frank Millan purchasing a Market Street news store. Community notices mention Rev. Day’s sermon and A. W. Prichard's trio days in Wheeling.
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