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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1889
Page
3
Fragmented text reports labor actions and industrial changes across multiple locales with mentions of unions, factory remodels, daily papers, and proposed reforms. Names and places are garbled yet indicate nationwide strikes, wage debates, and new work rules affecting mills, furniture makers, and railroad operations.
A crowded review of the American stage scene covers performances and personalities including Sydney Bevanfeld and Master O.10 Tess, with remarks on actors like Richard Mazatiott and Monts, and hints at the reception of The Gulab and other London linked pieces. The piece references the theater scene, critics, and the public’s taste, noting the lively tension between novelty acts and established performers across venues and reviews.
The era's sports chatter notes a dramatic Association upheaval with Brooklyn and Cincinnati defecting, Kilroy and Latham switching teams, and Comiskey rumored to pull stars. Boxing headlines highlight Jackson, Kilrain, and Sullivan rematches, plus Sunol's sale lure and Frank Slavin's title tilt.
McClelland and Roche prepare thoroughbreds for sale at the Eljawhith sale by the New Jersey Jockey Club featuring Badge Bradford Heyfoy The Lioness Lord Peyton Frederick J and Wabsaid plus five yearlings three colts and two fillies selected by judge Byson McClelland at Belle Meade fair Hedge set a mile record of 1 40 and over 3000 in stakes this season Spokane’s public exhibition at Nashville pleases crowds Freud Church praises his form and looks the best since last spring Tony Hamilton faces trainer Allen and Rowe Belmont over delays Stanford plans Palo Alto breeding to produce a 2 00 trot winner J Cascutt praises Hayward as he leaves Jockey Hayward Header Hearst Senate votes Jockey Stevenson under scrutiny for reckless riding at Inte Chittan risks cooling in future races
A sensational 19th century scheme unfolds in which the NYES title trust offers to match titled American women with bachelors abroad. The plan envisions an intelligence office with branches in New York London and Paris to swap currency for titles and arrange marriages for fees and dowries. Listings describe potential brides and suitors with comic oddities, including titled suitors like Count Aleck the Smart, and detail the trust’s demand for abstracts of title and strict confidentiality.
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