25 Nov 1883
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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1883
Page
1
A fragmented report recounts a political pardon amid far flung war talk between two great nations. The piece blends court cases, military movement, and personal indignities as it traces European and Asian tensions impacting an aging leader.
A dispute between Libermes Niece and Hass Aldman over a sledge game near Calva on Islas No 10 escalated when Niece struck Aldman with a weapon, resulting in a fatal wound. Investigators identified the assailant as Dew, who fled after the attack. Police later detained a Youbister suspect as details emerged.
Markets fluctuated with weaker wheat prospects and cautious demand. Weather and harvest conditions across Kansas Nebraska and Illinois weighed on prices while English production faltered and hog futures offered some support as shipments resumed.
Special Washington letters profile Carlisto Randall Cox and Carlisle as candidates for Speaker. The piece recounts their careers in Congress, temperaments, and claims, noting Randall’s veteran status and Carlisle’s legal prowess, while discussing the political maneuvers and party dynamics shaping the race.
A garbled local page reports varied items including hearse and funeral notes, property deals estimated at four hundred, court and theft mentions, and unrelated medical pamphlet tangents. Names such as Fry, Zimmer, Dori, and Charney appear amidst scattered place references to Youngstown, Pittsb urg, and Maynard.
A fourteen year old girl, claiming to be the daughter of a wealthy London banker, was rescued from a gambler and her companion on a westbound Union depot train. Mia Clarke and M Blackburn of the Preinic Garden Mission took the girl from the pair as the train left. The man, known as a gambler, planned to take the girl abroad with plans for a disreputable life. The banker’s daughter had been sent to a convent after an early marriage, later joining the man in America before being discovered. Clarke declines to name the man but says he is grappling with authorities and will arrive within a week.
The Benwood weekly notes a week of poor street conditions caused by heavy wet weather. It reports accidents, injuries, and community events including political maneuvering, court actions, and social disruptions affecting residents and workers at Riverside furnace and Wheeling firms.
A report unfolds the downfall of A. I. Johnson linked to his nephew’s death and a web of stock market losses. Investigators detail large bets, notorious “blind pools,” and crumbling fortunes tied to major firms as authorities probe the will and estate while family members remain under watch.
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