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Fragmentary list of fabrics including dark prints dark muslin 40 inch muslin good gingham twisted crash white flannel white comet flannel and related items. No clear event or entities beyond fabric types.
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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1896
Page
6
Fragmentary list of fabrics including dark prints dark muslin 40 inch muslin good gingham twisted crash white flannel white comet flannel and related items. No clear event or entities beyond fabric types.
A dense fragmentary Wheeling Register page lists social events, church notices, sermons, school announcements, and personal mentions. Names such as St Matthew and Proctor appear with dates in December and references to local venues and attendees.
A jagged OCR fragment details a Wednesday appearance by a local paper figure in Wheeling, notes debates on criminal court terms, elections, and presbytery events. Mentions candidates for spring election, a public reception, and local health cases with scattered names and places.
The article lists visits from David Richards and daughter of Towa to James Kuntz Jr. Rev Joseph Hamilton from Parkersburg WV with his family. L M Crothers of Crothers Station as town guests. Communion planned at M P Church. Teachers Institute to be held in West Side school due to larger seating. Rev William Hamilton and family return from six months in Europe. Mrs Matthews and her daughter Miss Gertrude of Cambridge, D are visiting. mentions the Atss glass house.
Jefferson Milling Co of Charles Town applied for a charter and will build a flour mill with 100 barrels daily capacity. Capital of 25000 dollars, best machinery, to mill local wheat and target a fine flour grade. The project aims to boost local industry and market.
In Piedmont West Virginia November miners at Hig Velo Mining Shaw along the West Virginia Centre and Pittsburgh Railroad plan a strike against payment methods. They demand payment by weight per bushel or ton rather than by the current carload system, aiming to set a nationwide example tonight.
Special to the Register from Ariston West Virginia lists stockholders A Dwyer John G Dwyer James W Dwyer Emerson Johnson C L McClune J M Sinmies and J H Crawford all of Greenbrier County The paid up capital is 25000 Reflects local business interests and community notices follow including travel visits and social engagements of residents such as Miss Gee toraviile Mrs Lucy Dye Mrs Louise Tisher and others in towns near Marietta and Wheeling The Epworth League event and church services are noted along with local social visits and entertainment at a town gathering
In Willtamstown West Virginia on November 1 Mrs Corning hosted a dinner for four close friends marking her birthday. The event followed by reports of various local visits and social rounds including Mrs Cornelia Campbell’s event at Markersburg and Winnie Reaney visiting Long Bottom Ohio.
Russell Forestess abandons wife Mrs. Ambrose Forestess and their sick baby after lodging them at Ambrose Wright’s home. The husband robbed them of money and the proceeds from selling their farm in Braxton and Wirt counties, then disappeared toward Glimer. Mrs. Forestess walks 50 miles to stay with her sister, seeking a magistrate’s help to recover her husband.
Local farmers in Hasty County rally to confront panther threats spreading through the region. Hunters converge as panthers multiply, prompting calls to clear the countryside of these predators and protect livestock and game.
A fragment reports West Virginia bears proliferating this season with multiple killings by Punters. Jim McLanchin of Driftwood claims a hunter deeded a big bear and gained a prize. another man named Heiner Top Gifford reportedly trapped a large bear seven miles upriver. The text notes unprecedented bear activity in the region and hints at records set by local hunters.
November 28 report from Clisleston West Virginia describes the formation of a new firm by the Consolidated Manufacturing, Lean and Dot Company. The group plans to begin work immediately, offering weekly payments and cash terms. details available at the company office on Moriet street. Also noted are local incidents and social notices including a fatal accident, a wedding, and church revival events in Martin's Ferry and surrounding areas.
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