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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1884
Page
5
There was little market change last week with ag prices steady and a continued downward trend. Nail mills plan a meeting on the 10th to push a higher card rate, many mills not yet represented, while others report mixed production and shifting operation schedules across Wheeling and nearby plants.
The Pittsburg glass industry contemplates wage cuts while several plants extend reduced operations. Furnaces shrink sizes and weekly workdays, mills expand projects in New Brighton and Wampum, and coal and coke prices shift in Chicago and Buffalo. Union actions resist reductions as Ottawa and Flint Glass Works plan new capacity.
Fragmented ad copy proclaims Bocklen's Arnies Halve as the best salve for cuts sores rashes and ingrown nails with a promise of cures or money back. Logan and Co advertise the product for sale.
Special to the Revista Niw Martinsvilis November 29 Captain Rob McAldowney and wife hosted an elegant reception Wednesday evening for many friends Joe Stender, back from Colorado, plans to return in spring Reg H. Staley of Middlebourne visited Sunday Emma Lobenstein of Wheeling and Miss Haddie Hill of Woodfield attended the reception Robt Corbitt of Tyler County and Mr and Mrs Wilbur P of Wheelings were Thanksgiving guests M V Ober moved barbershop to the Oblinger building Dr Lowther improved his show window The Methodist church held an oyster supper Bower the poolroom proprietor was in Cleveland on business Social scandals are rife this week B T Bowers and wife returned home George Staley of Middlebourne visited Capt Mack Gamble spent Thanksgiving in town
Local notes report pay day at Riverside works and a busy week with church festivals and visits. The M EF congregation plans a Saturday festival while Miss Degan returns from Mt de Chantel. Dr. Morgan guest of friends. Princess to attend motders hall event in Arion hall Wheeling.
A new Steubenville and Wheeling passenger and packet boat owned by U Neils of Steubenville made its trial trip today drawing a crowd at the wharf. It replaces the Abner ONeil and Forest City craft, promises greater speed and better low water performance. Local notes include burial of Mrs Ruth Barnes, oil prospecting by a New York company, social visits, Masonic hall move, Wellsburg band trip, and a dissolved Fair Association with three marriages this week.
A correspondent visits an establishment described as a place where women indulge in morphia injections. A dignified German hostess greets guests, with rear rooms lit by colored glass and priced private spaces ranging from $2 to $5. The scene suggests tranquilized moods and monitored behavior, with guests examined for constitution and temperament.
A fragment recounts a German resident in the countryside who has avoided work, with his wife devising a plan years earlier to profit from an institution. The piece notes the man’s smoking or arsenic eating as a troubling behavior and hints at financial gains secured by his spouse.
In a Detroit Free Press piece Bill Nye reframes his battle to quit smoking, recounting the difficulty of giving up tobacco. He jokes about diaries, cravings, and the absurdity of marshmallows while noting slips and a plan to sell his diary as a curiosity.
Risk remarks about the bustle in a Cincinnati Enquirer feature criticize its impracticality and discomfort. The article describes the awkward fit, constant adjustment, and the danger of seating with a constricting silhouette, noting the elaborate drapery and support required to maintain the dressmaker’s design.
A cropped excerpt discusses marriageable girls in Japan valued at 31 apiece, Indian native states and princes with large armed forces outside British control, and mentions various unrelated items including a vehicle in Ja and a digestive remedy Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets claimed to relieve headaches.
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