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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1896
Page
10
A damaged OCR fragment seems to describe equal quality items like rain gear or shoes priced around 48e each. Mentions colors Black and Grey and Bleek, but the text is garbled and hard to interpret beyond basic pricing and item types.
Congressman Turner of New York led a novel campaign by carriage and drum corps, visiting multiple meetings at First Street to Forty-Eighth Street amid eight public gatherings. He urged labor’s interests, warned against debt to England, and pressed tariff and production themes as Republicans mobilized across the city.
A Wheeling rally scene spanned multiple venues with McKinley gold standard critique and Bryan silver push. Speeches attacked trusts, debts, and England’s consent while a large German American Silver Club gathering urged free coinage of silver backed by populist banking concerns. A coalition formed in Moundsville for county tickets as labor groups mobilized.
Fragmentary ad text describes remedies claimed to treat joint and respiration issues. Mentions Covterna Enar and CO TICUUA jointment with terms like Cure, Recovery, price, and free mail offer. Contains numerous garbled phrases and seems to advertise medical products.
A historical note touts a free constitution and examination. It claims a scientific eye test that avoids eye injury and temporary blindness by having patients look at charts during the fitting. Professor W. Sure is named as an optician in Main Steel.
The Woman's Musical Club opened its musical season in Wheeling at the A. O. U. W. temple with a large audience. Performers included Miss Mabel M. Houser, Mrs. Nellie Holloway, Mrs. Charles C. Roemer, and Miss Flora Pollack, delivering Mendelssohn and Chopin instrumental works and vocal numbers by Maud Caldwell, Mamie Grob, and others. The event featured a new member enrollment and praise for Miss Houser and Mrs. Holloway.
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