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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1895
Page
4
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century ad shows a sale page listing garments and fabrics. It highlights skirts and dresses with varied prices and styles, including shawls and yardage offers. Strong entities include Leader newspaper and generic shop terms.
Archbishop J J Kain returns from the Bucharist Congress and will preside at the corner stone ceremony for St Vincent de Paul Church Elm Grove Wheeling. The event includes the Knights of St George and multiple parishes with a two o clock motor reception and a concert at Wheeling Park. A separate court docket notes several civil cases and a juvenile arrest leading to detention at the House of the Good Shepherd in Columbus.
Local river men and merchants press for action at the Cincinnati River Improvement Convention to secure federal funding. They blame neglect since the Civil War, noting ships avoided nine to ten months yearly while tributaries receive costly improvements benefiting only certain districts and political interests. The article argues the main river needs aid to restore navigation and reduce reliance on railroads.
A Wheeling convention plans to urge Congress to fund improvements on the main Ohio River rather than its tributaries. They argue current river and harbor bills favor dams on tributaries, leaving the main river shallow from May to November, causing hazards to boats and wildlife. About two dozen Wheeling citizens are to attend the Cincinnati meeting to press for navigable restoration and economic benefit. Millinery opening Friday.
Small ads announce 2c carpet beating by LUTZ BROS at 1604 and 1506 Market Street, cash only, free wagon delivery, and warn against floor cleaning. Also notes fall fashion at Good & Co, Dr Ottman healing claims with local shows in Bridgeport and Sherman House, and a Wheeling Park concert with Michigan rail excursion, plus an afternoon park concert urging outdoor enjoyment before cold weather.
John G. Mauger editor of the Sun Beam in Seligman Missouri extols Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He has used it for five years and calls it the best preparation of its kind in the market, essential in every household.
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