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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1895
Page
7
The article details diverse topics from presidential questions to industrial ventures and new projects. It mentions Republican creeds, oil and gas plans, and a National fund with references to New York and Washington figures. It notes meetings, conventions, and local political agitation alongside speculative industrial developments and transportation concerns.
A Philadelphia Gas Company led project aims to lay a sixteen inch pipe in Tyler County to supply natural gas for Pittsburg mills and factories. The plan includes pumping stations, a large land right, and a network intended to expand gas access, with significant investment and long term revenue implications for local residents and industries.
The auction features an invaluable diary by George Augustas Sala and various memorabilia linked to literary figures. A watercolor tied to Sala is noted, with Miss Vierege Carlyle and a young English singer Mario Lied among bidders. Dickens writings and other relics related to London’s 19th century scene are also mentioned, as are plans for future Paris exhibitions and theatrical ties.
Small Tale of Interest notes sudden death of Whitehouse Sr on Chapline Street. Highlights include club opening dance Turner Hall, Martin’s Ferry firemen headed for Atlanta Exposition, police court drunk cases, Wheeling steel works output record, church services, saloon opening, Jolly Ten entertainment, board meetings, art classes, railroad rate talks, Belmont mill fire alarm, arrests, Hood’s Sarsaparilla claim, Millinery opening, and various social visits and travels of residents with marriage, illness, and local notices.
Parish notices state October daily Mass at 8 and Friday devotions at 7:30 with benediction, requiring two October attendances for fruit. Altar Society meets after Vespers. From next Sunday through May first Mass is 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., with evening devotions at 7:30. Bridgeport Electric Light Co warns of power shutoffs for unsigned contracts. local plant ready in two months. Councilmen Spenter and Hilton referenced amid disputed terms. Firemen’s trip totals cited with $102.80 and $244.75 figures in a separate report.
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