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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1894
Page
9
New fall dress goods and silks worth 40,000 show a full range of prices before discount. Includes 36 inch and 46 inch wide all wool warp gray and mixed cloth, black and color options, and novelty black dress goods from 2.90 to 2.50 per yard. Regular values noted with sale prices across fabrics.
Silk and linen textiles advertised including Pisin Black Gros Grato and Taffeta with black figures, 24 inch width at 1.25 dollars, 500 linen napkins, bleached table linen 50c quality, 29 and 2 better erades at 490, 59c, 90 and 85c, all offering about 24 percent savings.
A chaotic panorama of productions and theater figures spans New York Boston and Europe. Verbal sparring and legal battles touch managers actors and venues with mentions of Milwauk ee winter circus Nell Burgess Ralph Lumley productions Lillian De Young and Sadirondo. The item catalogues engagements arrests lawsuits and shifting rights as producers vie for season openings and star turns across major houses and cities.
A nine month old baby girl named Gussie Burr of Brooklyn is reported to weigh 61 pounds with a 45 inch waist. Doctors deem her healthy though too fat to move. the family lives at 262 Stockton Street and plans to train her to bottle feeding. The father hails from Germany and the family recently moved from a country place to Brooklyn.
Report describes Master From of New Orleans born weighing nine ounces, likely smallest baby in the South or world. Story notes his red color, strong grip, unusual appetite, and the potential for a sideshow exhibit while detailing family background and local public interest.
The text notes Edwin Harel Blecklay, an unlikely infant son of Chief Justice Bleckley, born during his presidency, elected an honorary member of the bar association as resolutions praising the Chief Justice’s service are discussed. The piece reflects on era politics, Georgia affairs, and the Chief Justice’s reflections on leadership and the law.
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