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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1893
Page
4
New goods arrive at EMSHEIMER'S including 2000 jackets wraps capes plush coats and infants wear. The collection features cashmere and kid gloves ladies and misses mitts hosiery underwear and related apparel for Misses and Children.
Special item list notes fabric and printing prices. 50 inch all wool illuminated hopsacking priced at 69 cents per 1000 dozen. Clark's Best machine cotton offered at 36 cents per case. Includes yard prints and other fabrics.
The fragmentary text blends advertising for millinery and fashion goods with real estate transfers recorded at Clerk Hook's office. Names include D M Thornburg executors and George H Paras with a June 6 1909 deed for 11 1 2 acres and 4 poles, plus October 5 1909 transfer to Charles Kiapprosh for lot 113 at $2000.
An advertisement proclaims Jobo Heliweler, proprietor of the Pan-Handle Stein Dyeing and Dry Cleaning Works at 141 Market Street, secured by East-sourced inspection new machinery from leading firms, claiming unrivaled savings, cloth preservation, courteous service, and reasonable charges since its 18th century establishment. The notice urges patrons to consult the shop for their needs.
Contemporary reviews praise Prof Powell and Mile Vera for illusionary feats at the Grand Opera House Philadelphia. Articles from Entertainers Herens Siquirer Times Evening Item Ledger describe a large attentive crowd, unique mental experiments, and high artistry with rapid transformations. The city buzzes over a strong attraction amid broader local news and an upcoming cheap excursion from Parkersburg to Chicago.
A compendium of local events includes the Connell Committee on Fire Department meeting set for Monday, a Beethoven ball fundraiser October 29, and news of crop prices. social events feature a Fulton club dance, christenings, baptisms, and a weekend bowling outing planned for Mozart Park. Probate, marriages, hunting club notes, and a centennial wheelrun to Centreville are listed, with band serenades and local theater ads.
The piece details hard times in the iron and steel industry with puddlers resisting wage cuts. It cites reports from Pittsburg and Beavood about reductions to $4.50 per ton and pressure from manufacturers to lower pay. A Beavord Puddlers Committee denied a false rumor and highlighted fair treatment by La Belle Company. A Pitt Pittsburg conference proposed a minor card-rate cut, seen as a ten percent wage hit overall.
The Y M C A reports renovated halls and reading rooms, a new boiler supplying hot baths, and instruktor George Marshall overseeing gym activities. A football match against Martin Grey Y M C A delighted boys, while a January lecture by Leland T Powers in the Opera House draws eager attendees. Rev Dr Cunningham to speak at 4 PM with choir adds to daily multilingual meetings and a D L Moody support collection.
B and O personnel including Patrick Burk Joshua Elliott and John Cummins plan trips to Chicago for the World’s Fair. Several engineers and baggage staff prepared for fairs travel. A late week wreck near Littleton and a Belton division crash left seven freight cars damaged with no injuries.
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