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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1884
Page
2
A chaotic survey of West Virginia and Ohio mood, with Democrats seen rising and Republicans weakening. Describes rallies in Wheeling and Parkersburg, anticipated large silent vote, and calls for reform in female wages and social roles. Reports on elopements, births of gossip, and a moralizing tone on domestic life.
A historical plea paints gambling as a life destroying vice. It traces the ruin from speculative exchange to personal misery, notes the elusiveness of fortune, and highlights the drift from wealth to want as families suffer while gamblers chase back losses. The piece argues gambling has long been condemned as a universal scourge across civilizations.
The piece argues over twenty years of labor saving machinery increasing production while wages lag, creating rising inequality. It contends capital must share profits or wages fall, else consumption shrinks and labor declines, harming overall prosperity and triggering persistent distress until capital and labor relations are realigned.
The fragment hints at rural life with lines praising season fruit and housewives putting up preserves, interspersed with a Democratic meeting in Cameron on October 11. References to Beavers, B&O assistance, and casual social notes show a small town page of ads, opinions, and local news in period tone.
A flurry of local events fills the week with political meetings, speeches by Blaine and other figures, a dangerous coconut cake incident, new business foundations, a school opening, and town visits by attendees including Judge Staley and James G. Blaine. Updates on church plastering, river conditions, and local entertainers accompany notes on town figures and media rivalry.
Officials in West Virginia exchange letters about releasing fiscal balances and detailed receipts and disbursements for the year ending September 30 184. The County treasurer and auditor refuse publication while noting the upcoming report to the governor by November 1 and promising the official figures once ready.
The itemized column records the Benwood Iron Works shipping nails, plant activity at Riverside, and local notices of farewells and arrivals. It details the Altmyer funeral at the Catholic church with floral tributes and a white dove, plus arrivals from Wheeling and Pittsburgh. It notes Rev. Price's upcoming sermon, the division’s uniform purchase, and various town visits, with civil notices on road work and factory additions.
Exclusive notice from West Alexander reports the Sept. 25 marriage of John R. Kirk formerly of Hempfield R R to Miss Mary E. Mutoy of West Finley township. Local comments touch politics, social events, and upcoming visits as residents discuss the nuptials and county news.
BELLAIRE reports a busy week with a Democratic meeting, several city residents traveling to Wellsburg for a boat race, and local deaths including Mrs. Jacob Rietz. A shooting-society meeting is planned, and rumors swirl about Mayor Cooper’s duties. Infant death, church events, and Sunday road travel are noted amid campaign chatter and weathered community updates.
Campaign notes report strong turnout in Steubenville with Democrats urging a straight party vote. Bellaire delegates toured Bellaire Window Glass Works and Glam Works while Sam Randall and Hon. Lorenzo Danford circulated, and a 100‑strong soldier company elected officers and planned a Monday drill at Central Block.
Bridgeport residents attended the Teachers Association meeting with officers elected including J O Dickson as president and E J Hunter on the executive committee. The report covers political activity, travel to Steubenville and Bellaire, a train accident injuring William Mack, and upcoming events in Pittsburgh and local offices.
Parkerburg personal items list residents visiting, travelers, and family events. Notes include deaths, addresses, and upcoming visits. mentions Miss Mary McLainough's death, Mrs Callie Keools arriving from Ottawa, Laura Orcutt from Pittsburgh, Rose Wheeler from Ohio, and Stella Kearney from Baltimore. Also references Edward Warnock and bride, Jno Roberts’s baby, and other locals visiting kin or moving.
Work on the cooperative foundry and dove works is advancing quickly with roofs on all buildings. Machinery arriving and workers preparing to begin by mid November. Company owns an acre with river frontage at Flint and Locust streets opposite Mr. Mann's foundry. Six moulders to start, stockholders include George W. Chessell and others. Four Martin's Ferry foundries in operation with Union Flat Glass Work resuming under new management next Wednesday after a stoppage. Wood Bros. brick output continues to Thanksgiving. Quarterly meeting of HB Jeune’s church to be held soon.
Officers of the Cleveland and Hendricks clubs received rosettes at a Friday event. A Junior Blair and Logan club of 31 members will wear red shirts blue caps white belts and torches. News items cover travels to Pittsburg Smithfield and St Pleasant along with local visits and a vein of civic activity. hay fever relief ads close the item.
U. 8. surgeon J. M. G. Pheeton, now in Bloomington Indiana, endorses Samaritian Nerine as a cure for epilepsy, stating physicians are generally its friends.
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