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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1889
Page
8
Tomorrow we offer a wide display of items including B00 yards of Blayk Armare Stre at sar, 480 10x20 towels, 25 cents to market. Watches, caps, and jackets priced from 2.50 to 86.40. English walking coats listed at 14.00 to 22.00, with many undergarments and hosiery offered at low prices.
A fragmentary 1889 Wheeling page notes a dance, a charity ward appointment for Harlan Holiday, and a fragmented account of a watch club drawing. It mentions lines about a Charles street wall, a Myers Hall surprise, a grocer closing, and local public concerns over tax spending and governance with names like Maxwell McGregor and James McGinley referenced amid civic debate.
In the Ghenit Court Judge Paull ruled in Railroad Company v Hogar that the Elm Grove line will extend to Elm Grove in spring. A commission to view land and set compensation was appointed, with five commissioners named to report land value.
General intelligence notes list a license issued for Jeremish H. Lynch from Ireland, 26, and Mary Brannon, Ireland native from Wheeling, 20. A tropical thunder storm hit the city at six this morning with heavy rain and bright lightning. Real estate auction details include Elm Grove property sold to Wheeling and Elm Grove Railroad for 3500, J D Ewing residence sold for 4000, and lot 4 in block 57 transferred to C A OBrien.
The east channel pier of the Union railroad bridge is finished and awaits the superstructure, with piers 1 and 6 in place. Piers 3 and 4 are rapidly nearing grade, and setting up the channel span falsework will begin soon. Separately, two couples wed and local court and police activity dominate police notes, while Beethoven concert plans and a public school music program draw attention amid teaching staff training sessions.
The record lists transfers filed at the clerk's office including Dewi Ostaber from John A. Holliday and Coates Gromer for north half of lot 12 in square Tempusest, tied to the Joseph Caldwell estate with a $775 consideration. Other items include cases of theft, a Wool Growers' Exchange demurrer, a commitment for Henry Gerntmansheim, and adoption of an infant named Laure Iona Rogers. Paragraphs mention Beethoven concert plans, a Captain Davener matter, and local notices about tax and social events.
The fragment lists Friday deals on towels, napkins, and bulk quantities with prices and values. It promotes Saturday cloak department discounts and mentions a guarantee on uinel purchases. A customer letter from Chants Grasso requests Pan Handle Coffee tickets and praises Wheel ing’s shop, followed by a seller advertisement for HE Hiatus’s silverware and finery at 98 Eleventh Street.
Announcement states a large exhibition of foreign and domestic wraps to be shown on Monday October 4. The event promises the most comprehensive assortment yet presented, inviting enthusiasts to view a wide range of fabrics and styles.
An early 20th century advertisement promoting the Wheeling Instalment Co offering low prices, small profits, and fair dealing. It touts weekly crowds, broad appeal to Wheel ing and surrounding towns, and frames cash-only purchases with instalment options as a competitive edge. The copy emphasizes reliability, customer service, and the motto do unto others as you would be done by. The piece presents the store as champions of low prices and asserts pride in being a leading furniture and house furnishing goods supplier.
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