New Goods From Emheimer Offerings
Emheimer announces a large shipment of 2000 new jackets wraps capes plush coats and infants wear plus Misses and Children's garments cashmere gloves and kid gloves ladies mitts hosiery and underwear for the season.
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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1893
Page
4
Emheimer announces a large shipment of 2000 new jackets wraps capes plush coats and infants wear plus Misses and Children's garments cashmere gloves and kid gloves ladies mitts hosiery and underwear for the season.
Special offered 50 inch all wool illuminated hopsacking at 69 cents per 1000. Clark's Best machine cotton priced at 36 cents per one case. Very best prints at 5 cents per yard. Historic newspaper style listing bulk fabric prices presented as sale items.
A dense OCR fragment outlines a jumble of advertisements, notices, and promotional blurbs. It lists instrument sales including pianos and uprights, dental services and facial care offerings, beauty products, and a travel note about a World's Fair appearance. There are details about horse shows, theatre acts, and performances with named actors like Ward, James, Murphy, and Kerry Gow. It also mentions trains, a Turkish bath establishment, a death notice for Abraham Buchanan, and a railway company reference.
A Friday night low barometer and weekend storms brought heavy gusts, damaging roofs, chimneys, trees, and a hotel area. About three inches of rain fell over 30 hours as river levels rose, retail districts suffered, and residents noted continued wind and rain through Saturday.
McClellan and Priddy representatives to meet at 5 p m Monday to discuss a five mile race for 500 dollars with McClellan not pursuing a November big-money event. Martin's Ferry racers offered no reply. offer remains open. Pan-Handle Steam Dyeing advertises latest machinery and service since 1873.
A busy roundup of items from the city includes a Police Court dismissal, pay day at Bloch's tobacco factory, and multiple local incidents. A baby shoe found on Market Street is left at Schnepf's, while Kratz Bros. build a residence for Louis Bechtel on Gravel Street. Teutonic Singing Society meets on South Jacob Street. Avaysr Noores new home nears completion at Thirty seventh and Eof Streets. S G Nayon and Pehler & Wohnbas expand with new delivery wagons. A marriage license is issued to George Hess and Virginia Davis, both 22, natives of St Clairsville. Oct 26ball at Seventh street head, water on Mortieth street overflows. Offcer OBrien shoots a large dog on South Chapline Street. doctors operate on Martin Miller on Hoff Street. former Mayor Lamrent's Newfoundland dog killed by streetcars. State v Andrew Holtz judge releases him on his own recognizance. Postponed Red Cross vs Knights ball game for WV championship at Riverside grounds. Wheel ing Association No 1 hosts first annual ball Nov 3 at Turner Hall. Turke social at City Hall Kenwood with Hoges run band. K D Reson completes ditching and starts Stolze Bros brickwork. Rev G M Alford to preach salmon for K G at McMechen M E church. US District Court: Phillips administr v Smith dismissed with costs. Emerson Piano advertised as best at House's Music Store.
The new town grows rapidly as people move in from Wheeling and Bellaire. Population may reach 3,000 by June with 1,400 now, as several contractors erect multiple frame houses including five and six room homes. Notable builds include Mrs Bell Zimmermans seven room house and Jesse Herrington widows seven room residence. Streetcars are promised to reach the town by next May.
Local rail traffic remains heavy with several B and O staff returning from Chicago and a large apple car in by O R B from Pont Pleasant. World’s Fair attendance rises as October ends. Leland Powers presents David Copperfield at the Opera House with a lengthy cast list and scenes. A church meeting at 4 pm features Rev. F D T Bickley, with a new quartet. health ads promote Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills and Lamb and Engok’s services at 1065 Main Street.
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