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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1892
Page
4
Riverside Company faced a shutdown as workers engaged in work stoppage over alleged unsafe conditions at the wheel shop and glass factory. The strike involved numerous employees and prompted authorities to address demands for safer operations and fair labor practices.
Fraternal groups including Wheeling Commandery 1 and Nelson Lodge No. 30 plan gatherings and work in Templar Malta orders and Ashlar activities with large turnouts anticipated. Osirus Temple Mystic Shrine foresees a crowded climbers' night as a ghostly Arabian theme stirs whispers. Local society events rival parade day celebrations with multiple weddings and community notices across Western Maryland and Piedmont areas.
NEW CUMBERLAND October 22 The twenty first Calume observed creditable in public by local residents on school grounds A few members of the youth joined around the public square where the Drum Corps provided music After prayers by Rev S F Growerng a brief address by Col OS Marsh The children enjoyed it Prof Gallup and teachers praised for care and training The day included farm produce arriving in town with pota toes and corn Also noting potato quality as fair to inferior
James J Corbett, famed pugilist, will debut as a stage actor in Elizabeth with the play Gentleman Jack. He plans to go forward as his own master, pursuing theater over prize fighting. Fred Watkins backs Charley Mitchell to meet Corbett in a final bout, with stakes discussed in St Louis and ongoing discussions in Oxford.
A blotchy recap of boxing results and boxing personalities plus college football shifts and local incidents. Names include Cunningham Zimmerman McAuliffe Burge Bayliff Larkins Hayman Gunst Pope and Harvard players Lewis Brice Pratt Cochran. Local items mention a Columbus Day parade, a fire scare, and a schoolboy injur y incident.
The Star Theatre crowd clamorously greets Joe Biener in Rip Van Winkle as English actors seek work, Daly drops Little Miss Millions, and Miss Rehan shines in Coy Little Ballard while Pauline Hall gains notice for Puritan operas. Critics clash on De Wolf Hopper revival as Hallen and Hart plan Fourteenth Street shows. St Chamisvilig and Grafton dispatch World’s Fair, Columbus Day celebrations, and local campaigns with speeches, parades, and school events amid political tours and local notices.
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