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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1892
Page
6
A large crowd gathered for a political meeting described as a battle of party lines with mentions of the Republican and Democratic sides, turnout from local clubs, and leaders calling for strong stance on national issues. The event featured speeches, applause, and brief remarks from local figures, with later notes on travel and related political activity.
A meeting October 18 in Martinsburg, WV, established the West Virginia State Sportsman Association to protect fish and game. James T. Thompson was elected president, J A Peru secretary, Gushorn treasurer, with gun clubs urged to appoint local vice presidents. An all day tournament in Wheeling and a planned state meeting to discuss a game warden were announced.
The Motake Hurdand parade known as This Your Willie is set for November 7 with an election eve event. O. W. L. Club and both political party marching groups plan to participate. Costumes will vary widely and a large post-parade reception is proposed. An O. W. L. Club meeting is scheduled to finalize details.
Patrick Ellwood aged fifty six of No 304 Cool Street Wheeling died after a stone fall at a two mile coal mine near the river. He went to work at two in the morning and a rock broke his spine and fractured both legs. He was rescued by coworkers, a physician called but he died about five thirty. He leaves a wife and three children one gravely ill. Also brief note on Circuit Court actions involving H H Bentley the Standard and Franklin Insurance companies with motions and pleas.
The column recalls the Columbian Day parade with Union school officers leading, the Columbus before Ferdinand and Isabella float by Union teachers, and Behrens steamer display. It notes prizes, balloons, and roses for several participants, plus Columbus Day events at Zune Street Church and St. Joseph's Convent Hall. It also reports a funeral procession incident and Columbus Day at Leatherwood school with songs, poems, and a flag ceremony.
A large Wheeling audience preps for Adlai E. Stevenson by November first as a major Democratic rally unfolds. Committees form to organize a big afternoon speech and evening parade with Ohio county Democrats invited and meetings set for Monday at seven thirty.
Notes of the river recount boat and crew along the Obi. At midnight the river gauge showed one foot two inches of water in the channel and steady. The item hints at shipping activity and river life with sparse details.
A Grand Theatre notice promotes Harry W. Williams presenting Bill's Boot a costly thirty troupe production arriving Monday to Wednesday with twenty artists including Joseph Sullivan and Russell Bros. A matinee is planned for Wednesday with seats on sale at Genther's.
Attend to Your Eyes advertises free eye examinations by Prof. Sheff the Scientific Optician at Main and Eleventh streets. Also announces Elite Land Rooms opening Sunday morning at Market and Eleventh streets and notes Fairchild speaking at Arion Hall Williamsburg New York about coinage, bank notes, and government policy to modernize finance.
Married notices report weddings at Second Presbyterian Church and M E Church parsonage. Groom Gro H Bartasa and Miss Kare xe Wart of Wheeling wed under Rev W H Cooke. Another couple Oren F Kemp and Mim Arentas wed at Zane Street M E Church parsonage by Rev Fullerton.
A sequence of death notices from 1800s era papers lists Parmick Elwoon Monts Mcentee Pumphrey Turand Jouna Genin J. T. Bawlfox and Robertson family relatives. Entries specify addresses on West Street Forty third Street Mc Culloch Street and Virginia Street with masses at St Joseph's Cathedral and the Church of Immaculate Conception and interments at Mt Calvary or Mt Wood cemeteries.
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