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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1894
Page
6
Large scale industrial revival reported across railroads and factories. Glass plants, iron works, pottery and coal operations resume or increase activity amid rising orders and employment. Utilities, mills, and construction projects also restart, with workers returning and new hires announced.
In Sistersville and nearby towns, daily notes cover Eureka Pipe Line Co. oil receipts at 11 249 barrels, down 1 000 from yesterday. social visits in the Ivy Club, Miss Lang in Marietta, and guests from Parkersburg to Bellaire and Madison. Trades include oil producers Greenlee and Forst facing financial strain, while local church dedications, politics, and theater plans unfold. Visitors from Wheeling and Parkersburg, and upcoming Democratic rally in Fairmont are noted along with theater appearances by Madame and Augustine Nouville.
In our quiet town painter J. Z. Weel wins two large contracts. Harry Immer to move into new residence early month. Craft Brothers awarded Elm Grove barn and stable for Mr. Harry Harbrook. W. & L. E. boosting carload shipments. B. & O. freight business expands locally. Westinghouse plant to start at Wilherming Monday. foundry to run two days weekly. A fatal wreck injures Brakeman Clarence Riley on CC&S.
Special to the Reserve. In Greenbrier county about 1,500 people heard Allen O. Myers of Ohio speak at Lewisburg on Democratic policy, with lunch baskets and a free dinner noted. In Mercer county at Hill Top a thousand Democrats gathered for speeches by John A. Preston Judge David E. Johnson and Captain C. T. Smith with band music and roasted box supper. Also coverage of Faulkner hooking General Hooker for Huntington and Charleston addresses, plus Hamiton speaking at Martinsburg.
A reader submits a long testimonial praising Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. The letter describes relief from nervous prostration headaches dizziness and heart palpitations after using the tonic. The writer claims dramatic health improvement and urges others to try the medicine through the physician Dr. Greene of New York City.
The Wheeling and area Masonic bodies report weekly lodge work with degrees conferred and candidates advancing. Upcoming events include Scottish Rite Fourth and Fifth Degrees, West Virginia York Rite, and a Grand Lodge banquet in November with passes and participation by local lodges. Community notices include a Daughters of Rebekah gathering, Silver Wave Castle initiation, and a planned trip to Palast Castle with several members attending.
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