Funday Register Prominent Advertiser in Two Virginias
The Register boasts several thousand copies and the largest circulation in the two Virginias and Eastern Ohio. Its advertising advantages are clear, with notable median reach for ads.
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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1883
Page
2
The Register boasts several thousand copies and the largest circulation in the two Virginias and Eastern Ohio. Its advertising advantages are clear, with notable median reach for ads.
A chaotic excerpt surveys poker culture, noting professionals, amateur players, and social scenes. It details venues from private homes to large rooms, describes stakes, rules, and the mix of genders at games, and reflects on safety and legality concerns while highlighting personal anecdotes and local figures.
Worn narrative from Parkersburg recounts social visits and family tidings. Mentions J M Audereun retirement, Lewis and Hughey quarrel outcomes, police and court actions, forthcoming events at Wilklet Pwite and Creek, and local residents’ travels and health notes.
The Window Glass Works resumes operations, extending gas mains as repairs continue in town. The September meeting at the county court discussed lighting the court house and improving public bustle. Community notices mention church fixtures, civic events, and various local industry updates, including gas fitters and furnace work, with scattered parish and funeral details.
Rural and credit talk, visits by Joseph Peterson and James McCoa, and Mrs McGoonaughey return from Crerane. Public schools opening postponed due to scarlet fever, city sanitation questions rise as carpenters, bricklayers, and masons see demand. Town socials, visits, and local business movements fill the days with names and places across Carroll County and nearby towns.
The piece surveys poker play across Chicago rooms, detailing dealer tricks, cheating temptations, and the ubiquity of games. It notes police interference limited while clubs and presses shape public appetite and perceptions of fair play and risk.
The Lights o London show in Steubenville opened last Monday with a stumblealung performance. Chief issues centered on the missing car report and a shortened second act, though Prof Joe Kramer and his orchestra received praise. The opera house drew favorable crowds and a busy week ahead promised Haverly's Minstrels and Lotta revival, while local officials and crew faced questions over the wrecks on the rail line and safety concerns.
Martin's Ferry reports a funeral at Wevks cemetery for Mepa Fotos, with Reverend Haepken officiating. Local business activity includes mills, banks, and confectioners. temperance meetings and church services planned. residents prepare for fairs and a new Windsor hotel.
The Belmont county fair prospects appear strong with hundreds of entries and hopeful crowds. Excursions are arranged via Northern from Bellfire Bridgeport and Martins Ferry for fifty cents round trip, plus special low rates via the narrow gauge.
Formerly of this place, a youth will display clothing at the fair this week. County Commissioners meet in regular session tomorrow. Mrs. Minerva Emerson and relative visitors from Chicago return home. A balloon ascent by Prof. Wille is planned for September. Local social news covers weddings, visits, and a district baseball game where St Clairsville edged Barnesville. The Athletics gain a noted reputation amid fan disruptions.
A bustling preview details West Virginia’s best stock show slated for September 15. Prominent attendees include Prof Heil of Mitisitireh and Hogardite record hopes. rail rates offered to draw crowds. plans for an immense farming goods warehouse and canvassers. local social notes and weathered town news fill the page with a lively midwestern sensibility.
A long, period voice critique depicts gossip as a social habit among married women, detailing its methods and effects. It traces the gossip’s targets, including single and newlywed women, and describes how discreet observations, flirtations, and social events fuel domestic tensions, debt, and divorce, ending with a cautionary portrait of a manipulative coquette.
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