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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1885
Page
2
A garbled OCR page reports mixed items including political blurbs about governance changes and sequester debates, references to newspapers Herald and Kewavean, and scattered notes on agriculture, rainfall, education, and local people. It mentions plans for a Congress bill, university session roughness, and several obituaries and personal notices amid disrupted prose.
A chaotic Washington Chronicle page notes social happenings in Washington PA and nearby towns. Mentions Mr Seeman the jeweler and his rink social, visits by residents from Sharpburg and Waynesburg, typhoid illness, a Stevenson Brothers concert, and local travel plans. Includes casual chatter about vacations and a humorous street scene dialogue.
A column muses on the habit of talk, classifying women and men as talkers, gushers, gossips, and skillful talkers. It contrasts superficial chatter about dress with sharper, engaging talk, noting differing male and female patterns and the social impulse to converse for pleasure or status.
In Triadelphia on September 4, Mr Joho eit and Miss Louie Roverante wed amid a surprise turnout. After the ceremony a celebration included a dramatic street scene with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern style music, then Mrs Jones died Thursday morning and was buried at Stone Church Cemetery. The town notes a dangerous depot plank accident and a stone wall being built by Eving and Grey as roads and rail service are discussed. Miss Laura Saira of Marietta was among guests.
The fall opening of Young's Seminary in West Alexander featured Prof Young as leader with a strong scholarly staff including a German music professor and Miss Jennie Wilson daughter of Col Benj Wilson in elocution. Nearby notes mention residents visiting, elections, a new editor at Clarkeburg News, and community events such as a Presbyterian picnic and church services.
Fragmented notes report standings among Lasqoe clubs and rivalries with New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. It mentions trials with Portland and St Louis, possible Southern League moves, early season injuries, signings like Tor 1 Brien to Atlantics, and discussions of batting weaknesses and pitcher dominance.
A burst of speculative sports chatter from Cleveland to Boston centers on fast tracks, grand clubhouses, and bold betting. Promoters talk of $400000 investments for racing venues and upcoming tournaments while fighters like Mitchell and Sullivan draw high stakes bets. Multiple boxing, trotting, and jockey plans ripple through headlines as venues such as Jerome Park and Monmouth Park loom in racing and combat sport circles.
Fragmentary items report arbitration talks at Elson Glass Works and local factory concerns, social events, church services, and a bustle of town activities. Obituary for Lafayette Winder notes his passing at the County Infirmary and his earlier role as a bookkeeper. Community meetings include Prohibitionists, the Trades Assembly, and church gatherings. river travel, school year prep, and hints of festivity spill into the record.
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