Industrial concerns loom in Wheeling area report
Ongoing woes and activity dominate Wheeling mills and works as iron and coal labor disputes, new blast furnaces, and cooperative plants shape production. Major plants like Belmont and Wheeling boiler works resume runs, while unions plan marches at Mozart Park and talks of non union hires surface amid steady, cash-intensive output. Local shops report injuries, reopenings, and evolving ownership as demand stays high into winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolisie
Bellaire
Plas
M. la Murphy
W Works
Alexander Morrid
Mashew Chew
Wheeltoe Toller Works
Bot’ Morrison
Iit
United Mine Workers
Mozart Park
Johp Meliride
Trenton
N. 1
Massilion Coal Mines
N. J
Iis
Trentwon
Conwallavilla
Martie'’s Ferry
James NcKahon i
Ferthee
Ates
Junctisa Iron & Stew! Co
Mises O
Belmont Will
Shownek
Persios
Cox
Wheeling Steel & Rum Co
Beawood
Wate
Steubesville
Merhort Machin
I. Wheeling Sanitary
Titan
Quadrimative O Keenan bicycle and local society notes
An odd French invention the Quadrimative O Keenan is described as a bicycle with a second chain uniting two protons on the axis, claimed to be simple yet impractical. The column also covers local visits, typhoid recovery, a hotel name change, marriage news, and civic preparations including veterans encampment plans and police actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manning
Norma Stott
Putabarg
A.C Plym
Mes. Myers
W. Mathews
Huntinion
Madge Mathews
Nile
Jenaston
J.P. Mer Cointa
New Cumberland
Llotase Reas
Sleury Wolen
Addie Doman
Clara
Parkersberg
Cameron
Wheeling
Vis
The Little Trooper Debut at the Casino and afterglow
News of the Theatres reports Della Fox’s triumphant debut in The Little Trooper at the Casino. Nat Roth, William Furst, and Clay M. Greene joined her for celebratory meals at Delmonico’s while theater luminaries and a flood of telegrams poured in, noting rising audiences and future productions, with plans for Rob Roy and other operatic and theatrical ventures.
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Della Fox
Delmonico
Nat Roth
Miss Fox
William Furst
Clay M. Greene
Keoda
Appleton
Emerald Bar
DeKoves and
Smith
Rob Roy
Real
New York
Roo Roy McGreagor
Williaw Pruette
Prince Charles Edward Stuart
Baron Barthaldi
Thugald MacWheeble
Perth
Richard F. Carroll
Flora MacDonald
Cian
Crows
Thistie
Helen Beatrice
McAllister
DeKovat
Ward and Heyward
DeWolf Hopper
Dr. Syotaxi
T Theater
James Lewis
Nat Goodwin
Harry E. Dixey
Mopper
Edna Wallace
Robert Downing
Eugenia Blair Eimond Hay
Frederick
W. &. Downing
P.M
Gilmore
New York Mercury
Sydney Rosenfeld
Canary
Lederer
James J. Corbett
Haddon Chambers
J. Stephenson
Adelphi
Thoraday
Charles Frohman
George Thatcher
Phaceher
Marble
Carrol
Jouberon
Johntton Bennetts
Irene
Hennett
Lila Vane
Nas Goodwin
Paris
Miss Vane
Goodwin
Ralase
le To Peat
Stancoe Lestaut
Charley
Ahortizio
Sara Berohardt
Mes
Langtry
Charles Hoyt
China
Terry’s Theater
London
Jaulette Cordon
Fred ©. Whitsey
Jeanet
de Koveo
Miss Cordon
Hastonians
James C. Duth
Thomas Seabrooke
Hagene Tompkins
Henry the Fifth
Haston Theatre
Six Dollars a Day Claim by Deputy Sheriffs in Strike
Deputy sheriffs who served during the American Railway Union strike seek payment from the county board at four dollars a day. They argue the law sets 32 per day for eight hours and that they worked under sheriff orders, effectively 24 hours daily. The American Justice Club lists 155 members, with claims exceeding ten thousand dollars.
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Chicago
American Railway Union
American Justice Club
Fraternal Rites Mark Deaths of Sir Koleht Brown and Sir Charles Davis
Wheeling Commandery No 1 holds two special conclaves for the burial of Sir Koleht Alfred Brown and Sir Charles L. Davis. The processions include Cyrene Commandery No 7, band guidance, church services at St Matthews and Second Presbyterian, and graveside rites at Peninsula cemetery. Honorary escorts from Hitchinson Commandery No 32 and Norristown attend, while local lodges report future meetings, initiations, and fall openings with jewels and social gatherings at Sir Hugh Sterling and Sir Paul’s residences alongside Eastern Star activities and lodge work planned through October.
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Wheeling Commandery
Asylum
Sir Koleht
Alfred Brown
Cyrene
Meister
Chaplice
Remal
St. Matthews Church
Sir R. Roe
Brown
Lalelle Avenue
L Otter
Sherrard
Sterling
Swope
Sir Sterling
Warrick
Sir Travis
Wheeling Commandery No. 1
Charles L. Davis
Peninsula
Sir Davis
Woooling
Hitchinson Commandery No. 32
Norristown
Sir Rotent
Wheeling
P. Prowa
Kanwood
Miriam Chapter No
Eartern Star
Whealing Lodge No. 5
Speyer
F.C
M. M
No. 5
Bates Lodge
Hugh Sterling
Cyrene Commandery
Commandery
Kalgit John “Legeof
Miller
Sir Paull
Fares Fire Destroys Clothing District in Chester
A blaze in Chester New York destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of clothing in the wholesale district. Most stock was taken to Wheeling West Virginia for sale, with insurers reporting the loss and liquidation plans at a low price per dollar on remaining goods. The accident disrupted local trade as merchants assess damages and salvage yard operations begin.
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Rowchester
N.Y
St Baul
Enti
W. Va
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Wheelingates
Murray
Spears & Kiddie
Tari Bill Hrouere
Wheeling Saal- Wary
Martin's Ferry
C. C Department
The
Wheeling Pottery Company
McMechen
Yollers
Twenty Fifth Street
Chey Gas Works
Redmans
North Wheeling Pottery
Oll
Ontervanre
Arima
Wellas
Decome
Orme
Thit
Wandsville
Pimepure
Isis
Thas
Ofte
John Greenwood
Péniten- Wary
Pointelotia
Heo
Dexvem
Cot
Ed Kidd
Quadric
K Exon
Omskiy
News of the Theatres
Val
Tomptines
Buslaas
Sherman Brown
Belle Trefeld
Milwaukee
OM the
Barts
Geo. Bowles
Starr
Gerald Coventry
Eddie Por
John D. G Bert
Eusties
King Kodak
OM the Earth
Europe
Virginius
Hamlet
Richelieu
A. E. Lancaster
Julia Magnus
Marie Wainwright
Suthora
Conscience
Uolon Square Theatre
England
Lolo Fuller
Charles
Daniel
Gustave
Wisconsin
Mapisoy
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Mry . McClellan
Peck
Mapisox
McClellan
Grenor Pi Govern
Ladies of the
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West Virginis
Gyele
Munday
M. Anna Hall
Ollela Ore
McPadden
Mary Jose
N. FE. Clark
Belle Shanley
McClemmet
Meek
Nuzum
Chort
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Ameri
Ats
Pittsburg
National Grand Army
Pittsburg Exposition
Kaufmann
Smithfield Street
E. B. Potts
Hamn and
Tenth Streets
Wacenne, W. VA
Rochester Clothing
Rochester
Roghes
Irol
Walsall
Dana Eit
Drake Sar Price
Guanant
Atos
Aeale
Sania
Ganga
Evita Rales
Pecias Arne
Cole
B. Potts
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