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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1892
Page
6
A Wheeling area meeting discusses proposed abattoir and refrigeration plans amid public protest. Officials cite transportation needs and local industry impacts as residents debate property rights, funding, and long term town development.
Mr. and Mrs Marry Wranthelm have ended a two month absence and reached home noon yesterday after a voyage with rough seas. They stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Clarice Irwin and entertained friends who visited to hear about the delightful journey. They traveled via New York with quarantine and a cholera scare aboard. Chauncey Depew was among the notable passengers. The trip included long stays in Switzerland, London, and Paris, with varied hotel views and fashion notes.
Jason Stamp appointed Chief for West Virginia of the I A W. Smith tours New York State on his wheel and reports a great time. The Cyclers hop at their pall last Monday night was elegant. Killmeyer furnished music. The Wheeling Cyclers add members to its roll, now embracing nearly every wheelman in the city. An effort will be made for an annual State ment of the L A W to this city. A League Club will be organized here with representatives to the yearly meet. Preparations for a road race on October 12, the anniversary of Zeear’s discovery, are under way.
The Sixteenth Street Cemetery site work nears completion with a new retaining wall and street extension planned. A temporary bridge at Main Street is unlikely to be moved, funds not approved and expert opinion favors replacing it with a modern footbridge. Several coffins were found and reinterred as digging continues, while Health Officer Spragg reports broad sanitary gains and notices issued to property owners.
Brief local items cover crime notes at police court, a stray pig at Island Hose House, fire department and cemetery committee meeting, a mummified Indian display drawing crowds, upcoming weather, and a reduced sale on blankets and pillows at Henry Jacobs. Also reported are a baby’s death on Twenty seventh Street, sewer concerns at Twenty sixth Street head, centennial French independence celebration, a Pink Garters game, and a music study meetup on Chaplins Street. The Monarch Fishing Club held a picnic in Benvea.
Multiple death notices and burial references listed for September 1892. Entries include Carter and Mason children, Bender daughter, Tran dfall, and Moore child, with interment at Peninsula cemetery and varied ages from newborn to 78 years. Some lines include verse or incomplete data.
A terse help-wanted note seeks a man to take the manager role for a permanent orange establishment in Chicago. The applicant should be prepared to work with a salary and benefits as specified, with duties centered on operation and upkeep.
The community acknowledges shipments of Quinces and extends thanks to the Wheeling Bridge Company for free use of the new steel bridge. Mayor Seabright is praised for helping restore Main Street Bridge to crossing condition and for personal efforts aiding the Labor Day celebration. Other supporters are thanked for their patronage and help.
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