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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1896
Page
11
A long, bustling list of society events, engagements, and gatherings from the region including forthcoming weddings, neighborhood visits, church activities, and club meetings. Notable items mention Mr. Geo Grubb, Miss Kropjaeger, and Mrs Agerts Meemer amid a tapestry of social calls, dances, and formal receptions across local streets and venues.
Special to the Register from New York, late Sept. notes social calls and visits around Abul, Parkersburg, and surrounding towns. Mentions Louis Frobe, Mrs Gessler, Lott Maurer, Charles Kinproth, Mabel Hanna, Prof. Midivs, and others visiting or returning home. Also covers a political camp scene in near Parkersburg and a local entertainment opening ball by the Troquots.
The city’s Carle Bros offers the largest stock of schoolbooks and arrival supplies. Violin and piano instruction by Edw. Binmeshere resumes September 14, using European methods. Call on Saturday September at Wheeling Studio 952 Market Street between 3 and 5 p.m. and Clark Street Martin's Ferry between midnight and 12 a.m. to fix tour times.
Honor to cousins Mr and Mrs John Molter of Valley Falls. Amos guests include visitors from distance. Prince A Meta of McMechen plans six months away from Clarington Ohio. Elizabeth List of Washington King Misses Marika and Gerimide Lisi on North Main Street. Miss Ella Meister of Marietta has returned home after four weeks with Lilian Kronjaeger on North Main Street. Geo Zimmer and sister Jan Kronjaeger went to Pittsburgh to visit Miss Lucy Kronjaeger who is enjoying the breeze.
A clipped sale notice from the Dillon Wheat and Hancher Co. highlights a new spars dress line as a daily reminder of ongoing optical business. The ad stresses customer satisfaction and continuing service as the company markets its offerings.
Lieut Sapler and Officer Knabe caught two burglars in the grocery of J A Coutts at 168 Fourteenth street. Bill Donovan and James I Sweeney looted the shop packing rings jewelry and a revolver before being locked up. Property was uncovered.
A disorderly morning brawl on the island involving two Black men and a white man left the latter with a severe arm wound needing a physician. Names listed include Fred Moyers and Charles Gordon. Police arrested the attackers on assault and battery warrants. each fined $1 and jailed for default, with subsequent court actions on various cases including theft and public disorder.
An early 20th century report notes Prof. Levitt and colleagues testing a new type of radio warmth and signal methods. The Wheeling project is cited with a focus on experimental natur and related technical approaches, involving the Dilton Wheat & Honcher Company and researchers from SHWTe. The piece mentions improvements and the method of measurement as key outcomes.
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