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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1893
Page
11
A bustling week in Wheeling with weddings, receptions, and family gatherings. Notables include the Roberts farewell in Shaw Indiana, the Merida steamer voyage with social guests, and numerous engagements from Wellsburg to Bellaire with dances and church events filling the social calendar.
The document names judges and clerks of elections for Martin’s Ferry wards and Pease township precincts for the November 14 election. It also records fundraising for Robt. McNichol and a long string of residents visiting, church notices, society meetings, and local travel and civic concerns including lighting delays and upcoming fairs.
A local paper reports Secretary Smith questioned Census Bureau division heads with a stenographer, and testimony shows completion by December 31 is unlikely. The work is months behind, and several months delay is anticipated. Several torpedo trials are noted as preparations move forward at the torpedo station.
A Wheeling resident, Miss Byte Dre Copeland, provides a statement endorsing a treatment for catarrreal neuralgia mainly affecting the stomach. She reports symptoms of severe pain in the chest and abdomen, ringing in the ears, hacking cough, and distress in feet and ankles. The testimony cites doctors Copelana, Hell, and Davis recommending the remedy as beneficial, noting prior cases and urging readers to consider the treatment.
Etta Beans of Charting Street credits Drs Copeland Bell and Davis with curing her long standing stomach pain and nervous ailments after their treatment. She reports immediate relief and steady improvement, praising the specialists who offer eye ear throat nervous disorders care and postal consultations from Wheeling West Virginia.
All diseases treated for five dollars per month including consultation examination treatment and medicine for all patients. The offer covers every ailment under one flat monthly fee with no extra charges.
Miss Anna Lowther returns to Barboursville W V to attend school after visiting her parents here. Several residents travel to Hannibal Ohio and Chicago for events. A young woman Wyatt attempts suicide twice on the Ohio River railroad, rescued both times, linked to a promised marriage. A married woman on the South Side makes a failed suicide attempt, later reported in public. Local people attend reunions and court sessions in Wheeling. Teachers examinations scheduled for September 20 and 30 are postponed. Public schools reopen October 5 with the current staff. Continuous local updates cover social visits, health, and court matters involving residents such as Hugh McEldowney and Miss Costa Melotire.
Fire at John Diday’s near Whitney levelled his barn and stable and all contents on Friday evening. Sparks from a wood fueled steam thresher ignited straw and buildings, consuming 400 bushels of wheat six tons of hay and this year’s straw stock plus a badly damaged threshing machine. Dr Mubleman returned from the World's Fair to see the ruins. Several locals arrived in town with news of deaths and visits as the community rallied including Paul’s restaurant serving firemen.
Buffalo cyclist M. F. Dirnberger of the Vi Cycling Club, age 20, has defeated top rivals including Johnson at Syra- cuse and again at Pittsburgh. He has won multiple events across the East and West, setting a half mile record and excelling in distance races. The piece notes rapid progress and rising status in American track and field, with other standout sprinters and a noted pole vaulter theme.
In Martinsdumg Mantixescre W Va on September 22 a dance honored guests from Washington D C and Charlestown. Mrs Sidwell and Miss Julia Haldeman of Washington D C visited the Bichelberger family on Jabn street and returned home. Bert Lamon, recently in Minnesota for business, has returned home.
Clinton R. Morde of the University of a why at the record 4] made a new one of 26 feet Sis Inc He was not destined to long hold his laurels. The Banks Athletic Association games in Philadelphia noted Morde’s 26 foot leap. Theo dore Bucholtz covered 27 feet and three inches at the Californie champion, a well known in Golden State boating circles Morse is 21 and native of California. At the World’s Fair champion ed his 27 feet Ss toches. The Cincinnati bee the Inet two years of four games. Last year the cages played a game of 20 innings 00 throw grounds the score standing 77 end. The Boston ie 14 toe New Yorks went after a tie of 15 lonloge Getting the Valkyrie Into condition.
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