Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-14
From Our REGULAR Correspondeut

The readers of the REGISTER are all famil.
lar with what Congress has been doing and
| have a good idea of the whereabouts, say.
| ings and doings Of the leading men and
| women in the country, 50 it seems to me
| that perhaps little information as to the
| things which interest the common people
| will not come amlss. The desire TO try
| ores luck in some shape, believe TO be
part and parcel OF the make up of the aver.
| age American citizen. This, at least, has
| been very forcbly illustrated here in Wheel
| ing for the past three weeks. The latter part
| of June there appeared in all the daily and
weekly papers advertisements covering
| about half column in each paper, setting
| forth the merits OF q certain kind Of tea and
| coffee, announcing that a store was open
| for the sale Of the same; that with every
can OF tea and coffee present of come kind
would be given away. The people bought
| ity of goods, and that some OF the presents
were valuable. What was the result?
Those who obtained presents showed them
to others. They in turn purchased, and
the store was crowded from morning un-
til 1920 at night The manager,
evidently smart business man, paid out
large sums for advertising varying the
style of the notice, and each day giving the
names of the fortunate buyers. Every one,
high and low, rich and poor, tried their luck
the papers gave the list of fortunate ones,
and We would read: Smith, $50 in can Of
coffee; Jones (colored), $50 in can of tea.
Evidently it was conducted fairly, and
those not setties- ' rSss9 o, Valuable
matter or jewelry got their moneys worth
in tea or coffee, as the tea cans con.
tain one and half and the coffee
cans three and O. quarter pounds
lnh
81; q cans for S. IL cans for $40; - cans
for $40; G5 cans for $50. Following is a
partial list of those who have received val
presents this week:
James Travis, mailer at La Belle iron
works, genuine diamond stud, $25: Lizzie
Lucas, 1924 Chapline street, genuine dia-
mond ring, SO; Leroy Smith, 1l34 Water
street, stem winding and stem setting
watch $l5 Jacob Switzer, % Eleventh street,
genuine diamond collar button, SlS; Mike
Gavin, POO Water street, Mmerican watch,
SIS: Joseph johnson, Bridgeport, fireman
P. C. & st. J. Railroad, stem winding and
stem setting watch, SIS; G. T. Bell, Airing.
ton stove works, genuine diamond ring,
S35, S. B. Meyers, Mingo Junction, chate
laine watch, $lS, George Hauliker, Bridge
port, stem winding and stem setting watch.
SIS; Miss Jennie McFay, 9i5 Main street,
genuine diamond ring, $25; Mrs; Ieece
boarding house, Sio MAIN Street, seu
uine diamond ring. SIS; j. 7. Lynch
Bargain Shoe House, Al Twelfth
street, $50: Michael Coppinger, north
Wheeling, stem winding and setting
watch, Sl5 Louis Schwalb, First Natl onal
| saloon, lO1S Maine street, Chatelaine watch,
| $lS: John Lewis, "A Sixteenth street genu-
| inc three stone diamond, ruby and sap.
phyre ring, $50; n. A. Barry, Mayor, West
Alexander, stem winding and setting
watch, $15; Davis Callahan, North Wheel
ing. stem winding and setting watch,
SIS; Ed. Caremborer, 1906 Main street,
chatelaine watch, Sl8; ]. w: Callahan, llS
Thirty.f street, stem winding and set
ting watch, SIS; Miss Jessie, daughter. Of
w. T. Burt genuine diamond ring $25
Miss Carrie Hobbs, Martins Ferry, genuine
diamond ring, S2j; J. NJ. Clark, Al EigE
teenth street, stem winding and and setting ,1!
watch: Mrs. VIM. Meyer. SSll JACOB street
genuine diamond ring, $35; John W. Arm
Strong, Ere'nng Journal, ladies chateiaint
watch, $lS.