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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1908
Page
4
Address all communications and remittances to Daily Telegraph Printing Co Box 721 Bluefield West Virginia. All communications for the Daily Telegraph should be addressed to there are no individuals connected with this paper who are expected to receive mail regarding matters connected with the establishment.
Mayor E E Carter. Recorder W F Palmer. Treasurer D G Lilly. Supervisors W T Gibson. Councilmen at large S N Wortaw. First Ward R B Ferguson. Second Ward J N Echols. Second Ward J J Giles. Fourth Ward K F Schoen. Fifth Ward Jas S Kahle. Sixth Ward C J Borden. Seventh Ward W J Borden. Sixth WardGeo E Hale.
The piece discusses Easter's meaning and timing, noting it is the first Sunday after the full moon on or after March 21, with historical remarks on its observance, linguistic origins, and cross-faith links to Passover, plus a brief political aside and a humorous quip about peaches.
The piece weighs Roosevelt as the era-defining figure whose fame will outlast his presidency, while contrasting public memory with new issues and changing idols. It touches on French meat scandals, the New York delegation, and hints at other political trends, including labor and the Call of the Wind. It ends with an advertising note for Hall's Catarrh Cure and related products.
A mass meeting of Republican voters in Mercer County is scheduled for May 16 1908 at 11:00 AM in Bluefield to choose 24 delegates for the State Nomination Convention in Charleston West Virginia and to elect county officers including Clerk of the County Court Sheriff and Prosecuting Attorney among others. The convention will also select an Executive Committee chairman and secretary with district votes allocated by Roosevelt 1904 ballot as specified by the rules read from the full notice.
The notice announces E. L. Bowman as candidate for county clerk subject to Republican convention. It also proclaims candidate Wil May for re election as clerk of the circuit court of Mercer County pending nominating convention at Bluefield on May 16.
We are authorized to announce A. M. Sutton as a candidate for prosecuting attorney of this county subject to the action of the Republican county convention on May 16 1908.
Voters are asked to support incumbent county commissioner in the Republican mass convention in Bluefield on May 16 1908. The Richmond style note presents M F Matheny Beckley WV as candidate for state senate and urges district Republicans to unite behind his nomination. A Mercer county assessor nomination is also sought with pledge to serve capably if selected.
The notice announces nominations by voters present from each Magisterial District to fill vacancies in the county election on November 3 1908. Signed by Isaac T Mann Chairman and E L Bowman Secretary Bramwell W Va April 4 1908.
The Republican convention for West Virginia's Fifth district is set for 2 PM April 27, 1908 in Huntington Cabell county. It will nominate a congressional candidate, elect a district committee, choose two delegates and two alternates to Chicago, nominate a presidential elector, and conduct other business. Each county gains one delegate for every 100 votes or fraction thereof over 50 votes cast for Roosevelt in 1904.
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