Demands for reform and praise for Governor Dawson mark party speech
A political critique praises reforms in West Virginia since 1897 and denounces the Democratic party as childish and obstructionist. It commends 1908 extra session measures limiting public expenditures and calls for strict accounting, while noting Governor Dawson's capable administration and wishes for his speedy recovery.
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Democratic Party
West Virginia
Senate
Wm. M. O. Dawson
Platform of West Virginia Republicans endorses Taft Roosevelt ticket
The Charleston platform endorses Taft and Sherman for the national election and lauds Theodore Roosevelt. It calls for local option on liquor and constitutional amendment to prohibit, supports labor rights with limits, and urges an employers liability law and mine safety measures. It also backs direct primaries, taxation reform, road building, and ongoing support for public schools and agriculture.
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Republican Party of
West Virginia
Chicago
Taft
Sherman
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Bureau of Mines and Mining
Republican Party
General School Fund
State Board of Agriculture
Deaths of Mrs Georgiana K Rawn Esteemed Lady
Mrs Georgiana K Rawn wife of Capt J C Rawn died yesterday morning at Marytown at 9 o clock aged 69. She was well known in this section and in Roanoke having lived there and at Bramwell. Funeral at Roanoke after No 4 arrival Monday. Interment in Fairview cemetery in Roanoke.
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Georgiana K. Rawn
J. C. Rawn
Marytown
Rawn
Roamoke
Bramwell
Rodnoke
No. 4
Fairview
Pajamas and phonographs in Pinch town notes
A light local item notes Amos Uriah Dudem’s Sunday outfit and Sallie Fairshoot practicing on a phonograph. Deacon Samuel Knowlittle visits Bluefield and jokes about drum merchants, while a London dinner tale recalls Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler and a guest’s awkward misidentification ending with a quiet punchline.
Burial of Leprosy Sufferer in India Verified in Court
In the northwest provinces of India a gardener's wife with leprosy urged burial alive to prevent transmission to her children. He complied after her pleas, aided by their son and four neighbors. The magistrate's court investigated and proved the facts.
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India
Boy Asked for Father by Neighbor in Suburban Scene
In a suburb a man asks a boy at a neighbor’s gate if his father is home. The boy says no, he went up the road a piece. The man clarifies the distance and asks again, noting the father is away about a mile.
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