Republican senatorial convention set for August 11 1900
A convention of the Republican party for the Seventh Senatorial District in West Virginia is called to meet in Wilhelmton on Saturday August 11 1900 at 1 p m to nominate a state senator. Counties listed show delegate counts with secretary Burbridge Payne and chairman A Cather.
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Republican Party
West Virginia
Willameon
Otes
Lincoln
Levan
Levan RR ' 4 Mc Dowell 2.682 26 Mercer 23 24 Mine E323 6 Ka'eigh
Wromig
A. Cather
County of
Mercer
Pollock
Abov
W.c.pollock
Mary A. Stover
Jans Stover
J. A. Harwood
Mercer County
Bluefield
W. Va
Allen Street
Powell Street
Republican Ticket List for 1900 Election
The slate names McKinley for President with Roosevelt as Vice President. Congress the Third District includes Joseph E. Gaines. State posts list A. B. White as Governor and Arnold Scherr as Auditor. Peter Simon is Treasurer and R. H. Freer Attorney General. Thomas C. Miller is Supt of Schools. Supreme Court judges Henry Brannon and Gorge Poffenbarg are named.
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William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Joseph E. Gaines
A. B. White
Arnold Scherr
Peter Simon
R. H. Freer
Thomas C. Miller
Supreme Court
Henry Brannon Sod Gorge Poffenbarg
Spectator notes and curious remarks from a bustling era
Sunday reflections on politics and public life include remarks on labor, patriotism, and public figures. The piece touches on temper and humor of Timothy Woodruff, wartime rumors in China, and a joking take on fancy waistcoats as statecraft. It also notes coal trade vigor, car shortages due to updating couplers, and an Agriculture Department plan to release dragonflies to combat mosquitoes.
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Timothy Woodruff
Department of Agriculture
A Sermonette on Newspaper Men and Praise
H N Wheeler of the Quincy Journal extols newspaper men for their service to communities and credits, noting they rarely receive due recognition. The piece compares editors lifting others to fame with the difficulty of praising themselves and cites Senator Hanna as a hard worker known to Bryan and allies.
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Metropolit
Jesus
Hanna
Bryan
Railroading Risks Measured Against War Toll
An Army and Navy Journal piece compares rail road employee casualties to military losses in the Philippines and South Africa. It calculates railroad fatalities and injuries at 51,743 versus Boer and Filipino totals of about 30,504, calling railroading the “hell” of railroading.
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Philippines
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
United States
South Africa
Senate
Root
Army and Navy Journal
Deafness Cure Claim Promotes Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by topical applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the remedy. It claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, offering a hundred dollar prize for any case not cured, with circulars and pills sold by F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
O. Sc
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Promises Health Restore
Claiming thousands have been restored to health and happiness, the advertisement urges trying Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for throat and lung troubles. It says long resisted coughs and hopeless cases have yielded to the remedy with perfect health regained. For sale by 8. N. White.
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Chamberlain
N. White
One Day Cold Cure Promoted by Ker mott's Chocolates
A historic ad touts Ker mott's Chocolates as a cure for a cold in head and sore throat with a laxative quinine component. The jingle claims children cry for them and suggests a speedy remedy from a confectionery brand.
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Kermott
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bluefield Telegraph
Hugh Ike Shott
Eritor
Bluefield Daily
Weekly Telegraph
Burbridge Payne
China
Chicago
King Humbert
New York
H. N. Wheeler
the Quincey, In
Journal
Waris
Hell
Willa
Hood
America
John Harper Cigars
John Harper
Mill Creek Coal « Coke Company
Capers
T. H. Cooper
Ture Datty Treecram
Bland Street
Drew Selby
W. B. Corsets
R. & G. Corsets
THE
PARIS
I. B. Sameth
WM. Hicks & CO
First National Bank
Jude
Stollite, Boculitios
LSI
Internal Revenue
State Banke
Eeneereenerggeen
L. A. Hooper
N. P Epwin Mann
G M. McCulloch
Isaact, Mann
Boe
Drugglsta
Robert 8. Kare
M. G. Whitlow
Acme
Henry
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