McDowell County Republicans Eye Chairman Post
Speculation swirls over who will lead the Republican Executive Committee in McDowell. Names include Dr. J. W. Hale Judge Co. W. Smith A. J. Hearn and others as party unity and strategy hinge on the upcoming organizing meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Executive Committee
J. W. Hale
Co. W. Smith
A. J. Hearn
J. E. Martin
Edward Cooper
Harry Bowen
Dr. Robinson
W. M. Mahood
W. A. Brown
E. E. Carter
Geo. W. Dever
Fierce fight over a crap game ends in bloody duel near Edenborn
A quarrel at Edenborn Works near Mason town, Uniontown, Pa, left George Johnson fatally shot while others were slashed with razors or bowie knives. Henry Moeny, a Mississippi Negro figure, fled to the coke region a week ago amid reports he murdered two officers back home.
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Uniontown
Edenborn Works
Masontown
George Johnson
Johnson
Rot
Henry Moeny
Coke Region
Mynx
Mississippi
Two Philadelphia Rail Corporations Consolidate in Norfolk
The River Front Railway to be built from Portsmouth to Gilmerton is leased to the Portsmouth Street Railway Company for ninety nine years from August 14, 1900. The lease is subject to a first mortgage deed of trust for 200000 dollars from the River Front Railway Company to the Colonial Trust Company which funds construction.
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Norfolk
Philadelphia Railroad
River Front Railway
Portsmouth
Gilmerton
Portsmouth Street Railway Company
Leste
River Front Railway Company
Colonial Trust Company
Health and digestion boosted by Hood's Sarsaparilla
The Health Problem is simpler than supposed. Health depends on perfect digestion and pure blood and Hood's Sarsaparilla solves it rapidly. It claims to prevent illness and cures scrofula, salt rheum, catarrh, dyspepsia, rheumatism and other diseases numbered by thousands.
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Hood
Red Top whiskey signs advertise in town
The town displays conspicuous Red Top whiskey signs praised by judges as an excellent brand. A Hopkins area wreck ad and Atkins gallery note accompany this brief item, inviting orders at Atkins West End Art Gallery in Bluefield West Virginia.
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Atkins
Clinch Valley
West End Art Gallery
Bluefield
W Va
One Day Cold Cure Mentioned With Chocolates and Cigars
An old newspaper snippet notes Ker mott's Chocolates Laxative Quinine as the One Day Cold Cure for head cold and sore throat. A West Virginian declares loyalty but insists on John Harper Cigars.
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Tam
John Harper
Kermott's Chocolates and Local Classifieds Ad
A fragment reports Kermott's Chocolates luring with a laxative quinine claim and mentions a blue front venue. It also notes a rental listing for a six room house near water tap and the Argabright property with contact C. W. Hurst in Bluefield, W. Va.
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Argabright
C. Ww. Hurst
Bluefield
West Virginia Prosperity Boosts McKinley Win Expectation
Representative Dayton of West Virginia reports a buoyant state with abundant coal oil and cattle exports. He cites tariffs over imperialism as the main issue, predicts a larger McKinley majority than in 1896, and expects a Republican legislature and Senator Elkins to hold.
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John T. McGraw
Col
Thomas B. Davis
Congress
Dayton
McGraw
Col. Davis
MccGraw
Senate
Col. McGraw
Davis
Elkins
Washington
Congressional Campaign Committee
Representative Dayton
West Virginia
Henry E Davis
Sizing Up The Situation In A Busy Political Year
Chicago August 22 The political situation favors the Republicans who are busy making money and content with current conditions. Party workers acknowledge overconfidence but see no single issue dominating. expansion imperialism free silver or the Chinese War may be discussed as needed. Unity within the party is noted as a compensating advantage, with full vote turnout expected for the nominated candidates.
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McDowel
E T.sprinkle
W. G. Hunt
Sprinkle
Hunt
North Fork
Ekhorn
C. V. Ferguson
Lk Ely
Orato
Philadelphia
Early Baseball Scores From New York and Boston Parks
At New York New York field the game ended Philadelphia 2 runs with 3-13-11 and 8 errors. Pratt and McFarland opposed Carrick and Gady. At Boston field the Boston team led 8-18-6 while Brooklyn tallied 15 runs 19 hits with no errors. Dineen Clarke faced Weyhing McGuire.
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New York
Philadelphia
Pratt and McFarland
Carrick and Gady
Boston
Brooklyn
Dineen
Clarke
Weyhing
McGuire
Grand Excursion from Welch to Richmond and Norfolk
A grand excursion runs September 5 1900 from Welch and several stations to Richmond and Norfolk with separate cars for white and colored passengers. Return departs Norfolk September 7 with arrival Richmond that night. Round trip prices start at four dollars Welch to Graham and add ons to Norfolk with Bluefield to Richmond at three fifty and one more to Norfolk.
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Richmond
Norfolk
Welch
Vivian
Keryotone
Elktorn
Maybeury
Pocahontas
All Way
Graham
Bluefield
W. R. Patterson
Scott Street
W. Va
For Sale Ladies' Wheel by E R Kit Tridge
Classified item offers a ladies wheel in good condition for sale. Seller E R Kit Tridge lists 114 Scott Street City 222 for inquiries and purchase.
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E. R. Kittridge
Scott Street
City
Vivid political resolve warns against populist threats
The speaker pledges to confront real issues without moralizing or swapping experienced leaders for untested ones. He cautions against bogie talk and highlights dangers from a populist surge targeting expansion, currency stability, and devotion to courts and law and order linked to prosperity.
Great Western Clay Works Grants Workers Demands
In Wheeling West Virginia on August 22 the Great Western Clay Works management of the American Clay Company granted all demands by workers from last Saturday. The laborers sought a bi weekly payday and cash instead of store orders. Management agreed to pay exclusively in gold if desired.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Great Western Clay Works
American Clay Company
Pottery and Sewer Pipe Trust
Reward Offered for Return of Stolen Grip on Train
Five dollars reward for the return of a small grip stolen from a first class car on No. 3 at Bluefield Tuesday night during train shifting. It contains blanks of no value to anyone. Undersigned Lb. P. Weows, Dep Collector, Bluefield, W. Va. The notice mentions Cuba tobacco and local advertisements for The Blue Front.
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Bluefield
The Gro Day Cold Curse
A historical note touts Ker mott's Chocolates Laxative Quinine as an easy cure for a cold with a sore throat. The ad claims children cry for them and compares the product to candy.
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Kermott's
Smoke John Harper cigars and free Blue Front Luceb
A brief notice describes smoking John Harper cigars and drinking Hester Beer Best as a wide open free offer at the Blue Front venue with Luceb served without charge.
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Freo
Luceb
Cure Cold in Head with Quini Cure Candy
Advertisement claims Kermott's Chocolates offer Quini laxative tablets that ease cold symptoms and sore throat quickly and easily. The copy promotes fast relief from congestion and throat irritation.
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Kermott's
Dr Kings New Life Fille Promises Health Uplift
An old ad touts Dr Kings New Life Fille as a stomach and liver remedy that boosts appetite digestion and energy. It claims improved health and regular habits for 25 cents at all drug stores.
Chinese Reassembling Near Imperial City In Pressed Front
Chinese forces regroup around Pietang forty miles from Tien Tsiu as five thousand troops move from Sung Lu Ching toward Pietang and two thousand toward Fung Chow. Allied Pekin relief column at risk as Chinese prepare to guard the line of communications. Captain Reiley among the killed in the fighting near the palace gates. Japanese rescue missionaries reported.
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Pietang
Pekin
Sung Lu Ching
Fung Chow
Yekin
American Troops Enter Pekin and Taku Amid Boxer Fighting
Admiral Remey reports from Taku on August 20 that Dickens' command lands. Pekin is cleared except for the imperial city with Americans first to reach the palace gates. On August 19 the Sixth Cavalry and allied forces drove Boxers eight miles from Tianjin. Chinese deaths exceed one hundred, with five Americans wounded. General Chafee suffers six killed and thirty wounded. Captain Rieley of the Sixth Artillery is dead.
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Pekin
Imperial City
Tien Tsin
Rieley
Sixth Artillery
Japanese occupy Imperial Palace at Pekin and flee with Empress Dowager
An August 20 dispatch from Tianjin via Tokyo reports the Imperial Palace in Pekin is under Japanese control after the Empress Dowager the Emperor and ministers left with about two thousand troops heading for Sian Fu. Pekin is divided into districts and joint committees of officers from Japan America Britain Russia and France manage order. A detachment of Japanese troops freed foreign missionaries and Chinese converts from the palace. about two hundred Japanese were killed or wounded.
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Londons
Tien Tsin
Tokio
Imperial Palace
Pekin
Sian Fu
Tartar
Pekin and Tung Chow Missionaries Saved Reported
A cablegram from Che Foo states that the Pekin and Tung Chow missionaries are saved, along with the Chapins, Smiths, and Wynckoffs.
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Boston
American Board
Che Foo
Pekin
Tung Chow
Chapins
Smiths
Lightning strikes Wytheville Baptist Church. structure to be torn down
A Thursday evening lightning bolt damaged the Baptist church in Wytheville beyond repair, tearing plaster and bursting the tin roof. The current reportedly did not burn the building, but damaged the power plant dynamos as the surge was carried through electric lines. The article ends with an endorsement for N DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
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Wytheville
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McDowell
Tion
John O. Pendleton
B. B. Dovener
Fayette County
Rious
Norfolk Railroads Consolidated
Hood’s Pills
Kermott's Chocolates
McKinle
Bryan
McKinley
Chicago
Org
Cor
Republican National Committee
Miss I
Chatham, Va
W. J. Fultz
Winchester
Star Tannery
This County
Mr. Uliz
Upper Marlboro
Chesapeake Beach Junction
Chesapeake Beach
Malboro
Maryland
Justice of the Peacs
Railroad Company
Pipe Trust
P. We Ows
Cuba
Hester
Reiley
Tien Tsiu
Remey
Navy Department
Taku
Dickens
Chafee
DeWitt
H.N. White
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