Cuban tariff reform sparks varied congressional views
West Virginia lawmakers clash over Cuban tariff concessions with Representative Gaines arguing for limited relief while others urge no concessions. The Ways and Means panel includes the item in a deficiency bill as cigar and tobacco dealers seek tax rebates from the amended revenue act. Rep. Dayton and Rep. Hughes voiced caution amid sugar interests pushing control of raw sugar and a push to let Cuba work out its own destiny.
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Nashington
West Virginis
Payne
Cubs
United States
Senate
Gaines
Leball
Gome
Dayton
Banc
Cuba
Agar Trust
Amerean
Hughes
Doubtlees
Rewpabbenasa
West Virginia
Big Order for Locomotives and Western Engines
Capt. D. H. Barger, a well known railroad man, leaves for Nea Ueearé to speed the delivery of a large order for locomotives and Western engines. The dispatch calls for thirty large engines to be built as soon as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Barger
Nea Ueearé Air Line
Norfolk and Western Orders Thirty Large Locomotives
Norfolk and Western placed a major order for thirty engines to boost coal-haul operations. The bulk come from Baldwin Works with fifteen from Richmond, Virginia, to be built and delivered ASAP. Captain D. H. Barger, long-time railroad employee, is noted for his versatile career and likable leadership, recently tied to a shift in Seaboard Air Line supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Western
Balawin Locomotive Works
Richmond
Becballt
Roanoke Times
Dr. Barger
Norfolk Western
Seaboard Air Line
Allway
Roe ‘Gaptain Barger
Capara
Raleigh
K. Huger
Charleston
Southern Failway
Ofice
D. H. Barger
Norfolk and
Weetaru Watt
Railroad Life Sea
New River
Radford
Compleing & ‘Service
New Elves
Railroads Pay State Taxes Boost Treasury Total
Railroads paid taxes on the final day, lifting state revenue by about half a million dollars. The rush kept clerks busy from morning to night, totaling over four hundred thousand dollars credited to the treasury and deposited in multiple state depositories.
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Charleston
Tate
Woman in black on Ninth Street stirs police hunt
A veiled woman with a rifle roamed Ninth Street on Sunday evening pursuing her husband and a mysterious siren. She visited several hotels, claimed her husband left home by rail on Saturday, and returned home on an early train after officials pressed her for details.
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Hantington
Ninth Street
Lartain
Norfolk & West
Simel
Seven Men Cremated In Twin State Fires
Seven men were burned to death in two fires across the state. Shinustown, a Monongahela railway settlement, burned as telegraph and telephone service were cut off, with no confirmed casualties. At Dump No 8, Otter Creek Lumber Company facilities were destroyed at 4 AM. seven men perished, others injured while fleeing the blaze.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Jao
Shimnstown
Con
Monongahela
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Sin Ave
Lubber
Otter Creek Lawyer Company
Very Low Rates To Northwest Travel Advert
Northwest and West area lines announce low fares to Montana Idaho Oregon Washington and coast points through April 20 1900. Tickets offered from all stations with limited three route options and schedules. Contact Southwest Railways office in Roanoke Virginia for travel passes and further details.
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Nortont
Westara Alway
Montans
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
W.B. Berm
Roanoke
Ready for Boston Star Steam Laundry Ropa Ad
Fragmentary OCR note references a laundry advertisement in poor condition. It mentions Boston, a steam laundry, and a poster offering help to a baby, with garbled text and stray phrases.
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Boston
Star Steam Laundry
Supreme Court Monday docket and notices
Supreme Court notes presented include petitions refused in cases Aiktogoo versus Plum and Forner-Gaylord Co. versus Fawett et al. Several opinions and continuations noted. Advertisements for toilet soap and wholesale groceries appear with offers and samples.
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Supreme Court
Smoke John Harper and quit ing I s the bent mat
Fragmentary text from a historical page shows phrases including Smoke John Harper and quit ing I s the bent mat with scattered names and odd spellings possibly referring to Wylie's or a location in West Virginia. The readable content is insufficient for a coherent event or summary.
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John Harper
Mat Wylie
Blue Front Promotes Cough Remedies and Public Notices
An OCR fragment mentions Foley’s Honey and Tar for cough relief advertised at Blue Front with a notice offering free information from Woolley of Atlanta. It also references a deputy sheriff and surveys for a railway route from Mingo county to Kenova via Pagwm creek, with talk of a Norfolk and Western line and potential shift of coal transport routes along the Sandy.
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Corps of Engineers
Pagwom Creek
Mingo County
Kenova
Norfolk and Western
Columbus
Trial and Conviction Today in Lynchburg Lynching Case
Roanoke reports dramatic scene as Joe Higginbotham is moved to Lynchburg for trial on assault against Mrs Ralph Webber. Military guard accompanies him amid revolting public mood fueled by a confessed crime. defendants expected to be tried, convicted, and securely returned for execution day.
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Roanoke
Joe Higginsbotham
Lynchburg
Mra
Ralph Webber Dvon
Wwe
Roanoke Light Lotantey
The
Blues
Pulaski Ries
Lynehburg
Danville
Charlottesville
Home Guard
Bruce
Higginbotham
Ibin
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Olles Barre
Kentucky
Hicks
Megree
Cao
Committee On Appropriations
Thie
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Representative Devener
Western
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New Ri
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State
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Saoke
Joan Harper
Cigare
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D. B. Patton
Admr
South Penn Duc
Violet G Hust
Piedmont
Dcrok
Jennie M Smith
Jacob M Howery
Momssed
Manse-Bruning Shoe Co
Prince
Idm
Va Nash
Duffard Ve Akers
Kloak Bros
Corvin
T At Top Grocery Co
Pioneer Wholesale Grocers
Bluefeld
Aalivery
Egretay Bika Trost
Awooltion, Juadeld
Foley
Woolley
Atlanta
Fitz-You
D.G. Linux
Big Sandy
Belog
Franke Tresdwell Roubiel
Lvong
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