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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1908
Page
4
The Daily Telegraph Printing Co publishes the Very Morning except Monday edition from 6 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia.
The notice lists Taft and Sherman as presidential and vice presidential candidates, Swisher for governor, Reed for secretary of state, Durst for auditor, Long for treasurer, Conley for attorney general, Shawkey for state schools, Hughes for Congress, and several judges and local officials. It blends ticket details with commentary on city hall, railroads, Cuban elections, arbitration, and Cabell County contest affidavits amid party faction debates.
The Charleston based report details the committee’s records on county contest seating. It notes unanimous or near unanimous votes in Cabell Harrison Greenbrier Braxton Hampshire Monroe and Wetzel, with Swisher and Scherr factions contesting seats and Swisher delegates seated in most cases.
A vintage ad asserts deafness, caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, can be cured by constitutional remedies. It offers $100 for any deafness case due to catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
In Parkersburg a Sheppard-Bias delegation clash shaped the contest with county factions Old Liner led by Sen H S White opposing the County Ring. The unit rule favored Swisher while Scherr failed to gain majority. Ohio county and Putnam county contests were debated with Hearne and Swisher factions advancing.
Governor Dawson orders a statewide election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1908 to fill the unexpired term of deceased Attorney General C. W. May. Proclamation to be published weekly in each county newspaper for four weeks. Seal and signatures follow.
Governor Dawson orders a statewide election to fill two vacancies on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. The July 1, 1908 proclamation calls for voters to elect two judges at the next general election after the first Monday in November, to serve the unexpired terms of Frank Cox and Joseph M. Sanders, ending December 31, 1916.
Norfolk and Western Railway announces 8 30 a m Roanoke to Nor folk and Shenandoah division service with Pullman sleepers to New York and Philadelphia dining and parlor cars. Additional trains run to Roanoke Lynchburg Richmond Norfolk and West routes with sleepers and cafe cars. Tickets and maps available from W B Bevill G P A.
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