Republican Ticket slate for county and state offices
Voter slate lists candidates for Congress-Jas A Hughes Cabell. Court of Appeals Ira F H Robinson W N Miller L J Williams. State Senate L W Holmes Summers. Sheriff I J Ellison. House of Delegates W P Haw ley R C Lilly. Prosecuting Attorney A M Sutton. Clerk Circuit Court W B Honaker. Clerk County Court E L Bowman. Commissioner County Court Davis Thorn. Assessor Geo P Hylton. Surveyor Forest Walker. Justices of the Peace E P God bey J L Kersey. Board of Education G A Shirey. Constables W H Pennington F C Haley.
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Congress
Jas, A. Hughes
Cabell
Court of Appeals
Ira F H. Robinson
W. N. Miller
L. J. Williams
State Senate
L. W. Holmes
Summers
I. J. Ellison
House of Delegates
W. P. Hawley
R. C. Lilly
A. M. Sutton
W. B. Honaker
E. L. Bowman
West Virginia links stir ticket talk and poll tax woes
The piece notes Senator Dolliver as a West Virginia native and discusses contrasting views on Swisher and Scherr. It cites 1,200 Democrats and 200 Republicans in the Ninth Virginia district failing to pay poll tax, while praising Menn’s platform committee role and sending best wishes for Governor Dawson’s health.
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Dolliver
West Virginia
Lee, Scott, Wise and
Dickinson
Virginia
Political perfidy of Owid 8 Hill and Bryan
The North American notes political treachery amid party shifts with Geo C Clausen of Peerless Coal and Coke citing Benedict Arnold level betrayal. An old Democrat questions the Bryan era damage and predicts continued humiliation as party lines shift amid heated public discourse.
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Philadelphia North American
Geo. C. Clausen
Peerless Coal and Coke Company
Vivian
North American
United States
Benedict Arnold
Dave Hill
Bryan
Democratic Party
Bryan Wain
Story of Dave Hill election plot unfolds in 1880s New York
An unnamed narrator claims Grover Cleveland refused to preside over a political rally in New York, saying the incident involved Dave Hill and George Clausen. The tale alleges Hill manipulated brewer George Clausen and his 52,000 votes to influence the Cleveland Harrison campaign, with internal committee pressure at the White House and Madison Square Garden.
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Princeton
Grover Cleveland
Dave Hill
Otters
Hill
Europe
Benjamin Harrison
St. Martin's
George Clausen
Clausen
New York
H. Clausen & Sons
Democratic National Committee
New York State
Cleveland
Henry Watterson
Madison Square Garden
White House
Washington
Beav er Pond District Justice of the Peace Candidate
GEO L DILLAPD announces candidacy for Justice of the Peace in Beaver Pond District pending Democratic convention action. He seeks party nomination and support to serve the district as a local official.
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Justice of the Peace
Beaver Pond
Geo
L. Dillapd
Candidacy Declared for Justice of the Peace Post
A candidate announces run for Justice of the Peace pending Democratic convention support and asks party members to back their bid.
Presidential clash over Mercer county clerk choice quoted
The passage recalls a Democratic convention scene as President Cleveland rebukes a party faction over support for a Mercer county clerk candidate. The Hill Clausen vote shift helped Harrison win New York by about 30,000, aiding his presidential victory amid party tensions. The remark mocks David B. Hill and his boast that Bryan wrecked the party.
Beware the Woman Debating Challenge Ends in Victory
Tlarrington university students vote eleven to ten to duel Pocahontas college girls in a campus debate. A mixed committee is chosen and the terms are debated amid pranks, with Miss Barbour exposing a ruse and the girls winning the match. Abbott marries Barbour later that year.
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Tlarrington University
Pocahontas Colleges
Messrs
Abbott
Dexter
H’arington
Barbour
Everett
Turner
Harrington Club
Pocahontas Club
Pocahontas University
Mr. Abbott
Miss Barbour
Miss Everett
Parington
Miss Turner
Abbot
Pocahontas
Puritan Era Names Echo A List of Virtue and Valor
In Puritan times it was common to hear names like Weep not Billing Ki-Shin Pimple Fight-the-Good-Fight White Meek Brewer Earth Adams Stand-Fast-on-High Stringer More-Fruit Fowler Good-Gift Gynaloges Fear-Not Rhodes Be-Courteous Reach Seck-Wisdom Hadley reflecting virtue and resolve.
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Weepnot Billing
Ki-Shin Pimple
Fight
Fight White
Meek Brewer
Earth Adams
Stringer
More-Fruit Fowler
Rhodes
Hadley
Train Schedule From Page Deepwater and Matoaka
On weekdays trains run from Page to Deepwater and Matoaka with morning and afternoon times. Sunday service mirrors weekday routes with departures from Page and arrivals at Deepwater and Page. Connections at Deepwater to Chesapeake and Ohio and at Matoaka to Norfolk and Western railways.
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Deepwat
Eccles Maben Mullens
Herndeom
Matoaka
Deepwater
Chesapeake and Ohlo Ry
Matoaks
Norfolk and Western Ry
ADSIT
Lee Norfolk
Virginia
Local Lodges Schedule All Tonight Through Week
Secret society notices list Bluefield 4 Lodge No 250 meeting Tuesday at 8 pm in Rea Men's Hall. Bluefield Lodge No 85 A F and A M meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at Masonic Hall. Lodge No 153 Knights of Pythias meets Mondays at Castle Hall 8 pm. Carpenters Union No 976 in Bluefield meets Saturdays on Bland Street. Trustees J Gibson J Willis J Nunelly. 6-16-1mo.
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Bluefie
Rea
Bluefield Lodge No. 85
A.F &Am
Masonic Hall
Princeton Ave
Bluefield Lodge No.153
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Old Masonic Hall
Carpenters and Joiners of America
Union No
Bluefield
W. Va
Hell
Hearn
Bland Street
J. Gibson
J. T. Willis
J. T. Nunelly
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Hugh Ike Shott
Daily Telegraph Printing CO
Associated Press
Daily Telegraph
Swisher
Scherr
Menn
Dawson
Wong
Old North
Owid
Geo. Clausen
Southern
Ohio
Ansted & Burk&co
Springfield
Democratic Convention
Thentis
M. B. Postlewaite
Mercer County
Pve
R. H. Bailey
Harrison
David B. Hill
Care Telegraph
Virginia College
Roanoke
Moniguerite
Lee Thompson
Bramwell
R. L. Graham
Rogers Street
Monroe Street
Union Clothing Co
Apply
Union News Co
Summit
South Bland Street
Mousehold
J. L. Patton
Altamont Hotel
H. C. Peery
Bethel
Tory
Destrait
Dearest
Budscribe
The
Coloyure
Merth Deanieea Ave
Columbus
Princeton Avenue
R. R. L. Speal
AML
Worfolkewestern
Norfolk
Shenandoah
Pullman
Hagertown
Richmond
Pullman Sleeper
Lynchburg
Shenandoah Valley
Philadelphia
Gary
Kenova
Cincinnati
Tazewell
Nort’ A
Clinch Valie
Norton
Clinch Valley Division
Welch
Williamson
Norfolk and Western Railway
W. B. Bevill
Pte
Pawwee
Ian
Sway
Secret Society News
Wee
United States Geological Survey
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
United States Navy
Castner, Curran & Bullitt
C.C. B. Pocahontas
Oeed
Fenedelphia
Broadway
New York City
N. Y
Congress Street
Reston
Kelly & Moyers
Snd
S. M. Smith Insurance Agency
L. G. Toney
Edward Cooper
H. C. Donaldson
Sec
M. Smith
Kelly & Moyer
ED G
Lazarus Club
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company
Wm.mccarthy
Eng
R & Sup
Cc. G. Betelle
Cashier
Ulloch
General Insurance
Treas
Insurance Ageny
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