Taylor County mass convention for Republican delegates
A mass convention of one sep voters of Taylor county West Virginia will meet at Gratton courthouse on April 28 1900 at 1 pm to select delegates to the Republican State Convention in Charleston and to a Senatorial convention for the 11th District. Representation based on one vote per 100 votes for McKinley in 1896. Charles Preston Ward announces candidacy for State Senate in the Republican nomination.
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Taylor County
W. Va
Court House
Gratton
Charleston
McKinley
BK. Bail Floyd Waller
State Senate
Taylor
Pri
Monongalia
Chas. Preston Vard
Mrs Dewey Changes Religion to Episcopal Then Converts
The Chicago Record notes Mrs. Dewey's religious journey from Presbyterian roots through Theosophy and Catholicism to rejoining the Episcopal fold. She attended St John’s lectures with her husband while a vestry member and was elected a patron at an Episcopal cathedral foundation chaired by Phoebe Hearst. Admiral Dewey declines comment.
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Dewey
Presbyterian Church
G Hazen
St. John’s Parish
Iety
Bellamy Storer
Spain
Keane
Catholic University At
Washington
St Paul's Catholic Church
Father Mackin
St. Paul's Church
St. Paul's
St. John's Episcopal Church
Tenny
T We Episcopal Cathedral Foundation
Phoebe A- Hearst
Cago
Horses in Demand Boost for American War Horses
Foreign armies seek American horses for British cavalry in South Africa and Boer forces, amid looming price rises. German needs also push imports, while U S dealers anticipate military demand, expecting steady exports of horses and other goods as global shortages rise.
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South Africa
Lord Roberts
Europe
Grman
Tasta
United States
Georgia plantation of Col. John Vance praised
Col. John Vance of Clarksburg reveals a large Georgia plantation planned to grow cotton and peaches this year. The 700 acre estate features a 30 acre peach orchard with 4,000 trees, described as one of the finest northern Georgia properties.
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John Vance
Clarksburg
Georgia
Georgis
Resignation of West Virginia University President Dr Raymond
The West Virginia University has faced months of public attention over the resignation of President Dr Jerome H Raymond after three years of rapid growth. The piece notes opposition from factions, calls for moral standards, and the Board of Regents actions, while stressing Raymonds impact and urging unity to build a strong state university.
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Parkersburg State Journal
West Virginia University
Jerome H. Raymond
Raymond
Board of Regents
Raytfiend
Dr. Raymond
Elamete Tech
TY Dias
Yiund
Educ Y
Atkinson
Morgantown
Ray
Rimond
State Journal
West Virginia
Generau
Nume Buea Sons
Miners Wages Advance Amid Prosperity Echoes
The region reports broad wage gains for coal miners as of April with Pinnickinnick raising car rates to cents, Despard miners plus 7 cents per ton to 40 cents, Adamston up 5 cents per car, and John A. Clark at Bridgeport increasing digging prices. The article credits the era to national political leadership and booming commercial activity.
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Rts
Pinnickinnick Company
Despard
Adamston
John A. Clark Company
Bridgeport
Fire destroys Clarksburg planing mill and yard
A Sunday fire at the Clarksburg planing mill owned by R. T. Lowndes, Jasper Pew, and Alexander Duff burned for about thirty minutes before discovery. The mill, machinery, and lumber yard were a total loss valued at thirty five thousand dollars. J. F. Osborn's Sons machinery shops and the Goff house were saved despite fear the Consumer's Ice Company stables would ignite. The cause is unknown, worsened by exploding lubricating oils.
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Clarksburg
R. T. Lowndes
Jasper Pew
Alexander Duff
J. F. Osborn
Ice Company
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Fray
Mrs. Dewey
Blaney
the State Univ
Klein’s
Oxford
Vienna
Kleins
Bernhold
Latrobe Street
Grafton
Wetmore
Grafton Drug
Elgin Creamery
Rogers
Washington St
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West Main St
Knottsville
Thornton
Main Street
West Main Street
Firstcome
Ernest L. Love
M. Hardman
Grafton, W. Va
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