Graft and political corruption discussed in 1907 editorial
The Sentinel Editorial condemns graft suspects around Auditor Scherr and notes Mountain City campaign funds. It discusses Daril Powers linked to Kentucky Goebel case, biased trials, and local tax and bank fund losses affecting Taylor County and McClure Lumber funds in 1907.
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Scherr
The
Sentinel
Taylor County
Fairmont
West Virginia
Mountain City
West Virginian
Grafton
Marion County
Coal interests visit Fairmont for potential development
A delegation of Wheeling capitalists from the Fairmont Coal Company arrives to inspect holdings from the Ohio River to Belington with possible plans to extend development toward Philippi. The visit underscores anticipated expansion at the Barryburg mines and other regional output increases.
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Baltimore
Fairmont
Fairmont Coal Company
Ohio River
Belington
Philippi
Barryburg
Wairmont
Few Fit for Marriage Editors note in South Carolina
A South Carolina editor remarks that the state legislature contains few married men, and after inspecting both houses concludes the girls did the right thing. The comment reflects a humorous take on marital status among lawmakers.
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South Carolina
Lontaville Herald
McVicker and Family Visit Brother in Law Weekend
McVicker Ashford and Michael McVivier visited their brother in law seventeen miles from home Saturday and returned Sunday evening. BF McVicker, badly cane truck a week ago, is recovering. A picnic of the M E Sunday School is planned at Webster on the first Saturday in Angust. Mrs A M Moore, ill with fever, shows some improvement. There has been good attendance at the Beehurel from the river goat Cecil.
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Ashford
Michael McVivier
BF McVicker
M. E
Webster
Sweet Melody Flour And Bird Superstitions In Old Sailor Lore
Ancient marine beliefs linked birds to future events as oracles. Sea birds warned of storms or calms, sailors hung swallows to read winds, and fetishes tied birds to luck. Tales mention petrels under wings, kingfishers repelling moths, and culls signaling luck based on winged cries.
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Sallora
Cleopatra Death by Asp Story Questioned in Historic Review
A historical critique questions the tale that Cleopatra died by an asp bite in Octavian's triumph. It argues she did not die from venom but likely from other causes or self infliction. The article casts doubt on the asp legend and the accompanying statue symbolism.
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Cleopatra
Hetue
Octavius
Antony
Caret Aucustus
Silly Vandalism and Lottery Scraps Cited as Crime
Government officers and lottery magnates wrecked a large deck of tickets from the eighteenth century marking a crime like act. The National Museum is urged as the repository for relics of civilizaton. Sweet Melody Flour appears as a stray line in the old clipping.
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National Museum
Deaf dogs rare in Cleveland say vets
A Cleveland veterinarian with thirty five years' experience says he has never heard of a deaf dog and notes inquiries with other vets found no cases. The claim challenges the idea that dogs can be deaf and unable to hear prowlers, with occasional deafness in horses and cats but not dogs.
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Wheeling Ktowister
W. N. Millar
State Supreme Bench
Cox
Dawson
Sanders
Ake
West Virginia
Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Mohammedan Oath in Courts
A description of the silent Mohammedan oath used in courts where the right hand rests on the Koran and the forehead touches the book. The official asks if the oath binds the speaker to truth and the response is Tam. The practice has been abolished in India in favor of affirmation.
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Mohammeiian
Tam
India
Egotistical M. P. Wisdom Wars And Public Manners
The quoted pieces lampoon parliament members as egotistical yet charming in lobby chats and widen the satire to public behavior. A Fry’s Magazine quote urges cultivated restraint and dignity, contrasting gambling rooms and loud talk with Sir Galahad’s ideal of a sane mind and healthy body.
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Tattercall
Galahad
Fry
Baseball Bloodies Smith Then He Died On Second Base
Mrs. Chugwater quotes a newspaper claim that a man named Smith was pounded all over the lot and died on second base in the next inning, noting baseball’s cruelty. The line humorously blurs fact and fiction as she reads aloud.
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Josiah
He Is Wasting Time Says Man Finds Easier Way
A witty remark questions why a man wastes time on fools when a woman can do it faster, suggesting efficiency by delegation in a humorous aside.
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Cale Powers
Senator Goebel
Kentucky
Powers
Daylor
Ft . O
McClure Lumber Company
E I. Jove
Commonwealth
Continental Fire Insurance CO
New York
Starcher & CO
M. & M. Bank
United States
Uts
U. S. Government Depository
M. Ps
Balkans
Melody
Lexington
Pacific
Arkansas
Yes
Atlantic City
N. Yv
Young
Palace Pier
Superior
Paul C. Rosecrans
Marietta
Tygart Valley
America
Tygart Valley Brewing CO
Tygart Valley Brewing Company
Edison Phonograph
Ivincent& Burke
Jarrett
Cate
Geo. H. Workman
Ever Eook Lee
Latrobe Street
Grafton, W, VA
Victor
P J
H.C. Compton
Victor and Edison Talking Machines
Records & Supplies
Opera House
W. VA
Dorothys Dodd
Oxford
Dorothy Dodd
H. C. Compton
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