Dispatch-News urges party unity in senatorial race
The Dispatch-News advises keeping hands off the state senatorship contest while backing Senator Elkine as the Republican nominee and fearing Democratic gains if Republicans split. It praises Congressman Woodyard as state party chairman and predicts greater victory under his leadership.
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Parkersburg
Elkins
Elkine
Cer'auty
United States Senate
Woodyard
Republican State Committee
Final Encampment Hopes For Peaceful Close In Minneapolis
The fortieth annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment opens with business sessions and camp fires as many veterans and relatives wish this to be the last gathering due to age and infirmity. A Pennsylvania Bucktails survivor arrives with a worn badge. Governor Johnon and Mayor Jones attend tonight's public camp fire. Parade plans foretell about 15 000 veterans marching two miles at 10 o'clock tomorrow.
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Minneapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
Penneylvania
Pennsylvania
Army of the Potomac
Jotneon
Jones
Glass workers vote to strike over pay by check
The Tygarte Valley Glass Company workers voted to strike to protest payment by check. They demanded cash payments, arguing discounts and cashing delays. An agreement allowed cashing at the bank at a set payday hour, and the men returned to work.
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Tygarte Valley Glase Company
A Dazzling Effect in 18th Century Illumination
A historical note contrasts 1727 London coronation lighting praised by a French visitor with a vivid 1859 Denver welcome for the Overland Mail. It describes lantern lit streets, chandeliers, and a dramatic torch-delivered procession, followed by Burma’s courteous reactions to a bucking pony incident on a colonial road.
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Westminster Hall
Denver
Overland Mail
Pony Express
Siver
Junior Society fundraiser plans bell for new church
The Junior Society, given permission to raise funds, sells aluminum trays and port cards and stages a Lawn Fete on Thursday night August 16 at Mr Shomaker’s Beech Street lawn. Proceeds fund a church bell with ice cream cake and fudge for sale.
Taylor County Teachers Institute Opens Soon at Hien School
The Taylor County teachers institute will begin the 27th of the month in the Hien School building. Prof Cmngo of Wheeling and Dr Sanford of Pennsylvania lead the instruction, with Rev L Queen and his family receiving a large farm and garden product donation from Dr EL Love of Seamatineton. Ernest L Love and Co hardware ads appear on the Sentinel front page, as the firm promotes its services through local columns.
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Teacher's County Institute
Thie County
Hien
Thie City
Cmgo
Wheeling
Thie State
Sanford
Pennsylvania
Keystone Tate
L. Queen
Dr. EL
Ernest L. Love and Co
Sentinel
Wall Daily
Grafton
When Paris Was Dirty and Inherited Memories
A collage of historical notes on atmosphere and life without air highlights how plants, water, and animals rely on the atmosphere for food and survival. Anecdotes recount inherited memories linked to Roman ruins and a magistrate's court alibi about a nighttime lullaby.
Chinese Cologne and Egyptian Perfume Parallels
A historical notice compares Chinese fragrance habits with ancient Egyptian cosmetics. It notes Chinese women carry small fragrant gum bags and cites recently unearthed jars at Pyramida as examples of cosmetics used by Egyptian princesses resembling modern scents worn by Chinese nobility.
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Pyramida
Federal Building Site Bid In Gratton Wyne Va
Proposals due August 2 1906 at 2 pm for sale of a suitable centrally located site in Gratton Wyne Va for a Federal building. Hammered jet size about 12 by 40 feet. Must include land map showing streets alleys grades and foundation quality. Improvements must be removed within 30 days after notice. vendor pays title and conveyance costs. Right to reject proposals reserved.
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United States
Gratton, Wyne
Fed
Grafton
W. Va
Treasury
Washington
D.L
Notice to Creditors of Elizabeth Trader deceased
Creditors of Elizabeth Trader deceased are notified to present their claims against the estate for validation. Claims must be filed with the commissioner or at the county office by August 27, 1906, under a decree of the Circuit Court of Taylor County. Witness J Frank Wilson, Clerk, July 3, 1906.
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Taylor
Enid
Ewid
Ford
Ea County
J. Frank Wilson
Mid Court
Peaseye
Letters On Privacy And Snakes In Australia In 19th Century Text
A collage of notes discusses postal letter privacy and government rights, Australian aboriginal snake catching, the role of machinery in society, a French wedding feast, and the currant as a nutritious food. It blends reflections on law, technology, culture, and diet with several vivid anecdotes and quotes.
The Tall One Wrongly Locked In A Lunatic Asylum
In Augers a mayor ordered a gamekeeper and a butcher to escort a madman named Legrand to St Gemines asylum. They drugged him after finding him lucid, leading to a mistaken detention. A telegraph spelling error misled officials, and only three days later was the mix up found.
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Augers
Legrand
St. Gemines Lunatic Asylum
le Grand
Thaen on Friendship
A craftsman of ideas argues that true friendship is costly and fragile. He notes that investing life’s capital leaves little budget for friends. The expensiveness lies not in favors given but in duties left undone, which stifles intellectual growth. He addressing George Brandes.
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Thaen
George Brandes
Tax Reform Vindicated in Tucker Co
Aug 15 Tucker County shows higher valuations under new assessment. Personal property rises to 2.945 million and real estate to 5.552 million, with Western Maryland and Dry Fork railroads valued at 2.531 million and 221 thousand respectively. Levy remains 1 cent, while 1904 figures show lower bases and higher relative taxes, illustrating the new tax law benefits and expected burdens on corporations and farmers. The piece cites United States Leather Company, Blackwater Lumber Company, and captation tax figures to argue the reform aids industry and reduces overall tax burdens for many, with only a few large concerns paying more.
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Parsons
W. Vas
Tucker County
Asseserr Haller
Western Maryland Railroad
Board of Public Ware
Dry Fork
West Virginia Central Railroad
Maryland
Clase
United States Leather Company
Davia
Glefor
Blackwater Lumber Company
Davie
Stave
Pitable Plight of a Preston Family Seeks Liberty
Judge Dayton and Attorney Showalter directed US Commissioner Boyd to arrange habeas relief for the Metheney women held on whiskey law charges. They were granted release to return to Rowlesburg until September for federal grand jury proceedings. The family includes Mrs Maliesa Metheney, her six month old, a two year old, Stella age sixteen and mother of a two month old. The older woman cried and feared separation from her children while jail officials guarded them, and authorities praised the release as restoring dignity and mental steadiness.
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A. G. Dayton
Aceletart Dietrich
Showalter
Metheneys
Ohio County
United States
George E. Boyd
Stepe
Rowlesburg
Federal Grand Jury
Maliesa Metheney
Stella
Kingwood
Man Vanishes From Life With Carbolic Acid In Monongah
Lauren W. Dawson a machinist for Fairmont Coal Company in Monongah West Virginia died by swallowing about five ounces of carbolic acid at midnight. despondence noted by friends. wife and stepchild at 753 Main Street. coroner will hold inquest. undertaker dispatched. Dawson 42. big town sensation.
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Fairmont
West Va
Lauren W. Dawson
Fairmont Coal Company
Monongah
Dawson
Tie
Main Street
James A. Riedy
D. L. Snede
Mary Shriver
Gaston Avenue
Ata
Prosperity Seen Rising in Barbour County
A Fairmont West Virginia report touts Barbour County’s transformation over twelve years. Mortgage-free farms, revived coal mines, profitable cattle and grain, and growing local markets mark broad prosperity under Republican policy. County residents read journals and attend institutes, with party allegiance shifting from Democratic to Republican.
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Barbour County
Barbour
Fairmont West
Miscreants Burned Church Organ in Preston County
The Preston Leader reports that unknown saboteurs removed the Oak Grove M E church organ in Portland district on Monday afternoon, saturated it with oil, and burned it. The act is described as among the county’s most outlawed, with advocates for swift justice for the offenders.
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Preston County
Preston Leader
Oak Grove M. E
Portland
Preston
Young Man Dies in Freight Train Accident at Paw Paw
William Butler of Keyser West Virginia was fatally injured Sunday noon while attempting to board a westbound B and O freight at Paw Paw. His right arm was severed and his head severely crushed. He died within minutes. Butler, eighteen, worked for Allegany Orchard Company at Paw Paw and was the son of Harry Butler. He is survived by two brothers, Charles and Stover Butler, and a sister, Mrs Katherine Butler. Remains were taken to Keyser. funeral arrangements not yet set.
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Burma
William Butler
Keyser
W. Va
Paw Py
Butler
Allegany Orchard Company
Paw Paw
Harry Butler
Charles and
Stover Butler
Katherine Butler
Tak Keyser
Pice
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