State institute for Taylor county farmers at Webster
The West Virginia State Board of Agriculture will hold a three day farm institute in Webster for Taylor County farmers. Experts MeIntire Moore and Working will speak on soils livestock horticulture. No charge. The schedule conflicts with Taylor County poultry show. farmers are urged to attend both events if possible.
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West Virginia State Board of Agriculture
Taylor County
Webster
Charles
MeIntire
W. Moore
D. W. Working
School of Agriculture
Morgantown
West Virginia
Washington, D. C
the Post
Swisher
Charles Swisher
Willard
Mr. Swisher
Chesapeake & Ohio
W. L. Haines
Laura P. Haines
Allen
Kansas
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Poultry Show Interest Grows in Grafton Region
Poultrymen in Grafton show rising interest in the first Taylor Gealtry poultry exhibition planned for January. Dates may clash with Webster farmers institute on January 6 and 7, prompting calls for schedule changes to allow attendance at both events. E L Blaney and Thomas Tibbetts are leading bidders, with Sentinel reporters visiting their yards to view Rhode Island Reds prized for egg production amid a mild egg shortage.
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Grafton
Taylor,Gealtry
Farmers’ Institute
Webster
E. L. Blaney
Thomas Tibbetts
Sentinel “Chicken Fanciera
Messrs. Blaney
Tibbetts
Rhode Island
Mr. Tibbetts
Mr. Blaney
Fisher Held After Warned by Prosecutor in Morgantown
Morgantown December 21 Jefferson Fisher of Grant district former insane asylum inmate returned from Westonn confinement after bond release attempt by Harvey Fisher and attorney I C Raljisnyder. Prosecuting Attorney Cramer sent Special Officer Bruce O Neill to fetch him fearing bodily harm if allowed at large.
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Morgantown
Jefferson Fisher
Grant District
Westonn
Harvey Fisher
California
Cramer
Bruce O'Neill
Fisher
I. C. Raljihsnyder
Mr. Cramer
Blackleg Disease Reaches Elkins Area
Elkins West Virginia December 21 disease known as Blackleg has spread to the Bowden area triggering vaccination of many cattle nearby. Authorities plan steps to prevent further spread as the illness is considered highly contagious among cattle.
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Elkins
W. Va
New York
Pennsylvania
Bowden
Lectures in Emporia by Colonel Clark of West Virginia
Colonel W. F. Clark of Grafton West Virginia recently lectured at a Y M C A meeting in Emporia. He is known as a notable lecturer whose addresses gain attention wherever he visits. During a Hutchinson stay he won friends with Southern hospitality before continuing to Kansas City then home.
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Grafton
W. Va
John, Charlie
P. T. Hostatler
Emporia
Clor
Hutchinson
Citer
Kansas City
West Virginia
Kan
Coal Lands Bill Moves in Public Lands Committee
Washington reports the committee on public lands referred a bill by Representative Marshall. It would deny patent rights to coal deposits in lands patented under general public land laws and strip surface rights from coal deposits in entered or patented lands. Senator Nathan Ray Scott turned 66 with a quiet celebration in Washington as eggs sell for ten cents a dozen.
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Washington
Committee On Public Lands
Marshall
United States
Roy Keener Shot In Hand May End Baseball Career
Roy Keener of Pruntytown, who has played for several leading minor league teams in recent summers, may retire from baseball after an accident to his left hand. While loading a .22 rifle cartridge at home, a shell exploded, injuring his hand near the first finger and potentially stiffening two fingers, ending his playing days.
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Roy Keener
Pruntytown
Keener
Lost a limb in accident on east bound freight train
Brakeman Sebold, 21, of Cumberland Md, fell from the front platform of a caboose while the engine and helper were clearing a siding at Independence around 4 am Sunday. His left leg was severed below the knee. He was taken to Newburg, then Cumberland, with doctors from Rowlesburg and B O surgeon Proudfoot in attendance. Conductors Knotts and engineer Baugh were in charge of the trains involved.
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Newburg
Kimble
Rowlesburg
Proudfoot
Cumberland
Young Sebold
Wey
Robert Knotts
Ineer D. A. Baugh
Lands Sold For Taxes In Taylor County 1906 Purchasers Named
List of real estate sold for taxes in Taylor County for 1906 with buyers including Ona Jefferys G. W. Ford A. W. Burdett and others. Notice explains redemption by payer within one year from sale, paying the verified amount plus interest at twelve percent per year. This record dated December 31 1508 outlines rights of sellers and heirs to redeem.
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Taylor
Pnreducer
W. P
Newal Cochran
West Virginia
Geo. R. Reynolds
R. A. Morrow
Bate
Virginia
EF Weoffman
Dofferys
W. Ford Beeler
Hanley
Jefferys
M. A. Beeler
C. Jefferys
Jed W. Robinson
A. W. Burdett
Jeef
Prohibition Amendment and Road Bills Move Forward
Charleston dispatch reports the state good roads commission in session at the state house approved three bills to create a state aid program a commissioner of public roads and a county road engineer. The unit of distribution shifts to counties and a small tax is proposed. Also Wheeling notes Theodore Alvord will lead the Anti-Saloon League legislative committee after January with petitions circulating to push prohibition amendment while local option faces possible action in the upcoming session.
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State Good Roads Commission
State House
State Commissioner of Public Roads
Gray Silver
Jefferson County
Weir
J. M. Burns
Morgantown
Wheeling
Theodore Alvord
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Anti- Saloon League
Alvord
Legislative Committee
Anti-Saloon League
Irontown School Report for December 11 1908
The Irontown school reports 18 enrolled, 17 average daily attendance, 98 percent attendance, with names including Ray Satterfield Willie Demos Roy Demos Perry Hill Fay Keener May Menear Mand Menear Mary Hill Nellie Demoss Daisy Demoss Ross Satterfield. Visitors invited. W H Hamilton the teacher. The cry of the state Democracy: Help Cash us or we sink.
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Irontown
Taray
Ray Satterfield
Willie
Roy Demos
Perry Hill
Fay Keener
May
Mand Menear
Mary Hill
Nellie
Daisy Demoss
Ross Satterfield
W. H. Hamilton
Elking renews plan to buy mound for national park
Washington reports Senator Elking has renewed a project to save the historic mound at Moundsville by government purchase and creating a park with the mound as a central feature. The plan also seeks a site for a new federal building for Mounieville and the bill has been referred to the Post Offices and Post Roads Committee.
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Washington
Elking
Moundsville
Mounieville
Captain Welch Wins Big Lantern Voting Contest
A telegram from Cumberland Maryland reports Captain Charles Welch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway won the Washington Herald lantern contest for the most popular B and O conductor. Welch reportedly received over 400000 votes with Curwens and Shields close behind. priority was given to the most remarkable contest on the line.
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Lantern
Charles Welch
Cumberland
Grafton
Washington Herald
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Shields
Kina
Personal Appeal for Foley Honey and Tar Remedy
A local advertisement urges readers to choose Foley Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung trouble. It claims the product has a forty year record of cures and warns against unknown preparations that may contain harmful drugs. Strother McFarlin.
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Foley
Strother & McFarlin
Bourne Proposes President Salary Rise to 100000
Washington December 19 Senator Bourne introduced a bill to raise the President salary from 50000 to 100000 and the Vice President salary from 12000 to 26000. The plan would take effect at the start of the next administration.
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Bourne Hag
United
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