Grafton edition rails at saloon policy and gas taxation
The Morgantown Post-Chronicle reprints Grafton reporting on Brinkman opera house praise for the play America and strong opposition to a model license law. It analyzes gas as a taxedless state resource and criticizes Charleston forces, Governor elect Meace, and party pragmatism shaping West Virginia legislation ahead of 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Brinkman Opera House
Grafton
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Glasscock
State House
House
Senate
Morgantown Post-Chronicle
Signs of Prosperity and Economic Revival
James J. Hin predicts a spring business revival in the United States acknowledging slow recovery due to panics damage. Western building activity is cited as a tangible sign, with financiers Hill Harriman Schwab and others forecasting an early resumption of mill and factory operations within months, challenging pessimists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Hin
Wheeling Register
Hill
Harriman
Schwab
Advance of the Hen Poultry Show Promotes Progress
Parkersburg just concluded a successful poultry exhibition praised for its impact on industry and agriculture. The Taylor county event showcased diverse breeds, impressing attendees and highlighting the hen’s role in local progress. The Sentinel also reports on Bailey gas bill re introduction in the last legislative session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Ehew
Taylor County
The
Sentinel
Fearless preacher gives opinion on Peruna remedy
A series of letters from clergy and families praise Peruna for catarrh of the stomach throat trouble and general health. Rev J T Peeler of Hendersonville S C swears by Peruna for his stomach ailment. Rev H W Tate of Cincinnati reports throat spasms resolved by Peruna. Mrs Dukes credits Peruna with her husband’s recovery and their child’s renewed vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T-Peeler
Hendersonville
S.C
Perana
Pérana
Brief Commentary on Almanac and Newspaper Consolidation
Clarksburg Telegram argues for brevity and efficiency in print. It urges drummers to seek free Peruna Almanac for 1909 and favors state co operation, exchange editors, and fewer newspaper names after consolidations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Farmers Call For Expanded State University Training
Two Harrison county farmers in Morgantown praise the winter course for farmers at the State university and urge many more county farmers to attend. They insist farming is a business needing trained leaders and that university instruction should be the main department of the agricultural school, not a side issue, to raise standards and profits. They call on the state press to spread the message so next winter see broader farmer participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State School For Farmers
Harrison County
State University
Morgantown
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Department of Agriculture
Call for new agronomy building at state university
Farmers and citizens urged urgency for a college of agriculture facility at the state university. Professor Shaw emphasized soil and land resources as West Virginia’s true wealth and urged lawmakers to fund a top quality building to support agricultural education and research. The college already does vital work but lacks suitable equipment and space, with regents seeking legislative authorization this session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
College of Agriculure
Shaw
West Virginia
Te College of Agriculture
Morgantown Post-Chroniele
Hyphenated WV Newspapers Spread Across Cities
West Virginia papers now run under hyphenated names after several ownership changes. If trends continue Morgantown and Huntington may see new papers like the Afternoon Dispatch Chronicle News Telegraph Gazette and the Morning Times Post Courier Herald Tribune Express, creating buyer uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Morgantown
Huntington
Dispatch-Chronicle-News-Telegraph-Gazette
Times-Post-Courier- Herald- Tribune- Express
Lire
New Kind of Farmer In West Virginia Prohibition Debate
Morgantown Post notes farmers fear revenue loss from statewide prohibition and potential tax increases. They will decide on the prohibition amendment when given a direct vote, urging lawmakers to keep promises to let citizens vote and to explore legitimate revenue sources beyond liquor profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown Post
Charleston
West Virginia
Senate
Cure for Hard Times Says Confidence key to Prosperity
A well known businessman told a newspaper man that dwelling on hard times worsens them. He argued that finance and industry are stabilizing and that confidence is vital for progress. Mindset shapes outcomes, he warned, with experiences often turning real through belief and suggestion.
Influence of the mind on danger and injury
The passage discusses how the mind affects perception of pain and danger. It notes people dread surgery or tooth extraction and may not realize injuries like a broken limb occurred during intense excitement. It suggests a belief that if everyone minds their own business, problems will resolve.
Solons Debating State Law Needs and Young Senators
In a Capital discussion, West Virginia lawmakers critique state facilities and rail access, while Senator Blue extols common law as a remedy to wrongs and opposes overreliance on special statutes. Senator Grimes makes a debut opposing the Johnson pistol bill, with Coffman, Johnson, and White weighing in as seasoned debaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Blue
Senate
West Virginia
Pocahontas
Senato Blue
Ohio
Wee
Virginia
Grimes
W. C. Grimes
Cameron
Charles Coffman
Clarksburg
Johnson
White
Tunnelton Quiet After Shootings as Boswell Explosion Shocks
Tunnelton W Va Jan 26 quiet prevails after Friday and Saturday shootings. Hearing waived to March term. Boswell Pa branch mine explosion sparks Telegram rush to electric superintendent J S Martin. Company insists non union workers remain, boosts mine staffing, while calls for plant reactivation and local action continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunnelton
W. Va
Martin
Merchants’ Coal Co
Boswil
United Coal Company
Logan
United Coal Co
Boswell
Dcals
Pearly Fts
Tyrconnell Mines Community Notes
Aunt Minnie Winter tends Izie Jones through illness. Maidie Nestor has quinsy. Mat Jones moved to Grafton last week. Dixon Goodwin starts as Rosemont store clerk and will occupy Jones residence. A Martinsville baby dies. funeral at Bailey church. Rev. Chipps officiates. Walter Reed buried baby at Astor with Rev. Chipps. Several residents visit Cornelius Bailey’s home. Edna Menear visits Rosemont store. Bob Smith family moves to Mrs. Morrison’s house. Thom as Smith ill with pneumonia. Ladies Aid Society of Bailey church to meet at M L Shields home next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maidie Nestor
Mat Jones
Grafton
Dixon Goodwin
Rosemont
Matt Jones
Fillmore
Alice Bailey
Bailey Church
Chipps
Walter Reed
Astor
Elizabeth Nestor
Molle P. Shields
Nora Frum
Gay Bailey
Cornelius Bailey
Edna Menear
Bob Smith
Fine Horse Radish Packer Ridenour Markets New Product
W A Ridenour known as Bunk Ridenour offers a superior grated horse radish in jars. The product is fresh, attractive, and guaranteed under the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act. No adulterants are used and orders can be placed with Mr. Ridenour.
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W. A. Ridenour
Bunk" Ridenour
Ridenour
Bunk
Inhuman Mother Abandons Infant in Park Irk Resort Story
Parkersburg West Virginia reports a three month old baby left in a house of ill fame by a Wheeling woman identified as Bertha Fast. The child died yesterday and the mother has disappeared with unknown whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Wheeling
Bertha Fast
Glasscock backs prohibition plan to pass senate
Governor-elect Glasscock, back in Morgan town, says prohibition amendment will pass the senate and be submitted to the people. He estimates 22 votes in the upper house and a large majority in the house, with state officials and lawmakers united on honoring party platform pledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasscock
Morgantown
Senate
Woman in Automobile Races to Save Dying Boy
In New York Harlem a 9 year old boy Charles H Osborne was struck by a car driven by Mrs Benjamin Ettelson wife of a banker who carried the unconscious child to a hospital. She stopped at a drug store to obtain stimulants and telephoned for an operating table. The boy shows signs of collapse and may recover. His mother was told the boy had been kidnapped before details emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EV. J. G. Dukes
Unitarian Church
Pinetown
N.C
Rev
H. W. Tate
Lincoln Aves
Walnut Hills
Cincinnati
Ohio
Peruna
New York
Harlem
Benjamin Ettelson
Charles H. Osborne
Widow pensions widened to cover Civil War widows
Washington on January 27 widows of Civil War soldiers and sailors who married after June 27 1890 may receive pensions under a bill favorably reported by the Senate pensions committee. The Pension Bureau estimates about 15 000 to 20 000 women could benefit once enacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Committee On Pensions
Pension Bu Reau
Clarksburg Guests Attend America Play at Brinkman
A group from Clarksburg attended the play America at Brinkman Opera House hosted by the Woman's Music Club. Attendees included Andrew Patton of Painesville visiting Clarksburg, and Mr. and Mrs. J M Harr Brooks Terrence Harr Mr. and Mrs. James Meredith Mr. and Mrs. McGovern P Q Layman Robert Cole Miss Alice Charpening Miga Bessie Boggus Ollla Robey Luther Morris and Phil Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
America
Woman's Music Club
Brinkman Opera House
Andrew Patton
Painesville
J. M. Harr
Brooks
Terrence Harr
James Meredith
McGovern
P. Q. Layman
Robert Cole
Alice Charpening
Miga Bessie
Application for Pardon for John Hargrave
Notice that on about February 15 1900s an application will be filed with Pardon Attorney Frank Leely Charleston West Virginia for the pardon of John Hargrave convicted of murder first degree at the April term 1904 in Taylor County Circuit Court and sentenced to 20 years in the West Virginia penitentiary Mrs W P Stewart of Weston visiting in the city for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Leely
Charleston
W. Va
John Hargrave
Taylor County
West Virginia
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Feanneder
Sentinel Publishing
City of
Union
Bailey
Bailey Gas Bild
Pe-Au-Nn
J.tpeeler
Tie
Morton
D. E. Dick
Sistersville
Pennsylvania
Merchants’ Protective Association
Board of Trade
Tyrconnell Mines
Minnie Winter
Izie Jones
Prohibition
W. P. Stewart
Weston
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