Voters face corporate candidates in Second District race
A Mor gantown Post editorial urges voters to resist corporate backed candidates while praising local civic projects. It critiques City Council for overburdening the street commissioner with cemetery duties, notes neglect of the cemetery due to weeds, and champions a $10,000 YMCA gym addition funded by local donors to boost youth work and community facilities amid broader West Virginia city comparisons.
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Sexton
Sexton Wright
Joseph Plum
Plum
Voters reject bridge bond plan for Morgantown
In Monongalia county a special election last Saturday rejected a $45,000 bond issue to build a new river bridge at Morgantown, deeming the existing structure unsafe. The piece notes the county’s wealth and willingness to risk damages by keeping the dangerous bridge.
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Monongalia County
Morgantown
Rambler quotes sparks in Grafton mayor issue and WV politics
The Rambler cites a Sentinel paragraph on the Clarksburg mayor donating treasury funds, defending the mayor’s use of fees as city service. It urges West Virginia voters to send higher quality legislators to Washington, praising Hubbard and Sturgiss as ideal in Congress if no changes occur.
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Grafton Leader
Sentinel
Clarksburg
Grafton
Harmer
West Virginia
Washington
Dayton
U. S. Court
Jos. Gaines
Hubbard
Sturgiss
Congress
National Congress
Tax Law Reforms Shown To Ease Farmers Tax Burden
Guardian Pinkney Eddy settlement highlights 1904 and 1905 tax differences in Clay district. Under new law the farm and small property owners see substantial relief, with 1905 taxes for Eddy down 33 percent from 1904. Predictions arise that oil firms and big corporations will face higher taxes as West Virginia leans Republican by a large margin in November.
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George A. Baker
Pinkney Eddy
Goldie Michael
Clay District
Thin County
Eddy
Schooi
Gyscape
West Virginia
Guoxae C. Baxen
Painful Eye Injury Delays Young Lady’s Atlantic City Trip
Grace Lake daughter of Mrs Byrd Lake on Dewey avenue West Side suffered a painful eye injury when an apple struck her eye from a nabouring yard. Dr Suddarth cautioned, but prospects now favor sight recovery. Lake, a Bonafield store employee, planned a trip to Atlantic City but must postpone.
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Daily Sentinel
Grace Lake
Byrd Lake
Dewey Avenue
West Side
Suddarth
Mise Lake
Bonafield
Atlantic City
Local society notes from Fairmont and Grafton
Morning notes from Fairmont and Grafton reveal Mrs Catherine Whitman visiting her daughter Mrs John Shafferman on Columbia Street for a few days. Miss Ora Newman from Independence attends the State Educational Association as a guest of Mire. LW Roberta Clarcane Blom of Baltimore spent Sunday with a friend in the First ward. William Shatter and a cousin returned from a short visit with a treat at Grafton.
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Fairmont
Catherine Whitman
Grafton
John Shafferman
Columbia Street
Ora Newman
Independence
Roberta Clarcane Blom
Baltimore
Epent Sanday Wising
Firet Ward
Wiattouan
William Shatter
Treate
Trial of Harry Thaw After Madison Square Garden Shooting
New York June 27 reports show Harry Kendall Thaw refusing to discuss motive after shooting architect Stanford White on the Madison Square Garden roof. White lies dead as Thaw is taken to the Tombs, with wife Evelyn Nesbit sought by police and awaited for questioning.
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Larry
Kendail Thaw
Stanford White
Madison Square Gardden
Thaw
Deese
Tenderloin
Evelyn Florence Nesbitt
Gramercy Square
Delafield
Longfellow
Joseph H. Choate
Horgblower
Ynan
Aime Thaw
Harry Debes
Sym
White
Rome
Pittsburg
Marfin
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Mort
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Cleveland
Ohio
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Marry Thaw
Citie
Witte
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Jeffersom
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Patrol Wagorm
Bowdi Quarters
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