Sizzling Campaign Push From 14 West Virginia Counties
Congressman Sturgiss leads a vigorous drive for Taft in the Second District, highlighting industrial growth driven by protective tariffs. He cites mines schools, bureau of mines, and several public buildings while praising Gov candidate Glasscock and predicting a large Republican majority across Berkeley Morgan Mineral and surrounding counties.
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West Virginia
United States
Congressional Committee
Charles N. Friedel
Keyser
George C. Sturgis
Sturgiss
Morgantown
Congress
State University of
Monongahela
Potomac
Monongalia
Taylor
Protocon
Barbour
Randolph
Preston
Mineral
Jefferson
Berkeley
Morgan
Morgan County
Voters urged to back policies sustaining prosperity
The text urges voters to support continuing policies that fostered prosperity. It asserts no desire to reduce Republican representation in the police or state senate from the speaker's district and states that opponents have faced lawsuits, with supporters ready to back them.
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Descretes
State Senate
Immunity by Inoculation of Tubercle Bacilli
Washington December 2 That any immunity from the dread white plague must come via living tubercle bacilli was the theory presented at the tuberculosis congress. Papers by Barber of Kaas and W W Williams and G W Webb of Colorado Springs argued that immunity in animals was achieved only with living bacilli. Experiments inoculated pigs with increasing bacilli counts, and post mortems showed no tuberculosis. Rabbits tuberculous from bacilli feeding are being similarly treated to test cure.
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Washington
M. A. Barber
University of Kaas
W. W. Williams
Gerald W. Webb
Colorado Springs
Col
West Virginia and Pennsylvania Railroad Stockholders Meeting Notice
The annual meeting of the stock holders of the West Virginia and Pennylvania Railroad Company will be held at the office of the Company in Baltimore Maryland on Wednesday October 7 1908 at 11 oclock a m for the election of a Board of Directors to serve for the ensuing year and for other business as may properly arise. Miss Loella Roberts who attends the Fairmont State Normal school spent Sunday at her home in Grafton the guest of her parents Rev and Mrs L W Roberts on the West Side.
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West Virginia Business College
West Virginia
West Virginia & Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Grafton
W. Va
West Virginia and Pennylvania Railroad Company
Baltimore
Loella Roberts
Fairmont State Normal School
L. W. Roberts
Funeral of Peter Lambrecht at St Augustine’s Church
A very large funeral held this afternoon at 2:30 for Peter Lambrecht, long time Rafton resident, with services at St Augustine’s Catholic Church led by Rev Father John McElligott. Casket interred at Bluemont cemetery beside family. Also notes a merchant seeking retirement from business and social items from Flemington and Wheeling in the same column.
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Peter Lambrecht
Rafton
Chivens
Frank Rauscher
Maple Avenue
Nivenor
St. Augustine’s Catholic Church
John McElligott
Bluemont Cemetery
Lincoln Republicans Issue Public Address On Campaign Ethics
After a second conference, Lincoln Republican leaders issued a public address in Charleston denouncing past nominations as offensive to the Lincoln faction while urging voters to judge whether reforms from the courthouse movement meet the party’s aims. The document defends Arnold C. Scherr’s ticket, notes withdrawal of a contested candidate, and supports Taft Sherman GOP gains.
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Lincoln Executive Committee
Glasscock
Harmony
Lincoln
State Committee
Court House
Grant
West Virginia
Lincoln Republican Party
Charleston
Republican State Central Committee
Arnold C. Scherr
Republican Party
William B. Clasescock
Republican State Committee
Swisher
Taft
Sherman
London
Congress
Blaze Destroys Berryburg Coal Company Store
Early today a blaze swept the old Fairmont Coal Company building in Berryburg, largely uncontainable. The one story frame structure housed a meat market owned by A B Border and a barber shop owned by A M Skidmore, along with coal company supplies, with the fire likely starting from a live wire touching the roof, similar to a past factory fire.
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Daily Sentinel
Berryburg
Fairmont Coal Company
A. B. Border
A. M. Skidmore
Coal Company
Sample Ballots To Be Prepared In West Virginia
Judge Frank Cov Morgantown M G Sperry Clarksburg Elliott Northcott Huntington and A B White Charleston form the sampling ballot committee named by the Republican state committee at its jet session. The group reported growing Taft and Glasscock support across the state and planned campaign coordination with W S Allen head of the Republican league. Major Charles D Eliott Parkersburg was appointed to oversee voter registration efforts.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Frank Cov
Morgantown
M. G. Sperry
Ellott Northcott
Huntington
A. B. White
Charleston
Republican State Committee
Glasscock
W.S. Allen
Republican League
Charles D. Eliott
Parkersburg
Enjoyable Baptist Church Social Delights Baraca Class
The Daily Sentinel reports a very enjoyable social at the Baptist church in the Sunday school room of the Baraca class under its members’ auspices. Features included music, addresses, and refreshments. A cornet duet by Robert Chenoweth and Thomas Russell, an instrumental solo by Karl Byers, a recitation by George W. Lowther, a notable address by Prof. Humphreys, and a talk by Rev C L Trawin preceded a pleasant refreshment spread.
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Daily Sentinel
The
Baptist Church
Baraca
Robert Chenoweth
Thomas Russell
Karl Byers
George W. Lowther
Humphreys
Prompt fire loss settlements praised by Starcher & Co
Starcher & Co. settled two more fire losses promptly. They paid Mr. Harry Baker for the September 18 incident and J. O. Hanway for the September 26 fire in full, praising the agency for prompt attention to both small and large losses.
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Starcher & Co
Harry Baker
J. O. Hanway
Taft Campaign Visit Draws Big Crowds in Nebraska
North Platte Nebraska October 3 a large audience greeted President Taft as he left his berth and began campaign stops in Nebraska. In Gothenburg crowds swelled to about two thousand with ministers among them. Taft defended his stance on labor and corporations, contrasted farm prices with Democratic years, and drew mixed cheers at multiple stops before moving toward Colorado and on to Denver.
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Neb
Taft
Bryan
Nebraska
Mr. Taft
Gothenburg
Dan Ransdell
United States Senate
Ransdell
Julesburg
Kimball
Col
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Cheyenne
Denver
Kansas
Missouri
Dolliver
Husky Packing-House
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Jefferson County
Thomas B. Davis
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William 5. Glasscock
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