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Newspaper
Salem Times Register And Sentinel
Location
Salem, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
4
The notice outlines pricing for subscriptions with terms of one year nine months and three months, each priced at $1.00. The source presents a compact rate chart, indicating a simple tiered option for readers.
The Roanoke World laments poor roads and rural mail service urging Roanoke County to repair highways to keep rural delivery routes. It cites Sullivan County bonds and warns Uncle Sam may cut routes if Roanoke delays. It notes Taft visits and a tense political climate amid highway funding debates.
The Richmond News Leader notes the Republican national convention's cheers for Roosevelt were brief and that a later allusion drew forty five minutes of applause. Observers suggest delegates were instructed to break applause records, a deliberate display of enthusiasm.
The piece surveys hostile reaction to James Sherman, labeling him a trust former and grafter. The New York Sun condemns him as indecent and corrupt, while the Philadelphia North American calls him a respectable mediocrity and a pliant Cannon aide. It argues Taft’s election would preserve the next four years under the government’s current power structures.
Discussion spreads after Farewell county Clerk sent a bill of 1719.04 for certifying copies of treasurer lists of poll tax payers from the prior three years Roanoke county Clerk charged under one twentieth for a similar service Roanoke’s lower fee prompts scrutiny of the law's application and fairness in Farewell county
A fragment from the Philadelphia Inquirer features a playful exchange where a speaker asks Bertha if she loves the speaker first, and Bertha retorts that all men are tedious and repeat the same question.
A B Pugh now assistant Attorney General of the United States has led several successful land fraud prosecutions for the government. About a million dollars in land value increases have been restored to the government, with congratulations from government officials including former Interior Secretary Hitchcock. The cases are noted as among the most complex in U S jurisprudence.
The nation mourns former President Grover Cleveland who died suddenly at his Princeton New Jersey residence. An official medical statement cites heart trouble amplified by long standing stomach and kidney ailments. Cleveland aged seventy one had recently improved after a Lakewood stay and will be buried in Princeton Cemetery beside family members. He served as governor of New York and as the twenty second president, married Frances Folsom in the White House, leaves a widow and four children. A separate Virginia anecdote from the Republican convention rounds out the piece with a rescinded chair incident.
In another column the Radford celebration advertises horse races riding tournament baseball games hog auction sale pony and stallion exhibits and an all day band concert. Make arrangements to go there.
By mutual consent the firm of Aliff and Co has been dissolved. All indebted, or claimants, are directed to settle or present claims for settlement to Hwe oamfe de smeanas 6 18 0842.
Houston dispatch reports a mob near Hemphill Sabine county killed nine African Americans after two white men were slain by blacks. A chain of killings followed the Dean incident and Johnson dinner table shooting. Five hanged and one shot at Hemphill. two more negroes found dead at a creek. Price who claimed to kill Johnson and the man he named were taken to Beaufort under guard. Sabine county described as remote with limited rail and telegraph lines.
In Roanoke yesterday Frank West and Mary Parksdale wed at the bride’s mother’s Crystal Spring home. Emmett Hampton and Mary Alma Dyer married at the latter’s county home. she is the daughter of J. A. Dyer, he a Galax stenographer. Dr. C. E. Seara sent two bear cubs to Mountain Park Crystal Spring for Roanoke Salem children, Willie named for Mr. Bryan and Teddy for the donor originator.
A coffin drummer visiting Salem noted the dull economy under the blue Republican administration reducing work on railroads and public projects. He argued fewer accidental deaths from work and less drinking lower coffin sales, with panics negatively impacting the coffin trade as well.
Classified note from C. B. LeFew at 209 Academy Street Salem Virginia selling a good second hand buggy very cheap. Date noted 6 25 08 11.
The county almshouse farm was offered for sale at auction last Friday and was knocked down to Mr. W. B. Tinsley for 11400. Tinsley represents another party and will likely transfer upon sale confirmation. Officials planned to buy a smaller farm for almshouse use, as anticipated bids hovered near 12000.
An auction will be held on July 4 at the Radford fair grounds in Radford Virginia for Berkshire hogs from representative stock farms in Virginia and West Virginia. Read the advertisement in another column.
A historical price list shows items such as apples peaches peas corn and tomatoes priced in cents. Also listed are canned meats cheese chocolate condensed milk coffee pots coal hods and various kitchenware including pails pans and tubs. Items denote affordable household staples with low cash prices typical of the period.
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