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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1921
Page
11
In Washington lore, EW Pettus ages 82 recalls a late poker night with the OCGannon crowd. He returns home, slips into bed awkwardly, and Mrs Pettus notices his discomfort at dawn. Her quip about removing his hat exposes the comic image of a sleep deprived senator.
A collage of odd vignettes shows a wife joining the League of Women Voters after a threatening husband tears up a document, a rookie on guard groans at a Moses joke, a touring lecturer questioned by a buyer, and a humor piece on bilious attacks. An Ohio legal notice and local ads for medicines follow, including Hall's Catarrh Medicine and Burdock Blood Bitters.
A fragmented notice asks about a farmer selling 3 700 bushels of wheat at 2 50 a bushel and computes the return. The text also contains an ad line for Castoria and a stray classroom remark about a school teacher and a boy, plus a garbled phrase automobils.
Crossett operates with a clever bidder strategy to outmaneuver rivals in the leather market. The town’s approach caused prices to rise on high quality hides while maintaining steady supply, signaling strong local demand and strategic pricing.
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