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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
6
In Ohio the wets lost ground in last week’s primary while temperance forces elected dry candidates. The piece rails against prohibition critics, praises reformers, and attacks tariffs and political figures linked to liquor interests, noting heavy anti prohibition sentiment and looming tax laws.
The Logan County deputy sheriff Hollie Smith on the way to Charles Town for a Wilburn murder trial stopped in Martinsburg. Four local toughs dragged him at gunpoint, beat him, and robbed him before leaving him half dead. Police arrested Smallel Fortney Randolph Woore Wayne Smith and George Dowlan, each held on $1000 bond pending Friday hearing. Deputy Smith then proceeded to Charles Town as a witness.
A critical review of early week newspaper reports on widespread railroad strike violence across the U S. The piece cites desertions of trains in California and Nevada, dynamiting in Portland Maine and Wichita Falls Texas, kidnappings in Channing Michigan, and riots in Las Vegas New Mexico. It argues for firm state action to protect property and life.
A local sale offers 20 childrens knit waists and blue overalls for children, plus men's worn work pants and shirts. The listing includes mens collars and blue overalls, suggesting a clothing clearance event at a neighborhood shop.
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