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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
2
Editor Snyer wartimes column comments on Roosevelt Congress and trust issues. It criticizes tariff policy and the surplus, mocks drink industry politics, and discusses Philippine and Danish West Indies ahead of a Congress session. Mentions Hanna Mansfield and Wellington with speculation on elections and naval policy.
The address to Congress covers many topics with no dramatic proposals. It urges strong federal supervision of interstate corporations, especially where monopolistic elements exist, and suggests a possible constitutional amendment if Congress lacks power. The message endorses reciprocity, tightened immigration, naval expansion, irrigation and forest preservation, and maintains adherence to the Monroe Doctrine while outlining plans for a modern cabinet post and civil service merit. It also notes efforts in the Philippines, Hawaii, and a transisthmian canal.
The Henry A. Poffenberger farm of 138 acres near St James in Washington county sold to Jacob Friend for 75 dollars per acre. Martinsburg merchants plan a syndicate to buy Berkeley county lands for vast apple orchards. Several local deaths and marriages noted, plus a near train wreck and a new hotel planned at Grafton.
An Year s Guide promotes Hostetter s Almanac 1902 edition printed in multiple languages with over eight million copies. The Native Herb Drug Co offers nature s remedies and Proof Tablets for female complaints.
An old advertisement compares grainfed horses to grassfed, claiming Scott's Emulsion enriches a child's diet like grain for a horse. It promises increased appetite digestion stronger flesh red blood and growth, urging readers to request a free sample and buy the product at drugstores.
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