Taft era turmoil and West Virginia politics tale
The Shepherdstown Register reports on Taft's political trouble and shifts in West Virginia, noting a spluttering Roosevelt boom, Republican factions, and warnings about Fifth District corruption. It discusses tariff inaction, pension bills, and the Tax Commissioner’s fight against local rings, with indictments against Denham and Langs spotlighting Clarksburg politics. The piece underscores party rifts, prosecutions, and calls for reform in Harrison County.
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West Virginia
Tax Commissioner's Office
Harrison County
Clarksburg
Sherman C. Denham
Hubbard
Denham
Taft
Scott
Hitchcock
John G. Lang
A. A. Lang
Christmas Socials and Local Happenings in Shepherdstown
Mrs G L visiting relatives during holidays. Box social at Methodist Hall netted about $30. Railway trip stories. Thomas Reel and family visiting. mustering in of Veterans noted. Local fights with banditry at parsonage, moving picture show, and box social planned for January 1. Christmas services listed across churches, visitors in town, and upcoming Dixie Comedy Company at Family Theatre starting Monday.
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Methodist Church
K. of P. Hall
Tommy Houser
Washington
Kentucky
Hagerstown
Thomas Reel
Reel
Irene Rohrer
Jacob McGraw
James Seaman
Paul C. Dulin
Martha Reilly
Olly
Lutheran Church
Reformed
Nellie Wyand
Antietam
K. of P
Bethesda
Southern Methodist
Avilla
Louthan
Shepherd Grade
St Ibstine
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Hundreds in Shepherdstown
A local advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as the best remedy for backache nervousness dizziness and depression caused by kidneys not filtering blood properly. Mrs. Sarah Custer of Shepherdstown praises relief after using the product bought at Hill's Pharmacy. Also notes 10 000 bass and other fish were moved from the canal to the Potomac river with carp distributed nearby for food.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Dean
Shepherdstown
Sarah Custer
W. Wa
Doan
Hill
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
U. S. Fish Commission
Potomac River
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Charles Dickens
Mr. Taft
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Rankin Wiley
Hughes
Mingo
Wyoming
Russia
Martinsburg
Uncle Sam
Owens & Miller's
Sharpsburg
Sons of Veterans Camp
Antietam Battlefield Camp
Joseph Monroe
Peter
Mack Moore
Child
Brunswick
Berryville
Gertrude Marshall McCormick
Marshall McCormick
Thomas Marcus Reynolds
Clarke County
Liquor Reid
Allen B. Noll
Noll
Kinsey B. Creque
Mr. Noll
Royal Cafe
Charles A. Westenhraver
Turner Hall
F. A. Martin
F. W. Powell
Colonial Hotel
George T. H. Baker
John Pp. Creque
Creque
Wilbur Thurston
C. L. Keller
Episcopal
Presbyterian
Kearneysville
Uvilla Southern Methodist
Shepherd
Dixie Comedy Company
Family Theatre
Fletcher
Castoria
Peruna
Tiss Sulla Arlows
Julla Marlowe
Farmers Bank
E. Rush Turner
J. Phillips
Emn
L. E. Combs
Wardensville, W
Maxwell Cars
Maxwell
Cos Maxwell
Ixtra
Maxwell Ma
Scotte
National Highway Garage
W. V
Leiter Bros
Hagerstown, Ma
Washington St
P. S
W.L. Jones
Martinsburg, W. Va
Kranich & Bach
Behr Bros
Behning
Waldore
Janssen
Cameron, Stoddart
Cable & Sons
Behning, Waldorf and Cable & Sons
Dagmar Hotel
Moler Music House
Marlineburg
Crevesville
Wth On
Stark’s
A. V. Polace
E. D. Bowly
W. Va
Owens & Miller
W. Washington Street
Stockholders’ Meeting
E.T
Pertheron Fae
Fobery
Aucinneers
Deda
Nottman
Holiday
Burhans Millinery
Burhan’s
Kohler Building
SFE
Sra
Spanien
Christmas Greetings
Erry
Milton Kohler & Sons
Jewelers and Opticians
W. AU
A.m
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Sachs & Company
Cacress
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