Democratic Convention Planned in Keyser Second District
The Shepherdstown Register notes a Democratic Executive Committee order for a convention at Keyser Mineral County on August 25 1886 at 11 am to nominate the party’s Representative for the Fifty fifth Congress. Counties are urged to appoint delegates based on Democratic voters. The piece also covers local editorials on Wilson’s candidacy and critiques of mass meetings and office seeking.
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West Virginia
Keyser
Mineral County
United States
W. Dailey
W.S. HarMond
Coxness
Jefferson County
Charlestown
William L. Wilson
Jefferson
Wilson
Maxwell
Congress to adjourn amid claims and political jibes
Washington letter notes Congress will likely adjourn next Monday amid talk of judicial reform, private claims, and bribery risks. Mentions Canailian fisheries, Sir Charles Dilke, and President Cleveland's absence from public streets as well as overseas tensions and local weather impacts on crops. Also reports Japanese Prince Fushimi’s arrival, Public Printer Rounds resigning, and Cyrus W. Field’s libel case verdict.
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Washixnton
Messrs
Congress
Washington
Secretary of State
Down East
Lichfield
Connecticut
Martha Randall
Lockwood
The
Star
Cleveland
White House
Mid Road
Adirondack Mountains
New York State
Fushimi
State Department
San Francisco
Rounds
General Rogers
Buffalo
James G. Blaine
Portland
Maine
New York
Blaine
United States
Niagara River
Fortress Monroe
John Chamberlin
Cyrus W. Field
London
James G. Bennett
Bennett
England
Field
Meteor Falls Near Grafton Wisconsin Startling Harvesters
In Ozaukee county Wisconsin near Henry Diedrick’s barley field a meteor struck the earth, burying itself deep in the ground a short distance from harvesters. A large crater three or four feet wide was left and many scientists visited the scene as attempts to reach the object continued all summer.
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Grafton
Ozaukee County
Wisconsin
Henry Diedrick
Diedrick
Who Is to Blame for Low School Attendance
A critique argues against attacking teachers over low attendance, noting teachers stay daily, prize punctuality, and that laws require equal pay for equal qualifications. It urges trustees to encourage parental attendance, questions tax-cut rhetoric, and highlights a district table showing only about half of school-age children enroll or attend regularly, with Edgewood cited as an example where 57 school-age children yielded 33 enrolled.
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Sial
Edgewood
Cldren
School attendance and teacher pay spark district debate
A long discussion notes that in Lemen district 68 school age residents yielded 49 enrolled and 21 on daily roll. It argues large enrollments require many children and that low attendance prompts salary cuts, calls for district consolidation, and warns against devaluing capable teachers. The piece urges fair pay to attract and retain skilled educators despite underfunded districts.
Mens Wear Our Own Make of Ready Made Clothing
Readable ad copy outlines an economy men’s wear shop offering ready made clothing at low long-term cost. It lists piece goods suits hats boots shoes collars ties shirts drawers stockings and handkerchiefs as available merchandise.
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Shepherdstown
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Mr. Wilson
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New Haven
Willie Kehoe
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Philadelphia
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Miss
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Winchester
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Baltimore
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Frazier & Bishop
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Globe
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Cleon Moore
Edward Tearney
Thos, Briscoe
John W. Coleman
Julia A. Coleman
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Wm. Phillips & Lone
George W. Anderson
Georg W. Anderson
T. C. Green
Jefferson County Building Association
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Shepherds, W. Va
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