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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
2
The Shepherdstown Register quotes political chatter on Taft, Bryan, and Roosevelt era figures. It notes Morgan’s backing of the Republican ticket, debates over vice presidency, and comments on religion and unity, plus editorials urging temperance and reform influences amid state convention shifts. It also mentions a Wheeling murder sentence and Thea W Lawsen’s letter offer.
The Republican convention in Chicago nominated William Howard Taft of Ohio for president and James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York for vice president. Taft won on the first ballot with 702 of 930 votes amid Roosevelt opposition. Sherman’s nomination is linked to corporate interests. Taft’s background includes judge roles, Philippine governor, and Secretary of War. Sherman is a Utica banker and long-time congressman noted for party loyalty. The piece criticizes local political maneuvering and remarks on a potential state senate candidate and infighting within factions.
An advertisement touts Hall’s Cavarrh Cure with a $100 reward for an incurable deafness case from Cavarrh. Also notes May immigrant arrivals to New York harbor at 25 983 and two Naples to New York steamships suspending trips due to business, with patient testimony for Foley’s Kidney Remedy and a Hill’s Pharmacy endorsement.
The report reviews the estate appraisement of J N Camden at 5 707 330 dollars and notes a murder by Dominic Arabella of Piedmont. It mentions Clarkeburg postmaster removal, Homer W Williams replacing him, and political clashes in Swisher’s campaign. Also covered are a deadly family tragedy in Jackson County, Lt Litt lefield’s role in the debt litigation, Central City mound excavations near Huntington revealing a 6 foot 8 inch skeleton, copper bracelets, inscribed wood, arrow heads and stone hatchets, with scholars interpreting the relics.
Daniel Mathews aged 24 known as the most bashful man in Illinois again dodged marriage vows last Sunday night at his church with Mia Mary Frazier. He repeatedly avoided the altar over two years, promising to wed yet fleeing before the ceremony. Miss Frazier remains willing to try again. The item blends with a medical ad for Dr King’s New Life Pills and a fire loss report about Three Rivers Quebec.
Notices from Clarke and Berkeley counties include the drowning of W. Harvey Hill in Baltimore, a second Berryville newspaper slated, and local incidents such as a Martinsburg dog poison case. Marriages, indictments, a failed Martinsburg baseball effort, a hospital operation, and a railway station fire loss are summarized with regional names and dates.
A list of visitors from Washington who attended Sunday excursions to Antietam battlefield is followed by notes on local residents. Among those mentioned are Emory Staubs Earl Coffman Frank Cox John Johnson Robert Benner and others. Also reported are visits to boarding houses family illnesses child deaths from cholera infantum and whooping cough and community events at Lutheran Memorial Church and nearby homes.
The Shepherdstown Camp of Confederate Veterans and United Sons mourn the death of Charles Merrell a member of Company B Second Virginia Regiment Stonewall Brigade. He served with distinction in the Stonewall Brigade and was a genial companionable comrade. A copy of these resolutions will be entered in the camp records sent to his family and published in Shepherdstown papers.
A twenty year wealth sentence is claimed by a person from Le Royseille N Y for Bucklens Araloe Salve said to cure bleeding piles. An ad for Dr Shoops Magic Ointment promises piles relief with a free mail trial. Harrisburg reports a rise in divorces with 31 applications in one week. Seventeen passenger trains on the Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania Railways have been removed due to lack of patrons.
Shepherdstown markets list wheat prices at 0.44 and 0.35 per bushel for longberry and No 2, corn and oats with unclear units, hay and butter prices, country hams and shoulders per pound, lard per pound, potatoes per bushel, plus a dividend notice. The OCR text is garbled with multiple misspellings and damaged entries, but preserves the core pricing and the presence of a dividend notice.
The Daily Register offers a campaign rate of 81.00 for addresses outside Wheeling and a cheaper weekly option of 25 cents through election day November 7. The notice also promotes Shoop's Nightmure and Shoop's Mighty Cure suppositories with a women’s health booklet.
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