Election results and Prohibition Boost Highlight 1913 Wins
The November elections give Democrats sweeping gains nationally, with Wilson administration support strong in New Jersey Maryland Massachusetts and New York. Tammany Hall loses power in New York City while Blair Lee wins the Senate race in Maryland. Prohibition gains traction with Methodist Men endorsing national prohibition and the Anti-Saloon League. Maryland reports rising insanity linked to liquor and calls for abolition of saloons to curb the trend.
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Wilson
New Jersey
James F. Fielder
Maryland
Blair Lee
United States Senate
Senate
Bryan
Lee
Massachusetts
Wilson Democracy
David J. Walsh
New York City
Tammany Hall
John Purroy Mitchel
Mitchel
Washington
Murphy
William Sulzer
New York
State Senate
Tammany
Virginia
Newton Baker
Cleveland
Ohio
Washington County
United States
Parran
Scott Lorbert
Rexford Hartle
Otto W. King
E. R. Darby
Barry M. Hartie
Indianapolis
National Convention of
Methodist Men
Anti-Saloon League
Methodist Church
Sharpstown News items and community notes
Local items from Sharpsburg mention deaths and family moves including the death of Mrs. Sallie Highbarger in Roanoke and interment in Hagerstown. Residents are noted visiting relatives in Baltimore Harrisburg and Washington with election turnout details and political visits by Blair Lee. A letter to the editor laments press coverage and a 1913 obituaries note and a political scene includes voters listing and a community transit.
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Sallie Highbarger
Emanuel Hir
Roanoke
Hagerstown
John Davis
Aaron Showman
Baltimore
Frisby Smith
Sarah Showman
Henry Swain
David Hess
Harrisburg
Our Town
Blair Lee
Frank Highbarger
Cumberland
Win, Shaw
McClellan Renner
Walter Stouffer
Bomert
Globe Prtatin
Miner
Peter Remsburg
Martin Hine
Burns Side Bridge
Mr. Hine
Charles Painter
Georgetown
Harry Tucker
Carlisle
Anticlain Iron Works
James Seaman
Washington
Benjamin Jackson
Carl Smith
Wm. Crim
Harry Jackson
Frisby Smit
Hancock
W.F. Smith
Lester Smith
Biz Pool
Thos, Reel
Bloody Lane
Reel
Samuel
Just Ready to Drop Women Rescue by Vinci Remedy
Misa Lea Dumas of Ma Lone New Jersey writes she was run down for weeks but two bottles of Vinci put her on her feet again and made her strong. Vinci cod liver oil and iron remedy sold with satisfaction guarantee. If it fails, money returned. Also Saxo Salve for skin troubles from Owens and Miller, druggists. Shepherdstown West Virginia.
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Misa Lea Dumas
Malone, N. J
Vinci
P. S
Owens,& Miller, DruGoists
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Income Tax Law changes and 1914 returns details
The new income tax law known as sec 7 of the October 3 1913 act is now law. West Virginia residents with net income over 3000 must file a return by March 1 1914 for ten months of 1913. Married filers gain an extra exemption. deductions and exemptions for ten months apply. Contact Collector S A Hays at Parkersburg for blanks. The act requires withholding on salaries over 3000 from November 1 1913 and adds a 1 percent tax on incomes 20000 to 30000 with higher rates above. Dividends and interest withholding rules are outlined. Notes include November 1 1915 effective date for source tax. Magistrate Harry S. Thompson of Martinsburg has been seriously ill in a New York hospital after an alleged knockout and robbery.
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West Virginia
Collector of Internal Revenue
Marcel
S. A. Hays
Parkersburg
W. Va
Harry S. Thompson
Martinsburg
New York
Deeds Not Words Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement
Local testimonial from Shepherstown resident Mrs. Carrie Muck credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing backache and kidney trouble two years ago and claims no recurrence. Advertisement urges readers to request Dean's Kidney Pills, noting Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo as proprietors and the slogan When Your Back is Lame Remember the Name.
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Dean
Shepherdstown
Carrie Muck
River Road
W.va
Fortune Selling Easy Money Scheme Exposed Ad Copy
A fragmented promotional pitch promises easy wealth by selling a sample shaving outfit and related goods. It touts hollow-ground razors, a web razor strop, shaving brush, a bone razor, and Williams' shaving soap with total value around 5.25 dollars. The ad urges sending 100 dollars for the outfit and guarantees refunds if not satisfied while also noting popular cigars by Owens & Miller.
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Pendleton
Richmond Pearson Hobson
House of Representatives
Captain Hobson
Mit
Register
Sharpsburg News
Washington, D.C
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Old Shepherdstown
McChan
Kansas City
Missouri
Waynesboro
Frederick Girl
State OF Ohio
Tolado
Lucas County
Frank J Cheney
FL J
A.W. Gleason
Hall
F. i Cheney & CO
Deugeists
Little Valley
Ernest G. Louden
Wrought-Iron Range Company
St. Louis
Russell Hotel
Ellington
N. Y
Mida Buroughs
Nellie Endaugh
Edith Gilford
Lowden
Hhe North
Scott
Mason Marshall
Billager
Towit
Jacob Rush
Margaret Marshall
German Street
Tages Verve
Swift
CE 'S. Butler
Lome
M. Weller
Frederick
J. W. Weller
P.N. Brillhart
Doan
Boc
Fin Opportunity
Mercer Sales CO
Box 475
Owens & Miller
Nyal
Robert Gibson, Seana Ee Eae
Milton Kof Jewelers
LER & Sons
Opticians
Kauttes Trading
Sheamerston
Harper
Cherry Thin and Potomac Walter Railroad Company
Imber Sd
Knott
Beltown
Jefferson Security Bank of
W.J Knott
A. V. Polack
W. Washington Street
JO L. Walper
W. Ware, Jr
Waterman Bette
Hill’s Pharmacy
Shepherdstown, W. VA
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Burhan’s
Kohler Building
Alexander & Cooke
Charles Town
F. W. Myers
Lester Bros
Are
West Washington St
London
Kirschbaum
Yungfelo
Royal Tailors
Browning King, & Co
M. G. Tabler
N. Queen Street
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Wooltex
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