Jefferson County Telephone Company Promotes Farm Service
An advertisement extols telephone use for farmers as essential for self preservation and local connection. It argues 5 cents a day buys comfort and profit, offers a postal or two-call visit to sign up, and notes the service is owned and operated by local interests with long distance reach via the Bell system. General Manager H C Getzendanner and Secretary T Lee Shirley are listed.
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Bell System
United States
H.C. Getzendanner
T. Lee Shirley
Braxton D. Gibson
B. F. Langdon
Gerard D. Moore
A. M
Morgan
W. L. Gibson
C. W. Henshaw
G. E. Baghes
B. P. Langdon
Geo. W. Shull
John H. Bishop
Eugene Shugart
Jefferson County
Munsen
Aveniean Baisxans Association
Cook
Jaletta Price
George Ledbetter
Jaletta
Price
Ledbetter
Frank Kern
Cumberland
John Napp
Dusella Napp
Benyon
Bell
Halifax
Witnew
Election Notice appoints Jefferson County election commissioners
State of West Virginia Jefferson County issues notice naming commissioners and challengers for November 8 1908 election across numerous precincts from Shenandoah Junction to Harper's Ferry. Appointees include Jas W McGarry DeWitt Strider Martin Kelley Clayton Haroes Logan Shutt and other named officials. Voters are informed of voting places such as White School House Shenandoah Junction Court House Charles Town Duffields Middleway Kearneysville and more. The document lists precincts 1 3 4 5 and Harper's Ferry District with polling locations and staff.
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West Virginia
Jefferson
Lot
Said County
United States
White School House
Shenandoah Junction
Jas. W. McGarry
J. ¥. Blackford
Jno
W. Irvin
M. W. Burr
J. A. Housenfluck
Court House
Charles Town
D. A. Phillips
DeWitt O. Strider
M. Hanes
Martin Kelley
Charles Maxell
Heidwohl Building
Clayton L. Haroes
W. S. Morris
W. F. Baker
Charles J. Foals
Charles Snowden
Charles P. B. F. Dook
Jamon Orton
8. G. Johnsn
Price Viand
R. G. Johnson
Kaceot Young
Free White School House
Kabletown
Logan B. Shutt
Chas. E. Harris
L. O. Waiters
G. M. Rissler
Frank Craaleton
Rippone
Wm. Wilt
John L. Burns
H. Higginbotham
J. Ed. Wilt
Robert L. Withers
W. B. Conrad
J. H. Myers
John W. Roberts
Geo A. Gruber
Middleway
Watson
M. K. Bowers
Chall i
Kearneysville
E.D. Campbell
J. H. Blackford
M. 8
Duffields
J. B. Osbourn
J. O. Link
John Ruse
W. A. Link
O. Hoffmaster
Moser's
A. P. Reinhart
Geo
M. Knott
J. D. Derr
D. F. Koonts
Lester Athey
James Schoolcraft Eberman
Roynty Dean
David A de Armond
Miscouri
These are things that shine like gems in fortune diadem
A long, fragmented column blends poems with assorted anecdotes and notices. It recounts a political debate at Bedford Springs about bank deposits, a Paris miscommunication tale, household remedies and endorsements, a cornea graft news item, a shopkeeper weighing tale, a found treasure of 1800s gold coins, Pompeii excavations, and various personal anecdotes and advertisements.
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Pompeii
Taft cited for framing workers as servile tools in rail dispute
The article discusses Judge Taft allegedly reducing railroad trainmen to peonage by backing a policy that keeps locomotives and cars idle without workers. It quotes Mr. Sargeant arguing the judge overstepped constitutional bounds and threatens sovereign state rights, comparing conditions to sale at auction and urging action against such rulings.
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Frank P
Inne
United States
Cominion
United
County of
Lala
Jecter
Trusts and finance stir public anxiety over employment
A late report rails against trusts harming schooling and jobs as fathers struggle to find work amid rising living costs. It notes New York savings data show more accounts opened than closed, with deposits down and withdrawals up. The piece links trusts to broader economic unease and cites Wall Street Journal figures on corporate profits and directors sharing ties across industries.
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Enil
V4 Board of Education
Echoul Dunery
Berause
New York
York
United Aoutes
Wiz Gwethe
Bryen
Wall Street Journal
Interna ‘Sonal Harvester
Te Flarrepto? Company
Tii
Soup Poise and Treasury Tales From Early Press
A fragmented historical item references Mr Shaw and soup policy amid financial panic. It mentions Brew and a debate over public aid, with critics and officials sparring about economic measures and political stances in a bygone era. Names and places appear in garbled form, reflecting OCR-era confusion.
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Tatt
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J. W. Ott
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Milton Kohler
Jewelers and Opticians
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Leman
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Harrison Scatry
Jefferson Savings Bank
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Jos. B. Vanmetre
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H. J. Marshall
K. E. Billmyer
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RB. R. Smith
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Bank OF Charles Town
Isaac H. Strider
G. A. Porterfiel
John C. Burns
Juo. A. Washington
J. J. Wysong
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G. A. Porterfield
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Sherman
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Soup Pouser
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