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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1900
Page
2
The piece argues prohibition tickets will make little impact this year and condemns trusts as the driving force behind prices. It notes Bryan support in West Virginia, Croker’s alleged NY influence, and a local tale of a Shepherdstown merchant boycotting Democratic stores. It contrasts public sentiment with trust-backed politics and cites Philippine costs and profit.
A local employer near Shepherdstown allegedly coerces workers to back McKinley using threats and spies, prompting calls to resist surrendering principles. The piece cites Crawford bicycle works as a cautionary tale and links labor coercion to broader 1900 era political tensions. It also notes heavy casualties and discouraging reports aboard the transport Sherman returning from Manila. Bryan's campaign stops in New York and West Virginia draw large crowds, while a Hagerstown chinaware buyer vows to cancel if Bryan is elected.
An old newspaper notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Cascarets laxative, claiming deafness from blocked Eustachian tubes can be cured with the remedies and offering a $100 reward for any catarrh deafness case not cured by the Catarrh Cure. The ad lists Toledo, Ohio as the company location and markets pills with money-back guarantees.
In Martinsburg last Saturday night Democratic and Republican colored clubs held lively meetings. Washington clubs wagered on the 1900 election, planning to parade with donkeys or elephants draped in crepe depending on McKinley or Bryan’s victory. A gambler claims two elephants may appear. Elk Horn resident M F Stultz sent a left hindfoot graveyard rabbit to Mr Bryan as a mascot, mirroring a prior gift to Grover Cleveland, tied with a blue ribbon by Miss Ella Hawkins, seen as a supposed omen of Bryan’s luck.
A fragment notes forest use and paper consumption, warns about dwindling wood supply, and mentions a patent medicine for stomach issues. It also describes mail delivery expansion in Berkeley County with Route No. 4 from Martinsburg, listing carrier Louis Langhammer and a 25 mile, 100-house route.
Short ad style article notes kidney trouble affects both genders, causing mental and physical decline in children and adults. Promotes Swamp Root as remedy with testimonials and offer of free sample bottle. Also reports John Sherman died in Washington at 77 after long health decline with public service career. Includes Bucklen's Arnica Salve testimonial and pricing.
A roundup of obituaries and incidents including John N. Stine of Rohrersville dies at 77, Col Richard Johnson of Cumberland, B F Newcomer donating 50000 to Washington County Library, Charles Payne killed at Cherry Run, and Michael Riordan resigning from B&O detective post. Also reports on a fire destroying the Standard Stone and Lime plant at Dickersons, land sales near Charlestown, a Wood Rolling Mills tragedy in McKeesport, multiple Berkeley County marriages, a political beating at Ellicott City, the Hagerstown fair attendance near 52000 with profits to cover debt, a teenage suicide in Hagerstown, a fatal shooting in Logan County, a West Virginia lawyer killed in a political quarrel, a physician suicide in Newburg, and advertisements for health tonics and remedies.
A Huntington dispatch reports Walter J Swanson and his wife Walter J Swanson welcome triplets at 4 p m and an hour later Mrs Howard E Swanson bears twins. The village of Breed en, West Virginia, recalls a past twin couple Dorothy and Parthenia Freemap who wed within three weeks after their first meeting. The community, visitors, and candidates for governor figure into the curious events as baptism and godfather roles unfold.
The Morgan Messenger editor Mr. SS Buzzerd, Republican nominee for the 7th legislative district, is active in Berkelely Springs. He has run a successful newspaper, holds a bank directorship, and serves on multiple civic boards while promising fair representation in the Legislature.
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