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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1905
Page
2
The Daily Telegram is available at Pike News Company on Pike street Bone's News Stand on Pike street Glen Elk Hotel News Stand Jackson's News Stand in Glen Elk Waldo Hotel News Stand Traders Hotel News Stand.
The piece argues the Republican rise to power faced antiquated tax laws unjust to moderate means and undertook a reform to create a better system. It defends the main tax laws, criticizes Democrats for failing to act, and questions rival editorials on railroad and land assessments while urging timely bridge and infrastructure maintenance.
The Fairmouth Times, known for its claimed truthfulness, is questioned for bias as it presents disputed statements about Democrats. The piece implies selective reporting and prompts scrutiny of editorial integrity and factual accuracy.
The court jailed two boys for six months and fined fifty dollars each for damning trains and for carrying unlawful weapons. One boy, Mic, had a gun and knives and carried a veritable arsenal. Morgantown papers question the sentence, while the Telegram supports tougher penalties as corrective. Public sentiment grows for new tax laws, though Democratic editors doubt their political gain.
A long list of individuals and titles appears in the text, including B F Holden Guas Hickman Mrs Julia Holden J J Haynes Miss Anky Honaker Mic Ovie High land W E Harris and many others. The document also mentions S C Denham P 3 and a series of names across professions and titles.
List of unclaimed Jetters in Clarksburg West Virginia post office advertised August 7 1905 including Frank Boland Carullo C Buino M Burroughs John N Berlin Mrs Mary Belford Mrs Mattie Bryan Mrs W Bailey Miss Ton Davis Tolirer Denning Mrs Trodie Duncan G W Davis Miss Nellie Davis M Dougherty Sarah F Dailey E D Emey Miss Martha Fowler Miss Mary Flowers S D Feaster Ferguson Instruction Co George Green Fountain Green James Gill Miss Marguerie Green
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