West Virginia debated coal tax proposal on gross receipts
The editorial questions a proposed production tax on coal and gas. It argues for taxing property value rather than gross receipts, contending coal’s fixed value and regional factors justify heavier tax on property. It defends the coal industry’s role in state development and criticizes the measure as unfair. It notes state guard and city charter amendments as related issues.
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Tluse
West Wirginia
Altai
Ana
Military commissions limited to guards drivers
Fragmentary report notes military guard members only may hold commissions as drivers. Text hints at broader policy changes but is garbled. Mentions legislative bodies and a Charleston Mail source. Contains unclear details about civic classes and election matters.
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Mittiary
Charleston
Automobiles and headlines spark puzzled chatter
A jumble of quoted editorials from multiple papers includes mockery of editors urging cash, jokes about a girl’s giggle during a chat, and a fantasy chief paid 310,000 weekly to lead a wild west show as newspapers mock public figures.
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Loch
Pittsburg
Doubtful U S Supreme Court ruling on wallpaper case
The fragment notes a New York Sun line about Senator Davia and others idle in the press amid a Supreme Court decision for the Continental Wallpaper Company. It hints the ruling may be a hard blow for trusts and mentions a controversial courtroom scene.
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Davia
Denna
New York Sun
United States Supreme Court
Continental Wallpaper Company
Silk Sale Taffeta at 98c a Yard
Wide black taffeta offered, 32 inches wide, priced at 98c per yard. Elegant rust ling taffeta advertised as a world roaming silk, with claims of guaranteed wear and availability to back the statement.
Exceptional yard wide black silk sale price
This ad promotes exceptionally good quality yard wide black taffeta and black silk at 69 cents per yard, claiming wear is guaranteed and lower than the usual 1.15 per yard. It touts the silk as the best yard wide black silk ever sold in the state.
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Clarksburg
Watts/Lamberd Co
Silks and shades offered at 79c per yard sale
New silks and shades listed include Shades Linen Pongee Garnet Wine Wistori Copenhagen Alice Cream Resada Canard and Navy Blue. These fabrics are marketed as best bargain value at 79 cents per yard with claims of handsome quality and all the latest colors.
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Wistori
Copenhagen
Silk Ribbons and Petticoats Sale Ad
This ad promotes wide all silk ribbons in multiple colors at a sale price of 15 cents per yard for a Saturday night. includes Black cotton taffeta Petticoats cut large with deep flounces offered at 69 cents. features Linen Buster Brown collars sizes 12 to 14.
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Alee
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Beng
Wensral
Talesram
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Fender
Sue
John W. Davis
R. S. Douglass
Waar
Connellsville
Airazel
Chicago News
Uniontown Merald
Uniontown Herald
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Watts-Lamberd Company
Madras
BANK
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RT. Lowndes
Geol. Duncan
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Tress
Fecent
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