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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1909
Page
4
Reads like a damaged OCR fragment with scattered figures such as four dollars for six months and a few stray phrases about Thursdays and Mary Fringes Butts. No coherent event or entities to confirm.
A long critique discusses President Roosevelt and Senator Tillman of South Carolina, focusing on their harsh language and public conduct. The piece argues the president’s approach is necessary to curb vituperation, while noting Tillman’s replies are equally caustic and revealing in their political context.
The piece describes continued Democratic criticisms of Wage Coffman amid alleged deceitful tactics and coordinated opposition. It notes Coffman and supporters facing accusations of misuse of office and improper political influence, with the article indicating evidence presented in a morning briefing.
The Telegram discusses political advertising length, platform adoption at primaries, and anti-tuberculosis/white plague efforts in West Virginia. It notes legislative plans, calls for support, and highlights figures like Houston G. Young and Senior Sutherland as potential state officials. The piece also covers the need for effective lyceum programming under church or educational associations.
The text discusses a political rally calling for earnest civic duty and public welfare. It questions why previous raids yielded no results and anticipates a forthcoming meeting where participants will exercise patriotism and defend state welfare.
A scattered column reviews editorials and opinions on Edison storage batteries coal mine safety cocaine and morphine laws and party pledges. It notes expected legislative action to protect miners and critiques authoring bodies, including the Charleston Gazette Wheeling Intelligencer and the Wheeling Register in a broad early 1900s press landscape.
A Wheeling News column expresses farmer anger at the shift to selling squish by weight rather than head count, arguing the practice benefits financiers and bale factors like wealth and price similarity. It suggests the agricultural community faces opposition from financiers while noting farmers remain economically stable.
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