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West Virginia Politicking in War Time Shakeups
Washington July 17 A skilled observer notes rapid shifts in West Virginia politics as candidates for governor and federal office surface. Isaac T. Mann leads for Senate while Sherman Durst, Ira Robinson, Maurice Shawkey, and O A Hood are named contenders. businessmen like Virgil Highland and Fred Blue are debated amid a crowded field. Wyoming county’s boom and Republican hopes are highlighted as quotes from local figures reveal evolving strategies and primary ambitions.
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Washington
West Virginia
Solomon, Lycurgus
Nat Ward Fitzgerald
Commonwealth
Isaac T. Mann
William Ellenwood Chilton
Henry Hatfield
Mann
Pam
John Sherman Durst
Ira Robinson
Darst
Maurice Shawkey
O. A. Hood
Forrmer
Mr. Shawkey
Shawkey
William Mercer Owens Dawson
Virgil Highland
Highland
H. C. Ogden
Wheeling
Republican Party
Fred O
Blue
Hatfeld
Mr. Blue
Bine
Teafele
Wyoming County
Edward Cooper
Firth
Mullins
Cooper
Wyoming