Old debt verdict sparks West Virginia pay doubt
Washington dispatch reports West Virginia faces a disputed U S Supreme Court debt ruling. Petitioners and critics debate whether the state will comply or resist. Prominent figures like ex Senator Greg Silver and Col James H Stewart weigh the political and financial risks. A large suffragist parade drew attention in Washington last week.
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Washington, D.C
West Virginia
United States Supreme’ Court
Fts
Siler
Greg Silver
Martinsboro
West
Bish
James H. Stewart
Morgantown
Rheumatism Real Facts and a Remedy Claim
A fragment claims rheumatism is a blood disease with strange symptoms varying by person. It asserts that a product named SSS cleanses the blood, removes impurities, and nourishes the body, urging readers to buy from drugstores for relief.
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BSS
Iwill de
Woman Cries of Pain in So Dakota Letter
The fragment describes Florence, South Dakota, with a woman lamenting monthly pain and discomfort, claiming periodic sickness, bearing down, and a little appetite, reflecting personal distress or a cry for relief.
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Florence
Dakota
Maryland suffragists tour Washington in historic paddle schooner
Delegation from Maryland, touring in the style of pioneer times, halted at the district line and were greeted by Congressional Union delegates. They arrived in Washington aboard an old prairie schooner drawn by two horses named Little Miss Muffet and Susan B Anthony, delivering suffrage messages en route to public addresses.
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Maryland
Margaret Brent
St Marys City
Washington
Congressional Union
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mistress Brent
New World
Far West
Miss Muffet
Susan B. Anthony
Little Miss Mufett
Mosby in Washington and summer plans noted
Col John Mosby spends days in Washington en route to Berkeley Springs to spend the rest of summer. Mrs. Curry’s family concerns in Fairmont hospital and golden wedding anniversary in West Virginia. Miss Anna Biscoe arrives to tend Capt. W. A. Biscoe’s appendicitis operation. Mr and Mrs Harry Camden honeymoon in Washington and Bluefields West Virginia trips. Business notes cite revenue losses in West Virginia from spirit stamps and Prohibition laws, offset by war emergency tax revenues. Webb Kenyon ruling impacts interstate liquor shipments.
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Johm
Mosby
Washington
Berkeley Springs
Col. Mosby
Maryland
W- S- Curry
Fairmont
Mr. Curry
Harry Robert Cam
Baltimore
West Virginia
United States Supreme Court
Prohibition Duty and Postmaster Appointments Reported
Government faces income tax adjustments if prohibition is strictly enforced. The notice lists post office changes across West Virginia including Bamboo, Pentress, Hoke, Cartisie, Letart, Rich Mountain, Stouts Mills, Skyless, and Pine Grove with multiple new or continued appointments. Names include Aileen Alte, Alice G. Connor, Byron Meeling, and Ollie W. Dixon among others.
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West ‘Virginia
Agee
Becies
Alice G. Connor
Slav
Barry Eli Carper
Answalt
Marvin McClang
Bamboo
Byron Meelung
Intermount
Mutton Run
Juniata Amos
Lone Ritz
G. Felty
Worth
Aileen
Beckman
Ollie W- Dixon
Cartisie
Fayette County
Louis F. Zimmerman
Will C.calhoun
Morton
Randolph County
Hiram G. Lucas
Samuel L. Sheets
Huntersville
Pocahontas County
John Wwogélon
Letart
Mason County
French Cooper
Rich Mountain
William Hphares
H- L. Sharpless
Russeldale
Mineral County
HB Carlin
Fledie E Taylor
Stouts Mills
Gilmer County
L.D- Taylor
Peter E. Eakin
Skyless
Webster County
George E. Hyer
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Christie -Myers Feed Co
Gray Silver
M. L. McGraw
East End Plumbing CO
Ale
East Pike Street
Bell
Ofice
Hell
Lee & Parr Hardware Co
Piee
Lydia Pinkram
Colvetta
Irs
Robert XN. Harper
Wo TL Harbin
James A. Hughes
Tuddlie Hughes
Harold van Sant
Anna Biscoe
Huntington
Capt
W. A Biscoe
General Hueta
Long Island
General Huerta
Mexico
Long Gland
America
B&q
ELE Co
Smitsfeld St
Pitsburg, Pa
Nicholas
Pentress
Monroe County
Hoke
Greenbrier Counts
H. A Halbert
Pine Grove
T. J. Lynch & Co
Imall
Empire National Bank
Fourth Sts
Glarksburg
W- Va
Larksburg
Highland Bros & Gore
Third Street
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