Fayette County Votes Spark Wide Political Fuss
The Clarkesburg News boasted of a scoop on Fayette County voting patterns and Swisher versus Scherr, but the piece details mass conventions, delegate selections, and predicted nominations. It notes concerns over a fake report and questions the Dispatch News’s credibility.
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Clarkersburg dispatch-News
Scherr
Fayette County
Fayette
Charleston
Fayetteville
Samuel Dixon
Swisher
Steen
Palld
P Dispatch
Scherr Bureau
Disputchle-News
Six Months Behind Taft Nomination Watch
The Wall Street Journal notes a Wall Street awakening to Secretary Taft as the likely next Republican candidate. It cites Taft’s alignment with Roosevelt and the president’s policies, arguing this was announced clearly months ago. The piece emphasizes Taft’s public stance as a statesman.
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Wall Street
Taft
Wall Street Journal
Roosevelt
Ate
West Virginia Politics and Local Civic Nation News
The article surveys political signals around Taft and Roosevelt era policy, notes clerical and judicial traits of candidates, and cites editorials from Clarksburg and Salem about road conditions and burial routes. It highlights Senator Nathan D. Scott's success in securing West Virginia Civil War claims and calls for sustained local interest in a city league baseball team amid state legislative achievements and temperance debates.
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Detalla
Nathan D. Scott
West Virginia
Congress
Scott
United States
de~ Talla
Goodn Gill
Clarksburg
Reed and the County in Kanawha Primary Delegates
In Kenawha County the Republican primary gave L. Topping fifty nine delegates to the state convention for secretary of state. Opponents ceded their own counties to him, avoiding intrusion into Kanawha. Harrison County, while not endorsing their home candidate, passed a strong resolution in support of Senator Reed and urged a solid Harrison delegation, signaling broad GOP backing and county pride.
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Reed
Kenawha County
L. Topping
Topping
Kanawha
Harrison
Harrison County
Swisher a Winner in Charleston Legislature Mention
A Parkersburg writer praising Governor Swisher notes his air and confidence, calling him a winner. The observer cites Swisher’s manner and approach as impressively effective during the Legislature meeting in Charleston.
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Swisher
Parkersburg
Charleston
Negro murderer caught in Blair County shooting arrest
William Conaway a colored man shot and killed Silas Cooper and a storekeeper in Altoona on May 21 1907. He was arrested at Welch West Virginia and to be brought back to Blair County for trial. Conaway had worked for a contractor in Ohio and learned his common law wife Hattie Haim had met Cooper. He tracked them down and fired killing Cooper.
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Altoona
William Conaway
Silas Cooper
Welch
W. Va
Blair County
Conaway
Ohio
Hattie Haim
Cooper
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