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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1908
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR shows a building bids notice in W Va with bidder names and bond conditions, plus a line about Sweet Melody Flour and Dr Sheen restoratives. The text mixes contract details with ad copy and dubious health claims.
An eclectic speech sequence discusses Taft’s views on party, domestic policy, and imperial roles. It cites his stance on staying out of several states, expanding military readiness, and governing the Philippines, including his 1902 refusal of a lifetime Supreme Court seat and later return to service under Roosevelt.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Teresa and Frank J. Cheney in connection with a firm of debtors in a tor with unclear locality. Mentions Blason and surfaces of a ayalam. mentions Tomaxine? Ville and Gonmtits in broken text.
An appeal invites settlers to take up government land at 1.25 per acre with irrigation water at 20 per acre. Expected yields include 40-80 bushels of wheat, 4-7 tons of alfalfa, and sugar beets 20-30 tons. Only a few hundred acres remain, with West Virginia neighbors preferred. contact for details.
Local listing notes the owner of Water Street Kennels in Hugh City facing sale action. The notice identifies the sale as initiated by city authorities with Wine as the sale agent.
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