Esday October 28 15908 Fragment
Fragmentary OCR survives with a dated line reading October 28 and stray characters. No clear event, names, or places discernible. The readable bits offer limited context for a brief news card.
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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1908
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR survives with a dated line reading October 28 and stray characters. No clear event, names, or places discernible. The readable bits offer limited context for a brief news card.
County government listing names new officers including Howard M. Go for Clerk and Will B. Monris or Sheri E Bartlett as prosecuting attorney. Also mentions John Strother Ampestor Ernest C Econ and Charles C. Fiththo as county commissioners in a partial roster.
An Evening Echo cites McKinley asserting that farmers cannot be helped by more silver but by more consumers for their products. The quote emphasizes economic support via demand rather than monetary supply.
A Republican record praises pensions for Civil War veterans and war veterans generally. It highlights payments totaling 3.523 billion dollars by June 20, 1908 and notes 633,338 Civil War veterans on pension rolls, 367,71 pensioners of all wars, and about 1,000 surviving veterans on June 30, 1905. It asserts Taft as a hearted ally of veterans and a pledged continuator of Republican policy toward the Grand Army of the Republic.
Fragmentary text references presidents since the war, a signature on a pension bill vetoed, and political figures in a Democratic county race. Details are garbled with unclear names and numbers.
The article extols William Howard Taft’s career from Yale to Cincinnati lawyer, Ohio judge, and federal official. It highlights his roles as solicitor general, circuit judge, Philippine commissioner, civil governor, secretary of war, and diplomat, arguing his broad experience and steady success prove his fitness for the presidency.
A muddled political column praises Taft, cites his world tour, and argues for Republican tariff policy as a square deal. It contrasts Taft with Bryan, urges voters to back Taft for prosperity, and questions Democratic claims amid party rhetoric and revision.
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