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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1908
Page
4
An Evening Echo notes Protection advocates criticize European pauper labor policies while Wagen Senator Casoy defends American interests. The brief item highlights partisan tensions over international competition and domestic labor concerns.
A local passag e discusses Republican and Democrat platforms and their effects on Clarksburg interests. It cites tin plate industry growth from 1890 to present, annual production of 12,000,000 boxes, and wages over 12 million dollars yearly, arguing tariffs protect wages and competitiveness against European rivals.
The PAMipa Sheet and Tin Plate Company faces tariff changes that could eliminate protections, risking delays in plant improvements and half a million dollars in annual wages. The piece urges voters to weigh the broader impact on community prosperity and industry reconstruction timelines.
An official statement by State Treasurer Newton Ogdin shows August receipts of 162 067.75 and expenditures of 108 923.00, a net gain of 43 644.75. General school fund receipts were 25 141.62 with 13 854.99 spent, a gain of 11 790.24. Total funds deposited and invested rose to 2 001 959.37 from 1 946 524.38, a gain of 55 434.99, indicating solid management under Republican leadership.
A partially readable fragment shows a speaker contradicting his own stance, undermining logical coherence and weakening the overall argument. The text hints at a shift or retreat from a previously stated position, casting doubt on the author’s consistency.
A Sept report in New York states Charles W. Swisher has not withdrawn from the West Virginia governorship race. Swisher confirms no truth to the rumor and says he remains the Republican nominee. The letter urges support to prevent party disruption and preserve the GOP in the state.
A temperance address will be delivered Sunday evening at 7 45 by Aaron Wakins, nominee for vice president on the prohibition ticket. Prof Watking, born in Logan county Ohio November 29 1863, educated in Ohio schools and Ohio Northern University, is vice president and professor of English literature at Ohio Northern University. He has studied law, is an ordained minister, and a man of energy and influence, admired for his speeches. Go and hear him.
Indianapolis governor Hanly issues call for an extra legislative session to begin September 1840. Topics include county local option law, repeal of a 120,548 appropriation, preventing unexpended balances reverting to the general fund due to an error, and granting power to address suspected night rider troubles in southern Indiana.
Gr A O Flowers captain of Cab ton No 8 1 C C F has notified all chevaliers to meet at the local tract iontation at 10 oclock Sunday morning to go to Fairmont to attend the funeral of Carl Dicken who was kired at Jayenne Thursday Mr Dicken was a prominent member of the Pairmont Canton and will be buried with tall Patriarch Militant hop ers. The local faction company was arranged to take the local Canton to Pairmont and return free of charge.
Rit erview Land Company sells 22 lots in River View addition to Dr J Smith of Chin city near the first ward and public school site. Thomas C White purchases 10 lots in East Park addition and will extract sand from there. The first ward addition has pave streets water and a minest cary soon. Also reports of arrests in a gang case, school resignations, and various local incidents across Morgantown and Weston including a Methodist Protestant conference and Parkersburg Gun Club events.
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