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Fragmentary OCR text shows a 1998 Monday publication date with garbled names and numbers. No coherent event or location is clear, making a concise summary difficult.
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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1908
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text shows a 1998 Monday publication date with garbled names and numbers. No coherent event or location is clear, making a concise summary difficult.
The national scene points to a unified Republican slate in New York as last days of early campaigning suggest strong willingness among major figures to stand together. Generals Gut and Switzer lead aligned efforts, while others weigh joint runs to back party harmony amid internal tensions and personal considerations.
Fragmented remarks on Democratic rivals and Republican resilience dominate the page as speakers accuse each other of vote buying and fraud. The piece notes declining hopes for Democratic gains, calls Roosevelt’s popularity a challenge to party leaders, and outlines local meeting notices and a death of Professor Sougahray, with scattered references to party strategy and upcoming campaign events.
Special Correspondent reports Seattle dispatch from Nome detailing John Grosth’s retirement plan and a planned holiday. Grosth, a frontier figure who helped found Nome, is described as a self-made millionaire with a long history of mining, taxes paid, and public works support. The piece links his plans to the upcoming Fukou-Pacific exposition opening June 1 and running to October 16, noting the event’s broader significance for the Northland and the nation.
A reunion of the Randall family was held yesterday in Shinnston with attendees from nearby towns. Mr and Mrs Harvey Wuemer of Clarksburg visited relatives, Mrs Halle Janes 0 Baltarday planned a Michigan trip, John A Fleming left for Washington, Ella Martin spent days with relatives, and several others from the area attended events and visited friends. Lawrence Mawking of Farmers Bank went to Pittsburgh for a short stay, with Mrs Lealle Hawker returning home after visiting relatives.
The notice lists marriage intentions or registrations for Calvin C. Cunningham and Dela Wolverton, C. Corin Isn and Them Thornberry, Benjamin KLpreomig and Rona Reynolds, Ell Moor and Dora Swizor, indicating preliminary steps toward formal unions in the community.
A fragment reports Brannon’s cattle weighing about 348 pounds on average, four-year-old Moorefords and Duta cattle bound for Baltimore. The herd is described as ready for shipment and aimed at foreign markets.
Chatterall beat the Drummers at Union Park on Saturday afternoon to take third place in the Pawra Tengu race with a final score of 5 to 2. McCormick faltered in the eighth, allowing four runs after five hits and a costly Conaway error. Score by innings shows Sharlerol overcoming Marksburg 5 to 2.
The schedule lists Morning games Fairmont at Clarksburg Connellsville at Gratton and Charleroi at Uniontown with an afternoon rematch Clarksburg at Fairmont Connellville at Gratton and Uniontown at Charleroi. A Fairmont marriage unnoted by many occurred Wednesday evening in Oakland between Mike Lillian Harr and Mr Enos Parke.
Five new games were announced for Clarksburg Parva baseball, with a five game series against Union town starting Wednesday through Sunday across locations including Montown, Fairmont, and Union Park. An exhibition by the Cincinnati Rode is scheduled for next morning. JTL Browning of Isle City Wisconsin visits.
A letter to W Perry Camp from Clarkeburg West Virginia praises Devoe white paint used on the Sidoury Building in Corpus Christ Texas. It extols the longtime care and perfect white finish, arguing property owners from Maine to Mexico should adopt the product. The letter ends with a postscript noting Cost Molden sold the paint.
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