Campaign of 1840 described in lively Virginia recollections
The piece recounts the 1840 presidential contest between Martin Van Buren and General William Henry Harrison. It notes the campaign’s vivid demagoguery, party symbols like the log cabin and raccoon skin, and the era’s partisan fervor. A Clarksburg observer, Benjamin Shuttleworth, recalls a vast Harrison convention in Wheeling and large turnout, with celebrations ending in fires and town decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Tippecanoe
Thames
Trier
Counry
Benjamin F. Shuttleworth
Old
Clarksburg
Wheeling
Middle
Civil War's First Battlefield Scene of Golden Wedding
A West Virginia tale marks the golden wedding of Michael and Joyce King amid recollections of Rich Mountain and Confederates under Pegram and Garnett. The narrative recounts Garnett's death, McClellan's maneuvers, and the King's long life in Kingsville and Mabie, detailing emigration from Ireland, frontier life, and the Pettus era.
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West Virginia
Michael King
Roundstone
County Galway
Ireland
America
Fetterman
W. Va
Clarksburg
West Union
Parkersburg
Ohio
Kentucky
Nashville
Rocker
Crockers
Randolph County
Kingsley
Garnett
Staunton and
Hart
Rich Mountain
Arnolds
Arnold
Stone”wall Jackson
Old Virginia
Allegheny Mountains
Pegram
McClellan
Philipp
Hibert
Roaring Creek
McGlellan
Rosecrans
Advertising as Key to Reynolds Tobacco Success
Richard J. Reynolds argues newspapers are the premier advertising medium and details his company’s heavy, strategic investment in ad campaigns. He recalls early work in Winston-Salem, the shift to in house advertising, and endorsements of Prince Albert, Camel, and other brands backed by strong selling organizations.
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Richard J. Reynolds
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
R. J. Reynolds ‘Tobacco Company
Reynolds
Mr. Reynolds
Winston-Salem
Patrick County
Virginia
Winston~ Salem
Segan
Standard
Daly
Iin
Jamay
Prince Albert Pipe
Prince Alpert
Judge's Trial Recalls In Wheeling May Term
Judge Alston Gordon Darton of Philippi presided in Wheeling as grand jury was charged at the May federal term. He delivered an eloquent two hour address stressing duty, lawfulness, and firm enforcement, noting courts face criticism but must act justly and without partiality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Alston Gordon Darton
Philippi
Dayton
Congressman McGullicuch
Congressman Gard
Witesses
Judicial Department
United States
Europe
Nightshirted Actor Causes Broadway Scene
In New York a corpulent man in a nightshirt created a stir on Broadway at Forty-eighth Street when jeering diners shoved him about. Patrolman McVey dispersed the crowd and identified the man as actor Bartley McCullem. He said he had been dumped into ice water during an initiation and fled in his sleep to Broadway, then returned home by taxi after calming down.
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Baltimore
E. T. Joyce
West Virginia
Kingsville
Randolph County
Roaring Creek
Talbots
Barbour
Garland
Pittsburg
Mable
McClellan
Hillery
Fami
J. W. King
C. E Armentrout
B. J Fallon
Buckhannon
W. T Street
Clarksburg
Squire J. M King
Kathleen B
New York
Broadway
Forty-eighth Street
McVey
Bartley McCullem
McCullem
Gopher Tail Swindle Hits County Farmers
In Phoenix Arizona Teodoro Rosas, a Mexican youth, ran a gopher farm and stole 50 to 100 dollars monthly from the county by supplying hundreds of gopher tails to claim the bounty. The bounty was abolished and farmers were asked to kill gophers. A supervisor discovered Rosas kept gophers tailless to breed more tails.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Teodoro Rojas
Young Rosas
Rosas
Savage farmer loses cattle as thunderstorm strikes
During a severe thunderstorm near Mount Savage Richard Pratt's farm suffered the loss of three cows and two calves struck by lightning. One cow was particularly valuable. Mrs Pratt narrowly escaped injury when a buggy collision occurred with Trost's bakery wagon. That evening Pratt learned his brother Francis was injured in a mine near Merseyside, Pa.
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Savage
Richard Pratt
Mount Savage
Trost
Pratt
Francis
Mersersdale
Papal Power and Labor Health Claims in Early Text
The fragment cites Gelasius, bishop of Rome, establishing papal supremacy in 492 A.D. It also notes Ventilating devices at two lead smelter works in Hun nari cutting illness among workers from 75 percent to 3 percent, implying a health impact from improved ventilation.
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Gelasius
Rome
Hunnari
Welch and Fullerton Drugists Deliver Citywide
Welch and Fullerton, druggists, offer delivery service to all parts of the city, ensuring convenient access to medicines and health supplies for residents.
Record run on the BBC Parkersburg May article
Transcontinental express from Grafton to Parkersburg set a record at two hours ten minutes on July 5, 1887. Capt Pat Flannery of Grafton piloted the engine, with Capt Ed Pickett as conductor. Fire at Grafton prompted swift aid from Parkersburg, averting total destruction and earning gratitude from Grafton residents.
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Grafton
Parkersburg
Pat Flannery
Ed Pickett
Baltmore and Ohio
Wheeling
Joan S. Camden
Baltimore and Ohio
Clarkshare
Bridgeport
Central
West Union
Graftop
Kd Picket
Parkersburgers
Graftonians
Parkersbnts
Not Too Much Beer But Not Enough Wine Undoess the Germans
Norfolk May 5 The story of how German sailor preferences for beer over wine nearly doomed the German raiders Prinz Eitel Friedrich interned at Norfolk unfolds in crew accounts. When Floride was boarded beer and wine were weighed, older wines saved, and beers moved to ships. A wine fueled fire doomed the Eitel Friedrich as officers retreated, while crew toasted Floride’s destruction.
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Norfolk
Prinz Eitel Friederich
Eitel
Prinz Hutel
South Atlantic
France
Welch and Fullerton Drugists Deliver Across City
Welch and Fullerton, druggists, announce delivery service to all parts of the city, expanding access for customers. The note highlights convenient home delivery and broad coverage, inviting patrons to place orders for medicines and sundries.
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Haymond
Harrison County
Martin Ven Buren
Wiliam Henry Harrison
Martin van Buren
van Buren
William H. Harrison
Horner Avenue
Elkins
Beverly
Morris
Carricks Ford
Great River
Sword’s Point
New Creek
Cumberland
Washington
Army of the Potomac
Bull Run
Lincoln
Camden
Dejia Ajoyce
St. Joseph’s
Paltmore
Bell Phone
Home Phone
Model Dairy CO
Sixth Street
RJ. Reynolds
FIEWS
Jonah
Welch & Fullerton
BBC
Prinz Bitel
Im Model Shoe
W. Pike St
Odeon
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