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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1916
Page
3
Disjointed excerpts recount a West Virginia political scene with references to Gibbs, chairs, and figures like Watson and Watnon. The piece hints at campaign predictions, party dynamics, and regional power shifts surrounding the Republican national committee and West Virginia’s governor race today.
Phore a Democratic skeptic in Clarksburg doubts Republican majorities. He recalls riding the accommodation train from Grafton on Saturday where a Republican wager claimed Hughes and Robinson would show up to vote. Final tally: Hughes Wilson 2222.
The article notes Ming Harriet I. Moxe, county home demonstration agent, stating that in recent days she traveled to Bridgeport for a sewing and cooking club meeting with about twenty-one attending, planned a meeting for November 13 to begin crafting their cooking uniforms, organized a nine-member club at Fair Ground school, and arranged further club work with girls from Center Bravery and Adamston institutes, including visits to schools and meetings with local officials.
On Friday every Republican paper carried a despatch that a local syndicate offered to place 10 000 dollars on Haghen Robinson and Sutherland for the ticket’s success. Only two places showed inquiry, no bankers called, and none of the 710 000 was taken. The offer remains, doubled perhaps, but few are eager to accept. State headquarters are waning as workers scatter to cast votes and mobilize suffrage efforts.
Work has begun on a seven span steel bridge with concrete foundations between Milford and La Paz Indiana on the Chicago main line. The project aims to complete a double track system from the Atlantic seaboard to the Great Lakes. As bridges are set, heavy rails will be laid. The Milford to La Paz distance is twenty one miles and the Chicago line faces heavy traffic while safety measures protect operations.
At 3 o clock Sunday afternoon the corner stone of a new Polish Catholic church will be laid. Rev Father P John Duda and visiting priests will lead the ceremony. The church on Philippi Street near Charleston avenue aims for completion before Christmas. Also noted are a parsonage wedding and a birth at 402 Lee Street.
Vague notice invites those seeking election returns to call the Election Bureau by telephone on Home or Bell lines. Numbers are not to be disclosed. The Telegram office will provide receipts and distant service as needed.
A voter recounts Democratic candidate Judah Findley a prosecutor nominee meeting residents near Elk Creek just after six on Saturday. The man, over sixty, says Findley spoke to him and others. the voter notes Findley once offered to debate and that he is not highly educated yet feels capable of casting an intelligent ballot with Findley’s help or anyone else.
Political figures discuss expected 20,000 vote lead for Gaines and Robenson in a governor race. Campaign staffers claim deep familiarity with local sentiment and a seasoned track record in previous campaigns.
The report cites state-by-state tallies with Ohio as a bellwether and pegs Hughes to win the electoral college by at least a 100 vote majority. It claims Minnesota Michigan and Pennsylvania show Republican strength waning while Wilson support grows, and criticizes Democratic overclaims in the campaign.
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