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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1920
Page
3
Fragmentary text outlines a political platform urging activist policy, tax inspection, price controls, and energetic campaigns. It emphasizes defending the working class, opposing what it calls corrupt influences, and promoting democracy through the ballot as a weapon. The prose reflects wartime or reform-era rhetoric.
The England Fuel and Transportation Company backs a campaign to reach a 12000 quota toward a 15000 goal for Salvation Army work. Women’s activities and street meetings boosted donations, with a $754.89 Saturday night total from booths and volunteers. Mannington’s district aims for 12060, needing about 1000 more, as solicitation continues across Fairmont.
Fragmented wartime dispatches describe a May Day scene in Pskov with Comrade Duckworth and Bolshevik officials handing out welcome meal tickets to workers. Reports claim the mass meeting failed to ignite true revolutionary fervor as fear and coercion shadowed calls for disciplined labor. Local notices advertise cheap produce at a city market, highlighting 25c grapes and 20c vegetables amid unrest.
Real estate transfers listed include a parcel in Union district to Mary E. Hawkins for 1135, a Whetstone Run parcel in Mannington district for 1, and land parcels in Monongalia and Marion counties to West Virginia Celest Forts company in a court cited transaction valued at 810,000. Additional transfers include Catawba Street in Winfield for 1 and Farmington Buffalo Cree land at 450 with commissioners handling the Haggerty conveyance.
Advertises Aspironal Elixir as a two minute cure for headaches and colds. Claims rapid pain relief without heart danger and liver action preventing return headaches. encourages customers to test the promise with a money back guarantee. Includes offers for headaches neuralgia and various pains.
Elizabeth Watson of Jackson Fairmont West Virginia suffers stomach trouble and nerve fatigue. After using Reese Formula Red her condition improved, with her system steadier and more energy, prompting her to say it is the greatest medicine ever put on the market.
A fragmented list shows ward chairmen and committee heads across Fairmont with names including Rolla Cries Harvey Shain Gus Mack Chan Cairoon De Goods and J.C. Bordert in publicity, plus merchant and industries committees led by various local figures.
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