Homer Holt, Cecil Underwood and Hulett Smith. During the countdown to 2000, the Gazette will offer snippets of West Virginia life in the days prior to the turn of the 20th century. Each item corresponds with the same week in 1899 and is taken from the pages of the Daily Gazette. Italic type denotes actual text from 100 years prior. The street cars are running again, but the electric lights are not on yet.
Charleston people are patient, however, and are content to give at least a week's time.
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