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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1913
Page
3
An old advertisement touts Swift's Sure-Specific as a remedy for fatigue and purported typhoid like symptoms. It blames poor blood and bacteria in water and claims quick relief through a laboratory-produced medicine. It mentions 127 Swift Big Atlanta Ga and a free book on impoverished blood.
Washington April 3 Senator Nathan Goff, newly seated after long House service, took the constitutional oath and was escorted by Senator Chilton. Dim applause from Republicans and Democrats followed as Goff, now in the Senate, secured a favorable seat, and veterans saluted him with warm greetings. He planned to stay at the Portland and mingle with West Virginia friends, while new colleagues Sutherland Ayres Moss and others extended cordial welcomes and solidified a growing Republican delegation.
Federal garrison and rebel forces clashed at daybreak with the attacking party at a distance. Opened at dawn, troops anticipated a fierce assault, but rebels held back after yesterday’s encounter. Wounded from both sides to be brought to this town. many soldiers suffer from lack of medical care in the field.
Ferd Rogers III of Ilathi Xi, O. Fleming le tere from Parkeraburg is recognized in a local obituary notice highlighting his origins and ties to the Parkeraburg area with community acknowledgment.
Funeral services for Professor John Ivison who died Monday night of acute illness will be held at 2 30 PM Thursday at Ballers Undertaking Company chapel Ray W Taylor will conduct the services He was a member of Warsaw lodge 649 Magonics order and embara of that order will attend the body The musicians federation and local musicians order will march to the service Burial will be in Mazon cemetery.
Freda R. Molter, four, daughter of John Molter, a local las worker, died Tuesday at 5 PM after a short pneumonia illness. Funeral at home Thursday at 2:39 PM conducted by Rev. A M Hemond. burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. The Municipal News notes the paper’s 32 weekly editions and total investment of about 36,000.
Wallace M Mercereau, formerly with Enterprise Clothing and Pearce department stores in Minneapolis and St Paul, arrives to fill the decorator position at Milliron Brothers. He is described as a high grade window and store man with strong recommendations.
Bristol April 9 John Billings Lea died at his East End home after paralysis and was buried in Brandywine Cemetery. A note mentions David J Haney driving a roadster and a party hosted by Alonzo Rhodes on Raccoon Street for a birthday, with several guests including a Reverend.
Raymond Braid writes from Omaha to his parents in Salem recounting escape from a March tornado that swept the city. Mrs. Morris, widow of James B. Morris, is in critical condition with two internal cancers. Local farming notes mention Hiram Lynch, Hill Garden Farm bidders, and preparations for potato planting on April 10 with moon phase warnings.
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