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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1906
Page
6
Clarksburg notes the San Francisco disaster of 1906 as frightful and appalling, surpassing the Chicago fire in its devastation. The piece contrasts modern science and urban safety with nature's uncontrollable power, highlighting the sudden collapse of a great city and the mass loss of life.
The piece argues a veteran legislator's age disqualifies him for nominating, urging Wood county to back a younger man. It also notes tax fears, predicting lower levies if reforms pass, and cites state real estate values and proposed statewide tax changes affecting property owners.
Officer T. L. Powell arrested Harry Miller of Salem and William Nutter of Cumberland Wednesday night for riding a passenger train as blind baggage. They appeared before Justice G. H. Gordon Thursday morning, were fined five dollars each, and jailed ten days due to lack of funds. The ride cost the county nothing.
D Matheny transfers 13 34 acre in Union district to C By Chalfant. Lukens Coal Co sells 14 coal tracts in Mt Clare to Marshall Coal Co. Charles Lanham conveys 98.04 acres to Rosetta Lanham in Tenmile district, and parcels 27 acres in Tenmile district to Charles A Lanham.
TL Way Ogden completed his yearly tour of all county schools this week reporting 122 male and 129 female teachers. He notes 38 professional certificates, 70 No 1 uniforms, 120 No 2, 8 No 3, and 20 old county certificates expiring this year while praising overall school progress.
John Williams, manager of the Itin-plate mill, was acquitted in Justice TL Gordons court Wednesday night of a charge of assault and battery on Charles Morgan. Morgan had been rejected from mill property by Williams and Morgan used only as much force as needed to leave the premises.
Friends of the groom report the marriage of Frank Goodwin and Daisie M. Gilmore. The couple announced the ceremony held in Connellsville, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, April 17, 1906. They will reside at 7700 Tioga Street, Pittsburgh, after May 1.
An advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Cure promising relief for kidneys and bladder. It also mentions finishing amateur photo work and enlargements from Kodak prints, urging readers to get busy with their kodaks and noting H. G. MacDonald at Tdeal Studio.
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