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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1914
Page
27
Charleston April 24 Gov Hatfield issues a proclamation urging all citizens to observe Thursday and Friday May 28 29 as Good Roads days. Citizens expected to participate in road work and related improvements. County courts to issue proclamations and women to aid workers at meetings and events across the state.
Thomas Darby of Plymouth was unexpectedly attacked by a muskrat on a street. The animal seized his trousers and tore them as he attempted to fend it off. A Springfield, Missouri man reportedly possesses a 103 year old meerschaum pipe. Vienna police are urged to understand rowing telegraphy and swimming.
Floyd H. King profiles Adam Forepaugh and the Selis family, tracing circus legacies from humble preacher’s sons to major showmen. It notes Forepaugh’s wealth, the Sells boys turning to electric Delts, Pop George Hall’s popcorn branding, and Wallace’s Hagenbeck Wallace Show growing into a global giant with 1,025 employees and personal control of operations. The piece previews the Hagenbeck Wallace engagement at Clarksville with two shows on May 7.
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