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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1914
Page
21
An old advertisement extols PoDoLax as a safer Podophyllin based laxative that removes bitterness nausea and griping. It claims to be the ideal bile regulator suitable for all ages and suitable for a medicine cabinet, urging immediate use for coated tongue or bad breath.
An advertisement cites John Widmayer of Jackson Michigan as nearly 70 and praising Vinol as the best medicine for strength. The copy touts cod liver elements and a blood-building tonic, offering a money back guarantee and urging trials for aged parents. Stone and Mercer, druggists of Clarksburg West Virginia, publish additions for Saxo Salve.
The West Virginia Coal Mining Institute will hold its semi annual meeting in Cumberland Maryland on June 2 to 4. Prof KE N Zern of the University of West Virginia says the program will emphasize practical mining questions with papers from regional operators and miners. More than two hundred attendees are expected from the coal industry.
Sir Richard McBride premier of British Columbia will succeed to the post of high commissioner for Canada in London. The vacancy follows the death of Lord Strathcona and marks a key diplomatic appointment for Canada in Britain.
Mrs. Mary J. H. Skrine wife of the rector of St Peter in the East Oxford is author of Beiesman 4 and has written all her life, reflecting a long literary career anchored in the historic church setting.
William Caine author of The Irresistible Intruder will visit New York soon. His father served in Parliament and Gladstone's government. Mrs Caine accompanies him. she is a Bostonian.
Philadelphia painter Mary Cassatt, noted for depictions of children and family life, is awarded the Academy of Fine Arts gold medal, the academy's highest honor and a prestigious trophy in American art.
Notice of dissolution of Paw Paw Gas Company West Virginia adopted February 5 1914 at Clarkebore WV. Company to wind up assets convert to cash pay debts then distribute remainder pro rata to stockholders after publication for four weeks and state secretary of state certification. Presented by President John L Ruhl.
A compact note indicates times in Spanish appear eighty eight times and in German seventy eight times. The terse excerpt records language references and counts without broader context.
Confederate veterans and friends will camp in two Jacksonville parks May 6 to 8. About 1000 to 1200 tents will dot the native forest amid modern parks like Dignan and Springfield with free motion pictures and athletic games. The city’s park system has grown to nearly 100 acres valued at about $3 million, with nine wards having easy park access. May festivities will include park events and flower beauty for attendees.
Col Charles Hagerman head of the Hagenbeck-Wallace detective unit praises modern circus ethics and selects honest workers as Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus plans Clarksburg performances on May 7 at 1 and 8 p m. He notes better public image, lower profits, and value of gold production in Gold Coast and Ashanti cited elsewhere.
Baltimore April 87 The thirty railroads in the official classification territory seeking a five percent freight-rate increase report results for eight months of the current fiscal year. From July 1, 1913 to February 26, 1914 revenues fell to 910,346,527 from the prior year, a drop of 21,161,324, while expenses rose by 37,900,121 leaving a lower operating income of 69,365,581, about 26 percent. Net revenue from outside operations also dropped after higher taxes of 3,807,471 are accounted for. The period shows earnings on invested property at 4.47 percent versus 5.53 last year, with Pennsylvania, New York Central area, and Baltimore and Ohio among those reporting declines.
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