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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1914
Page
9
An old advertisement touts PoDoLax as a podophyllin based liver regulator that removes bitterness and griping. It claims it is a safe, family friendly remedy for constipation and biliousness, urging immediate use for coated tongues and bad breath.
An old people tonics ad claims Vinol builds strength by using cod liver elements and a tonic that aids blood and vitality. A Jackson Michigan man near seventy testifies to regained vigor after spring fatigue, with Stone and Mercer druggists of Clarksburg offering a money back guarantee and a Saxo Salve ad endorsement.
The West Virginia Coal Mining Institute plans a Cumberland Maryland meeting June 2 3 and 4 announced by Prof RB Zern of the School of Mines at the University of West Virginia secretary of the organization The Cumberland choice followed by the executive committee and President Neil Robinson The program will emphasize practical mining topics with papers from local and surrounding coal regions and expect over two hundred attendees from operators and miners and related workers.
Sir Richard McBride premier of British Columbia will succeed as high commissioner for Canada in London. The post became vacant on the death of Lord Strathcona.
Mrs Mary J H Skrine wife of the rector of St Peter in the East Oxford. She is author of Bedesman 4 and has written all her life. The church is reputed to be the second oldest in England.
William Caine , author of The Irresistible Intruder, will soon visit New York. His father served in Parliament and in Gladstone's government. Mrs. Caine accompanies him, and she is a Bostonian.
Mary Cassatt, a Philadelphia artist known for depictions of children and family life, receives the Academy of Fine Arts gold medal, the academy’s highest honor. The notice also notes that the most common English letter is E, with 137 occurrences in a sample.
A brief note references two linguistic topics: a Spanish time expression and a mathematical notation for exponential growth. The item mentions the phrase times in Spanish and the expression 178 times in Gan, without further context or details about speakers, dates, or locations.
Notice of dissolution adopted at a February 1914 meeting in Clarksburg West Virginia. The Paw Paw Gas Company will cease business surrender its charter convert assets to cash pay debts then distribute remaining funds pro rata to stockholders after four weekly newspaper publications. President John L Ruhl certifies publication to the West Virginia Secretary of State.
Jacksonville prepares to host 1000 to 1200 Confederate veterans and friends in two parks for a May 6 to 8 reunion. The city’s park system has expanded from two acres in Hemming to about 100 acres with monuments, playgrounds, and free summer motion pictures.
Col Charles Hagerman head of the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus detective department visits Clarkeburg on May 7 for 2 p m performances. He cites strict conduct rules, eliminates dishonest associates, and notes a shift in circus culture toward better standards and community standing. The Gold Coast and Ashanti gold production reached a record 2,045,460.
Baltimore April 27 The thirty five railroads applying for a five per cent increase in freight rates report first eight months of the current fiscal year. From July 1 1913 to February 28 1914 revenues fell from 958 to 91006bAs7 while expenses rose, yielding a loss in operating income of 59 122 145. Taxes up 207 472 and outside operation revenue down worsen the result to a net loss of 055 201. Railroads show varied returns on property with declines versus last year and the report argues the aim is to return profits to investors while facing higher costs.
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