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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1906
Page
5
A note from the Grand advertises a Saturday show on April 28 featuring a popular song group and a long poem about a stubborn town maiden. The performance credits Warren as lead singer with a dozen girls, and includes a comic western ditty about a mule and a suitor.
Robert Mantell appears as King Lear on Wednesday May 9 in Clarke, drawing praise as a tragedian of the day. Critics note his New York fame, exclusive directing by Wm. A. Brady, and a strong company, with revival of Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and other classics.
A light musical comedy titled The Maid and the Mummy by Carle and Hood will be staged for one night at the Grand Room in Clark. The piece promises new songs and jokes from Mr. Carle along with comic routines by Rowers, aiming for lively entertainment.
A traveling musical group highlights their chorus known as the Julia Girls and Polly-Girls, celebrated across the country for their comely stage presence and strong reputation.
At a Fraternal Order of Eagles meeting a 25 cent member assessment funds a benefit entertainment to aid San Francisco sufferers. The Show Girl opens at the Grand Opera House on a May night with Miss Tilda Thomas in a stellar role and a lineup including Hall Mylie Wallace Parcor Belmont Wixon Thornton Eaton etc.
Richard Carle presents The Maid and the Mummy a magical musical comedy with a Pretty chorus line led by Margaret Burnham Janet Priest and others at the Grand on Saturday April 28 with matinee and night performances.
The text extols health as the most valuable property and urges attentive care. It lists ailments like indigestion dyspepsia belching and liver issues and claims a remedy, Traggists will sell for the best, Dir, Gunn's Trproved Liver Pink, by Bosanko Co Philadelphia, sold through stock and Mercer.
Locust timber and related mill terms appear in a garbled item from Southern Pine Lumber Co at Gantste. Levy’s 332 5 cent cigar is noted as part of a playful or cataloged listing.
Richard Carle headlines a Grand Theatre show featuring the musical The Maid and the Mummy with hit numbers Oh Gee It s Great to be Crazy Peculiar Julia and I Fall in Love With Polly. The chorus, dancers and a dedicated dancing master support the cast including Janet Priest Rose Groh Mary Taylor and Stanley Murphy in a production with prices 25 50 75 1.00 and 1.50.
During a severe winter illness Mr. J. S. Egleston of Maple Landing Ta describes a grippe with aching joints sore muscles and runny eyes and nose. He credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy and Chamberlains Stomach and Tiger Tablets with relief and says the ailment was rapidly knocked out. Sold by Stone Mercer.
Wells Marble and Granite Works announces move from Jim East Pike to North Fourth Street Glen Elk West Virginia. It offers over two hundred monuments iron vases and iron fences with a new pneumatic tool plant and claims lower prices by selling direct to customers.
City council deadlocks 5 to 5 on Hester-Columbus wholesale beer license and 7 to 3 on Jasper Brothers saloon license despite petitions and protests. Several liquor, restaurant, and billiard licenses were granted or reconsidered amid adjournment and votes affecting local establishments and operators.
A fragmented ad style passage touts medical remedies by Dr. Pierce promising cures for stomach, liver and bowels. It mentions fees and correspondence for medical consultations and asserts confidential treatment and the benefits of Pleasant Pellets.
Adelphi Lodge No. 8 1 0 O C will celebrate the annual order anniversary on Sunday April 29. Brothers meet at 10:00 am at the old Spates building Main street, then proceed in regalia to First Presbyterian church where Rev Win Hudson Adamston Walsonburg and Bridgeport lodges are expected to attend. Members urged to attend with visiting brothers.
Frank Collins known as the thief caught in the Glarkeburg Steam sundry building and in 8 G Guinn’s room had a preliminary hearing before Squire Riley. He offered no defense beyond claiming drunken insanity and was held to the grand jury in 500 bail. Earl Dougherty was released on bond by his mother for 500. If McAfee, the man he shot, testifies Monday, Dougherty will have his hearing before Squire Riley.
Ben Gregory Doc Sheets and Twro Fox depart on No. 4 bound for Coney Island. They have formed a new vaudeville act titled The Non pareil Trio and expect to impress visitors at the popular resort.
Fragmentary OCR piece mentions Thos Lanorgan and a local sale in Chuplenn, Gaineia context with burghlar warning and a note about a remedy promoted by Stone j& Mercer. The readable lines hint at a marketplace listing tied to a regional event and a generic drug claim.
An early studio ad promotes finishing services for amateur projects including proto one work and enlargements from lab negatives suitable for framing. It mentions unmounted Kodak prints and invites Kodak users to engage with the HG MacDonald deal at the studio.
A reader from Napier, Bugles, Kay describes a severe torture case on Devil's Island cured by Bucklon's Arnica Salve. The testimonial claims it cured piles and related afflictions quickly, calling it almost magical. The notice appears as an advertisement for F. G. Blund druggist selling the salve.
An old advertisement touts Kennedy Laxative Honey and Tar as an ideal remedy to open the bowels for young and old. It claims simplicity and even a chicken would like it, noting sales by Stone and Mercer.
Readers are urged to subscribe to World Telegram and Weekly Telegraph, with a combined offer for one year at a reduced price. The publication promises high quality fiction and low subscription rates, highlighting competitive rates compared to standard papers.
J W Williams, a Bac Kentucky merchant, recalls a young man suffering severe hemorrhaging from the lungs who recovered after using Dr Kings Discovery. The remedy is claimed to cure hemorrhages coughs colds bronchitis and weak lungs with a guaranteed 50c to 1.00 bottle by F G Bland.
The ad claims 25 years of experience proving the medicine’s good for nervous worn memory and weak ambition. It promises to convert food to red blood and add solid flesh at a rate of pounds per week. Sold by druggists at 750 per box, made by Dr Bosanko Co Philadelphia, PA. distributed by Stone & Morcore.
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