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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1907
Page
5
Fine Ohio farms of all sizes for sale with easy terms. Several good farms available with small down payment and long time balance. Immediate possession. Send for a list of farms described and other excellent bargains. S W Wilson Atwater Ohio.
Advertises for a capable person to represent Provident Life & Trust Co of Philadelphia in Harrison County and adjoining West Virginia. Claims 1906 business record and $187,670,889 in insurance in force with high security and low cost. References required. send for details to Jonathan K. Taylor, Fidelity Building, Baltimore MD. rewards offered for lost items including dog and jewelry pieces linked to local offices.
Office of City Clerk Glarksburg invites sealed proposals for a one year garbage collection and removal service starting May 1907. Bids due April 30 1907 at 2 o clock pm. Committee chair Thos L Anderson notes council reserves right to reject any bid.
A Sunday event at the home of Rev and Mrs L E B Peters on West Phi Street honored the birthdays of Mr Peters and Mrs Gore with an elaborate family gathering. Attending were relatives from Parkersburg and local friends, with plans for future social activities announced.
The fragment discusses a wooden contraption with a thick inch board, beveled rises, and heavy construction. It mentions uprights, through bolts, and shelves with tie beams and fasteners, but the exact purpose remains unclear from the damaged passage.
A large fire engulfs a shop in London as firemen fight to stop spread while a distraught woman begs urgently for help. She becomes increasingly agitated, insisting someone is inside and pleading for the scene to be brought under control.
Readable fragments describe a northern kitchen, a housekeeper and a southerner, a girl born in the south and Richmond origins. Vignettes include a mother’s memory of fear in the dark, a cartoonish exchange about crying after misadventure, and a quip about Napoleon. A brief note mentions bee counts in a pictorial state.
Nine cases were heard in police court this morning before Clerk Cole standing in for Mayor Crile. Cork pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and paid $1 plus costs after a scuffle with Hall on Main Street. Ante and Rittenhouse faced drunkenness charges with short suspensions or fines, and several others forfeited fines or deposits as proceedings concluded.
Willison and Dennison announce sales on Kelley Hill including a lot sold to Merritt Nutter for Alonzo M. Brown for 3600 dollars and a house and lot sold to Bent Levy for F Kimmell.
The Royal Neighbors of America will hold a regular session Wednesday May 1 at 8 pm in the Knights of Pythias building on the second floor in Glen Elk. An accidental shooting occurred at a dance in Chieftain near Wikerburg when Robert Murphy was shot in the left leg above the knee by Georgy Brown. No arrests were made.
A garbled OCR list shows multiple to Wilsonburg transactions including M J Francis to Maude Smith to Candice Mt Roset 2 lots to Albert Southern 4 lots to Edmund Southern 2 lots to Marshal Marum and James G Smith 1 lot to Belgy Southern Wilsonburg appears repeatedly with minor name variants and scattered addresses.
Fragmentary ad copy touts a catarrh cure and a “Hal's Family Pills” for constipation with a Toledo supplier Cheney & Co. and vague assurances of financial ability to fulfill obligations.
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