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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1912
Page
2
The notice urges storekeepers to call write or wire for Moxie Jobbing and to sign an Order C for the first representative to call. It promises increased sales and patronage by prominently displaying Moxie signs and serving it cold with corked bottles, leveraging advertising to attract customers.
Directors of the West Virginia Short Line Railroad Company and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company reveal an agreement to sell corporate rights to the West Virginia Short Line to the other company. Stockholders’ approval is required at meetings in Wheeling and Baltimore on specified dates in 1912. Secretary notices accompany the action and related real estate concerns.
An old newspaper fragment promotes Doan’s Kidney Pills as effective for kidney trouble. It cites testimonials from Clarksburn, West Virginia, and mentions City Drug Store stock and a 50 cent price. The ad urges readers to Remember the name Doan’s and to purchase for relief from backache and urinary issues.
A compiled list of upcoming fairs and dates across Rockport Akron Canton Wheeling Fairmont Clarksburg Parkersburg Buckhannon Athena Gallipolis Marietta Spencer and other towns. Officials listed include Harvey D Ernest Kamms C P O Woodfield George Carr Will Strickler Hanning Safford and more with September and August timelines.
Sunday morning court under Mayor Frank IR Moore tried five women and five men. Mrs. Thomas Gabbart fined $5 plus costs and jailed five days for disorderly conduct. Mary Belle Jones and John Doe fined $10 each for immoral assembly. Anna Kelley fined $3 and Nellie Foster $5 for drunkenness. Gordon and Drake fined $5 and $10 respectively for immoral assembly. Two men fined $2 and $1.
The report notes copper and gold production shifts from 1910 to 1914 in Pend Oreille and Ferry counties, with 1911 average ore values at 12.78 per ton and gold silver content at 19.12. It highlights Republic district in Ferry County producing most of the state's metal value, and extensive ore shipments to mills and concentrates totaling tens of thousands of tons.
Aug 5 Charleston reports Governor Glasscock approved pardons and paroles from the Pardon Attorney 8 G Pierson. Cases include six month sentences for revolver and temperance beer offenses and a five year term for robbery. Paroles granted to two men from Logan County, both serving five years for manslaughter. One applicant from Randolph County failed to obtain clemency. A Hutchinson mine official visited the area.
Regular term court order dated 1912 changes voting precinct boundaries and polling places in Clark Langmile Tenmile and Sardis districts. Precinct 5 Bristol and Precinct 6 Wolf Summit switch voting sites to Bristol School and Marionville School. Precinct 4 Union District moves External to Cavalier Wallace building. Precinct 1 Burnside to Mineral School House. Clerk W Guy Tedrick attests.
Paul J Haymond of Fairmont drove a seven passenger Pierce Arrow with a group of friends to Clarksburg Sunday afternoon. After dinner at the Wal they returned home. Passengers included Miss Julia Rathbone Parkerburg Susan Arnett Nell Patton Generisve Haymond Maria Haymond Robert Burns Wade Garrett and Robert Hood. The gathering occurred Saturday evening.
The body of J. J. Jackson aged 12 who died at Morgantown Sunday evening will arrive Tuesday morning at oclock and the funeral party will be met by local relatives and friends. They will go to the Masonic cemetery for services and burial. Col and Mrs Clarence W. Laggatt and daughter Frances went to Web ier Springs today to spend two weeks.
An overcharged ad touts Nostriliva as a simple easily applied nostril treatment for hay fever catarrh croup asthma and daily snuffles. It promises prompt relief and urges purchase of small tubes priced at 25 cents with a druggist sale.
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