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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1907
Page
2
An old market ad promotes King’s Little Liver Pills for headaches and constipation, and Man Zan Pile Remedy for hemorrhoids, priced 50 cents. It also touts Electric Bitters as a longevity aid and De Witt’s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve as a household cure, all sold by H. F. Burke or Frank G. Bland.
R A Gray J P of Oakyille Ta says kidney disease left him bedridden for a decade until Foley's Kidney Cure gave relief. He consulted top doctors but found no help until the remedy was recommended. Sold by Sturm Wilson. Legions in China and Water Color painting china decorated to order. Mrs Mark Koblegard 444 West Main Street Clarksburg West Virginia.
Lawrence Doyle, from the Spring Held team, became the first player this season from the Thee Oye league to command a then unprecedented $4500 sale to report to the New York Giants. Doyle, a fast, skilled infielder, hit around .825 in prior seasons and drew wide national attention for his bunting speed and base running. The tale includes comments from Tom Loftus and Joe Cantillon about Patton and the Washington American League club, plus reminiscences of Patton’s Kansas City days and a dramatic tale involving a benefactor’s payment.
Butler and Clarksburg meet in a rain postponed doubleheader at Union Park this afternoon starting at 2 o'clock. West Penn’s Neutzling will pitch the first game as Wheeling’s Winger likely takes the slab for Clarkstore. Standings show Detroit leading the American circuit while rain washed out many games across leagues.
Fairmont Times asserts Clarksburg lacks not talent but steady leadership as Bull Smith at home and Jimmy Gaolear abroad could lift the club from the lower Inder standings. It praises their capable roster and predicts stronger play as the season wanes.
A fragment from Anpleton's argues gravitation drives wind and water to level the earth. Every rock particle seeks the earth’s center, sending mountain fragments downslope and mixing soil as gravity, wind, and water continually reshape the landscape.
In astronomy the delicate spider threads are essential for bisecting micrometer screws to measure star positions. These ultra thin lines, only one fifth to one seventh of a thousandth of an inch, require expert placement and magnification of two thousand times, as better silkworm threads remain too large. Stray Stories notes how European cooks sell ready meals, with hot or cold roasts, soups, salads, and red eggs, highlighting ready cooking in households.
Belgium and neighboring countries showcase tourism ads as the state controls railways aims to lift passenger numbers. Ostend and the casino highlight the resort’s attractions in the posters praised by the London Graphic for their long standing appeal to English holidaymakers.
The Italian band has been engaged to perform at the upcoming fair the first week in September. Negotiations with the Lafayette Concert Band are ongoing. Committees reported at a Monday night fair directors meeting. Advertising and neighboring counties were being billed. Horse officials reported one band set and at least two hundred participants expected for races. Committee work on a top attraction continues with progress in correspondence and contracts to be reported next meeting.
A fragmented extract discusses Rosde and Reade and their use of eccentric English in humorous pieces. It cites examples from A Simpleton and Christie John Stone, noting peculiar phrasing, improvised terms, and a critique of a Colerain line as scarcely scriptural.
A fragmented column surveys bass jumping as spring practice by fishermen, noting long leaps and river antics. It also critiques Persian flower ornamentation and quotes light social quips and editorials on reform and humor from various papers.
A fragmented directory page lists numerous firms in various floors and rooms, including coal, gas, real estate, law, and construction outfits such as Fairmont Coal Co Glenwood Addition The Lynch Elliott Real Estate Co Metropolitan Life Ins Co National Cash Register Co Net & Olin O GARA Coal Mining Co Pardee Curtin Lumber Co Richards Construction Co HES Limpare Co So on. Also contains an advertisement for DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills offering a week’s treatment for 25c.
A clipped ad describes a well kept cemetery near the city, named Greenlawn, with perpetual care advertised. Contact numbers are provided for the cemetery office at 330 W. Melo St and 217 Home to inquire about formation or arrangements.
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