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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1913
Page
3
The 1913 US internal revenue total reached 2,344,124,453.80 dollars, up from 321,894.69 in the prior year. Increases occurred in distillers spirits tobacco fermented liquors and playing cards while corporation taxes rose about six million dollars.
Mrs Jamie Woods returned home yesterday afternoon after a week’s visit to her father David Scott a well known resident of the section and other relatives Mrs Woods home is at Wheeling and her husband holds a nest at the City Tank or an active church worker she praises the new Baptist church.
A readable fragment reports a boy’s daring act on the tracks of the American Motordrome venue, with mentions of astonishment and a notable incident involving ShucHiemm Ack.
Readable fragments describe Holmboe and Lafferty preparing plans for a five story hotel at the corner of Baltimore and Fifth streets, with Nichols and Cahill mentioned, plus local notes on smallpox at Cyrus Ross farm and a death at Mountlar McAlpin aged 35. Other items include jury draw, payday on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, oil and gas activity near Salem, and a Parkersburg camp with Company K.
The Odeon features the Melroy sisters as two of the cleverest dancing acts seen in Clarksburn, now on stage through the week's start. Ward and Layson supply strong singing while Miss Clayconey's cornet solo Silver Threads Among the Gold drew many encores. Local readers praise the daily pictures and the overall vibrancy of the theater program.
A collection of consumer testimonies touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for change of life and general female health. Letters describe symptom relief, urged use, and confidentiality assurances. Additional snippets promote Easy Task laundry soap and Chamberlain's Tablets with customer endorsements.
In Mount Clare Rae ENC MY GLAR Aus 12 The Rev Mr Reilly preached his last format for the conference of the Methodist Protestant church. He noted this completes his third year on the charge and expressed doubt about another year. The congregation heard the quarterly conference declined to renotify for renewal. A new bell was installed on the church tower recently. Several local residents and families are mentioned in routine notices including visits and minor incidents.
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