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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1912
Page
7
A clipped OCR style notice mentions insertions and copy timing details. The fragment references deadlines around three o clock p m and requests a copy to be in before that time. It also notes a phrase Rinedon Wanted and indicates multiple insertions across lines.
A sale notice for merchandise and store fixtures by Har mes at 408 OW Pom GT Cottman and Fisher. The ad states disposal of all or any portion of assets for liquidation. No specific dates or items clearly identified due to garbled OCR.
Aug 11 marked a new arrival as Dir and Mrs Joseph Dixon welcomed an eight pound boy. Nurse Mim Dizon and Mrs Dixon’s sister assisted, with the family observing a few days of rest. Local staff changes include several teachers hired for winter at the public school, while Charles Davisson recovers from a leg injury. Various visitors and residents, from Clarksburg to Buckhannon, were noted in a busy community update with many names and places listed.
Notable attendees include Mrs Silley Kelley Ian Kenseth and Mr Bennett returning from Moundsville Wheeling and other points. The event Monday night featured a game described as very pleasant with delicious refreshments. Patton recently visited her brother for several weeks and returned home to Garden Monday as Viola and Alma Hickman of Grafton arrived Tuesday to visit grandmother Mrs Camoday.
Weston notes a Droppleman family member amid typhoid fever outbreak from a Fourth of July reunion at near Fink. A wedding at Miss Bensié Bitkhammer and Mr. Hubert Davis is reported, with Davis a reform school guard in Taylor county. Brewster visits Little Hocking. Markowitz hosts whist. Malloy Works wreck fallout mentioned.
W Rrawton Aug 18 reports John Z McGraw of this city will run for the Mulied State senate and wage a vigorous campaign. He says the effort depends on Democrats gaining a legislature majority and expects to name his candidacy clearly to the Democratic group. He backs Woodrow Wilson and was a leading Wilson supporter in West Virginia.
Emmitt Moran, a popular local basketball player for the Wheeling team in the Central league, sprained his ankle Monday afternoon and will miss at least a week. The injury halts his strong hitting pace, though admirers hope he returns soon.
Contined list shows Precincts in Meadow Brook Salem Bristol West Milford Wolf Summit and more with listed election officials and party affiliations. Names include Dawson Bumgardner Yount Nutter Holden Johnson Stutler Kennedy Sturm Fultz Meredith Carter Lynch and Curry among others across Mineral Jane Lew and surrounding areas.
The notice describes advertising efforts for a county fair to be held September 1 in the upper county and also mentions activity in Marion county. It notes bill posting and distribution of propaganda and general information about the big attraction. Edmund Denham is noted as working in the Hower end of the county on advertising.
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