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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
6
A fragmented list shows various offices and professionals with room numbers and floors. Names include Dr R A Haynes Dr M Mason W H Holden and W Prank Stout alongside firms such as National Cash Register Co Pardee Curtin Lumber Co and Richards Construction Co.
Special Commissioner to offer for sale a lot known as Lot No. 612, on Fowler Avenue East Clarksburg, Harrison County WV, fronting Clarkeburg Industrial Company land, 60 by 140 feet, described in Clarke burg Industrial Company plat. Sale September 12, 1908 at 6 p.m. Terms: one third cash. balance on notes with vendor’s lien. Certification of sale bonds filed and council levy estimates noted.
Details of municipal indebtedness, levies and budgets from Clarksburg Harrison County West Virginia and Sardis District actions in 1908. Includes tax levy rates for debt service, building and teachers funds, certification by Clerk Will H. Cole, and education board notices with teacher appointments and funding estimates. Also lists valuations and a 12.5 cent levy proposal for Wes Milford to cover streets election stationery salaries and other expenses.
The Hopewell Baptist Church announces an all day program on Sunday August 23 1908. Activities include a 9 10 am Kenday whole service 10 30 am prayer service led by Rev L W Holder mixed quartet and sermon, 1 30 pm song and praise led by Miss Beeste Holden and Mr B Blair. Discussions cover church attendance and Sunday school improvement with sections for older members and younger members. Public invited.
Shinnston residents and visitors appear in a string of brief notes. Margarie A Vassaris and J B Ash are mentioned alongside several townspeople visiting Fairmont and Atlantic City for various errands and visits.
Promptly at midnight tonight the Went Fork window glass factory begins the new glass year employing 175 to 200 men. Other plants will start in days, with total employment of 1,500 plus. Tona will start Sunday with about 300 workers and Lafayette resumes next Friday midnight. County court holds action on annual tax levies until Tuesday, August 25. Bodies buried include Afid, nine months, at Holy Cross and a four-month-old infant at Katy Lick cemetery.
The performer Hendrickson wowed a city crowd with feats of vanishing and appearing objects and a final glow of photography art. His act included smoke pictures and a glow-shadow illusion, with the Simple Gle Club delivering a second appearance at the end.
Adrian Layman three year old son of Mr and Mrs E Clinton Layman of North Fourth street died Wednesday evening at 6 o clock of a final trouble. Body shipped Friday morning to Rosemont and buried in the cemetery there.
An Ohio woman extols P G Naphtha Soap as a labor saving and unmatched washing aid. She reports using it for all chores, supporting her claim with personal experience of four children and no help, urging others to try the soap.
Fragmentary OCR reads of Taft statements show confusion over riding arrangements and money for a horse. The garbled text references meeting or buying a horse, with mentions of suspicion and a stumble, but concrete facts are unclear.
Three prisoners were escorted to the police court Friday morning for disorderly behavior the night before. The mayor ruled otherwise despite good conduct claims, ordering Hardy Blair and W. Bryan to pay fines and costs, Franke Graven six dollars and costs. W Bryan paid three dollars ninety cents. One inmate, identified as Pedriéas, resisted peacefully but faced contempt threats before compliance.
An OCR fragment recalls wild claims and medical potions marketed to the reader. It mentions Swamp-Koot De Kiliver and fake remedies sold by a Long Island firm. The text also touts DeWitt’s Carbolic Salve and Little Early Risers as sold by druggists, ending with a brand name Sweet Melody Flour.
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