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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1912
Page
9
Several couples received marriage licenses including J Ernest Davis with Maud M Smith, George N Singley with Leura Haught, John R Marteo with Mary C Farmerle, Rocca Rome o with Maria Marine, James J Groep with Sie M Barnes, and Rowe Land F Barnes with Desa ie L Port. License fees were listed.
In Bridgeport on August 4 the Mothers Guild meeting at the Baptist church drew a large audience and raised funds for the Mothers Club Library. Anna Homlinges and Mike Hejen Davidson sang, Rev G C Woofter led devotional exercises, and Dr R Ogden of Clarksburg spoke on physical morality and child welfare, urging pensions or support if mothers cannot rear children and condemning medical alcohol use.
Aug 28 Charleston reports certificates issued by the West Virginia Department of Schools to eighteen counties for first to third grade teacher examinations this year. Counties listed include Cabell, Kanawha, Harrison, Huntington, Logan, Mason, Putnam, Raleigh, Summers, Wayne and Wyoming with counts ranging from 2 to 118. The notice also includes health regulations from Clarksburg Health Board adopting quarantine rules for yellow fever, smallpox, cholera and other diseases and duties of city officials and hoteliers to report cases.
Fragmentary listing notes a two story house with dive rooms and baths, brick exterior, slate roof and cement foundation. Mentions a 80 by 120 foot lot, garden and yard, one half ownership for two years, and basic amenities referenced in broken phrases.
Fate McAter, who promised Mayor Frank Moore to leave the city, appeared in police court again after an arrest on drunkenness. The mayor ordered thirty days in jail in default of paying a fine of twenty dollars and costs, for which he was found guilty.
Fragmentary report shows a new frame house on Lee Street with mentions of bath pantry and updates. It references a price note claiming one third down and payment terms. Details are incomplete but indicate a real estate listing context in a local slate block area.
A two story frame house on Daisy Street with slate roof cement block foundation seven rooms bath pantry and basement. Lot size 40 feet by unspecified depth, asking price 4500 dollars with one third down and terms over two years.
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