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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1913
Page
2
The fair opens Monday promising the largest, best event yet in the state with machinery and floral halls, poultry exhibits, and racing. President Sherman C. Denham will headline racing and aerial acts by Zingarella. Exhibits fill the grounds as merchants reserve space and preparations complete.
Local Knights of Pyithias gathered at Shiraz Temple No 29 Charleston then at Tau Temple Clarksburg to elect year officers for the Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan. Royal Vizier W. Robsmeyn, Emir Franken Horner, Maheda H. A. Simmons, Secretary H. H. Degis, Treasurer John J. Sawyers, Satrap Joan J. Denham, Sahib A. Rutherford, Chief T. A. Anderson, trustees William S. Outright and Dr. McCue Bowcock named.
A chaotic pageant in the city center drew thousands as a theatrical procession showcased members of a mysterious order. Riven by rough costumes and a dramatic goat leader, the march included loud cannons, red fire, and a four hour effort to prepare.
Preparations for a large Labor Day celebration at Beechwood Park are under way with music and speaking and free admission. Shiraz Temple No 29 Dokies, a Knights of Pythias branch, traveled in to Clarksburg via a special car attached to the regular train. Judge Haymond Maxwell of Clarksburg was a prominent visitor. John Burnside bought prime ground in the old Fair Grounds addition for a bungalow and twenty houses will rise this fall. Prof B G Rohrbaugh of the Glenville Normal appeared. Work resumes on the car line near the railroad yards with temporary track and fills at both ends of the new Interurban bridge. Rev Heltick and R Ad Hall attend a Methodist Protestant conference at Fairmont. The Lewis County Club of Glenville Normal held an entertainment at the High School. afterward students and alumni socialized with refreshments. Two hundred twenty three teachers attend the teachers institute this week. Charles Past of Lost Creek visited. J R Hall spoke at the Unified Brethren camp meeting at Indian Camp Rock Upshur County.
A fragment recounts Benjamin Franklin printing the New England Courant in 1720 21 and his brother James beginning America’s second paper after Boston News Letter. It notes Franklin’s youth masking authorship writing anonymous pieces disliked by rivals yet gaining approval from readers.
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