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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1913
Page
4
Evening Echo from Barroway on August 30 1913 publishes a brief item titled The ship of dishonesty with a line attributed to Jamies Ellis. The fragment references a public or literary notice within the newspaper page.
The Telegram secures FL Smalley of Columbus to join as advertising and printing salesman. Smalley brings extensive experience and will assist patrons in preparing advertising copy booklets and printing of all kinds. His hiring aims to support rapid growth and provide regular trade contact for local business men.
The text argues that media should avoid detailing suicide methods, citing medical authority against toxic poisons like bichloride of mercury. It warns publicity can influence vulnerable individuals toward self harm and urges restraint to prevent encouragement of such acts.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, a Democrat, denounces a hidden national regulation apparatus described as a caucus within a caucus and a wheel within a wheel, saying the structure embodies a machine with inner factions and stinks of secrecy in the capital.
A regional column denounces party bosses in Washington who force caucus conformity, praising a Democrat for breaking free and urging more backbones in Congress. The piece notes West Virginia towns like Parkersburg and Clarksburg as fusing local identity with state ambitions and endorses federal road funding as a remedy for rural burdens alongside harbor and river improvements.
A compilation of editorials cites the West Union Record as a Democratic-leaning paper and notes Society shocks from Szecheny heirs matter. Readers are reminded of local town pride in Shinnston and Clarkesburg Grand Lodge coverage, with fashion notes on changes in dress styles.
Homer Nichols and daughter Virginia visit Smithfield. H P Shinn hosts guests from Fairmont and Pittsburg. Shinnston rapidly rising with Farmers bank building, high school and residences. Martha Monroe improving, Florence Clemens returns home, gas well drilled on Bingamon farm, Roy McCuskey returns from Salem Sunday school convention.
Glerk and carrier examination to be held at the post office in this city on November 5. Age limit 18 to 45 years. married women not admitted, except divorced or separated women supporting themselves. Eligible for appointment.
Noting a height requirement of five feet four inches and a minimum value of 323 bounds for applicants. For full details on examination duties salaries vacations and promotions contact Clarence L. Gardner secretary of the Board of Civil Service Examiners in Clarksburg West Virginia.
Walter Works and Sewerage Board chemist Perkins Boynton explains that aluminum sulphate used in Monongahela river water treatment converts to aluminum hydroxide and settles out. The process raises hardness slightly during high alkalinity, but leaves no harmful residue. He cites ten years of use elsewhere with no adverse effects and even increased typhoid immunity.
Frank Feinberg, a patient at St Marys hospital, was injured Saturday morning when he lost balance and fell down an elevator shaft at the Bakers department store on West Main Street. He bruised his hip cut his elbow and sustained minor injuries but was resting easier this afternoon.
Sedentary habits and lack of outdoor exercise cause stomach troubles along with poor chewing, constipation, sluggish liver, worry, overeating, and unsuitable foods. Correct obits and take Chamberlain's Tablets to feel well again. For sale by U dealers.
Advertising columns urge readers to prepare for school and house needs as seasons shift. The notice promotes checking merchants' ads for clothing, books, furnishings, and cleaning services to save time and money. It urges readers to plan and shop via the business news of the city.
Saleh Balem Aug 40 reports the Flarlees County Sunday School Association closed its session with a town parade led by the Salem band. Officers elected include Tuchards as president and A Schutte as treasurer. A banquet followed at the Narw Baptist church as delegates and locals shared plates. the day featured songs and remarks by state secretary A T. Arnold.
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