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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1913
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR reads like a garbled note involving names such as Frank J Cheret and Carrey & Co Toledo with scattered terms like pipe and bicycle. Content is indeterminate and lacks a coherent event or claim.
A family credits McDull and Whistaies with relief from headaches and sickness. A friend recommended Thiedfords Black-Draught as the best family remedy for young and old. They keep it on hand for digestion, indigestion, wind, nausea, and similar issues, noting decades of use and wide recommendation by local bootmakers.
In a published report the secretary details the year’s work to promote Clarksburg with publicity to national outlets and direct outreach. The Nations Reflector plant, night sleeper service to Pittsburg, and the Southern Farm land venture are highlighted alongside highway plans, the Country Club, Citadel project, and railroad expansions aimed at attracting industry and improving regional transport and fuel costs.
The article notes progress on locating factories in the Clarksburg district, with plans tied to improvements at specific sites such as the Cistiaburge location for water plants and Odin pottery, plus industrial car work in the same state. Once the cited limitations are overcome, the effort to map factories will be vastly more feasible than during recent growth.
Henry C. Stuart a wealthy Virginia farmer and former state railroad commissioner was chosen by the Democratic party as governor candidate. He is well regarded and it is doubtful the Progressives or Republicans will nominate a rival against him.
Aug 20. A Short Line train halted at Me local station after a fire started in the seats of a couch. The Tope Natural Gas Company extinguished the blaze, allowing the train to depart half an hour late with no injuries reported. Considerable damage to the couch occurred.
Races listed include 2:17 pace stake $1,000 with entries Rex Alcantara Coastest Mobile Crescent Simmons Major Hunter Katherine K Star Peter Van Buren David M Clifford Hal Reta Embulator Jimmy Me and more. Third and first races feature pacing and trotting purses of $400 with multiple horses and owners from Akron Findlay Cumberland Philadelphia and beyond.
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