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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1914
Page
3
In Stealey Heights a large water bollard area and a new lot near a good location offer a chance for buyers to own a home with a $20 balance and reduced payments, presenting an option to stop paying rent and secure ownership.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Main Street and a weekly room event with stakes and a lucky one noted, unclear specifics and date. Not enough readable names or places to identify a concrete news item.
Ad for Musterole claims to relieve throat bronchitis neck asthma and chest pains with mustard oil and other ingredients. Promotes a special large hospital size and generically touts safety from imitators by the Musterole Company of Cleveland Ohio.
An old advertisement touts Parisian Sage hair tonic from Wells-Haymaker Company claiming it removes dandruff, soothes scalp itch, and nourishes hair to growth and shine. It promises immediate improvement after one application and labels the product harmless and delicately perfumed.
James Hilott, an older man said to be from Pennsylvania, is a prisoner in Gall on two lunacy charges. He will be examined by a commission of physicians by warrant issued at the instance of the police department before Magistrate Nice Warner Elliott. The arrest occurred Saturday night by city police.
A voluntary bankruptcy petition was filed by United States Metal Products Company of Massachusetts. Receivers T Sherman, A Turner and Thomas Clark were appointed. Liabilities reach 1 008 000 dollars while assets total 27700 000 mainly real estate and stock in trade. Tax discount period ended at 5 PM Monday with many paying at the sheriff's office.
Washington December 1 officials announce fare increases in central passenger association territory effective tomorrow and higher mileage rates take effect December 7. The Interstate Commerce Commission will not suspend the changes. Magistrate G H Gordon is ill at home with rheumatism, but court business proceeds with clerks at Third Street.
Chicago Dec 1 Olilelais of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroads announced that the embargo on wheat shipments to Calverton Texas was lifted. For a month shipments had been refused due to train congestion at the export point and clogged bottoms for ocean transport.
An old advertisement fragment promotes Berlain's Cough Remedy as the mother’s favorite with unclear wording. It mentions sale by all dealers and references various nonsensical phrases that appear as OCR junk, offering no verifiable details beyond basic product promotion.
Mrs Mary Hickles of Cornwallis died after a stove fire set off by an explosion while she was cooking. She died at St Josephs Hospital one month after the incident. Survived by husband John Awe and three children. others named from Clarksturg, Homestead, and nearby towns. The injured and two daughters were at the hospital at the time of death.
Salem reports the death of Biza utton of Boulder Colo and notes survivors. Charley Thompson of Minot and Miss Mary Butter of North Salem wed at bride’s home with Rev. Woster officiating. Achill takes charge in Baltimore and Ohio notices. The Order of the Eastern Star hosts a social Monday night at the Masonic room with invitations. Mr. and Mrs. J William Corder plan winter in Bartow Florida. Mrs. Ines Reesa and daughter of Kingwood visit Mrs. Rause's parents.
A New York City public health official reports that rigorous fly control reduced illness among tenement babies. In a 1,200-home study, nurses visited homes, nets were distributed, and cleanliness correlated with lower sickness. diarrheal cases were far higher in poorly protected areas.
In a criminal court Monday morning Frank Schmoolhaugh entered a no contest plea as trial opened on a charge of assaulting his wife. Judge James W. Robinson fined him 25 dollars.
In pursuance of a circuit court decree in Harrison County West Virginia a special commissioner will sell on December 13 1918 at noon the real estate described as part of Lot 1 in the Town of Lem Coroner Street area. The sale follows a chancery case where Frank Z Pride is plaintiff and Mary Offutt and others are defendants.
Fragmentary OCR text recalls Captain Teo J. St Boyd of the southwestern Pacific Manian, reportedly lost at sea after a monday front. Unclear details mention a 7 foot wave and multiple names in a damaged account.
A damaged legal notice from Salem Town lists a property transfer in which Lot No. 3 in the 1k Gd. Powaltn Addition to the Town of Salem conveyed to William Gh. Crate by Nanvin He Lowe. Sales terms include a one-third cash payment, two notes by purchaser, and vendor’s lien. Special commissioners Wade Coffman and others report proceedings dated September 1914.
A damaged OCR notice describes a Deed of Trust dated September 12 1934 involving Swiger and Swike r and a leased coal mine property in Harrison County West Virginia. It details trust terms, rents and royalties, and a public sale at the Harrison County Courthouse for the property and related mining and railroad works. Also included is a notice of a Commissioner's Sale of an oil and gas lease partially drilled, in Engle District, Marion County, detailing a ten year lease with rights to produce gas and oil and the sale terms at the court house steps.
Fragmentary document describes cattle theft linked to a deed of trust and Fayette Coal Company property. It notes a 1912 trust deed, several tracts of coal land, and an indebtedness of about two thousand to five thousand dollars, with trustees and dates referenced in court records.
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