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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1914
Page
3
Colonial Heights offers a lit room with bath and attic space, priced at 3000 dollars. A surrounding lot measures 40 by 120 feet on Orchard Avenue, listed at 500 dollars. House described as finished in oak with insulation.
Farm property offering 67 acres near Masontown on the M and K Railroad. 36 acres cleared with the rest timber, includes 40 apple trees. Located one mile from Masontown in Preston County. Asking price 850 dollars. Trade possible for a vacant lot in suburban area.
An 33 acre farm in Grant District Harrison County is offered in exchange for a house and rented lot. The ad promotes fire insurance and urges readers to call for household furniture coverage before winter increases fire risk.
Baltimore dispatch reports the Interstate Commerce Commission denial of reparations claims by West Virginia glass manufacturers against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Officials indicate possible Westbound rate reductions to harmonize Clarksburg and Pittsburg glass shipments, with potential across through routes to Baltimore and western territory. The decision’s full text was not released, but the railroad favors uniform through-rate adjustments while opposing broader northward rate changes.
Reported in Chicago on December 3 leaders from thirty two states met with the Progressive party executive committee. They dismissed rumors of disbandment as idle fancy and ridiculed ideas of merging with the Republicans or Democrats. George W Perkins, New York, chaired the meeting and urged unity after state chairmen discussed political conditions.
Professor Patterson of Linsly Institute reports a telegram from United States Senator Goff stating the War Department has arranged to assign a retired army officer to Linsly in the near future. The addition is expected to strengthen the cadet corps and enhance the institute's teaching strength amid recent attendance gains.
In Montevideo a German steamer Mers, docked Dec 3, faced restrictions due to coal supply limits. Uruguayan officials allege crew tried to smuggle coal through bunkers to the ship’s hold. The Mera, one of three German vessels provisioning at the port, is linked to reports of a German Pacific squadron in the South Atlantic.
Dec 3 reports Warrants sworn for Tuecule Kent and Anna Johnson, both blacks, accused of robbing J Brows Walt of $85. They are jailed and have confessed. About a dozen others await trial for alleged bootlegging in the area. Washington reports Mrs W A McClintock recommended for postmistress at Pickens by Congressman Brown.
Hunters report a successful season with rabbits as the main conquest while deer remained scarce. Open deer season yielded few sightings, and many game birds like quail coots gallinules and pheasants were protected or seasonally closed.
Secretary Bryan invited A. M. Schwab of Bethlehem Steel to the late department to discuss views on building and submission in the country for European belligerents. He said no neutrality violation would occur if contracts were taken, but exporting munitions and outfitting ships on American soil would be a violation.
COUNTY MAPS AP Williams the state highway commissioner asks county road engineers to forward district maps of their counties. He intends to publish the fifty five county maps in bound form before the legislature convenes and requests timely news of maps by return mail.
Mrs W B Kanee Iraville Pa writes that when her son Hay was small he suffered croup and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy relieved him quickly. She keeps it in the house as a positive cure for croup and notes its effectiveness. For sale by MT Aewlara Arleartinement.
The readable fragments discuss a pale Kiowa and a probable jurys relation to history. The source text is garbled and lacks coherent facts or identifiable entities to form a clear news item.
The new warden Thomas Osborne discusses a prisoner named Tow writer Ie a Ife, said to be educated and from a large family, who volunteers for a cancer germ inoculation to test contagion. Osborne notes the prisoner erred and was sent to Auburn for life, and describes the study as a road map to help cancer sufferers.
Burt Howard a private in the Fifth United States Cavalry was arrested in SaPREial yo. TH Techn and Wallenburg Co after the theft of $15,000 from the post office last night. Officials said $4,800 was found in Howard's mattress as investigators linked him to patrols in the district.
A severe storm in Houston and surrounding areas left one person dead, several injured, and dozens displaced. Thirty inches of rain drenched coast regions, with bridges washed out and railways inland waterlogged. Continuous rainfall since November 3 affected rural lowlands and city streets.
Transfer of 19.8 million dollars of pipeline property from Ohio Oil Company to the newly formed Bolts Pipe Line Company is described in a petition filed with state authorities. The move follows a supreme court decision shaping public ability for pipelines and restructures ownership away from producing interests in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois.
A petition for involuntary bankruptcy was filed in U S court by T H Keesey and Delilah Keesor trading as the Morrie Mil Company. Liabilities listed at 59340 with assets 10850 for the partnership, while individuals show no figures. Magistrate William E Starcher reserved decision in the case. A separate item notes a man arrested for bootlegging and awaiting a preliminary hearing. The defendant remains detained in the county jail.
A vintage advertisement touts Musterole a clean white ointment made with mustard to replace mustard plasters. It claims doctors use it for sore throat bronchitis stiff neck asthma neuralgia congestion pleurisy rheumatism and more with sizes 25c 50c and 2.80 for hospital use and warns to buy the genuine product from The Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio.
Major Conner and Gert Welch, both 17, confessed to police about taking part in at least a dozen robberies in Morgantown over recent months. They targeted streetcars, groceries, clothing, and other stores, with proceeds totaling several hundred dollars. Authorities are pursuing the case.
A telegraph from Congressman Neelys near Wheeling reported Tuesday night as part of the Washington telegraphic exchange with Postmaster General Dan Viate. The note references a 16 cent rate and a request or message related to postal matters.
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