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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1914
Page
14
Real Estate items list rooms and lots with prices: a room house with bath and attic space in Colonial Heights priced at 3000, a vacant 400 by 120 foot lot on hard avenue at 500, and a 33 acre Harrison County farm for exchange. Also a note urging fire insurance coverage as winter approaches.
Rathbone Lodge No 65 hosts the Pythian Jubilee in Shinnston on December 9 with opening exercises led by the Chancellor Commander. Mayor Robinson gives welcome, a lodge history is presented, and jewels are presented to members. Supper features chicken with oyster dressing and cranberry sauce as the menu is read.
State Deputy A J Nager and Wheeling staff installed the officers for the ensuing year at the Knights of Columbus No 872 regular meeting in the new hall 12 West Pike Street. Lecturer William Mulberan led a social session after a luncheon. Bazaar at First Presbyterian church draws large crowd with Mrs R B Willison presiding and many helpers selling fancy work, canes, aprons, and candy. Woman's Exchange set for Saturday hours and delivery by telephoning Bell 6671 before 7:20 p m.
The West Virginia Business College basketball team hosts Lumberport on the Hoffman hall floor tonight at 8 o clock. The business college squad has trained hard all week and expects a tough battle from Lumberport.
An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed this afternoon against the Liebster Company, a sewing or thread producer, by Harry Askin of Chicago and two other creditors. The petition estimates the firm’s liabilities at about 350,000 and states the total value of its assets is unknown.
Interstate Commerce Commission orders freight reduction on window glass from the Clarksburg district to eastern and western destinations. The decision, supported by John Lent of Pittsburg, aligns local rates with Pittsburg rates and groups Weston Salem West Union Clarksburg as a unified glass producing area. The ruling requires railroads to file new rates by January 15 and to maintain parity for two years starting February 15. Local officials anticipate further adjustments in lumber and bottles as producers benefit.
I H Fischer Baltimore and Ohio railroad agent at Spencer for the last three months has been promoted to general agent at Toledo Ohio. He will move his family from Manndeville where they lived before Spencer. Classified ads accepted until 9 oclock Saturday night for The Sunday Telegram.
Huntington prepares to host the semi annual meeting of the State Mining Institute on December 10 and 11. The chamber of commerce and local clubs arrange a banquet and a day of papers and discussions featuring leaders from Charleston Cincinnati Huntington Morgantown and Uniontown among others. The program includes opening by Neil Robinson and multiple papers by noted mining authorities.
Official advices from Bucharest indicate Turkey is prompting a holy war against Servia and allies. Servian reports claim all treaties between Servia and Turkey are inoperative, as received by the state department via Minister Vo pick in Roumania.
Dayton Ohio resident JG Schneider testifies after years of cough and illness that Vinol relieved symptoms and restored appetite. He praises the tonic saying it helped him regain strength and health. Stone and Mercer, druggists in Clarksburg West Virginia, promote Vinol as a tonic made from cod liver oil and iron.
Christopher Hawkenberry died in Cool Hospital from a hunter’s accidental shot. David Sapp, out hunting, mistook him for a rabbit while crossing a field toward his home and shot him in the head.
At Rosemont on December 4 J Edward Dowden a popular young brakeman for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad had his foot mashed while attempting to kick a car coupling to adjust it The injury was severe enough to require amputation and the accident occurred in Foot mashed Grafton report details show a fatal railway work incident with Dowden as the injured party.
Fairfield police continue countrywide search for suspect tied to multiple wholesale robberies. At Mannington several businesses broken into and valuables and money stolen, but no solid clue yet.
Washington December 4 The House rules committee will meet December 12 to decide on the Hobson resolution for nationwide prohibition by constitutional amendment It will not be necessary to hold hearings Chairman Henry says the committee will likely act with the information before it Parker sburg December 4 The new Salvation Army hall on Third street will be formally dedicated Sunday afternoon Colonel William Evans head of the army in West Virginia will give the dedicatory sermon London December 6 Telegraphing from Cairo Egypt a correspondent says British airships have been making constant flights over the Sinai peninsula with no sign of the enemy Grafton December 4 Police officers are seeking burglars who broke into the agent s office at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station at Simpson and took 170 in cash before 9 o clock Saturday night
New York December 4 pleas in abatement by William Rockefeller and seven other former directors of the New Haven Railroad were dismissed and pleas of not guilty were entered. Classified ads will be received until 9 o’clock Saturday night for The
An ad claims Dr F M Edwards treated many women for liver and bowel complaints over 17 years with Olive Tablets made of simple plant ingredients. It promises a pale face and dull eyes improve after nightly use, asserts thousands trust the tablets as a safe alternative to calomel, priced at 250 per box via The Olive Tablet Company Columbus. It also notes rising child employment in dangerous occupations over 30 years.
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