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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
9
Numerous noisy OCR style notices advertise furnished rooms for rent near Post Office area with baths phone and multiple single rooms for two persons or one person. Also featured are garden apartments, unfurnished rooms for rent, housekeeping duties, and general housework positions with addresses and contact phone numbers.
A notice outlines gas and water rates for multiple districts and towns including Parkersburg, Mannington, Sistersville, and Wilkes. It details classification changes, consumption tiers, calendar month charges, discounts for early payment, and field operation charges such as drilling and cleaning wells. It also lists subdivision boundaries across West Virginia counties and notes a low pressure gas supply variable by location.
Fragmentary text references isolated wells and regulation notices. Mentions Tocatian Se elie and Manninetan with vague costs and Oasis We rateh mbar tagh. No coherent event or names clearly identifiable for a complete summary.
The West Virginia ice cream makers convention held in Charleston elected officers for the coming year and chose Wheeling as the next meeting place. President W. M. B. Line. vice president Rene Haffner. secretary Jamison. treasurer Joseph Lewitson, all of Huntington.
Fragmented text references stock names and possible trade terms, with scattered mentions of entities like Wrat Virghila and TRUITLANT A University. Details are unreadable, but the snippet implies a historical stock or property notice with unclear names and dates.
A certificate of incorporation is issued to the Martinsburg Lime stone Company of Martinsburg Berkeley county with an authorized capital of 300000 dollars. Incorporators include Clarence L. Yeaslee W W Jackson J B McNulty AM Fell and Stuart W Walker all from various Pennsylvania towns. A second charter goes to the McKee Music Company of Charleston for a musical instrument store with 5000 dollars capital and named Charleston based incorporators.
The Woman's Civic Club will place seats on sale Saturday at the post office for the Red Cross Christmas drive. Preliminary sales are ongoing at stores and other locations. The post office sale runs daily except Sundays until Christmas. A 163 year old pear tree on J. E. Engle’s Shoemakersville farm is bearing fruit.
A garbled property ad lists homes and lots for sale or rent in Woodhant Avenue Milford Street and Lee Street cross streets, with prices like 5400 and 31250, plus mentions of nearby schools and churches. An additional notice cites a special meeting at the local fire company offices in Clarksburg with a discussion of ordinances before the meeting.
A small business storefront and two story frame houses with six rooms and bath, slate roof, oak finish, on a 50 by 80 foot lot, priced at 1050 with easy terms. Nearby Witkenburg Cir Line Stop No. 7 area offers wind-room cottages and a well-lat one house, with two cottages and 1 1/2 acres of ground and more details in the sale.
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