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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
12
Allegheny County's oldest hunter is 88 year old Guy Slemmingway of South Hills. The youngest applicant is six year old Robert Mennett of Fair Haven, who cannot obtain a license due to the minimum age of fourteen. The treasurer's report shows a drop in women applicants this season, with twenty women licensed versus thirty-eight last year and fifty-one in 1912.
Dee Fairmont reports thirty three Willys Overland salesmen departed yesterday afternoon in a special Ford-man coach on the Pennsylvania line for Toledo.
Advertisement describes mercoulznit wax facial treatment to remove dirt and rough skin. Claims it brightens complexion, smooths wrinkles, and softens the skin with a simple application before washing. Mentions product form powder and hazel solution and suggests quick visible results at drug stores.
Advertisement notes a Saturday and Monday sale offering pants at $9.00 a pair while supply lasts. It warns upcoming price changes due to rising raw material costs and implies the January 1 price reed for certain stock will not hold. The notice urges readers to act before the advertised window closes.
Notice to debtors and creditors citing Leblanc and various names, with details of estates and sales, listing locations such as Clarksburg and West Virginia and referencing a December timing and a sale on a Willys-Overland Company line. It names sale agents, attendees, and multiple individuals connected to the Nimshi Motor and Newcomen Auto Sales.
The text recounts historic boxing figures and bouts around 1890s Davenport and Davenport era events. Leon, Barry, Mears, and Murphis appear among opponents like Lilly Murphis and Patsy Haley. It notes varied outcomes, travel to cities, and era rivalries shaping the sport’s history.
A century old advertisement touts Rheumw for fast relief from rheumatism. The text urges readers to consult Wells-Hayna or any druggist and claims a single dose over several days will eliminate pain, with warnings about strong, inexpensive remedies generic to the era.
About 20 000 people attended seven Pittsburg football games this season per Ruth I Davis figures Graduate manager One game the Navy contest not counted No admission was charged at Annapolis Penn State Washington and Jefferson and Pennsylvania games drew the largest crowds with averages around 27 500 spectators Spiders in Java form webs twice as strong as steel wire note appears as stray fragment in source.
Wisdee Steers of Brooklyn rules that a husband may legally spank a wife who refuses to kiss him. The case outlines that a marital dispute can lead to a legally recognized corrective act within certain boundaries, highlighting a controversial stance on domestic conduct.
Dispensing druggists report rapid sales of a recent discovery from Cincinnati that promises to lift corns with drops. A quarter ounce bottle costs little and will relieve soreness, shrivel the corn, and let it shed painlessly with no irritation to adjacent tissue. The patent sticky liquid dries quickly and is claimed to prevent deaths from jaw infections linked to mishandled corns.
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