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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
1
Fragmentary notice from the Hornor Building advertising rooms and shop items for sale or sale by auction. The legible elements reference garments and miscellaneous goods and indicate a public sale or notice directed to residents.
A garbled OCR notice describes a block relocation on Fourth Street and references various firms and individuals in unclear terms. The fragment mentions the Boughner block and a firing of unclear undertakings, with nonsensical phrases and missing context about dates or outcomes.
A brave local man entered a tiger cage for eleven minutes to entertain a crowd. Though met with uproar as he exited, no attack occurred and police ended the spectacle. A French correspondent noted the crowd would have rioted if a tiger had broken loose.
Fragmentary dialogue shows an anxious daughter questioning poverty and a mother denying penny-saving. They discuss a man named Gates and accuse him of stealing, while references to public figures and distant events interrupt the scene. The text mixes personal concern with clipped quotes from famous Brits and stray notes about thunder and sleep.
Washington dispatch reports the Senate adopting all committee amendments to the immigration bill except for one imposing an educational test. The body also struck out a section banning sale of intoxicants within the capitol, and laid aside the bill to pass several unobjected pension measures. Key debated point was a $3 head tax on immigrants, upheld as a tax on transportation lines. Executive session followed and adjournment occurred. In the House, members paid a remarkable tribute to former Speaker Reed, adopting resolutions and adjourning in his memory.
The Civic Federation gathering in Newark featured speakers from business and labor as Archbishop Toland and Samuel Gompers addressed arbitration and compulsory arbitration debates. Senator Hanna hosted the morning session with city and national figures, urging industrial peace and direct dialogue between capital and labor.
In Youngstown Ohio a head on crash on the Pennsylvania road in the western part of the city last night killed two trainmen and injured two others. The dead are Peter Rahabuta and Frank Smith from nearby towns. George McKinley and a freight engined man suffered injuries while other crew members escaped unharmed. Authorities investigated the scene as engines and a wagon derailed near the main line and port authorities coordinated with railroad officials.
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