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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1916
Page
13
The Daily Telegram of Central West lists publication schedule and subscription rates with a notice on change of address and a requirement for signed communications. The page includes contact and postal information, urging readers to send updates for mailing, while noting Associated Press affiliation and circulation practices.
A Bankhead Highway Association is formed by leaders from Georgia Alabama Tennessee and Mississippi to promote a federal state cooperative highway from Memphis through Birmingham to Atlanta under the Bankhead framework praised for interstate road-burial cooperation and post election inquiries into eight hour law disputes.
The text discusses how major U.S. industries increasingly fund internal R&D, viewing science as essential rather than optional. It notes a growing demand for practical, results oriented science in business and government research, tracing back to 1878 and the Geological Survey proposal for efficient, cost effective scientific bureaus.
The survey describes U S Geological Survey efforts to locate and develop oil reserves across western states southwest and midcontinent regions. It notes funding limits public demand and the need for geologic guidance in leasing lands and aiding small operators while industry accrues corporate geologists. It also references a Standard Oil Bulletin editorial and political themes about President Wilson’s policy timetables and railroad companies.
A Western congressman vows to push an amendment to embargo raw cotton if the administration advances an embargo on wheat. He notes Louisiana senator Hoke Smith’s past swing against war policy and cites a controversial shift after the Lusitania tragedy. Northern lawmakers challenge bias, warning consequences for wheat and cotton tied to belligerent needs.
President Lee of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen warns railroads against canceling the eight hour day and pay schedule, signaling a possible strike while suits in federal courts test the law's validity. The Telegram criticizes the defiant stance of union leaders toward government and courts.
In a lighthearted family scene, the parents debate whether Lillian Goshanger should marry Gangling Fleet or Amsterdam de Scum, noting Fleet's wealth and de Scum's status. Lillian yawns and reveals she already eloped with Fuller Pepp, leaving the parents to cope with the surprise.
The eighteenth semi annual West Virginia Mining Institute convenes in Huntington December 12 13 with sessions at the Hotel Frederick. A river excursion to the Solvay Plant near Ashland Kentucky is planned aboard the Greenland or Homer Smith steamers. Officers and papers by J C McKinley C H Bigon Ey Morris J T Kelley Warren Roberts F Schoen and J R Brown will be discussed alongside election of officers. Institute headquarters are in Morgantown.
A detailed notice outlines the Eighteenth Semi Annual Meeting of The West Virginia Coal Mining Institute in Huntington W Va December 12 13. The program includes welcome remarks by the Huntington mayor and chamber president, a president’s address, papers on goal mining efficiency and rail relations, and a Solvay Company by product coking plant tour.
Paper by Warren Roberts of Chicago opens the session with a general discussion. TheAnnual report of Secretary-Treasurer FB N Zern is presented followed by business session and election of officers. Afternoon symposium on Workers Compensation Law and mine accidents is led by Karl F Schoen of Huntington. Papers on Electric Haulage in Mines by J R Brown Mans field and The Synchronous Converter of Coal Mine Service by H D James Charleston are discussed.
United States Navy collier Caesar sails from New York around December 14 with a Christmas relief cargo for Armenia and Syria. Red Cross and American committee relief totals near 50 million dollars in aid, including 200000 tons of food and clothing and 23000 dollars in medical supplies.
An ad promoting Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment claims relief from eczema and irritated skin. It promises rapid itching relief, better sleep, and healing with daily washing and ointment use, noting doctors prescribe it for over 20 years.
An ad touts Resinal Sean as a purer cleansing toilet soap that cleanses the skin and aids healing. It claims the soap clears and freshens the complexion, presenting as a value buy for better skin.
A Thursday concert is planned at the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church on San Francisco's Ben Street by the Unique Aid Society. Miss Bertha Walker will supervise a fancy work and apron table with a silver offering collected at the doors. Street traffic in the city is regulated by electric semaphore signals.
Clarksburg travelers gain a new late evening departure from Baltimore at 8 PM with a 7 30 AM arrival, offering Pullman accommodations home from eastern cities. The old schedule No 3 arrived at 10 PM, previously the earliest option for return.
Announcement made Monday reports the birth of a nine pound boy to Mr and Mrs W W Paugh of Worley Avenue Broad Oaks. Mr Paugh works as a tinplate worker.
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