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Newspaper

The Daily Telegram

Location

Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1916

Page

3

Criss Corder Marriage Rings at Peel Tree Home

Kyle Quillen Criss of Peel Tree wed Miss Rosa Corder at 10 am Sunday in the home of Rev. W B Kink. Criss is son of merchant W D Criss. Corder is a Barbour county society figure. The couple likely to reside in Clarksburg. Nurses to Meet: Warrison County Graduate Nurses Society plans 2 to 3 pm Tuesday at Kessler hospital.

Criss-Corder Kyle Quillen Criss Peel Tree Rosa Corder W. B. Kink King Criss W. D. Criss Miss Corder Barbour County Warrison County Graduate Nurses Society Kessler Hospital

Butch McDevitt’s Expense Bill Reveals Campaign Finances

San Francisco style note details John Jay McDevitt who ran as a John J McDevitt party candidate and lists his campaign costs including travel, hall rental, delegate entertaining, police fees, and general publicity. The document, dated December 11 in Wilkes-Barre, outlines receipts and contributions totaling 287.50 against expenses of 968.50, with remarks on political opponents and future plans.

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Mohammedan Diets Forbidden Fruit Custom in Paris

In Paris December 1941 a sensational brief describes Sultan Alibed-Hamoun of Zanzibar dining with the Koran beside him and invoking holy protection while avoiding wine and pork, a striking contrast to Western dining norms.

Paris

Portland Meeting at Phillips Sparks Gunvall Affair

In Portland a meeting at Phillips centers on a gun affair involving Mears Ds and Atia. Key figures are Mears and Gunvall with formal discussions underway to resolve tensions. Authorities have yet to release a full statement.

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Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Healthy Blood

Purporting to purify the blood Hood's Sarsaparilla claims it removes scrofula sores boils and eruptions by driving out humors. It asserts external applications cannot treat eruptions and promises rich red blood and improved digestion.

Hood

Reptile Drives Man 10 Riches in Arizona Thriller Tale

Denvir, Colo December 11. A Los Angeles businessman, Her man Hertz, chased by a six foot rattlesnake in an Arizona den, halted, avoided the abyss, and photographed the scene. He later found the snake perished and sold rock samples he found as gold ore. Hertz then returned to Denver with a $100,000 offer for his property and movie rights noted as unreserved.

Denvier Colo Arizona Desert Herman Hertz Los Angeles Hertz Wittenbure Ariz Chase Chees Arizona Denver

Bitten by snake Wortman saves life with self surgery

Wilbur Wortman was bitten by a rattlesnake while in the woods with friends. He cut away poisoned flesh around the wound, bound it with his handkerchief, and walked to a nearby cabin for help. Doctors say he is now out of danger.

Albany Wilbur “Wortman Wortman Aind Fie

Eighty Bushels of Grain Found Hidden Below Mill Floor

In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania a grist mill demolition uncovered eighty bushels of oats wheat and meal tucked between floor boards and ceiling. Contractor Jacob Pinskey faced a dispute over ownership resolved by a party verdict. An unrelated note reports a Pittsfield man consuming twenty eight pancakes for breakfast daily.

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Hiram W Johnson Ranked Among New Senate Leaders

Hiram W. Johnson, a fifty year old California Progressive Republican, emerges as one of the best known and most prominent of the new senators. His rise began with anti boodling cases in 1906 07, he served as governor in 1911, was the Progressive vice presidential nominee in 1912, and won re election in 1915 by a large margin.

Hiram W. Johnson Thelifornia Progressive-Republican Johnson San Francisco Campigns Devernor

Weather forecasts and farm impact in 1916 system

The piece explains how city weather forecasts affect farmers by prompting urgent actions from frost protection to harvesting plans. It details the U S Weather Bureau's crop oriented services with 200 stations and 4500 observation points, plus 175 special stations supporting corn, wheat, cotton, sugar, rice, and cattle districts.

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Forecasts Aid Sheep Growers In Northwest Ranges

The district forecaster in Portland Oregon issued temperature and rainfall forecasts for Oregon Washington and Idaho during the 1916 shearing and lambing season. More than 6,000,000 sheep in these states rely on early shorning and range grazing with protection as needed. Early lambing is encouraged and forecasts help stockmen plan protection and grazing moves ahead of storms.

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Robbed funds stir Vladivostok consular report

Tokyo dispatch via Vindivostok and the American consulate reports an employee at the Vladivostok consulate allegedly absconded with about 40 000 zoubicr roughly 20 000 dollars. The case involves a young Cossack and hints at possible Red Cross or German war interests in eastern Russia.

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