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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
4
Classified fragment lists mail rates and subscription details from the Associated Press bureau. Contains terms for daily and Sunday delivery, weekly and monthly options, and rates, with missing portions and stray letters.
A 1916 column argues Sheriff Stout and Jud Findley provoke reactions, criticizing Wilson era tactics. It condemns Wilson's political machine in Washington as personality driven, likely to collapse if Wilson loses grip, and notes Republican tolerance of some methods.
The Morgantown campus offers eight week winter courses starting January 1 for farmers and farm boys with a common school education. Topics include grains grasses fruit growing dairying gardening livestock farm management and veterinary science. Aimed at practical farm problems under expert instruction. A separate track for farm women and girls club leaders covers foods cooking textiles sewing sanitation and home economics. Interested individuals should write for a detailed bulletin.
West Virginia farmers will gather January 1 to 6 at Morgantown's College of Agriculture for an intensive program on livestock grain gardening fruit growing and other farming topics. State and national speakers will cover practical, time efficient topics with lectures exhibits contests and conferences for farmers and their families.
A split political landscape follows the regent election with a likely run off in the North in 1918 and a mixed federal government. Citizens face two years under a Republican House, a Democratic Senate, and a Democratic president with parties blaming each other for legislative gridlock.
The piece argues that Mr. Wilson faces limited maneuvering room and likely Republican gains in 1918. It notes rising costs and tax burdens, public protest, and the chance a Democratic wave could reclaim the House and bolster the Senate for a future presidential contest. It also suggests Massachusetts Republicans may benefit with Wilson in the White House.
A Christmas ship voyage prompts $410000 telegraphed to relief from New York to Tiflis and Tabriz for starving Armenians Syrians and Christians in Palestine and Kurdestan. The committee also pledges $500000 in January and a further $500000 if raised, with total aid reaching over $2.4 million.
Armenian and Syrians face starvation as Christmas cargo funded by American committee distributes aid from Beirut and inland towns. The drive aims to raise 1,000,000 dollars within thirty days to repatriate and feed refugees, backed by leaders such as Morgenthau, Mott, and Seligman and a broad network of donors from New York to Missouri.
A Friday night program at the Water Street colored school hall features dances songs and recitations by Water Street High School students. Highlights include solos of The Rainboy Child Ode to Ethiopia Bronze Duston and a piano Scenes from an Imaginary Ballet with readings on Dunbar Phyllis Wheatley and Frederick Douglass.
An advertisement likens a cough to a fire bell urging action and touts Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as the effective cure. The testimonial from Mrs. Thomas Beeching of Andrews Indiana praises its ability to stop persistent coughs after colds or grip. Purchase available everywhere.
A Johnson City Tennessee resident J. H. McCormack states he suffered kidney congestion and could not work until using Swamp-Root. He kept the remedy at home and found it best for kidney medicine. The letter, sworn by a Notary Public in March 1914, invites others to request a sample and information booklet from Dr Kilmer Co.
Papa Robinson slips into a kitchen shaft to stash Christmas gifts and hides a steel savings bank and an iron clock in a broken dumb waiter. The family, excited and foolish, drops items down the shaft. They only discover him the day before Christmas.
The Greek substitute for absinthe is mas tica a liqueur noted for its distinct flavor. Japan’s annual rice production reaches 250000000 bushels marking a substantial agricultural output.
The Hope Natural Gas Company and Reserve Natural Gas Company have been granted rate increases across several counties. Hope raises from 21, 14, 9 to 21, 14, 11 cents per 1000 cubic feet in most areas with local protests in St Mary's, Parkersburg and Mannington. Reserve raises domestic rates from 12 to 16 cents and industrial rates from 21, 14, 9 to 21, 14, 11 cents. Hearings are set on other petitions including Warwood Water and Light.
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