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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1916
Page
6
The fragment details a historic Clarksburg publication with mixed layout notes and pricing lines for subscriptions. It references a weekly weekday edition and Sunday morning issues, showing postal and circulation information and various billing options.
Editorials urge caution on road work debris and warn of unlit gravel piles risking night travel. They discuss naming a section of New York state highway the General Nicholas Herkimer memorial road, highlighting his 1776 Mohawk Valley service and the desire to honor him.
The New York Sun cites sericultural department figures indicating per capita food production remains sufficient though leaner than a generation ago. Meat per person up in 1899, milk up by twenty gallons, butter unclear. Dairy farming expands as an economical soil fertility method, while eggs outperform other foods with single percent increases over sixteen years, prompting calls to boycott eggs rather than promote daily consumption.
Senator Roy E. Parrish of Clarksburg the youngest state senator and a Republican leader born November 4 1888 in Wallace Harrison County. He was elected to the House in 1913 and to the Senate from the Twelfth district in 1914 now seeking the presidency of the state senate. Parrish educated at Harrison public schools West Virginia Wesleyan College and West Virginia University is a lawyer by profession and has chaired county and state Republican committees and served on multiple Senate committees in 1915.
In a town of about two thousand, merchants found about $50 000 in unpaid bills and launched a pay-up week led by the chamber of commerce to settle accounts. The campaign aims to reset the financial slate and inspire a nationwide pay-up week each January to ensure retailers can pay suppliers and keep the economy moving.
Plant pathologists warn a European fungus, Dothichize populea, infects black and Lombardy poplars and cottonwoods, forming cankers that girdle branches and trunks. Infected trees show ragged growth and may die, with nursery stock and transplanted trees most at risk.
The article traces the spread of European poplar canker from its French origin, noting first descriptions in 1884 and major outbreaks in 1903 and 1915. By the present year it is found in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, Nebraska, and New Mexico, with nurseries and imported trees as likely sources. It calls for assistance from diseased tree owners and authorities.
A 7:45 limited train at Yinktown Junction pauses after a warning shout. An engineer releases the clutch and throttles back when a man is found under the wheels. The crew asks who and where, while the fireman’s cabin boy questions the fate.
A wartime era beauty tip advises using mercorized wax nightly to keep skin smooth through winter. The method claims the wax absorbs dull skin and reveals fresher skin by morning, avoiding creams and powders that show through temperature changes. A simple face bath made of saxolite and hazel is suggested to reduce wrinkles.
Welfare workers in London report East End families suffer from high food costs as the six penny meal vanishes. Fish and eggs are now luxuries while beans and cereals rise in use. many women at work help stretch finances and aid health, lifting heavy sacks and screening coal.
The passage notes women replacing men, doing housework, and caring for children after work hours. It highlights perceived fitness for labor due to earning enough to feed themselves and ending the Friday Saturday purse crisis. The tone reflects early 20th century social shifts.
General Electric reports for the fiscal year 1915 16 a net profit of 27 193 409 marks after taxes and expenses while paying 7 548 359 marks to support families of employees sent to the army. A12 percent dividend on 155 million old stock and 6 percent on 29 million new stock is planned with 1.5 million for charity. The Venezuelan government seeks to build a 683 mile highway across the republic.
Immediate relief for itching rashes caused by eczema or ringworm with resinol soap and resinol ointment. A doctor prescribed treatment for twenty years, claimed safe for tender skin and widely sold by druggists. Resinol soap is said to soothe and improve complexion.
Allies reveal multiple time standards in Saloniki. Railways now align to Vienna and Constantinople times, while the city kept its local time and Turkish moon-based time differs from others. Three Sab baths remain weekly with religiously distinct dates.
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