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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1907
Page
11
A damaged notice from F C Welch of 182 East Pike Street Clarksburg West Virginia warns of plumbing work during the holiday season. The fragmentary text references potential delays and mentions compliance with local rules.
A fragmented handwritten column gathers Christmas wishlist requests from youngsters in multiple towns. Names, ages, and addresses appear beside pleas for dolls, candy, sleds, toys, a train, a wagon, teddy bears, and other gifts for Santa to deliver.
James Roman, 28, of 006 Baltic Street, Brooklyn, survived two falls from windows a second and third story. He suffered internal injuries and severe bruising but no skull fracture. He was treated at Seney Hospital after the morning fall and again after the afternoon fall.
Thousands watched as a man leaped from the Suspension bridge into the rainbow lit Niagara Falls. Lights totaling 1,115,000,000 candlepower bathed the falls as a search failed to locate the victim. The dramatic display drew vast crowds on both sides of the border before the fatal plunge.
City schools will close Friday for the holidays and will not reopen until January 4, as announced by the school district.
Bears are seen in the north mountains around Allentown Pennsylvania over the past month. Passengers on Lehigh Valley Bowman's Creek branch trains watched several bears on the tracks. An engine whistle and bell finally forced one monster bear to retreat, climb the bank, and vanish into an apple orchard. Engineer Miller says the bear looked about 500 pounds and the largest he had ever seen.
A bizarre county court case in Boulder County details a Sikestown farmer James Tinsley alleging damages over ducks delivering papers. The duck, trained to fetch the daily paper, continued visits after rural free delivery began. The duck laid an egg near Ardley’s store, then returned home with the paper, while Ardley’s actions are questioned by Tinsley.
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