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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1916
Page
4
A damaged OCR brief appears to be a newspaper notice or masthead fragment from Clarksboro, Virginia era. It includes subscription rates and telephones lines for Associated Press Bureau of Circulations, with stray text about carrier daily and Sunday editions and moral quotes attributed to Emerson.
The Kind Cannon Likes visits the Senate wing of the Washington capitol and chats with a long serving standpatter senator. He says he did not seek anyone in particular but notes it can do an old fellow good to talk, remarking on subservience of Democratic members to the president and its significance.
The push for a food export embargo gains momentum in Congress as defenders of public works and river projects push for rapid action. The note cites rising prices in capitol area eateries and hints lawmakers favoring local gains over broader policy. The contrast between party zeal and personal interests appears evident.
A discussion on household cleaning shows rough hands from harsh agents, recommending mild soap and enamelware care. The piece also critiques swindler tactics in federal court reports from Omaha, warning against false bargains and the lure of easy profit.
The Washington Post argues peace cannot rely on returning to the status quo nor mere territorial shifts. It says all belligerents claim to fight for truth and rights, and lasting settlement demands deeper changes in people’s attitudes and aims beyond victory or defeat.
The Ohio State Journal links national health to moral character and divine natural law. It argues government should promote hygiene through social arrangements and virtues like cleanliness, courtesy, and temperance. Experts shape modern life, guiding urban and rural improvement while they solve perplexities.
A novel fatigue field is described as unexplored and rapidly cultivable, offering relief to victims of fatigue. The discovery is touted as timely with thirty legislatures ripening for action in coming months, underscoring the public value of a fatigue expert.
In a curious tale, Sheerluck Bones and Ever Lookinmore chase a buried treasure clue found in Mrs Lookinmore's desk. They search the house for light on the mystery while a rival, Mrs Quackly, holds a key file. The scene shifts between the couple’s rummaging and the detective’s homeward musings.
Washington D C Dec 18 A government study by Commissioner Cato Sells on the Indian affairs fiscal year ending June 30 1916 notes major gains for American Indians. By 1916 about 195000 had given up traditional costumes, English literacy rose toward 75000, church attendance climbed, incomes and stock values increased, farming expanded to 678527 acres, and the tuberculosis death rate declined from 30 to about 22 per 1000 with child deaths under three dropping from 2391 in 1914 to 1303 in 1916 under the Save the Babies program.
Lewisburg businessmen agree to assume a $30,000 debt of the Lewisburg Seminary to aid its drive to become a standard women’s college. Elkins: W A Hopson resigns as U S Forestry Service head in WV to manage a Michigan ranch. successor unnamed. Huntington: W W N Bardin bankrupt. liabilities $6,218 assets $889. Charleston: Shannon dale Company sells 3000 acre timber tract to Shenmendah Tie and Timber for $15,000 to cut into railroad ties. Charleston: County depository law lowers sheriff bonds. cap $75,000. Charleston: Logan county coal shipments total $140,580 tons in 11 months. Logan may outpace Fayette.
The Monongahela Valley Traction Company now manufactures high grade gasoline at its Dunkard Mill plant in Marion county. Since beginning operation the plant has run satisfactorily. Capacity is one thousand gallons per day.
A brief notice extols Bran Foods as a laxative alternative using Shredded Wheat Biscuit. The product, a digestible form of whole wheat with bran, is promoted as a body-building food made at Niagara Falls New York and recommended with milk, cream, or fruit.
The Associated Press reports Italy faces a deep monetary crisis as the lire falls in value abroad. Despite military gains and domestic confidence, the currency loses purchasing power, with the dollar worth about six lire in Italy this year. The Popolo Romano notes excess imports over exports, driven by war needs and disrupted tourism, draining funds. Government measures curb consumption and tighten imports, including sugar price controls and coal restrictions, while late-store closures and dimmed street lamps aim to conserve resources as depreciation persists.
Miss Mary Miller of Brunswick Georgia, a member of the Brunswick Girl Scout troop, is awarded a silver medal by Miss Agnes Baden-Powell of London for heroically rescuing Jeff Bayne of Montgomery Alabama from drowning during a tragedy in which the boy's mother died. The notice hints at potential national economies impacting Italy this winter.
Almtra Kingsbury, nearing eighty, sues Robert Roberts of Trenton for breach of promise in circuit court after alleging repeated marriage proposals and two invitations to his home paid by her. She claims injuries including the loss of an eye and deafness. judge questions the case and keeps it open. New Zealand wheat acreage listed at 333,233 acres.
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