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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1916
Page
2
Give Your Wife Mother Sister or Sweet heart a Nice Coat Suit Dress or Set of Furs Nothing will please better and our low prices will make it easy for you Coat prices start at 94.95 and go up to 35.00 Large stock of coats overcoats and Mackinaws Men and boys clothing bargains provide useful Xmas gifts at low prices
The Greater Clarksburg committee meets in the Colonial building to push for a modern city government. It cites the Galveston and Des Moines plans, noting benefits seen in San Diego Leavenworth Cedar Rapids Houston and more, including debt reduction, improved services, and new civic spirit.
A London and Pacific Petroleum Company notice confirms that James McGarvey of Adamston West Virginia died in an accident at drill site Negritos Payta Peru on November 18 1916. The report describes the rig mishap at well No 779 in section 36, his fall from the derrick floor, immediate efforts to treat him, and his death about fifteen minutes later. The company notes burial at Talara and plans to ship personal effects and a memorial stone. it also mentions Peru's two year export ban on the deceased's remains.
The Salvation Army will provide seventy five Christmas baskets to needy families in Clarksburg with a four pound chicken bread sugar coffee milk beans corn potatoes butter apples rice and more. Baskets depart from 10146 West Main Street on Saturday at 2 pm after careful family registration to avoid duplications.
In Woonsocket Rhode Island on December 20 more than 3000 operatives in the worsted yarn mills received a ten percent wage increase.
A 1915 report cites Panks of Argentina valued at 9,000,000 United States dollars. The figure reflects the exchange context and economic conditions of that period as recorded in the newspaper.
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