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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1916
Page
2
Dec 29 Wallage Swallace notes a peak Yuletide season with Merchants reporting stock shortages and brisk holiday demand. Mail carriers faced heavy parcel and class matter, while local workers stayed busy. several community updates follow including a cow loss, bridge crew progress, and Christmas bonuses from oil firms boosting worker morale.
Neirlon revival meetings at Indian Ron Methodist Episcopal Church conducted by Rev Clark ended with two conversions. Templeton Smith of Brown circulated a subscription paper for a needy family of Little Elk Creek after a death from pneumonia. Personal notes list visits and greetings among residents of Clarksburg Brown Doddridge and McIntyre Fork including the Haney family from Raleigh and W Flanigen hosts.
A Bridgeport Baptist Sunday school Christmas program delighted attendees on Wednesday night with artistic decorations and gifts from a Santa Claus wheel. Organized by Virginia Withers and Lucile Matti, the event featured numerous recitations songs and dialogues highlighting the Christmas story and Bethlehem themes.
Anthem-Ghoir reports a Merry Christmas gathering with Orpha Bartlett Claire Dillon George Curry Alfred Mornick John Black Morrison Charles Laa ers Mrs Ava Graves visiting sister Mrs William Thornbure of Clarksburg Misa Virginia Kiesling Grasse Hi guest of Miss Lora Golden Dr Late Copsin Philadelphia guest of his mother Mrs Jacob Tender Mrs Bert Snyder visiting her parents Mr and Mrs William Cornwell Miss Glenna Davis visiting Clarksburg friends Mrs Ruth Bailey and daughters Katherine Milstup and Kennett
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