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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1908
Page
8
A fragmented directory page enumerates business and professional listings with room numbers and floors. Names include Dr Ana Payatcian, Dr W Gaston, B F Thompson, and firms such as Metropolitan Life Insurance, Lynch-Mitott Real Estate, West Virginia Casualty Co, and Welmer Handle Co.
A vintage newspaper advertisement touts Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder trouble. It promises free sample bottles by mail to readers who request information and urges buying the regular bottles from druggists. Also promotes ManZan for piles in collapsible tubes with a price and seller details.
Bart Barber of Bilin Wisconsin reports four doses of Kidney and Bladder Pills have done more than any other medicine. Mr Taylor promotes DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills. They are used by druggists.
Grippe sweeps the country and Proventies and Proventica are pitched as early cold preventatives. Claims include no quinine or laxative and mild effects. Fhenmonia supposedly avoided if colds treated early. Largo box 48 tablets 25 cents, small West pocket box 5 cents, sold by dealers.
Sweet Melody Flour brand advertisement proclaims a King’s Dyspepsia Tablet to relieve indigestion and related stomach issues. A two day trial is free, with dealers selling Kodol, a vegetable acid digestive aid claimed to digest thousands of grains of food per dose.
A Burley Kentucky couple recounts a long lasting cough troubling the wife for winters. After trying various remedies without success, she used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and after three doses the cough disappeared and did not return. The ad urges the remedy as widely available.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Shoop's Restorative and Chamberlain's Balm for stomach, kidney and rheumatic issues. It touts direct action on nerves over organs and claims quick relief. Testimonials from Mrs Joe King and a Woodland Tex user are cited, with prices 15 and 50 cents and a 90 day treatment offered.
West Virginia eyes forestry expansion with university teaching, a new forest law, and a state association to promote tree planting and woodland protection. A state board committee will draft policy and present it for next year action while considering Southern Appalachia National Forests to safeguard watersheds and prevent wasteful lumbering and fires.
Deputy Sheriff Corll B. Righland of Wetzel county was named receiver by Judge M. 11 William for the Lowther Kaufman Oil and Coal Company capitalized at 1 000 000. The Calhoun county holdings produce 60 barrels daily and may rise. The property is valued at 400 000 to 500 000 with 400 000 offered. receiver Highland may operate the property if granted authority.
A garbled Parkersburg era dispatch reports Taylor County GOP talks on convention dates for February 27 and 28. It notes Wild’s retirement from a Parkersburg bakery after 43 years, Rev. G I Wilson's new pastorate at Slatersville, and the West Virginia Pharmaceutical Association set for Charleston June 2-3. Evelyn Baker Walker, 85, dies at Mt. Morris, Ashley Smith resigns B and C duties, P A Morrison injured at Elkins factory. Jonathan Haddix acquitted in a shooting case near Grat ton. Senator Jake Fisher of Braxton urged as a potential governor candidate. Nicolette Lumber suspends operations due to cold and Little Kanawha flyer freeze. Involuntary hospital cases involve Lewis and Klater, both saved from suicide attempts.
Ohio Attorney General Wade Bills will address the state legislature Monday evening on The Uniform Accounting Bid. Invited by the Senate judiciary committee, the talk will be delivered to the House of Delegates. Elis is regarded as one of the nation’s best informed tax authorities.
Probate notice reports Lavin deceased leaving estate to Mary Olive Davis wife of Francie M Davis with Daviy named administrator. Witnesses N D Boring and Robert Wagner referenced as part of proceedings. The text includes an advertisement for Dr Shoop's Cough Cure claiming safety and effectiveness with no opium or harsh ingredients.
Washington February 1. Announcement says Wrank H Hitchcock, a former immigration official, will retire from the postal service and assume active management of a campaign for Secretary Tutt for the Republican nomination to the presidency. Retirement date likely around February 15.
The Telegram announces a prize puzzle with two bears and ten consolation prizes for readers who solve today’s puzzles. It invites those who did not receive a club button to contact the telegram and participate in the ongoing contest.
Marie Taylor of 359 Wilson St and Carl Hopkins of 444 Water St named winners. Consolation goes to Ruth McConnell and Ruth Lyne with Howard McCune at 142 Harrison. Malcolm Taylor receives prize for dot drawing, while Ema Evans of Lost Creek and W Vai listed as participants.
Fragmentary OCR items include wordplay on beheading with garden tool, a drunkard’s meat taste, and a young girl’s apples. Biographical conundrums ask who studied shipbuilding as Peter Zimmerman and who was the Grand Monarch who wore red heels to appear taller.
Local Union No. 86 of the Carpenters and Joiners of America elected Frank L. Shinn as representative to the Slate Federation of Labor convention in Huntington on February 18 with W. T. Tarkington to serve as alternate. The item also notes a health coffee advertisement promising a pure toasted carnal blend with malt and nuts.
A rough scene unfolds as Rejected Valentine Sambo plays his banjo beneath a window. An untethered voice erupts from above asking why he disturbs the quiet, and Sambo struggles to respond amid fear and family interference. Maud Walker.
A damaged cryptic query asks about an orator Mint and a great musical power who could not hear his own works, a queen who sold jewels for a voyage, and a Letter Enigma with clues to words via numbers and letters. The fragment hints at a riddle about hidden meanings across historical figures and objects.
A garbled OCR note mentions weather, timing and a forthcoming response next week. It references an author and an expected answer, but the text is unclear and contains many misspellings. No clear events, names, or places are established from the readable fragments.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a boy named Johnny playing with a bent pine chair. The scene hints at mischief and whimsy as the child interacts with the improvised toy and a guardian figure watches.
A 1903 exchange between EMMA EVANS and JOHN PAUL THORS discusses prize items and thanks. Emma Evans writes from Hebreary 6 1903 thanking for an umbrella in good condition. John Paul Thors notes awaiting use of newly sent roller skates for a correct answer, with polite regards.
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