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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
4
A letter argues against limiting history in public schools, criticizing legislators for educational ignorance and urging focus on practical schooling. It cites concerns about miseducation, calls for training hands and minds, and warns of a growing class of unproductive, crime-prone youth amid broader reform efforts.
The Me Allegheny Coal Company announces preparation to build a railroad from Fuair Mont in Clarksburg via Far Virviile, with Wheeling likely to handle the project.
The column sketches Harrison County candidates for local offices and notes political endorsements. It mentions a Wabash railroad proposal from the Tyiart Valley to Gratton and Pittsburgh with possible Wheeling spur, signaling regional growth and party activity in 1908.
A legislative session brief notes an extra session debate on tax exemptions for farm products and personal property, with a $200 value limit. House Bill 48 removes History and single entry bookkeeping from common school curriculum. Senate bills address taxation, county exemptions, and seed wag nomenclature.
Dr. Bartlett, the senior physician of this county, is seriously ill at Mt. Clare with multiple ailments common to old age, and his death is expected at any time.
Marriage licenses have been issued to Richard F. Arthur and Nellie Cunningham and to Atanasio Fernan der and Marla Alvarez. The report notes two additional couples receiving licenses in the same batch.
A listing notes new fine worsteds and some of them new suits available. The brief announces the assortment without detailing brands or quantities.
A local sale invites shoppers to explore new Spring stock of women’s tailored suits at 25.00. The notice emphasizes opportunity and invites patrons to acquaint themselves with the collection as doors of opportunity wake with the season.
Twenty five dozen sheer white lawn waists offered at 68 cents, following two successful shipments. New styles feature lightweight fabric worth $1.50, appealing to bargain shoppers seeking quick purchases.
Five bales of 15 rugs in total are offered at 10.98 to 15.00 for room size tapestries Brussels designs. Delivery into dining rooms and bedrooms is expected as buyers seek a new rug this day.
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