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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1916
Page
3
Broad Dake Mothers Club gathered at Mrs. E A Rider home on South street for a Saturday afternoon meeting in memory of Frances B Willard led by Mrs. Jesse Snyder. About forty five attended with vocal duets and a talk on woman suffrage by Eudora Ramey.
A young man calling himself Thurman Tucker, arrested at the Interurban station by City Detective L. L. White, confessed to stealing a heavy wa(tx) from George Drain of Northglow last spring. Tucker awaits a magistrate hearing in the city jail and claims the watch was disposed of in Ohio.
Mr. L Holden of Clarksburg reports a 25 year sour stomach improved after using Nerv-Worth at Dirke's Drug Store. He says half a bottle banished longstanding pains and that a full bottle cured much of his distress, with a dollar back if not helpful. Nery-Worth is marketed as a cure for stomach issues and headaches.
Harry Preston, a Baltimore youth connected to Glen Elk, was recaptured by Police Officer Foltz after escaping from the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys weeks ago. He awaits transfer to the reform school as officers from the institution coordinate custody.
Pate Ingreage CharDESTon February 22 reports the public service commission has been tasked by Huntington city counsel to decide on the Huntington Water Company rate increase for consumers. The Bridgeport Natural Gas Company was permitted to raise rates from four to five cents per thousand cubic feet for commercial use and from twelve to fourteen cents for domestic use, with a two cent discount per thousand feet if monthly bills are paid by the tenth of the following month.
A series of evangelistic meetings commenced Sunday night at the Methodist Protestant chapel on Lo Suntaltoel led by Rev. A W Morrison. They continue each evening at 7 40 except Saturdays until further notice. The public is invited. Congregation uses the Hamilton hymn book Make Christ King during these meetings.
Washington February 22 The United States Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals judgment awarding Wolf Brothers and Company of Cincinnati 1145,000 from Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company of St Louis for alleged all competition. The court upheld the award but ruled the decision based on unfat competition and remanded for trademark infringement findings.
Washington reports show Jamoa A. Emery attorney for the National Association of Manufacturers challenging the constitutional reach of child labor legislation. He argues the bill seeks federal production control rather than regulating commerce and cites states’ rights concerns. Secretary Lanning comments on London press claims about favorable conditions for nominations.
The report notes seizures of malls and opposition to application of the Trading with the Enemy Act against American firms.
Two men from Clarksburg, William Pennopom and Samuel Darnetto, were jailed after authorities found a barrel of wine in their wagon. They were fined for Sunday work and horse abuse, then sent to county jail on prohibition charges following a Northview police report and a magistrate hearing.
A prowl court ruling upheld a law in Washington imposing a tax on mining companies. Challenged by Della Aj and others, the case concerns corporate taxation and state authority over mineral resources. The decision reinforces state revenue collection and defines tax applicability to mining operations.
A reader, Wallace Hagan of Weterville New York, extols Chamberlain's Count Temady praising its long standing household use. He recalls giving it to children and notes relief from coughs and other ailments over twenty years ago.
Washington reports the submarine standoff between the United States and Germany remains grave as new German policy notes threaten armed merchant ships without warning. Officials cite tense moods and unclear assurances about future conduct, with naval tensions rising after recent submarine actions.
The German embassy in Washington on February 22 protested delays in revoking a seizure and objected to an admiralty proceeding over the captured Trilla nor Aipam. The vessel, now a German prize at Hampton Roads, is slated for retirement to British ownership.
Fragmentary report notes extensive property damage at Pruntytown and Burns affecting multiple residences. No further verifiable details or names are readable in the surviving text.
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