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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1906
Page
4
The Sunday World announces a new art feature with ten by fifteen inch color pictures printed on cream stock in a "rine. al Liniahod" format. Readers are invited to order the set for ten weeks at 75 cents and to send requests to the Circulation Department in New York City.
Announcement states the Baltimore and Ohio will construct a new office building in Baltimore costing 500000 dollars. The structure, described as the largest in the city, should be ready by July 1, 1906. It replaces the old building destroyed in February 1904 and sits at the northwest corner of Charles and Baltimore streets. The railroad plans further improvements at its Vannivestilton Fell Street station and Bel Air facilities in Port Point.
Local ad copy touts cheap goods with multiple typos and unclear addresses. It references Allen on West Main Street and an old stand, hinting at a sale of flour and furniture with unusually low pricing.
An old advertisement touts Bea’s Laxative as the best remedy for coughs and colds with honey and tar. It claims the syrup is non constipating and acts as a pleasant laxative, sold by Stone & Mercer.
Readable notes describe a night photos session at Toffman Studio titled Melody Flour with blurred imagery and vague descriptions of viblding and janists.
An assortment of old time ads features Hoffmans offering baby pictures at Parsons-Sanders, Pine pills for kidney and rheumatic pains to be taken at night, Stone and Mercer selling pills, Roberts Hardware Co advertising neat plumbing services, and Young's Headache Powders claiming headache relief without heart effects.
A tale describes a venerable elder guiding a youth in arrow making. The chief laughs and explains the craft, noting the need to oil, heat, and season wood to remove inherent defects. The boy learns the patience and skill required to produce sturdy shafts and precise grooves.
A historical description outlines six rivers forming the Missouri head, noting the Madison and Jefferson as major tributaries. It mentions the Madison Gallatin and Jefferson rivers, their sources in the park, and the ascent by Lewis and Clark leading toward geysers and present day park boundaries.
A reflex sneezing explanation follows by describing irritation at the nasal lining causing a brain reflex that delays expiration then forces a strong exhale. A Dublin barracks incident follows where an NCO salutes a colonel unaware the officer was behind, then explains he always returns what he is not ordered to return.
A garbled excerpt describes a London cabman and a tense exchange with a pale passenger. The passage mentions a deli and reference to an architect and a night scene ending with a grim image of a dead night.
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