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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
4
The Telegram announces delivery in Clarksburg and vicinity by regular carriers managed from the Marquette Building Chicago Western Office. Complaints about poor service will be addressed promptly. January 2, 1908.
A compact quotation from Stanislaus, King of Poland, urging courage to speak up when needed and to hold one’s tongue when it is better to be silent. The line reflects royal exhortation on prudence and forthright speech.
The speech denounces the proposed repeal of the Sherman anti trust law and warns against permits for rebates and railway discriminations. It argues honesty in business, calls for enforcing laws, and rejects panic as a means to justify wrongs in the economy.
Reports from Connellsville Pennsylvania indicate revived industrial activity as the new year begins. H C Frick Coal Company plans to fire about 7,000 ovens in Connellville area within a week or ten days. Mills and coke workers stand to gain from resumed furnaces and earlier plant reopens across United States Steel Corporation facilities.
The Wheeling Intelligencer notes that the list of candidates for governor has cooled and that Mr Dillon, after weeks of consideration, signs to run. The section comments on the subject, indicating Dillon’s planned candidacy amid the gubernatorial field.
A long passage discusses Mr. Dillon being urged to run and the campaign reception across counties, noting public sentiment in West Virginia. It analyzes the impact of a new pure food law, railroad freight suspensions, and expected actions by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The column also touches Roosevelt’s New Year’s handshake, local politics, and editorial habits.
Pittsburg reports officials of the Fairmont & Mannington railroad, part of the Pennsylvania Southern, have nearly completed 14 miles Mannington to Fairmont track and laid three and a half miles more. Ties are being distributed, ballasting not yet started. Several Pittsburgh meetings have discussed the project, with plans to begin construction in earnest early spring.
Several hundred Third district Republicans gathered at the Kanawha hotel for a banquet honoring Hon. Joseph Holt Gaines upon his appointment to the ways and means committee. Toasts followed, including one to Gaines and another to Senator Scott, with regrets expressed from W. P. Hubbard and others.
In Farmington West Virginia on January 2 the body of Samuel Wallace was recovered from the water. Wallace, a middle aged man who vanished from a Mannington hotel months ago, was described as deranged after a siege of typhoid fever and complications.
A special purchase of $1.00 items yields 50c yard for plaid dress goods and waists. The store also features holiday goods, sterling silver novelties, bric a brac, and handsome silk waists with nets in latest styles. Visit the waist department for particulars and selection.
Woman shopper urged to visit at once for a large selection of furs. Muffs scarfs and coats all discounted 20 percent from marked price.
S50c Underwear 39c Ladies' Bleached Vests and Pants in all sizes fine quality rib bed fleeced silk tipped bar gain at 39c each.
Furs for ladies misses and children offered at regular price less 20 percent. Details cannot be given here, but the sale features the year's best fur values. Those interested may learn more in-store.
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