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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1913
Page
1
Minnesota physician Dr W M Beck faced extreme pain and attempted self surgery in his St Paul office after a failed attempt to summon a surgeon. He cut his jaw left side, scraped bone, and rewound tissue to relieve a painful crowing condition, later treated in a hospital.
The contract for a three story school building at Benwood has been let to Banks Construction Company. The $80 000 structure will be built on the site of the old fire destroyed building and ready for occupancy September 1, 1912. Banks has notable school construction experience including Bristol district high school and a $20,000 Belington high school, with Holmbor and Lafferty of this city as architects.
A divorce decree has been granted conditioned on payment of costs in multiple cases listed including Janie C. CWato versus Minnie A. Canto, Fernando M. Garcia versus Maria Garels, Lizzie Kateo versus Joni Kateo, Allie Keone versus Charley Keone, George W. Zilles versus Manile B. Zilles, and Moppin versus Robert Mop. D. a near Hera B. Ribtwlt. versus William P. Rib. A separate divorce action for Samson Harbert from Rebecca Harbert is also noted.
Former U S Senator Henry G Davis of West Virginia discusses the upcoming West Virginia senatorial election and predicts a Republican majority on joint ballot. He notes his preference for Democrats but says his grandson Davie Elkins has the best chance of election by appointment and offers his goodwill.
Special services announced for a week of prayer at the Methodist Protestant chapel corner Laoist and Sycamore streets. Evangelical preaching each night at 7:30. Pastor Stuy. FW. Morrhen leads the revival efforts.
Tests on the Union National Hank Building top floor in Clarksburg by the water works and sewerage board reveal an average pressure of 45 pounds per square inch at 1,170 feet elevation. The system exceeds ground level pressures in prime districts and plans call for more hydrants and steamer connections to serve upper floors.
An elderly Chippewa resident of Solon Springs, said to be 115 years old, died last night at his home. The report also mentions Wil Chirt Pussafiss and Tan M. Curry in connection with probate matters in the county office.
Fay Strother was convicted of street loitering with May King, fined 20 and sentenced to thirty days by Mayor Frank R. Moore. May King received a suspended sentence under the condition she leave the city for Gleventang, O. A policeman waited in a train.
Five hundred delegates attend the annual Mothers Democratic League meeting in Washington. Champ Clark speaks as sessions are set for three days with welcoming remarks delivered by Mayor John Harmon.
Nati American conani Nash Ded Lembo See ZAPan died suddenly in a local hospital. Officials say death appears natural though an inquest will be necessary as per standard procedure in sudden deaths. He was 95 and had served in diplomatic postings in several capitals.
Morgantown January 7 The Monongahela Bar Association plans to adjourn the circuit court for a week in late January to travel to Charleston as a unit to press for a bill regulating water power use by companies and individuals. A new city charter and an act to appoint two court stenographers and a court page will be introduced. The water power bill stems from issues arising from harnessing Cheat River by Pittsboro and eastern interests.
About 1,000 Stone and Webster contractors' workers at a camp seventy five miles from here struck and raized the plant's clores over food and quarters. Deputy sheriffs were dispatched to the camp as authorities blamed the Industrial Workers of the World for the disruption.
Initiation of one class of candidates and installation of officers at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Clarkeburg Aerie meeting on West Pike Street. Officers installed included Past Worthy President George Uawin, Worthy President W Morrison, Worthy Vice President Hart, Secretary C T Thiler, Treasurer Wo-Siucks Conductor Homer Grapes, with Davis HH presiding.
Italian immigrant Magiott, arrested in Parkersburg on a postal fraud plot, is charged with devising a scheme to extort money from Mary Stanley by threatening letters. Federal deputies join police in taking him into custody at a West Pike Street residence as he awaits hearing before a U S commissioner.
In Glen Elk Justice T G Nicewarner fined J Neal Peter Brown and Albert Truely one dollar each for drunken and disorderly behavior on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad property. They were arranged and released after arrest by railroad detective J A Campbell.
The funeral for Rosle Fragomeno of Pitenin Mines was held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home. He died Monday following an illness of pneumonia.
The grand jury was briefed as Judge Henderson warned that if the prohibitory amendment passes in West Virginia a flood of liquor keepers would move into Maryland. He noted Maryland requires one year residency before a license, and that false oaths by applicants would be punished.
Washington reports describe a Paris to San Francisco manufacturing interest shift amid the contemplated Democratic tariff revision. A second hearing on the homien sehaylule features a committee plan to limit witnesses to fifteen minutes each, with cross examination by committee members.
Huntington January 1 The recovered body of Engineer Gobber of Russell Kentucky was found today at the site of the New Year disaster in Guyandotte where seven men died when a Chesapeake and Ohio railroad bridge collapsed. Large crowds gathered daily to watch divers recovering victims.
Registration is under way for a short course in agriculture at the University College of Agriculture in Morgantown. The program runs January to March 21 and covers general cooperation agriculture and dairy husbandry with lectures, practical demonstrations, and applications to farming practices.
A damaged OCR fragment notes Dr Barney Pollng of Bron Oaks as a carpenter operating at his home and mentions a condition described as a growth or ailment. Names and places are unclear due to garbled text, but reference to local individuals and a home operation is implied.
Fragmentary OCR text reports a federal prisoner named Edward Waite detained under uncertain allegations. Mentions of a prison, deputy marshal from Portinhton, and a visit by a Mr. Ed Hotp. references to a John A. Mason and a Teri of fader with garbled place names and titles.
A garbled note references city council finance fixes and church leadership activities. It mentions Reverend Johnson of Celatra Episcopalian parish and potential tax entries related to a movement or event. The fragment hints at a local public inquiry or fix approved by authorities.
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