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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1907
Page
5
The Mareats Musical Club announces a Gamble Concert Company event in Clarksburg on Monday evening February 11. Ernest Gamble, a noted hamser of the empire, will headline with Mine Pace Anist and Mr. Lamherson providing piano accompaniment, described as a rare musical treat for all to attend.
At a Lutheran church meeting the Lafsex Aid Society finalizes plans for a dollar social to support the local mission. Members and churchgoers will earn eight dollars in kind and recite poetry or prose at the ingathering on January 31. A national authority may lecture next month. Weather delayed the Treting of the Marcato Club, now moved to January 15. Mrs Race hosted local ladies at her Fairfield home Saturday afternoon.
In Sardis district Judge Nathan Goff dries his No. 49 on his farm after drilling through Gordon sand and finding no oil. Across the county several rigs from Monarch Co and Wallace Co drill tests to deep depths with limited success while South Penn Oil tests Kincheloe creek producing gas and small oil in a nearby bore.
The Prisburg Sunday Dispatch adds four new pages to its tabloid magazine section, with a superior selection of 22 pages printed on supertone paper and vivid illustrations. Classic comics like Penk’s Bad Bor and Madge the Magician’s Daughter are retained and expanded, introducing Val the Ventriloquist and other acts, promising a thousand pages of entertainment. George N. Kollman, secretary of the State Federation of Labor, travels to Charleston for the federation’s annual meeting.
Consulting engineer M SquirTum submits a pointed critique of a proposed half million dollar water works system for Clarksburg. He warns the scheme is oversized, warns against inexperienced oversight by councilmen, and suggests a skilled engineer should direct the project. He questions pump and tank scale, population needs, and long term viability, urging caution before committing funds.
The condition of Col. L. B. Dellicker of Parkersburg has been practically unchanged for a week with no notable improvement. Doctors now believe he may live for weeks unless unforeseen complications arise, whereas earlier reports suggested the end could come hourly.
E W Holden returned from Asheville North Carolina where he left County Clerk Charl en F Holden who accompanied him from Denver. Health has improved since the trip and is expected to continue improving. He has been sick but shows marked recovery.
The Rev. John 5. Stump of Parkerstore and the Rev. MA. æ mers of the Wake city arrived in Clarksburg to join the executive committee of the West Virginia Baptist General Association for a session at First Baptist Church on Tuesday.
Snor J. Green sold the barber shop fixtures at 306 North Fourth Street to Frank Coutt. Coutt moved the fixtures to the McGeoree property on Clark Street and opened a new shop there.
A Clarkburg stationary engineer reports chronic backache and kidney weakness from hard labor and long shifts. After using two boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills from Wells Haymaker's drug store, his back and kidney symptoms improved, with his back stronger than in years. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo NY sells the remedy nationwide.
A fragmentary reminiscence from the Boston Herald recounts Barry Hilliard, once living in Montpelier Vermont, whose memory is linked to a village shop tale about a capelin debtor and a merchant who offers a final garment in exchange for repayment. The piece also notes musings on church chandeliers and exclusive designs in public buildings.
The concertina, once revived in England, faced dismissal as old fashioned yet persisted from early 1800s origins. Wheatstone patented it in 1829, the same year an accordion appeared. The instrument gained popularity through J. Regniall, a noted prodigy who showcased the guitar and delighted London audiences with concertina performances.
An advertisement touts Dewey's Best Flour as a pillar of strength and vitality with a purity foundation. It claims milling in a sanitary modern mill ensures healthfulness and appetizing bread, cake, and pastry, urging readers to try it and trust bakers and housewives who endorse it.
An advertisement asserts a tiny germ causes hair loss and dandruff. It promotes Newbro's Wormeida as eradicating the germ to restore natural hair. Sold by leading druggists with a 100 stamp offer to Herpiciae Co Wells & Heymaker as special agents.
A fragmented ad offers guidance on finding rental housing, promising best, easiest, and most satisfying options. It mentions numerous desirable places and materials, urging readers to view the listings and use available aid. The language is garbled but centers on helping seekers locate rental properties.
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