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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1907
Page
7
A dense OCR listing shows offices and floors for various firms in Clarkeburg and nearby towns, including Oak Cos Cake Co and Fairmont Coal Co, plus multiple doctors, lawyers, and contractors. It also includes sample advertisements for Dr King’s remedies, Acme Collecting Agency, and medical claims, with scattered names and addresses.
Junk shop advertises used machines rope and hardware on Jeak Yerd Cain street Residence 112 Chestust with items including second hand pullers and halting gear and a general inventory of old equipment for sale.
An old advertisement touts Dr Shoop s Magic Ointment for quick relief from piles including painful or protruding cases. It promises certain results and mentions availability from dealers. An odd aside hints at extra ice cream carved at Hotel Waldo during the day.
Paul Alger clashes with Aunt Ruth over Vera Elliott as the cattle ranch girl enters the scene with a violin and charm. Vera’s talent and quiet resolve win Alger, while the aunt’s will and inheritance plans ignite a tangled romance and family scheme.
The document presents sections of a legislative bill on passenger fares for railroads in West Virginia. It sets maximum rates for roads under twenty miles and applies a pricing rule based on distance. It also imposes fines for overcharging and repeals inconsistent acts.
The legislature proposes striking section 46 of article 6 and inserting a provision that the manufacture sale and keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors and drinks forever be prohibited in the state except for scientific mechanical and medicinal purposes and sacramental wine under penalties and safeguards. It authorizes future laws to regulate limited alcohol use for those purposes.
Charleston, Jan 17. Senator Hatfield introduces the first joint resolution in the senate proposing an amendment to create the office of lieutenant governor. The officer would be elected for four years in 1908, acting as presiding officer in the senate and voting only when tied, with succession to governor in case of death or disability.
U. S. Marshal C. D. Billett has received papers in a suit by the Government in 8th District Court seeking $800 in damages for violation of the safety appliance act. The act requires a percentage of cars on each line to have safety spellers, and the offense occurred on a branch line.
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