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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1907
Page
1
Floods worsen across Ohio River region as waters rise in Cincinnati Pittsburgh and Louisville. Power and streetcar service disrupted. lines delayed by slips and high water. Officials warn levels may continue to rise through the night with conditions shifting as storms move east.
Baltimore June 18 The United States court suit seeks a mandamus to halt alleged bias by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in coal car shipments. Pitcairn Coal Co of West Virginia brings the action on behalf of independent coal shippers on the Monongahela Division, with court filings by Frederick Dalam and William A Glasgow Jr. The aim is to force fair car percentages and end undue prejudice toward independent miners.
Attendance at revival services grew each night with a large audience at 8 pm as rain paused. Ministers J H Scott Shockley M Day joined the pastor in leading a powerful service. Mrs B B Deison and Mrs PF Haymaker sang a duet Jesus Knocking at the Door as the pastor spoke on the theme Fact or Forgives.
Reverend James A Worden of Philadelphia long a Sabbath school superintendent will visit Clarksburg with other Sabbath school workers on Monday January 27 to hold an institute at the First Presbyterian church. He will be joined by Reverend Dr Humble of Parkersburg, state superintendent of Sabbath School Missions, and will speak Sunday night January 27 in the First Presbyterian church on Sabbath School Missions illustrated with a stereopticon. Further announcements to follow.
Mrs Martha Lowther wife of Joseph Lowther died at her Northview home on Thursday morning. Funeral held Friday at 2 pm at the house conducted by Rev Wm H Hudson of First Presbyterian. Burial in Masonic cemetery. Mrs Lowther described as an excellent woman and mourned by many. Her husband a Civil War veteran in Battery B West Virginia Light Artillery.
Kingston was described as almost totally destroyed with thousands killed and many Americans among the dead. Reports from Guantanamo and Kingston note a tidal influence and widespread ruin, with recovery efforts underway as officials relay the grim toll. The Associated Press dispatches also mention conflicting tidal wave notes and ongoing relief measures in Washington and London.
West Penn Railway experts move to consolidate Morgantown lines with Palmont Clarkburg Traction and Union Utility to create a 200 mile interurban network. Proposals include links from Morgantown to Clarksburg and Fairmont to Masontown, with power plants at Connellsville and other extensions along the river corridor. The plan envisions a trolley system uniting Clarksburg, Morgantown, Fairmont and nearby towns with substantial anticipated patronage and cross-state connections.
United States Court in Parkersburg heard Isaac Tusing, a Grant County mountaineer, describe his moonshine network. He operated fourteen stills making illicit belt whiskey, pleaded guilty to one indictment, and received sixty days and a $100 fine with more penalties threatened if he does not surrender the remaining stills and operations. Deputy Brown led efforts to crack the moonshine ring, with several other cases disposed of while Wilkins sought a continuance due to a missing witness.
The Board of Trade met at the Waldo Institute to discuss drafting a bill for a legislature to authorize Clarkeurg to hold a vote on water works bond issues. No action was taken as the matter requires further study. A follow up meeting is planned for Saturday with council members and the mayor invited to participate and help frame the bill, possibly including paving provisions and city engineer estimates.
A heated dispute rages in the house and senate between osteopaths and allopaths over medical progress against deadly diseases. The Charleston Gazette notes the home side shows osteopaths favored by a favorable committee led by Dr Hicks on medicines and sanitation. Meanwhile the physician lobby argues for life watching and warns against claims of eradicating scarlet fever and smallpox. The public is urged to consider the medical authorities as lawmakers press the issue.
Charleston June 18 A bill introduced by Delegate Evans of Mingo shortens appeal time from circuit courts from 12 months to six months for writs of error and judgments. The measure amends section of West Virginia code to allow appeals within six months, with a six month grace for cases initiated before enactment.
The Hope Natural Gas Company will move its general office to Clarksburg around February 1. General Superintendent W. G. Cartwright and several officials will relocate to the Empire Building on the eleventh floor. Private wires will be established and business conducted from this point, a move welcomed by Clarksburg for potential benefits to the city.
An expert electrician nicknamed Toppin, age about thirty, died at Middleton Thursday afternoon after contact with a high tension line at the Fairs Mont and Clarksburg Traction Company. He stood on a cabinet box near the switches, with a knife and screwdriver in pockets. Surviving relatives are listed. the body was shipped home for burial.
Clarkaburs Tent No 29 Kabghie at the Maceshees of the World will hold its annual memorial services Sunday morning at the First Presbyterian church. The memorial sermon will be preached by Rev. Min. Ei. Hudson, pastor of the church. Services begin at 10 40. The Kalghte will meet at that halt as the LO. 0 i. wailing promptly at 0 o'clock.
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