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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1915
Page
12
Four new houses are under construction with more to come by early spring. Prices rise from $600 to $1,200 as values increase, offering buyers a chance to own homes at a fraction of their true cost. Colonials Heights prospects show steady growth and expanding property sales.
The Waldo Hotel hosts an evening dining and dancing feature in the large hall with a dedicated music program by the Cadgnea Orchestra. Meals and dancing run from 6:30 to around 9:00, with dancing optional and seating available in the balcony and other rooms. A varied European style program is promised with live performances each night except Friday and Sunday.
A damaged OCR snippet mentions Darley and Beulah in Michigan with scattered names and places. The text is incomplete but hints at a week of events or features and local names such as Campbell and Fin. No clear article action or outcome is present in the readable lines.
The county schools plan to raise money for a school instrument by selling items and soliciting patron support. A prize for the student who brings in the most money will be awarded, with a drawing planned for Monday January 25 and Friday January 33.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy plans to honor remaining local veterans with crosses at Mrs. Blair Willison’s on Deopard Street beginning 7:30 pm. A program led by Miss Lirsie Robikon will be presented. Also notes a Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs. Will Ashcraft’s and an extensive literary entertainment at the Industrial School House Friday at 7:20 pm with many student recitations, solos, songs, and piano pieces led by local performers.
In common pleas court at Uniontown, receivers were named to manage the affairs of LW. Sea mans, tied to J. V. Thompson, banker and owner of coking funds. Court papers show Sea mans had assets of about 2.8 million dollars and debts around 8 million dollars.
Harry Jeffers, a former inmate of the Weston state hospital, faces a lunacy charge in a county jail hearing. Police officers Joyce and Shahan detained him Tuesday night. An official from the asylum will arrive tonight or tomorrow to take him back with him.
Thirteen men were arrested Saturday night in a West Pike Street gambling room. Two, Thomas Waldo and Morris Gaines, were acquitted and released after hearings. They were bound over for the grand jury after posting $500 bonds. Authorities sought a search for 14 year old Olea Reeves who disappeared from Ashland home under unusual circumstances. Rewards offered by churches and the city council for information. Samuel Dubble, a foreigner, was jailed for days on the county gales and on the road Wednesday in Magistrate TW Nice.
A fragmented 19th century style note describes a race related incident in Monticello with references to law and order, white residents, and Community concerns. It mentions threats against citizens and calls for safety for those traveling or at home amid widespread fear.
Compiled fragment shows multiple property transfers with names such as De J Carter Taney Harrson McDannold Bo McDannold and Lucy Wilson, buyers and sellers in Union Heights and surrounding districts. Several lots and acres are noted among unions and individuals in Hast Clarksburg and nearby areas.
A grocery in the East Dad area, opposite the PinnickinnYckmina tipple, burned early Wednesday. The loss is reported at about 4000 dollars. Larry Cann owned the building and operated the grocery. Firefighters arrived around one o clock and found the interior a mass of flames. Prompt action prevented further damage with additional help from a Central station auto fire truck.
Washington moves to change civil service rules for postmaster examinations. Under new plan examinations will be required only when the salary exceeds 180 dollars per year, affecting many offices in West Virginia and other states. President approves the change, citing cost and efficiency considerations.
A chancery sale in Harrison County West Virginia lists a lease and oil well property in Eagle District. Frank Glowswon and others as plaintiffs versus Joseph Ry Llsess and others as defendants. The appointed special commissioner Wade Coppaan will auction the surface and subsurface rights including a derrick, to operate and complete an oil well over ten years, with specific rent and royalties, at the county courthouse in Clarksburg on November 19, 2014.
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