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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1916
Page
4
Abbreviated interwar style notice for Pee Daily Telegram listing advertising rates and contact details. Mentions Clarkaburg W Ve, Hal Koons, business office, weekly and Sunday circulation, subscription terms, and advertising charges with year and advance payment.
Michigan Congressman Joseph W. Fordney warns that Democratic wartime and Underwood tax policies left the treasury short by large sums. He argues war receipts and taxes offset deficits but that general fund balances fell from mid 1914 to mid 1915. He predicts the Underwood act's repeal will reveal hundreds of millions in revenue raised by questionable taxation and an empty treasury.
A humorous fragment shows Farmer Hoerake chasing Maud the cow through the pasture as the cow defies milking by cavorting near the milking bars. The scene blends rural dialect with comic dialogue about beauty and mischief on the farm. An Episcopal church gathering is briefly mentioned in the odd mix of notes and plans.
War news shifts to birds as reports claim European birds are casualties or fled from battle zones. British soldiers heard birds during bombardment while sparrows nested near trenches. T. Gilbert Pearson notes some nations protect birds with bans on hunting and game sales. Belgium traps vast numbers of native birds for food, prompting Audubon Society action from New York headquarters to recruit five thousand supporters.
Tokio January 25 Doctors warn of a tuberculosis surge in Japan with Dr Shibanaburo Kitazato urging stronger anti tuberculous efforts through his Anti Tuberculoats Quarterly. He highlights the unusually high tuberculosis incidence and calls for intensified public health action.
A 1916 advertisement features Dr Kilmer Swamp Root praised by Porter’s Drug Store Pinnacle and Sainsbury NC for kidney support. Letters from a manager claim notable benefits and urge readers to prove Swamp Root’s value, with a 10 cent sample offer and full size bottles available at drug stores nationwide.
The report notes tuberculosis death rates among grammar school teachers at twenty four per ten thousand and across the country at seventeen. Dr Kitazato cites conscription age concerns, factory housing conditions, and dormitory life for factory girls as spread factors. He warns of crowded dormitories, night shifts, and limited air. A hospital plan and gradual ganatorium expansion are proposed, with hope of near disappearance in decades. Foreign observations point to sunless, tightly sealed homes as contributing causes.
A fragment notes a long standing market for Young's Headache powders with no complaints or harm cited. It warns headaches signal underlying trouble and urges private consultation with the crew of uncertain ing and removing the trouble at drag stores and 100 Packore.
Imperial Tear captured the opening city pool league match at the Imperial pool room on Monday night in a closely contested contest. Nine bails determined the final margin as players described the action as exciting and engaging.
Imperial defeats Colonial 200 to 191 at table No 1 in Imperial room. Delbridge of Colonial tops with fifteen balls, Small and Jacobs score eleven each for Imperial. Next match set for Colonial Wednesday night against Glen Elk pool room team. Also voter notice Harrison county GOP primary June 0 1916. Marriage licenses issued Clarkeburg West Virginia.
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