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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1916
Page
4
A 1916 editorial urges U S citizens to assist famine and war victims in Europe, stressing 7,000,000 affected people and the Jewish community’s contributions. It warns against taxation policy and echoes Taft on war finance while calling for broad, race and religion independent relief efforts.
A fragmented excerpt discusses late 18th and 19th century England facing severe domestic strain from land value and income taxes. It notes increased direct taxation before wars, pushing government aims toward apparent balance while burdening citizens. It mentions a shift in political thought in the United States Democratic party toward direct taxation schemes.
The Monitor argues that the New York and national Republican factions face a potential split over progressive policies. It contends the party must reconcile differences through rational adjustment, not force, noting the 1916 convention could differ from 1908 and 1912. The piece warns that revival of the Progressive program depends on mutual concessions and acceptance of a progressive candidate.
President Wilson's secretary McAdoo faces accusations that he filled the New York Custom House with relatives and friends amid political influence. Attorney John A. Eubank alleges hiring under McAdoo’s dictate, while New York Democrats denounce the shifts as a partisan realignment. Enrollment trends in Albany hint at Republican gains and Democratic decline, with rural delivery routes expanding and spoilage claims mounting.
A federal true commission and the department of juation are said to be investigating the cause of the raise in the price of Eazoline, Fine, Pri Dapse. A report will be given when it is warm enough to take the old boat out again, noting prices higher due to lack of time.
A string of patchy West Virginia notices covers indictments for first degree murder, rural teachers reading circle plans, new wells drilled near Cross Roads, a restored milk theft case, fire department funding for a new truck, state agent meetings on corn tuber work, district attorney rulings on poll ballots, Wheeling street car baggage rules, and local obituaries and shop notes. The items name John Flynn, Hilly Sunday, Morgan Lawson, Keyser, Morgantown, Charleston, Wheeling, Marlinton, and Grafton among others with varied local actions and civic updates.
A crowded street demonstration for Sizzonroth's Miracle Soap collapses into confusion when a fire engine barrels into the scene, knocking the hero from his icy gaze and scattering the onlookers. The event ends with laughter and a sense of spectacle as bystanders react to the chaotic interruption.
A garbled ad touts Fickman's Alternative as a cure for lung trouble and throat ailments. It cites testimonials from “Kekman” and a Wilmington detective figure, claims success and urges readers to buy the remedy and request a booklet from a Philadelphia address.
Advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion cod liver oil as a health aid for the elderly, claiming it renews blood and nourishes organs, soothes the respiratory tract, strengthens nerves, and provides warmth with no alcohol or drugs. Also reports on local deaths and court actions in Martinsburg, Taylor County, and Keyser with brief political candidacy notes in Huntington.
Mountains and people for miles flock to hear him, with ministers among them. He risks hundreds of converts as crowds grow. In Taylor county large tracts are leased for natural gas. Subsidiary Standard Oil firms are said to own a major lease, with Pittsburgh origins recorded in Taylor county court, registration fees totaling 216 dollars.
The report notes bean planting in the current year surpasses 1914 levels while the wheat area expands to eighteen percent more than last year, indicating a rebound in crop planting.
Wotloere gives notice that on February 10 an application will be filed with Pardon Attorney E G Pierson Charenton West Virginia for the pardon of Wranke Bucgatue felonized under the name Muthies Reverend Dingres at the December term of the Ariminal Court of Hearldon County and sentenced to Linane in the West Virginia Penitentiary for ten years. Signed Prank Buccafurno.
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