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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1906
Page
2
An old advertisement promotes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a nerve stimulant aiding circulation and brain mood. It lists ingredients including Gordan Seal Unicorn and Bla ne Cohosh roots and offers Dr Pierce’s Medical Adviser and Pleasant Pellets for sale from Buffalo New York.
The South Penn Oil Company drilled on multiple farms in Salem county finding no oil or gas on the Hugh Ro mine farm, light pay on J P Brand farm, and very light pumper on FO Dean farm in Wallace district. Wetzel County tests yielded no oil in the B Morgan farm stray. An ad promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for digestion.
A troubled actor Tricky Actor, Lawaltie, is in deep debt despite a large income and plans schemes to raise money. One evening he visits the pawnshop of a theatre director offering 20 000 as security, forcing the director to pay up before the actor’s plan can proceed.
An ad attributes headaches to stomach distress from over eating or drinking. It promotes Dr Gunn's Improved Liver Pills as a cure for bilious attacks dyspepsia belching bad taste in the mouth and yellow complexion. Sold by Drake Co Philadelphia and Stabe Mercer at 23 cents per box.
A bemused audience reacts to the performer Took Wimsell OM Foote who delivers a satirical act. The scene features exaggerated caricatures and onlookers debating the humor while authorities or hosts navigate crowd response. A public mood shifts as the entertainer blocs punch lines and joins with a lingering, sweet melody.
A tense scene unfolds as a captain and a marshal argue over a shell. The captain brandishes the weapon and offers the fuse, then finally discards it as the marshal demands silence. In the evening the captain receives an honor from the Order of St. Vindiralr.
A London Indiana resident cites his wife’s battle with consumption. After three doctors gave up, she used Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and colds and recovered. The ad claims the remedy cures many diseases, with guarantees of 50 cents and 1 dollar. Trial bottles offered free by Bland and Stone while marketing.
The text discusses the concept of absolute zero as a limiting temperature where gases would occupy no volume. It explains gas contraction with cooling, the idea that volume would shrink to nothing at a temperature where molecular motion halts, and notes deviations due to liquid formation and varying gas behaviors near that point.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as an effective cure for malaria and fever with claims of driving the disease from the system. A Texas reader, B. S. Munday of Hendidts, testifies his brother recovered after taking the product. Sold at local druggists for 60 cents with a guarantee.
An OCR fragment recounts a 19th century patent remedy titled Honey and Tar used for throat and lungs. It notes imitators claim to imitate the genuine product from Poter & Co of Chicago, highlighting the merit of Polev’s Honey and Tar as the authentic line.
Rail timetables list westbound and eastbound trains from Fairmont with stops at Clarksburg Morganton Weston and Pickens. Daily and Sunday only services shown for Nos 1 2 3 and 4 along with connections to Baltimore Parkersburg and Martinsville. Freight and passenger notes include arrival times and departure windows.
Partial OCR shows an advertisement for Sweet Melody Flour with unclear text and an odd 332" and 5 cent price fragment. No clear events, dates, or entities beyond the brand name.
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