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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1915
Page
3
A fragment notes a W Patory frame and slate Beson lot measuring 29 by 120 feet. The readable text is sparse, listing frame and slate references without clear context or dates. No further identifiable entities appear.
Parcel describes Lot 40 by 120 feet with a 30 foot street frontage and an alley in back, noting location near Tealey Heights and Bealey Avenue.
A notice indicates a purchase offer of $550.00 for Grohard Avenue property. A new wild use project is mentioned as being built, with terms described by Helot and Good.
Partial OCR fragment notes a property in Highland Park with 403 by 128 feet area, described as among the best outside city limits. Mentions payment terms including cash, balance, and installment durations of one and two years.
A report from Glen Elk states local police arrested two men on Wednesday in a whiskey bootlegging case. The suspects, named in court records as Reuben Herietpedan and others, await a hearing to determine their eligibility to proceed with the case. Further details pinpoint the Starcher's store as a location tied to the charges and Mr Troney as the presenting official.
A long list of retained letters advertised January 5 at the local post office. Names include Mrai Jobs Agliton, Leora Alleman, Mrs. John Ulymer, Mrs. Jake Harlett, Indae Barker, Bernice Bennett, James Bush, Vincenzo Bruce, C. F. Birley, Mattie Brown, Patsy Bane, heavy entries, and many others. The catalog covers numerous individuals with varied surnames, including several Mrs. and Miss titles, plus addresses and initials scattered through the page.
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Tal Amore and Obie and other railroads to set reduced immigrant rates from New York Philadelphia Baltimore Boston Providence and New Bedford to points in Canada west of Winnipeg on the Grand Trunk. Lower fares apply to western destinations than to intermediate points in Minnesota and South Dakota. The Columbus Penitentiary Library now holds about 3 000 volumes.
The article discusses calcium depletion in pre tuberculosis stages and links mineral loss to disease progression. It notes Eckman's Alterative potential, emphasizes careful dietary management, and urges strict attention to nutrition as part of treatment and prevention strategies.
In Washington January, a two week stretch of continuous debate on the ship purchase bill intensified. Senator Walsh defended the right to buy ships under long standing British law, citing historic global trade rights and noting that any compromise must maintain good faith in transactions.
Mother Jones, described as a strike leader and organizer, condemned the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company’s recent move to bargain as hypocritical and dishonest. She said John D Rockefeller Jr. may visit Colorado later to see the situation, hoping he understands the broader context once Andrew Carnegie’s era is past.
Mrs Mary J Flowers aged 72 wife of B S Flowers of Wilsonburg died at 6 o clock Thursday morning after a stroke. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the church with Rev Wolf of Adamaton officiating. Burial will follow in Fitzro cemetery. Surviving are her husband three daughters Mrs Herman Staite of Adamston Mrs Joseph Mallory of Brouley Heights and Mrs Frank Plan of Wilconburg. a son William Flowers of Adamston. brothers Jacob Hayman L H Stantoe of Adamston. sisters Mrs Te C Brooks and Lloyd Wright of the city.
Mrs James Philips, a Mannington native formerly Teresa Kennedy, was crushed to death in a gas engine wheel at Glover's Gap while visiting her husband, a plumber, in the Carnegie Gas Company's engine house. Her coat caught in the clutch as she moved to leave, tearing her body in two in front of him. She left two young daughters aged nine and eleven.
Washington January 29 at a White House conference on government expenditures no firm program was set. Secretary McAdoo expressed cautious optimism, noting a fiscal year balance while treasury data showed a deficit. Decisions on rivers and harbors, rural free delivery, and potential deferral of contracts were left to future discussion.
Mrs Margaret Moran, 83, wife of John Moran of Piedmont, was found dead in a Cumberland cow barn by her husband. She had gone to milk the cows and died reportedly from heart failure.
A fragmented account describes a late roused search involving Deputy Sheriff Taco Wolf and Sheriff Hoss Stout. The garbled text hints at a confrontation near a boundary or wall of blood and mentions a place between unclear names and locations, with several broken phrases.
Creditors petitions seeking receivers have been filed in the United States against two coal companies, East Grafton Coal and Coke and Triona Coal and Coke, with a joint capitalization of 650 000, and against company president Charles W. Serhinshaw. The West Virginia corporations hold about 700 acres of coal near Grafton, with office in Cleveland. Lack of capital to fully develop the property is cited as the cause of financial troubles.
Lewis J. Byla longtime president and cashier of the German bank in Wheeling died suddenly at his home west of town. He had led the bank for twenty five years and had clashed with Wie Gar mon bank since 187. Harrisburg report notes a sanitary board order restricting cattle stock from Illinois sections under federal quarantine.
Jan 2831s reports treacherous conditions and local gossip. J C Basset of Taterstate ill with pneumonia and finger injury. Miss Elsther Barnett resigns from Pablo School. New baby born to Mr and Mrs Harry Johns. Mrs Mary Booth visiting in Clarksville. Clarice Pickett recovering with friends. Unusual freight movement hints coal industry recovery. Strange invader behavior described as demented rather than burglar. Exina Donglaey ill with mumps.
Washington reports President Nilson vetoed a proposed immigration measure, saying he disapproves the test as a condition of admission. In Fairmont a five year old boy, Vincent Nalhouse of Mannington, is described in a fragmentary note regarding a mishap.
Are You Raptured specialist A B Wentworth will be at the Glen Elk Hotel in Clarksburg for a week starting Thursday January 27. He offers free consultations on delicate truss needs and boasts a patent retention design claimed to seal openings without surgery.
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