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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1913
Page
4
An Evening Echo notes a safe Fourth with no fireworks and praises Clarksburg. It criticizes the Bell Telephone Company for poor service and accuses Telegram of inefficiency and attempting to run a private newspaper circuit.
West Virginia University Extension Department offers to plant a small alfalfa plot on willing farmers land. A specialist will assess soil, advise on fertilizer lime seed inoculation and curing, and supervise planting to prove alfalfa can grow locally. Moderate-size fields will be planted next season as pilots.
An exposé outlines three scam types exploiting consumptives for profit. It details institutes and mail order schemes selling fake cures, drug patents, and home remedies. The National Association notes no specific TB cure exists beyond fresh air, rest, and proper nutrition.
A compilation of snappy quotations from multiple papers. The selections mock growth slogans political budgets and diplomacy with humorous asides about editors and public figures.
A Waldo hotel concert tomorrow evening features a varied program including Melinda's Wedding Day, Persian Princess Waltz, Oh Oh Delphine, An Idyl, My Ragga dere, Gypsy Love selections and Victor Herbert tunes. The Fourth of July celebration at Mineral Springs near West Milford, under Sunday serials, drew about one thousand attendees and was deemed a success.
Mrs EB M Coffman hosted a Thursday evening at 322 Second Street honoring Herbert Schroedl of Baltimore visiting her sister. George H Ruthie of Clarksburg attended, guests enjoyed patriotic recitations, refreshments, games, and musical selections by H M Coffman. Continues on page five.
In Mount Clare on July 7 a modest Fourth of July celebration featured beer distributed locally. Community members attended a Mineral Wells Sunday school picnic and a Clarksburg ball game. Residents and visitors, including the Davyssons on an extended car trip, and various families, gathered for visits and church activities at the Methodist Episcopal Ladies Aid meeting hosted by Mrs John Coffman.
Shinnston observed a subdued Fourth of July with a small fireworks display and a merry go round. Merchants supported a sane celebration, while locals gathered for a picnic at Sap's Grove. Also noted are visits from Harvey Ferguson at Defiance and a ill neighbor incident regarding Miss Mary Jane Davis, whose health declined after being found unconscious. doctors suspect apoplexy.
Parties who hunted the elevator moment from the Hell Tedenhone building in April or May 1912 are invited to see T. J. Bryan. The notice lists cage components including upright slides cat head win pulley wheels 27 inches in diameter and two loose pulley wheels 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Those with the same please see T. J. Bryan regardless of terms. Otherwise action will proceed to recover under law. T. Bryan.
Mrs Isaac Davis and family visited friends in Pretidee Clarksburg this week. John M Knox of Clarkabure and Mrs Heorster of Clarksburg in town visiting relatives. News of marriage between Louise Oliver and Alias Pearce Wright to be held in Birmingham Alabama. A large Fourth of July distribution of bills caused excitement though no celebration occurred in Shinnsten. crowds later found only the Rexall store and a merry go round.
An old advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a relief for expectant mothers, claiming it softens the abdominal area and eases nausea, discomfort, and sleeplessness. It promotes the product as essential for a joyful anticipation and offers a mailed promotional booklet from Bradhams Regulator Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
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