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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1907
Page
3
An advertisement offers a free trial of Dr Shoop's Headache Tablets claiming to relieve neuralgia headache and period pains by reducing abnormal blood pressure. It directs readers to Dr Shoop of Racine Wisconsin and Lola by all druggists for purchase.
A fragment from a 19th century style column discusses Benjamin West and the origins of painting brushes. It vents about modern brushes being forced into schools and suggests odd makeshift alternatives while critiquing the state of art education and practice. It also includes short notes on poetry, asthma remedy, indigestion relief, and medical ointments.
Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup touts irritation free cleansing and stimulation of the bowels. Sold by Sturm Wilson. The ad links dyspepsia with America's curse and claims Burdock Blood Bitters fights indigestion, tones the stomach, restores digestion, weight, and health.
In an appeal against the white plague, Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised as curing coughs and colds with no risk of consumption. The ad warns against unknown preparations and promotes the genuine product in a yellow package sold by Sturm & Wilson.
The Woman's Store promises a sale with strong prices due to market conditions and broad staple goods. They present the sale as the most profitable opportunity yet offered to customers, urging attention to value.
An elderly German farmer Militz who died in 1906 at age 82 left a disputed will. He had lived with Mrs Kaptenenberg and had priorly made a 1903 will leaving everything to four German relatives. A recently discovered 1906 will, allegedly signed by Militz, bequeaths all property to Mrs Kaptenenberg. She seeks the Tourville Trust Company to surrender control of the estate.
In Joplin Missouri on June 2 Miss Helen Nicholson wed Baron von Zlinitzki, a former German artillery officer. He earned mining training by shoveling clay at a zinc shaft for $11.88 weekly, under the watch of her father Frank C. Nicholson, a wealthy engineer. The baron, 30, learned the trade beside a wealthy mine family, then led the couple to the altar on June 24. Also noted is Hiram Sparks of Burlington Vermont who lost a leg trying to steal a freight ride, and lingered at Plattsburgh military hospital.
A fragmentary, antiquated guide quotes a London Lancet piece on social dining decorum. It outlines how hosts and guests should behave, urging politeness, restraint, respect for elders or decorated guests, and avoidance of improper topics, with satirical tone on etiquette foibles.
Instructions for sowing lawn seed versus using turf from Suburban Life. Details include soil depth six to eight inches, broadcasting rates of fertilizer and seed, rolling, and timing to avoid wind and sun scorch. Recommends mixing seed with rye or oats for summer sowing and emphasizes even distribution and ground leveling.
A fragment discusses the daasje or dassie a gray furry South African rock animal known also as coney daman rock badger and rock rabbit. It notes its wide range including Cape Colony and Syria and references biblical ties in Psalms and Proverbs. Amy Sutherland in St Nichols.
Mrs Victorine confides to the janitor's wife that her mistress, aged and frail, will remember her in a will if she tends her until death. The Jupiter's wife notes the grim truth that careful care delays the legacy, while other scraps hint at attempts to test a dollar and the delayed return of funds.
Miss Skeery recounts a startling incident seen while walking home. A man skunking along in the shadows prompted her to run in fear, as her brother asks if she managed to catch him during the frightful moment in Cleveland Leader’s comic local column.
Schedule from Clarksburg West Virginia daily rail service with various routes and times. Includes Washington Philadelphia connections, Grafton Accom departures, Parkersburg and St Louis legs, Fairmont Mor time notes, Connellsville Pittsburg service, and Webster Springs links. Arrival and departure times appear irregular due to OCR errors but indicate multiple through routes and transfers.
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