Bids Open for City Street Restoration at Clarlesbury
The city invites sealed bids for street restoration work in Clarlesbury. Specifications available at the City Engineer Office Empire Building. Council reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1908
Page
7
The city invites sealed bids for street restoration work in Clarlesbury. Specifications available at the City Engineer Office Empire Building. Council reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
The Clerk of Clarksburg requests bids by noon July 10 1908 for furnishing and laying iron water pipe street paving brick sidewalks and timber material. Contracts include pipe from Main Street to Traders Alley plus Chestnut to Oak Street and several street paving projects with specifications available at the City Engineer office room 422 Empire Building. The city reserves right to reject any or all bids.
Misa Belle Rebelle a sixteen year old from Wheeling left home after visiting the city’s attractions including vaudeville each evening. An actor and actress she met there recommended her stage talents saying her face and figure could lead to a career like Edna May or Cissy Loftus.
A garbled 19th century style summary notes diverse items from rail freight and lottery spending to Maine timber output and Berlin travel habits. It mentions a new Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk depots at Winnier, a San Juan church burial of Ponce de Leon, peat fuel prospects, and Kaiser’s luxury train.
In Parkersburg the court sentenced Charles Brown to twenty years in the West Virginia State Penitentiary at Moundsville with all penalties per law. The ruling followed an appeal by the defense as the Record shows the judge confirming the punishment amid the Myrtle Cons case involving a sixteen year old girl.
A notice appears concerning D. D. Britt, identified as a civil engineer, with a reference to the room 206 location. The readable fragments suggest a meeting or office assignment details. No further context or dates are readable.
Public notice touts Mi-o-na Stomach Tablets as a quick acting cure for indigestion and flatulence. It cites a testimonial from Mrs Brewer of Whitford Indiana and promises a money back guarantee if no relief, urging readers to try a six cent box amid a nationwide retail network near St Pan’s Cathedral in London.
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