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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1913
Page
7
Dr i argues the cost of a state plan to segregate and educate the feeble minded and epileptic must be weighed against the aim of reducing social danger. Johnson urges informing the public and embedding new moral laws to curb marriages within defective strains.
Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs R A Shorter and Miss Beatrice Snyder of Fairmont. The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Protestant church met at the home of Mrs George Duncan in Glen Elie with Psalm reading, prayer, music by Miss Stella Duncan and Miss Pansy Dawson, and light refreshments. Attending were Rev and Mrs Snyder of Giston and several named local ladies. The society will meet June 23 at Mrs Joseph Smallwood’s Stealey Hebble home. WARTINABERG July 11 Judge Thomas J Kearns, Berkeley county court member, dies at 73. a Civil War Union veteran. Paris reports the French inventor of a telephone predating Bell by twenty years died in obscurity.
Real estate listing notes good six room houses on four lots 36 by 75 feet each with payment terms of one third down and balances in one or two years. A level half acre lot in a top residential section offered at 3675 dollars with 1200 down, sale ending after Saturday July 12. Also mentions stock offerings in West Fork Glass and Light and Heat shares for sale with prices.
Old notice style text lists sedentary living inadequate meals, constipation, torpid liver, worry, overeating, and drink as causes of stomach troubles. Also includes a funeral card for James H. Teter and a public notice about elevator equipment removal from the Bell Telephone building with dates in 1912 and contact cues.
A fragmentary plea for expanding child welfare resources and faster adoption and care for Abmirah. The speaker calls for more gifts and funds to accelerate nonroutine work, aiming to free time for essential welfare tasks and broaden access to vital services for children.
The congression of the Methodir Protestant church in New Pair grounds pads a Sunday service with a park gathering and a basket dinner. Attendees are asked to attend, and a baptism is expected. Rev. George Brown of Maryland will be the main speaker.
Bids will be received until noon July 11 1913 for the construction of a building for the Clarksville Country Club according to drawings by Edward J Wood Architect. Sealed bids to be delivered to the architect with a certified check for two percent of bid price as evidence of good faith, contract signing required, bond for two thirds of contract price, Bus tattle Secrecy Committee reserves right to accept or reject any or all bids.
A fragment from The West Virginian 1814 notes a prohibition pamphlet printed in pamphlet form. The item mentions a price of 13 cents and a Daily Thesism office distribution. A store advertises a sale tied to Telegram delivery and urges reading the report for full details.
A partial OCR read mentions a forthcoming event or notice with unclear details. Names and places are unreadable, but the context suggests a local public item or notice seeking attention. Further readable fragments indicate a generic civic or community stake without clear dates or participants.
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