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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1913
Page
7
A large column of office room numbers and tenant names appears, naming varied firms and professionals such as Prudential Life Insurance Co and Clarksburg Telegram Co among many others. The text describes room allocations on multiple floors, highlighting a busy downtown building with diverse tenants and services.
A report details plans for a new ground near the Dienthelio hotel with space for the express company to occupy vacated plumbing rooms, plus railway improvements on Gates Street to ease service. Also notes a Baptist Sunday service attendee Audra Dent, a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Walter Tate in West Second, and several local incidents and visits including Craddock’s Ford cars arrival and a stroke suspicion.
Father Edwin V. O'Hara, chairman of the Industrial Welfare Commission of Oregon, warned at a National Conference of Charities and Correction that linking low wages to female morality is false and dangerous. He argued underpaid girls resort to harsh economies, skip meals, and risk health, undermining wife and mother duties and society.
Officials and directors of Consolidation Coal Co arrived by special train from Parkersburg at 6 20 this morning. They inspected Kentucky coal fields owned by the company and visited mining properties along the Weston street car line. After luncheon at Fairmont Country Club, they continued to inspect the lower mining district.
Among those in the party are H.3. Black, George C. Jenkins and 4. Mennhigan, all of Baltimorej, Edward Hamlin of Boston, B. Wes Watson ex Governor A. B. Fleming, trooks Fleming, Bert Watson, J. O. Watson, George T. Watson, Graeme Turnbull and Frank Hass, all of Pairmont.
West Virginias 10 greater good roads enthusiasts greet the appointment of George B Chorpening of Clarksburg to the state bureau of roads by Governor Hatfield. Secretary Reed notes their long acquaintance, Chorpening's Harrison County upbringing, WVU civil and mining engineering studies, and lifelong interest in road problems.
Fragmentary text mentions a person in Clarkeburs owning a farm and engaging in a business with partners including Hon HT and Lynedes. The passage is garbled and lacks verifiable details or context for a fuller summary.
The Rev. Mr Ireland, a widely known Methodist Protestant minister in this state, died yesterday after 3 years illness. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2:30 PM from The Fowl Theological Church, with burial in Pillman Cemetery beside Mrs Ireland who died last April. The Rev. Mr Ireland has been retired for several years. A cap invented recently by Wisang bean Day hoon is mentioned in the obituary.
Thousands flock to seek liver buttons advertised to cleanse the bowels and purify the system. The sensational claim promises rapid relief of constipation and improved digestion within twenty four hours.
A postcard advertisement from Hot Springs Chemie Co of Hot Springs Arkansas promotes laxative pills claimed to ease dizziness biliousness and digestive issues. It invites free samples and touts 300 tents as part of a marketing push targeting both adults and children.
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