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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1915
Page
11
Two parcels available this week at Milford Street and Highland Park. Milford Street offers a level 40 by 105 foot lot with water and sewer taps on a paved street for 2100 dollars, with a cash discount possible. Highland Park presents a 52 by 120 foot lot on a unpaved street near Caribine, priced at 2100 dollars with a cash reduction option.
Sallie Keim of Shoemiakersville files for divorce from John S. Keim alleging coercion and cruel treatment. She says she was forced to labor on fences and earn wages from other farms as daily labor, in a marriage lasting twenty one years. The brief notes the German patent office rejection rate of about two thirds of its 45 000 annual applications.
Notice to shippers lists express cars from Clarksburg to Mannington and intermediate points daily except Sunday. Shipments for Mannington must be at the station by 9 00 a m and other points by 11 00 a m or 12 00 m as specified. Quick service, reasonable rates, and careful handling promoted.
Hats offered at four to ten dollars with prices ranging from four to ten dollars. The notice claims these hats are the best and most legitimate values ever offered to customers.
Washington dispatch reports Huntington postmaster Jerry W Dingess consulting with Post Office Department officials on running postal business in a privately owned building during government rebuilding. Fourth class postmasters in West Virginia appointed include Samuel Sheets at Huntersville Mollie Knight at Left Hand and others.
An Ohio woman reports recovery from nerves and stomach ailments after switching from coffee to Postum and adding Grape-Nuts. She credits improved appetite, relief from side pain, and return of color and weight, praising the diet as the true method over drugs. The letter, attributed to Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich, notes it is genuine and periodically appears as an advertisement.
This opportunity invites buyers to purchase a home with eight rooms two halls a cellar and a good well on a large corner lot with 190 feet of frontage and shade trees. The property is suitable for four additional houses and is available to buy this week only.
Rage Program at Fairmont outlines four days of racing August 24 to 27 with daily $1,000 stake events and a joint $1,000 driver prize from Fairmont and Clarksburg fairs. Entries closed August 17 and the lineup features top stoppers and multiple purses across trot and pace events ending with a free for all race.
Western crews discuss Stanford's win by a second and a fifth over Cornell at Poughkeepsie. The Cardinal set pace for Pacific coast and Midwest programs, with Wisconsin and Washington histories noted. Stanford returns with most of its eight ready to rebuild after graduation.
An old fashioned spelling bee is held at Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church on Ben Street tonight. Admission is free and all are invited to attend this community event.
The Rev. W. H. H. Ruble of Harrison Arkansas locates his sister Mrs. E J Willis of Knoxville Tennessee after more than forty five years. She is ninety two and has had cataract surgery restoring sight. The siblings last met in Cleveland Tennessee and had lost touch through changed addresses. The discovery followed a church conference in Harrison.
Charleston reports that about 50,000 Italians work in coal fields and road camps in West Virginia. around 6,000 are reservists and many others are en route to join campaigns beyond the Alps, as Consul offices process passports and new squads depart daily.
Italy’s alpine volunteers form the modern light infantry fighting above the clouds. Italian Americans surge toward the front, while training and reserve specialists prepare for service on Austrian soil. Parades brighten eastern cities as Italy and the United States unite in wartime resolve.
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