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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1915
Page
3
Two vacant parcels in Highland Park and ED Street advertised for 2100 dollars each. One 40 by 105 foot level lot on a paved street with water and sewer taps. cash buyers may save. The other 62 by 120 foot lot on Park Boulevard sits on an unpaved street near a streetcar line. price also 2100 with cash discount.
In Cochran Pulaski County Georgia a posse of hundreds of armed farmers surrounded the home of a black farmhand suspected of shooting and killing three white men. The negro reportedly has barricaded himself inside the residence.
George Veranda, a young foreigner near the fair grounds, was ordered by Magistrate R Ed ward Kidd to post a $100 bond to keep the peace for four months. In default he was remanded to jail after a disturbance at a creek baptism service near the fair grounds.
Iris Wyer, son of L C Wyer, was attacked by Charles Jones at the city playground merry go round. Wyer fought back and Jones slashed him in the back with a knife. Wyer was taken to a hospital and may die. Tonos was arrested.
Harleton July 15 The Sunday Creek Coal Company closed all its Kellys Creek mines until fall. Three hundred miners plus clerks and trainmen were laid off due to poor market conditions.
A store touts that customers obtain the greatest value whether they purchase a lot or a little with emphasis on consistent savings and service.
Homer Welch choir leader from Hamilton evangelistic party arrives with wife mother sister and pianist Evelyn Straw from Grove City Pa. They are greeted by many friends from early spring meetings. The First Baptist Sunday school invites the Welch party to a Barnett stop Weston car line picnic tomorrow.
Miss Louise Wisterman 18 was killed when Boyd's car overturned after she drove to pass another vehicle. Miss Nora Jenkins 18 and Finley Boyd 20 were badly injured with multiple fractures and facial injuries. Robert Starch, 19, escaped injury as the fourth occupant.
Samuel Anderson testified at the Siam murder and treasure hearing in Bedford Iowa revealing his claim to possess a farm tied to the 1868 murder of Nathaniel Smith and son. He described years of digging for a rumored 90000 treasure buried by counterfeiters and connected to Bates Huntsman as the case of the four Iowa defendants opened.
County court members visited Davisson's run Wednesday afternoon to examine a potential bridge site and assess construction needs and feasibility.
Interview with John S. Horan state fire marshal highlights that state fire departments cut fire losses significantly since creation. He cites West Virginia annual losses near two million dollars, with at least 75 percent preventable. He urges fire prevention, building safety, and civil action against negligence. He also discusses political support for John S. Darst and several postmaster appointments in counties including Ohio and Barbour. M. C. Kindelberger visits the Eastern Panhandle to probe recent fires.
A fire originating from a lace window curtain placed on a hot plate in a room on the second floor of a West Pike Street frame dwelling destroyed the entire second floor and damaged the lower floor. The home owned by W. L. Cole was rented to Zeon Provance who sub rented upstairs rooms. The central fire department confined the blaze, saving the top floor from fire but suffering smoke and water damage.
Harrison county relatives report the death of Fred M. Nay a former prominent resident aged 74 at his home near Carrier Oklahoma where he farmed He was a Civil War veteran and had moved from the county about twenty years ago Nay was twice married and is survived by widows and many relatives in the county The Nay and Cunningham mercantile firm in Peoria is noted as part of his former career
Two workmen Harry Cazier and Daniel Toomey died at a Wilmington hospital after burns from an explosion of green powder at Dupont Powder Company Hagley yard works. The accident destroyed the building. In Wheeling, Wylie M. Jones was badly hurt after attempting to board a moving train, his feet crushed under wheels.
In July two people died within minutes of each other at Cedar Grays hospital. Both had suffered paralysis months earlier and had been married for thirty eight years before their deaths.
Wheeling report says Dr A J Coyle a leading physician is jailed in Toronto, Canada as a German spy. A hastily written postcard, bearing a Toronto postmark, asks for credentials from Wheeling and notes the jail stay. De J M Heath of Bellaire, a friend, helped relay the message. Further contact attempts followed the postcard’s arrival.
In Juneau Alaska officials report unprecedented heat for ten days with the mercury near 92 degrees in the shade. Forest fires burn along the canal while glaciers discharge ice unusually fast as the sun shines all day and winds fail to bring relief.
Huntington July reports the cornerstone for the Guyandotte Methodist Episcopal church will be laid on the first or second Sunday in September. Rev. H R Mills, pastor, will lead the services and a fine program is planned.
Joseph Pratt was instantly killed and Jacob Shaffer and Charles Shaffer were seriously injured when the automobile they rode in was struck and demolished by a Pennsylvania freight train near Saltsburg Pennsylvania on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. W G Osborn travel to Wheeling for the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association annual convention now in session. Osborn serves as chairman of the executive committee and is a leading member of the group. Clifford R Post was held for the grand jury after a hearing in Magistrate W B Starcher's court on hiring witnesses to swear falsely in a whiskey case. bond was set at 3500 for each defendant Richard and Dora Allen.
Parkersburg July 15 announcement from the internal revenue office states R F Booten of Wayne county has been named as a special deputy to the office of Special Revenue Agent Sama. He will handle a large amount of special work of varied nature in Wayne and adjoining counties.
Louise McKall, five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur McFall, fell into a tub of hot water near her mother in a wash house and was terribly scalded over her entire body. She may recover but her condition is very serious.
Washington officials say after talks with top American meat packers the state department will make formal representations to Great Britain for releasing neutral meat cargoes held by British naval authorities. The exact character of the representations has not been decided.
Madison Heights Virginia reader Chas Ragland reports relief from indigestion and stomach distress after using Thedford’s Black Draught. The ad extols its 75 years of success and urges use for nervousness nausea and heartburn with a claim of safe gentle action and no after effects.
An 1858 diary note recalls a severe cholerator bus attack. Two doctors failed to help, a hotel porter was sent to buy Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and a double dose led to sleep and rapid recovery by morning.
Morgantown dates set for January 10 to 15 as part of the regional poultry show circuit. Other venues include Fairmont December 27 to January 3 and Uniontown December 23 to 4. Bentleyville hosts January 28 to 29.
An Associated Press report notes Captain William A. Mattery, an American aviator, was killed during duty with General Villa’s forces in Mexico. The telegram, received yesterday, confirms the fatal fall or crash amid ongoing campaign operations.
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