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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1915
Page
4
The Daily Telegram lists delivery by carriers with weekday evening and Sunday morning routes. Readers are urged to notify changes of address with old and new details and sign any miscommunications for proper handling.
A weekly Evening Echo column surveys 1915 political chatter on Bryan’s influence, tariff policy shifts since 1913, and implications for American egg and linen industries. It notes exporters in Nan King and U S trade talks, plus farmers urged to recruit flax curing experts to boost domestic linen production.
Travelette notes the interior of Africa baffled adventurers, with maps showing vast blanks in the mid last century. Scholars debated deserts and inland pits, while others imagined unseen wonders yet to be revealed. The text reflects early exploration era curiosity and uncertainty.
An account of early African exploration touching Victoria Nyanza. Speke’s voyage endured fever and blindness as he approached the vast inland lake. Descriptions cover its size about 270 by 225 miles, height 3600 feet, and the tropical jungles. Obstacles include insect swarms, wildlife interactions with rail travel, and a dramatic anecdote of a rhinoceros. The Ugandan railway and wild fauna are noted as shaping the journey.
A telephone exchange banters with callers in a playful vignette. The telephonist Clarice switches lines as two men trade taunts and fantasies, revealing flirtation and farce behind the switchboard. The piece captures period radio era humor and social norms through a quick dialogue.
The Searchlight reports a method using dynamite wrapped in paper with no detonator to burn into moles burrowing in soil. A slow burn fills burrows with poisonous gases, killing the animals at a claimed cost of two cents per hole, recently adopted on a large California ranch.
BERUIN July 23 Two teenage princes serve on the naval defensive forces. Prince Sigismund, son of Prince Henry and nephew of the Kateer, and Prince Heinrich XLVII of Reuss, youngest line, take roles in the country’s maritime defense. A new Italian aeroplane is designed to act as its own parachute and land safely after a mishap, featuring numerous surfaces.
An advertisement promotes daily hair and scalp care for glossy hair and dandruff prevention. It claims two applications remove every trace of dandruff and suggests daily use to prevent return, naming Wellet Heymaker Co and various retailers as sellers.
Exarch Joseph Lazar Youcheff, born 1840 in Kalofer, long a leading Bulgarian church and national unifier, died July 3 in Sofia. His career spanned teaching, Greek conflict, and efforts to consolidate Bulgarian ecclesiastical independence amid Ottoman rule and Balkan upheavals.
Associated Press reports from Munich on July 23 reveal the scale of beer production for Bavarian soldiers. Bavarian army corps authorities note weekly deliveries by Munich brewers totaling about 140 carloads of keg beer and 60 carloads of bottled beer, with each keg averaging 1,820 gallons and each bottling unit at 5,500 three-quarter-liter bottles. Breweries involved include Bavarian Stats Brewery Royal Hofbraubaus and state-owned Wethenstéphan, plus many private firms. Army payment terms are 24 marks per twenty gallon keg and 23 marks per fifty three-quarter-liter bottle case.
Listing shows fine rib black and white hose for children and women in all sizes, 15g price 25 cents, plus silk stock with holes and reinforcement heels. Colors include black white pink sky sand gray purples lavender. Also mentions silk boot and re-enforced heels in various colors.
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