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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
4
The Evening Echo notes the tin plate mill strike in Clarksburg endangers 1,000 workers with $700,000 annual pay and potential upheaval for families and the city economy. It calls for early settlement or clarity on the mills' future, and mentions broader concerns about street safety and civic effect.
The article links rural schooling with farm and home work via state and national systems, detailing rural divisions, commissions, and improvements. It stresses home economics, savings, and the Housewives League as keys to conserving resources, plus the need for budget discipline and risk buffers.
A warning against extravagance urged families to save monthly in a savings bank. The message emphasizes that future happiness and prosperity depend on disciplined income and expenditure, not simply on earnings. It links personal finance to national well being.
A collection of opinion fragments from Wheeling Parkersburg Clarksburg and Huntington papers references editors notes on editors attitudes political clashes and governance transitions. Mentions Swell Record The Stogies Wheeling police gambling Bryan Wilson cabinet and Huntington Charleston celebrations as context for editorial tone and public discourse.
Bridgeport Mothers Club held a meeting in the Methodist Episcopal church Tuesday afternoon with readings titled Over the Brow of the Hill and The GU read by Mrs. Jesse G. Lawson and Mrs. Albert Laurborne. A large attendance of ladies was reported. The Epworth League Mission department announced its regular monthly meeting for Thursday evening.
Mrs Grose returns to Pittsvore after weeks with daughter Mrs Louis Romine and son William Grose. Mrs Jesse G Lawson and Robert Anderson attend aunt Mrs Vernon Beall’s funeral in Grafton. Miss Marguerite Batten visits Miss Marguerite Gardner of Clarkeburg. William Dunkin heads to Atlantic City for a spell. Elis Baker of Parsons visits cousins the Misses Beoredum. Shinns Run couple Mr and Mrs C A Lawson host Miss Mary Brooks.
Mrs J B Whittaker of McDull Virginia credits Thedford s Black-Draught with preventing sick headaches and stomach trouble in her family. She says the vegetable tonic aids digestion and reduces indigestion colic wind and nausea. The product has been used for over 70 years and is sold by druggists for 25 cents a package.
A 1913 notice announces the Prohibition Law pamphlet issued by House Ti to 8 as passed by the West Virginia Legislature on February 2 1913. The edition is a tightly bound extra quality pamphlet printed in 1 4 by inches with the Daily Telegram advertisement urging readers to obtain a copy priced at 15.
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