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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1903
Page
3
The document notes a station to which shipments were originally sent and mentions return charges borne by the company. The analysis is conducted by the West Virginia Ex perivent Station in Monmouthown.
A fragmented timetable lists East and West Bound trains with daily and Sunday services. It includes No. 4 and No. 7 schedules, specific arrival and departure times, and notes trains running between Clarksburg and Sutton. Officials D. B. Martin, W. Bassett, and C. W. Allen are cited.
The mayor draws a line between Sunday drinkers and ordinary drinkers as fines are handed out at this morning's court session. A man found drunk on the Sabbath was fined ten dollars and jailed if unable to pay. Three followers got light penalties, and several others were jailed or forfeited fines for drunkenness. An ad touts Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as aiding digestion and appetite, sold by G. C. Stone.
In Salem district the South Penn Oil company drilled its test on the W A Rodgers farm and one 20-barrel flow was obtained from the Gordon sand. The Hope Natural Gas company drilled its test on the D Hildreth farm into the fifth sand and reports a fair gas show in that formation.
Contractor T. W. Martin dispatched a force of laborers to Charleston this morning to work on the Deep Water and Northwestern railroad under his contract. He has previously sent gangs from the city during the summer and plans to send another crew next Monday morning to address manpower shortages.
Mrs Alice Miller of Morgan Texas suffered six years with severe diarrhoea that resisted many doctors. After trying Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy she reports a miraculous recovery from a single bottle costing only a few cents, sold by Geo C Stone.
The secretary grants a charter to the Monongahela River Stone company of West Virginia to manufacture, buy and sell artificial stone brick cement lime and salt with capital stock of 50 dollars. Incorporators include C. E. Edmands S. M Prince J. L. Hatfield J. Kropps L J Peabaly Leopolt Sigwart S. T. Hall and J. I. Hall of Morgantown. T W Martin and wife plan a bogey overland trip to Kincaid Fayette county for Deep Water Northwestern railroad work.
Unclaimed letters advertised for delivery at Clarisburg W Ya include many names and mis-spellings. Readers are urged to route mail to street box or general delivery to avoid delays. Also notes cholera infantum treatment with Chamberlain’s medicine and castor oil by Geo Stone.
An elderly resident of the county died recently at his Big Yaane home after a period of illness. The service will be held at the cemetery near the Ritterhouse homestead this Thursday afternoon. The deceased was 84 years old and a longtime active member of the Methodist church for over 40 years.
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