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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1906
Page
2
The Daily telegrams can be found at Pike News Co on Pike street Rowe's News Stand on Pike street Jackson's News Stand in Glen Elk Waldo Hotel News Stand Traders Hotel News Stand.
Merchants must submit copy for the Daily Telegram by 9:00 a.m. to guarantee same day service and by Wednesday noon for the Weekly Telegram. Early submissions improve service reliability.
An anonymous letter to Cincinnati Mayor Dempsey is published exposing sharp satire on Irish leadership and prohibition era tensions. The missive mocks press access, hints at past city crime, and questions the mayor’s stance on public pleasures and governance.
A Charleston dispatch reports the tax commissioner's office reviewing a model return by Southern Oil Company amid a broader tax revaluation affecting railroads telegraph and express firms. The company cites fairness and avoidance of becoming a scapegoat while noting wells and properties across key oil counties.
A law requires returning property at true value with a listed tax base. The company states property remains largely unchanged from earlier returns. It lists leasehold taxation at 1000 per day for 24 hours and 14 barrels produced per day valued at 15000. The figures may upset ordinary taxpayers, even as Democratic papers argue wells are assessed too low.
The text urges changes to the personal assessor law focusing on municipal duties. It argues assessments should occur in March and April for city purposes, separate from county figures, to allow earlier levy preparation and better improvements. It praises Clarksburg Board of Trade for selecting prudent directors and officers.
Travelers will convene at Sraith Hall tomorrow evening at eight o'clock for a gathering.
Clarksburg Brewery has installed elegant electric signs in front of all the bars and saloons to advertise Clarksburg beer. They will add smaller signs in bars in a few days. The effects are described as very pretty and attracting attention.
Gordon B. Tate J G Gawthrop M L Dunkin and M R Bhickwell were Bridgeport citizens who spent Thursday night in town in a brief local social report detailing their visit.
The accounts of guardians and committees including Thomas T. Linville guardian for Ethel Estlack and McKinlay Watlack, Tosa Coffindatter committee for W H B Coffindatter, are before James N. David Commissioner of Accounts for Harrison County for settlement. Dated May 1, 1906.
An old ad notes ManZan pile remedy in collapsible tubes sold by E G Bland. It also advertises A T Garber at 414 Monticello Avenue offering feather bed repairs turning feather beds into mattresses with guaranteed workmanship.
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