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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1914
Page
16
Belmont Park on Long Island opened its 1914 season to a crowd of about 20,000 as ideal weather and steady gates greeted spectators. In the third race a field of six year olds led by Plantagenet with Johnny Wolfe aboard won by a comfortable margin, Comely pressing, final time 0.5344.
SHITHFIELD June 2 Mr and Mrs J W Straight spent Sunday with friends at Pricetown Chas Kislig of New Martinsville seen in town Sunday L W Butt J W Butt and B L Sunningham from Clarksburg were business callers Friday Charley Rodgers spent Decoration Day at New Martinsville C L Frazer from Pittsburg was in town on business Mr Harry and Norval Carmichael left Friday for Fairmont to attend commencement Chas Boggs from New Martinsville was a guest of friends over Sunday Glyde Edgell returned home from Burton where he spent past week Berry and wife visiting Mrs S B Chambers last week Mr Berry recently returned from India where he worked in oil fields Mrs J R Hammond visiting relatives retired to her home at Drumright Oklahoma Monday Mr and Mrs Rickard and son Al vert Homer Nelson and Ed Searly from Shinnston spent Sunday with whoonogers Walter Emeh from New Martinsville was a business caller in town a day Robert Swiger traveling for New Martinsville Grocery Company was in town Monday Mrs A St dogs and song Thomas and James visiting Mrs E R McIntire returned home to Hamlin W Va Monday
FOLSOM June 1 The local nine beat South Penn nine from Wallace 16 to 6 in a Saturday game. Mrs D C Bennett and two sons Joseph and Richard visited at Brown. F S Crocker D J Wolfe O Hoey J McNutt spent ten days fishing in the mountains and returned with trout samples and Rip Van Winkle notions. Langford Good Roads Days attracted many with picks and shovels as roads showed heavy use. Rev Mr Strehmyer preached to a large church gathering Sunday night.
Three days this week Wednesday, Prilvy and Saturday will be observed in Catholic churches of the city as Ember days. They mark fasting and abstinence in the liturgical year, with the fore seasons beginning the year’s fasts. Evening services will be held, and attendance is expected to be modest.
The Rilday school at the First Baptist church in Clarksburg pledges full support to county officers in enforcing Sabbath laws against amusements like baseball. The resolution, dated May 21 1914, asks copies be sent to the criminal judge prosecuting attorney and local papers for publication.
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