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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1915
Page
12
Joseph Kaswurm is described as the youngest soldier in Emperor Francis Josephs army. He serves as a telegraph detachment messenger boy and is pictured with his protector Archduke Joseph Ferdinand. The boy wished the archduke to allow him to join the colors after learning his mother had died and his father was a private.
The New York press notes a rift between George M. Cohan and William Collier over a ten percent share dispute after Collier left a Cohan Harris contract for Hello Broadway. Newark chatter and theatre chatter mix with shifts to wrestling and vaudeville as Arlie Latham swaps baseball for a Harlem delicatessen and Fiske O Hara brings Irish ballads to audiences graceful for Mayo.
Julius Mathey, a prosperous farmer from R F D route No 1, has rented the Jackson V Carter farm on lower Indian run, a 139 acre grazing property. He plans fencing, improvements, and grazing about a dozen stock this season. District lectures by W D Zinn drew enthusiastic attendance despite frost prophecies.
A scrambled text fragment suggests travel planning from a person or agency. It mentions Glacier National Park and Segue Fark as places, Burningtos, TiS West scenery, and a push to provide a trip idea with contact details for help. The readable bits imply requesting itinerary ideas with time and needs.
A brisk listing of local social visits and errands includes Walter Foreman Lynch returning to Salem College after illness, Zina E. Thompson visiting Salem, Thomas D. Ash traveling from Elizabeth, Wirt county, and Wellington Morris with his daughters Edna and Jennie shopping in Salem. Also noted are pumper Charles R. Donnally of South Penn Oil, John Wesley Williams and Minnie Jones shopping in Salem, Everett Ross visiting Clarksburg, the Norris sisters calling on Quintilla Lynch, Elmore Flanagen in Clarksburg, and other neighbors making calls and shopping. The piece mentions sheep shearing season beginning, Mrs Bertta Tate shopping in Salem, Lawson Swiger's death in Olive, interment planned at Sardis, and Hazel Crawford visiting relatives in Salem.
Bishop P J Donahue of Wheeling visited Salem on Monday meeting local Catholic leaders amid rumors a resident minister will be appointed. An Adams ton Salem baseball game drew a large crowd with Salem winning 15 to 3. Mrs Mary M Davis of Clarkshoro returned for Memorial Day and visits with friends. Mrs James A Barr and Master Kenneth of West Union are guests.
The old broom factory street readied for operation with manager Hallack presenting vaudeville by the Neutral Girls for theatergoers at the Lyric. Fred Hathaway, longtime oil field worker, visits in poor health. James Powell of Long Run expands rare medicinal herds business. Woodmen of the World Camp 15 members plan a Graf ton to Cleveland excursion for Woodmen Day. EF Randolph on a brief Columbus trip. Victor Brasser and family depart Wednesday for Marshall Indiana to spend the summer after a Lancaster stop on the way west.
Buckhannon residents hosted and visited relatives including Mrs H Gaines and Mrs Hughes of College Avenues. Clyde Post spent Sunday in Gratton with Albert Callalan remained two months in town. James Bly of Weston and Miss Pauline Squires with Starie Squires were weekend guests. Sirs Wilson Hefner visited her parents in Elkins, while Paul Vandervort and Atlee Morgan returned from Texas.
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