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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1906
Page
3
A local notice advertises a clairvoyant from Clarksburg who reads life details without guidance, promising insight into business, moves, relations, and domestic matters. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, Sundays 2 to 8 p.m., with a 60 cent fee. A lady attendant is mentioned.
Readable passages discuss burlap home decor with dark greens wine tones and fringe covers, plus notes on matching foundation and avoiding raveling. It offers quirky domestic tips and a curious aside on Eskimo and Hakima eating customs, ending with quotes about cheerfulness and rational progress.
Readable city notes indicate interest in establishing a central rink with two men seeking mention in the city’s civic records. Local activity points to growing demand for a new skating facility amid urban planning efforts.
Col Harry R. B. Smith will muster the Citizens' Band of Fairmont into service with the First Regiment West Virginia National Guard. The encampment location is tentatively Mt Gretna Pennsylvania or Indianapolis. Director Omen expects the band to be honored, though official confirmation is pending.
Buster Brown will run at the Nickelodeon early this week in a new local feature. A portrait shows Buster and his dog with lively boyish pranks. C A Atehbolt of Parkersburg gave an engaging address at Goff MH church Sunday night on Traveling in the Footsteps of St Paul, recounting his journey through the Holy Land, Greece and Rome. The talk was noted as instructive and well received by Indies and children.
Marriage licenses issued include Phillip Coleman and Toniso M. O Neal, Cyr il Webb and Lona L. Bond, James L. Guston and Wella Lohan. Also advertised are Young's Headache Powders and Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar for coughs and colds. Ladies Aid Society to host an evening copper social 5 30 to 9 20 at Chestnut and Pike, free coffee served by Wallis. supper 25 cents.
The Thrice-a-Week World promises worldwide news and prompt reporting from its news service. It highlights fair political reporting and ongoing serial fiction by leading writers. A one year subscription costs 1.00, with a combined offer for the Weekly Telegram and World at 1.65.
An advertisement notes a medical guide titled The People’s Common Sense Medical Advisor offering a hard to read catalog of remedies and ailments. It promotes Dr Pierce’s patent medicines including a stomach and bowel regulator and laxative with claims of curing digestive issues.
An advertisement touts Foley’s Honey and Tar as the genuine throat and lung remedy. It warns against imitations with similar names and urges buyers to ask for the genuine yellow package sold by Starm & Wilson.
A reader reports a remedy named Ney Cure claimed to cure kidney and bladder issues. The note says the product is sold by Sturm de Wilson after a church disturbance caused by coughing during a Sunday service.
An advertisement warns that kidney disease advances insidiously and urges early use of Foley's Kidney Cure to correct irregularities and prevent Bright's disease and diabetes. Sold by Stim & Wilson.
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