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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1915
Page
2
The Water Works and Sewerate Board will meet at its office on the 15th day of time 1915 to approve the assessment rolls for water rates in Clarksburg for the year starting April 1 1915 and ending March 31 1916. Any person may attend to point out errors or file complaints.
A chaotic New York dispatch reports Dr. Charles Pease opposing a smoker’s air ban at public services and mocking European twists. It notes Wall Street assay office relics yielding coins and criticizes William R. Hearst’s battles on Riverside Drive while quips about King Edward and Italy’s organ grinders smear the era’s media frictions.
Washington reports a modest Episcopal Theological Seminary at Alexandria graduation with several West Virginia clergy. Bishop Peterkin of West Virginia was absent for health retreat. West Virginia clergymen presented candidates and ordinations occurred. Also notes pension grant, marriage license, postal appointments, and new Peach Creek post office.
Mrs Stanley McCormick reports a rift between two national suffrage bodies the American Woman Suffrage Association and the Congressional Union. The union critics say its militant tactics and push for federal action contrast with state work and nonpartisanship.
Boston activist Alice Stone Blackwell speaks at a suffrage conference in Chicago stating that adding only a few more states will push Congress to submit a nationwide suffrage amendment. She warns the real task begins after passage, requiring approval by 36 state legislatures. The elder Vanderbilt remarks precede the crowded discussion.
The text argues suffrage states rose from four to twelve in five years, shifting the status of the issue from contempt to serious. It asserts a two-thirds Senate majority is near, but a favorable House minority vote remains. It urges adding more suffrage states to reach nationwide amendment submission.
Evansville school children cost parents more than 10000 last year though educators say the money was well spent. In three years a colony of restaurants and confectioners has sprung up around the city’s public school buildings.
A Paris correspondent describes a reservist recounting how a German fuse lit the trench during a night watch. A 1914 class recruit asks the time, lacking a match, and a territorial veteran improvises by firing a fuse to illuminate the sky. The tactic works briefly, but warns against overuse.
An advertisement promotes Resinol Ointment for healing skin conditions including rashes and burns. It also touts Resinol Soap for cleansing the scalp to stop dandruff and itching, claiming it leaves hair thick and lustrous with regular use.
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