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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1906
Page
6
The Diamonds beat the Clover Leafs in a tight match at Diamond alleys by five points. Fouttz Jew led the Clovers with a 312 high game, while Diamond totals show 445, 832 across series. The deciding game is set for Monday night at Diamond alleys as both teams seek late-season bragging rights.
Welch opens a gas fitting and plumbing shop on East Pike Street and reports strong early business. The young owner asks Clarksburg customers to give him a liberal share of trade.
Maccabees Tent No 19 will elect officers at a meeting this evening and initiate eight new members into the order. All members are urged to attend.
A long dated notice lists Owen D. Ripley and Rena B. Morrison as married on June six nineteen hundred six in Ripley West Virginia with home to follow after June fifteenth Mannington West Virginia. The Associated Press dispatch reports President Cassatt dismissing Joseph P. Aiken for coal stock gains.
Property listings present multiple acreages and plots for sale at prices from 200 to 375 dollars per unit. Descriptions tout proximity to factories and potential rental yields with claimed annual returns.
Notice reports Jas filed a license transfer application for selling spirituous wines liquors porter ale beers and drinks in Clarkshire city starting July 7 1906 George Wachtar transfer of John D. Wenty Davis building at N W corner Depot and East Pike Clarkburg West. The transfer petition will be heard by the City Council of Clarkshire at a regular session on the sixth day of January 1900.
The notice advertises a 20 percent discount for entering the West Virginia Business Institute between June 11 and August 1 1900 for commercial or shorthand courses. The offer lowers prices from 45.00 to 64.00 for shorthand options and promotes the need for trained office help amid strong demand.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Sweet Melody Flour and a George W. Swiger visit, with scattered names including Parkersburg Sangie Bristol and Bristol area mentions. The text appears to be garbled, mentioning cream, May, Friday, and wage events, but lacks coherent events or dates.
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