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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1906
Page
3
A self described clairvoyant named Aig claims to reveal a person’s position in life and surrounding circumstances without guidance from the client. Described as a cultured gentleman, he offers advice on business moves changes positions and love. Hours are 10 am to 8 pm daily except Sunday 2 to 8 pm with a 50 cent fee and a lady attendant.
The Thrice-a-Week World promises better world news coverage and timely reporting, aiming to be as informative as a daily. It highlights serialized fiction by leading authors, with a price of 1.00 per year for 156 issues and a combined offer with the Weekly Telegram for 1.65.
Virgil L Highland applies to Harrison County Court for permission to enter roads alleys and bridges in Alta Vista Broad Oaks industrial area to construct a water supply system and a sewerage system for residents. Hearing set June 27 1906 or soon after.
G. M. West announces arrival of a car load of Portland cement and lime and invites customers to buy at very low prices. Hoffman Studio advertises night photo sessions as well, urging patrons to visit for portraits amid building needs.
The page lists multiple lines with depart and arrival times for trains in the Cumberland Washington Baltimore Philadelphia New York area, including Grafton Accom and MAIL LINE Whithotnd, plus North South routes via Parkersburg Morgantown Weston Pickens Richwood Webster Springs and New Martinsville. Incomplete times and OCR errors appear throughout the schedule.
An unusual description of a female foadlike creature guarding a nursery of eggs in bricklike cells. After about eighty two days eyes fully develop, not tadpoles but young toads emerge, bursting from their cell lids. The mother tears the fungus from the cells and emerges with a springlike new outfit.
A fragment credits origins of common exclamations and calls such as halto or hurrah to a range of historical beliefs. It ties Carnwood villagers in Leicestershire to distance shouting a hollow call, notes soup or wolf origins, and links hurrah to a paradise battle cry, per Person's Weekly.
In Bohemia courtships are described as abnormal with engagements often lasting from fifteen to twenty years. The remark highlights extended courtship customs and social expectations in the country.
A fragment describes Eskimo children savoring a lump of agar and sugar, noting their odd practice of rolling the sweet morsel with tobacco placed in the cheek. The passage portrays this as a curious, intimate habit from the Arctic, with comic tone and unclear broader context.
An old medical ad promotes Golden Medical Discoveries and Brons root as heart remedies and liver tonics. It cites Dr Hale Ellingwood and Chicago doctors, claiming general vigor and relief of digestive and circulatory issues, while noting limited cures for serious heart conditions.
A short readable note describes egg drinks served at a fountain named Jame and Law Cora. The fragment mentions beverages and location but lacks further details.
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