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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1906
Page
4
An OCR fragment touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for fovahs and lung trouble with claimed poetical cures. It compares Orino Laxative Syrup as milder than violent purgatives and promotes samples from Sturm & Wilson and Egg drinks at James & Law Co. fountain.
Notice states George G. Wachter filed for transfer of license to sell wines liquors porter ale beers and drinks at John D. Wentz Davis building NW corner Depot and East Pike Clarksburg WV. hearing before Clarksburg City Council set for July 6 1906. issued by Will H. Cole Clerk.
National Education Association announces travel fare offers with tickets on sale June 24 to July 6 for travel to San Francisco and return by July 15 1906. Events include meetings in San Francisco Denver and Toronto with various selling dates and return limits. Contact Baltimore and Ohio Railroad or General Passenger Agent C W Resell for details.
A candidate announces intention to seek the Republican nomination for county superintendent of free schools in Harrison County, stating submission to the will of the county's voters.
Cyrus E Webb declares candidacy for West Virginia State Senate in the Tithe Senatorial District. He asks Republican voters for support at the upcoming convention and outlines his intent to run. The text mentions a Waldo Sanders event and a local 6:30 PM gathering with a Sunday menu.
Virgil J. Highland applies to Harrison County Court for permission to enter roads and bridges around Alto Vista Broad Oaks and Seag bor neighborhood to supply seats for plateons. Application to be heard June 27 1906 or soon after by Virgil I Highland. May 26 1906. We have car load Portland cement and lime at low prices from G M West Fehestt.
The Thrice-a-Week World pledges full worldwide news coverage, prompt accurate reporting, and fair political columns. It promotes serial fiction by top authors at $1.50 per piece, offering a combined 1 year with the Weekly Telegram for $1.65, and $2.00 for both papers separately. An odd medical promo and random excerpts follow, citing Foley's Kidney Cure and Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup with commercial testimonials.
The text presents garbled phrases and misspelled terms like warpesame CreHine and KL He Worked, interwoven with stray names and numbers. It recalls a derailed wartime fragment, noting time stolen away and references to Milan and Baltimore, but lacks coherent events or clear subjects.
Garbled excerpts from London News discuss political rhetoric, economic measures, and the value of media in public life. The piece criticizes vague slogans, laments practical politics, and references a curious exchange in San Antonio involving a cuff incident and a correspondent’s hospitality.
A garbled account from a London scientist argues that metropolitan life harms children by overstimulating them and dulling their capacity to seek root causes. The piece cites observers critiquing adults and leaders for failing to nurture genuine enthusiasm or self-driven inquiry.
A fragment recounts a bakers aid during a Turkish siege of Vienna, where crescent shaped bread was baked to signal approaching attackers. The tale notes bakers and their association urged timely alarm, earning the Emperor’s grant to make a special crescent cake.
A distorted report hints at earthquakes in a western Bristol Channel land. It mentions a 16th century traitor, Captain Ke Aileo, and Benson the Barhsalve merchant, tied to convicts and marine orders, with vague references to pirates and island labor.
A fragment discusses the calendar from January 1, 1889 and claims that no other reign has matched such a long consecutive run. It notes a hundred year period without interruption and argues calculations based on the present map of timekeeping. It references Grier and MBean in relation to these time spans.
Suotees Magazin quotes warn that vast fortunes are built on deceit and manipulation. They accuse unscrupulous methods of driving honest people from their property through cleverly worded letters and persuasive schemes that reveal the prey’s secrets to enrich the con artists.
A short commentary condemns slovenly speech and slang as contemptible habits of thought. It urges careful diction and avoidance of decay in language, contrasting clear thinking with careless wording and stressing the duty to regain precision in expression.
A. Mi j Ake of Wood Indiana recalls years of Tenge hemorrhages and multiple physician treatments with little relief before trying Foley's Homer and Targendery. The account notes initial health struggles and eventual improvement after the remedies.
Sold by & Wilson.
An unknown condition is claimed to be treated by Dr. King's New Life Pills praised as the gentlest regulators of stomach and bowels. The ad guarantees the product by 1F. G. Bland, a druggist, and prices it at 25 cents.
Archaic advert claims Browning arnica salve prevents blood poisoning cures cuts burns and boils. Chas Oswald merchant of Hensclearsville touts its success with a case of a sore neck and a man named Seth Burch. Price 25 cents at F G Bland's drug store.
Willis T. Morgan of Concord New Hampshire recalls two years in Cuba and two in the Philippines plagued by colds, praising Dr King’s Seeio for Consumption as keeping him healthy. He now finds New Hampshire the best place, with FG Bland druggist marketing coughs bronchial and lung remedies at 50 cents to a dollar. Trial bottle offered.
Clarksburg residents facing long desk and wagon strains suffer kidney stress. In a testimonial, W. M. Cros, stationary engineer, credits Dean's Kidney Pills with easing backache and kidney weakness after trying various remedies. He reports strong improvement after two boxes and urges purchase from Wells & Haymaker.
A report describes auditors accountants stenographers devising and installing book keeping systems for corporations partnerships clubs officers and private individuals. The action highlights the spread of specialized financial services across business entities.
The fragment lists multiple rail lines and connections with departures and arrivals across cities such as Cumberland Washington Baltimore Philadelphia New York Grafton Parkersburg Cincinnati St Louis Connellsville Pittsburgh Fairmont Morgantown Weston Wilkins Webster Springs and Richwood. Times appear in 24 hour and am/pm formats with numerous abbreviations and garbled figures. The text resembles an era timetable snippet detailing connections among regional lines and schedules.
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