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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1914
Page
13
Property offering seven rooms a bath pantry basement double back porch and side porch with hardwood finish and chandelier mantels. Lot includes rear street access and space for a garage. Priced for immediate cash sale with balance on time.
Property description notes a 52 foot front on Park Boulevard and a 220 foot depth with an alley. Price is 2350 dollars with part cash. Transaction details indicate an encumbrance subject to rewording in rewrap.
An item mentions a price of 1850 dollars with terms 1 3 cash and terms of one year, noting proximity to the Hazel Atlas glass factory and describing a splendid jot or feature nearby.
An advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a trusted aid for pregnancy, claiming it relieves muscular tension and discomfort without harming mother or baby. The copy asserts a long family tradition from grandmothers and notes it is prepared in the advertiser's own laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
Local notice recounts Mrs Sarah M Chaps of Mt Airy North Carolina describing two years of suffering from womanly troubles BloImach pains and sleeplessness Then she credits Cardui with significant relief after six bottles She urges readers especially women to try Cardui citing broad use and testimonials from readers and druggists
An advertisement promotes White Seal Toilet Paper made from top jute stock with pecernet and silky finish. Packaged in cartons of 3 rolls of 1,000 sheets each, it claims clean handling and health and safety benefits. Available from first class dealers at 25 cents per carton.
Morgantown June 1s The forty fourth annual meets of the West Virginia Educational Association to be held there June 1794 after the university commencement and before the summer school. Lecturers include Dr J L Henderson Mrs Cora Wilson Stewart Dr D H Phillips Dr Lee F Hammer Dr A P Bourland Dr Allen W Freeman and Dr Glenn Frank. The event features educational exhibits in the armory with models barhs silos and dairies plus health and anti tuberculosis displays. Over 200 teachers have enrolled. officers named Otis G Wil King A P Mallison and J F Marsh.
Funeral services over the body of Jamez Alonzo McCloud aged 60 were held at Mechanic Street at 2 o clock this afternoon. The Rev A W Morrison conducted the service and the burial was in the Masonic cemetery. A large number of friends and relatives accompanied the body to its last resting place.
Nine persons were taken into custody after a raid on a disorderly house at Point Comfort Saturday night. They will face elven hearings at 2 o'clock this afternoon before Justice Carter, with Mary Wade and Ella Fox charged with conducting the house of ill fame. Anna Wade Ida Doa and five men, who used fictitious names, are charged with loitering there. Wade, husband of one Wade woman, swore out the warrants.
At six o'clock in the evening, Trinity colored church will host a benefit drill by twenty six children. Fourteen will participate in the church lecture room. Refreshments will be served on the lawn as part of the fundraiser. The notice notes estimated attendance from New York Ottis population.
Washington reports that parcel post proves effective for selling eggs, delivering better prices for producers and stable quality for buyers. The Agriculture Department tested 4,131 eggs in 466 lots, with under 3.6 percent broken and about 2.3 percent wasted. Proper packing, candling, and careful selection of eggs are urged, along with cost estimates for small shipments and guidance on containers, weights, and returnable packaging.
Weston reports a prolonged drought crippling local industry and vegetation. The Cherry River Paper mill at Richwood shut down, laying off about 500 workers. An unrelated note says an express train from Nice to Mason was defeated by an eagle over eighteen miles.
The marriage of Clarence DeWalt to Miss Stinnie D Remy was held at the First Methodist Episcopal church parsonage on Monday afternoon with Rev D D Smith officiating. The couple returned to Uniontown on Tuesday. the bridegroom is a brother of C A Zombower and well known locally.
Two men named Tod Taylor and John Green were arrested by Officer L L White on disorderly conduct and fighting charges. They failed to answer, bonds forfeited, and one suspect was ordered to leave the city while a third party faced a separate court session.
The body of Miss Georgia Hawkins a 13 year old of Weston who died Monday evening in a Roaneville hospital from blood poison was shipped to her parents Mr and Mrs R G Hawkins at Roaneville for funeral services. She was a prominent figure in the insurance and real estate world in Weston. She leaves four brothers C W N R and J M Hawkins of Lewis county and Columbus Ohio and two sisters Mrs Naoma Bennett of Weston and Betty Hawkins of Bonneville.
Friends of Dr. Lathan A. Davidson of West Milford announce his permanent recovery and restored health after treating nervous trouble linked to his forty year practice in West Virginia He completed a valuable book detailing his medical experiences and methods, widely used and copied nationwide.
The body of Ceci Davis, victim of last night’s crash near Parkersburg, will be brought to this city on train No 12 and taken to Parley V. Thorn’s residence. No funeral arrangements have been made. Thorn, who traveled to Parkersburg after learning of the accident, will accompany the body. The 1913 whaling season set a record with an estimated 800000 casks of oil.
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