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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1914
Page
2
West Virginians in Washington, like others, long for adjournment of Congress for comfort. The heat in the capital reaches 106 to 115 degrees, with officials and residents seeking relief as summer closes in and many close offices for the season.
The article notes West Virginia congressmen remaining in Washington and at home amid a busy war period, with Neely advancing mail service on a Mount Clare to Weston trolley line and plans to include nearby post offices. It lists new postmaster appointments in several counties and a contracted mail run by Henderson Maynard.
In Weston a Sunday ceremony at 3 pm marks the double cornerstone laying for a new Catholic church and school. Very Rev. C. H. Moye will officiate with Rev. F. J. Flanagan delivering the discourse as Catholics in the town advance a notable civic religious project. Leaf tobacco imports to France total 60,000,000 pounds higher than 1912 in eight months. Madame Curie and her husband hold two Nobel prizes.
An old ad touts Parisian Sage as the key to beauty through hair care. It claims the product nourishes follicles, removes dandruff, purifies the scalp, and makes hair long thick and lustrous with a delicate fragrance. It asserts one application cleanses dust and excess oil.
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