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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
1
Real estate notice highlights Colonial Heights Addition as a close in fine residence area with inside lots and 40 foot frontage. Prices range from 650 to 800 dollars, with a special offer for both lots at 600 dollars. Cash price around 1088 noted for buyers.
A local listing offers a room in Stealey Heights at 101 with easy payments. Asking price is 2500 dollars for a good residence section.
Five room cottage with bath hall pantry and attic. Large basement. House finished throughout in hardwood. Lot 40 by 186 feet nicely fenced with a fine lawn. Eight minutes walk to the courthouse.
Price quote states three thousand two hundred dollars with payment terms of one half cash and balance due in one to two years. No additional context provided.
Seven cops, bath, and pantry describe the property with porches and a near new house in Broad Oaks. Listed at 3300 dollars with terms of one half cash and the balance in one or two years, the listing notes expected value increase.
Insurance note urges readers to secure fire coverage through trusted agents. It claims five top companies are represented and invites contact to arrange policies that pay in case of loss.
An analysis notes that price concessions occur when sales are brisk and many follow. It warns readers that advertised goods in A store may differ from those not advertised, implying price expectations depend on demand and advertising visibility.
A reader testimonial praises Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after a measles illness worsened by rain. The writer credits the remedy with restoring health and thanks dealers for its availability.
Confusion arose when two political conventions were called for the same time and place at the county courthouse upstairs. Democrats of Clark district outnumbered Prohibitionists of the First congressional district and proceeded to name district officers and delegates to the congressional, senatorial, county, and state conventions with officers including Harry R. Downs as chairman and Louis A. Johnson as secretary. Delegates named include Percy Byrd, Edward Hood, J. Harbert, Carl Nett, and J. S. Smith for the congressional tally. W. T. Mutheran, Albert Carter, and others for the senatorial slate. and Edward Lewis, Lee Maxwell, James White, and Carl Caywood for the state convention. Similar arrangements occurred in other magisterial districts statewide.
Rev Kumaji Mori of a California mission faced deportation after an ardent but unwanted courtship of Miss Alice L Andrews a California States graduate. Andrews fled to Juneau Alaska but plans to return to California as Mori travels back toward Japan.
The Coal district Democratic convention at the Lyceum theater adjourned amid charges of fraud and crooked work. Luke Murray won the district executive committee seat with 177 votes, Millard Bartlett 77, and L. Hornor 49. Delegates to county, senatorial, and state conventions were named with several named attendees and officers.
Madison Wis June 18 The state supreme court sustained the constitutionality of the age marriage law, reversing a Milwaukee county lower court ruling that had found it invalid. The decision preserves the existing marriage age requirements as applied in the state.
The county court clerk records a marriage license action involving listed individuals Juhli William Payne and Tallin Martin with names partially garbled in the notice. The item confirms licensure proceedings and official filing in the county record.
In Quebec on June 18 the captain and first officer of the collier Storstad testified, disputing Captain Kandall of the Empress of Ireland. First officer Alfred Pattones said there was no explosion or flame, only sparks from steel contact, and admitted not summoning his captain as fog closed in. He claimed Storstad had right of way and kept a reduced speed, contributing to the collision that drove the Empress twelve feet into Storstad’s side.
Philadelphia June 18 The body of Warren McCarriel seven was recovered from the Delaware River and examined showing death by drowning with no violence. A white substance resembling a chemical was found on exterior parts of the body, likely mud contact under the wharf. The coroner’s physician notes the pale appearance from mud exposure. the police hold to accidental drowning, though the father doubts this.
Harrisburg June 18 the board of pardons heard pleas for commutation of the death sentence of Frank Wells of Fayette county tied to a holdup murder. District Attorney Shelby opposed clemency. The panel will act later this afternoon and adjourn until September. Local ministerial petition supported Wells. Also noted, Counts of Germany’s ambassador von Bernstorff narrowly escaped a shooting incident en route to a university commencement. Vancouver shipping totals for 1912 cited with figures for tonnage and ships.
Mrs Antoinette Funk states that petitions and resolutions from May demonstrations will be presented to Congress before July 6 to press for universal suffrage. Miss Lavinia Engle, Florida women and editor in Jacksonville, leads a suffrage edition of The State. Carrie Chapman Catt notes no further discussion is needed as women worldwide await action. The Chicago federation victory signals momentum for equal rights.
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