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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1914
Page
3
Real Estate includes a seven room house with bail pantry attic and porches on a 40 by 136 foot lot priced at 5 000. A Wavant street lot of 124 feet priced at 750 is listed. Carlisle Court eight room house with bath pantry and large basement on a 36 by 80 foot lot priced at 4 500 with 2 000 cash and balance due in one and two years.
Hartland Addition lots numbers sixteen and seventeen fronting eighty feet on Hartland avenue offered for two thousand two hundred dollars for both. Terms require one fourth cash and the balance due in one two and three years.
Seven room house on Clay Street described as finished in faded wood with cabinet mantels. Bath pantry and basement noted. Lot 52 by 108 feet. Price listed as 4750 dollars with terms described as over one third down and options of one or two year payments.
Readers note that without London or Washington dispatches and without major store ads there is nothing of interest to report. The paper signals a quiet day with no significant events or advertising highlights from capitals or large retailers.
A Eldon Missouri woman details severe pelvic pain and weakness improved after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The advertisement claims the remedy aids displacements inflammations irregularities backache indigestion and nervous prostration and urges others to try it.
The Public Service Commission schedules June 26 for hearing the Fairman and Clarksburg Power Co. and Commission to erect hydro power dams on the Tygart Valley River. Valley residents protest the dams as a property menace while the Virginian Railway opposes a New River dam by the Virginian Fowst Co.
Wireless reports from the U S Alberta ship City of Para bound for San Diego describe the besieged city of Tenic with deplorable conditions and strict censorship. Forty American refugees departed for San Francisco aboard the Para as the siege and food shortages push even steadfast foreigners to leave.
A Michigan man sets aside 100000 for his son with a condition delaying access until the son reaches 90. The son contests the will arguing the long wait and questions the father's doubts about his ability to manage the money.
In Mexico City on June 20, reports say Pedro Lasuarela, who served as foreign minister under President Madero, is again set to hold the post. He reportedly resisted at first but was persuaded by friends to accept the assignment.
An old advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a successful cure. A testimonial claims severe illness from rain worsened measles and a life saving response from the remedy, sold by all dealers.
Harrisburg June 20 The Public Service Commission approves the proposed lease of the Northern Central Railway Company to the Pennsylvania Railroad and also approves a certificate of valuation to raise Northern Central capital from 1 142 560 to 27 079 600. A certificate will not be issued until the commission's accountants review the financial statement. The Northern Central runs from Baltimore to Sunbury, Pa with about four hundred miles of track.
A spectacular blaze early Friday morning destroyed the old Reay foundry, one of Morgantown's oldest buildings. The loss was small, but a horse in a stable at the rear burned to death.
Chicago June 20 The LaSalle Street Trust and Savings Bank, closed by a state bank examiner, is now under a new receiver W C Niblick of Chicago Title and Trust Company. Judge Windes approved Niblick with a bond of 2 500 000.
Washington June 20 The Interstate Commerce Commission will not announce the eastern advance rate decision tomorrow as expected. Indications say the ruling may be delayed for several days or up to two weeks, surprising few observers familiar with the proceedings.
At Quebec on June 20 the second mate of the steamship Alden testified that the Empress of Ireland pushed his ship on the St Lawrence and that the Empress steered badly, forcing him to port his helm to avoid collision. Corroboration came from James Galway, Empress quartermaster, and Hana Olverin, another Alden sailor, who supported steering gear defects.
New York June 20 The Democratic state conference in session today mustered only one vote for a proposition to place the party on record at the primaries for or against Tammany Hall. Montgomery Hare proposed the resolution and was the sole affirmative vote.
Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of the president arrives in Wis for a social center magazine launch and to aid a civic secretaryship conference. She will speak in the assembly chamber on The Need of a Civic Secretary.
The American line steamship New York, damaged in a collision with the Pretoria, has departed for Southampton after repairs. She carries 415 passengers and nearly 2 million dollars in gold and silver for Europe.
Vienna city council proposes to rent a 75 million dollar fund for immediate use on developing existing municipal enterprises. The plan includes a 20 million dollar addition for subways in the inner city district and notes profits from the electric power plant.
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