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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1914
Page
6
State supreme court affirms judgment in a case about coal hole gratings in city sidewalks. The ruling outlines duties of lot owners to maintain safe openings, public use rights, and contributory negligence standards for pedestrians and landlords on tenancies.
A North Carolina court examines several civil issues including evidence rulings, land tax assessments, and judgments. Decisions touch on invalid undivided-interest tax deeds, amendment of bills after six months, administrator wrongful death pleadings, bankruptcy impacts, and new-trial standards.
Cologne plans to absorb Muelheim and Mehrheim on the Rhine, boosting population to about 625,000 and expanding city area to over 45 square miles. The move enlarges the urban footprint to encompass two dozen towns and deepens historic rivalry with Muelheim.
Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker of Austin Texas presides over the General Federation of Women's Clubs current biennial conference in Chicago and seeks another term as federation president.
Two Japanese navy ships the Ibuki and the Chikuma will depart Japan around October 15 for the United States to join the opening ceremonies of the Panama Canal. The Ibuki built in 1907 and the Chikuma a modern scout ship will travel to Hampton Roads join the American fleet then pass through the canal to San Francisco. Captain Kanji Kato commands the Ibuki while Captain Sakamoto leads the Chikuma both seasoned officials familiar with foreign etiquette and naval duties.
S J T Bush, a Rochester New York peach grower, reports that 200000 bushels of peaches rotted on trees in one New York county in 1912 due to a shortage of railroad cars to move the fruit to market.
An historical advertisement extols “Mother’s Friend” as a safe abdominal support for expectant mothers. It claims to relax muscles, ease nerve strain, and reduce discomfort during pregnancy and delivery while praising the product’s benefits for daughters learning of its use.
An account notes EE Crom traveling in Virginia and southern states when suddenly stricken by severe colic. The episode began abruptly and required immediate attention from nearby observers and medical personnel.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a 1914 Went Virginia public notice or corporate action involving a tannish entity, Harrivon and associated Peters company. The text references a consolidated ironworks or railway company and a town of Went Virginia with terms about shares and publication for a town meeting.
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