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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1915
Page
6
A 150 year old dispute on the Mason and Dixon Line set theMaryland boundary with Pennsylvania. The office reports a permanent border result while a separate rail line project claimed influenced by local officials.
In 1766 surveyors Mason and Dixon faced Indian hostility while marking the Allegheny frontier. After negotiations with six nations and reduced crews, violence forced some men to quit. They withdrew to Fort Cumberland, leaving the task to later engineers to complete.
June 21 report from New York recalls Bryan quitting and editors reacting with mixed regret. War correspondent Herbert Corey returns to the field. Scipio the trained flea performs in Broadway sideshows while a Broadway restaurateur clashes with a dubious passersby in a night incident.
The West Indiana church, near the Girls Industrial Home, dedicated its new United Brethren in Christ house of worship on Sunday June 21. The brick and frame building seats 400 with a 300-attendee Sunday school and a dedicatory sermon by Bishop WBt. The project cost about 8200 with over 9000 still owed to free the congregation from debt.
Washington reports State Senator George White warning WV may owe $10 per person as the debt settlement provokes concern. The piece also notes rural mail service updates, postmaster appointments across several towns, pension grants to Kate McCullough, and the death of Dr. E J Jones of Baltimore with ties to Simmons and Pocahontas coal interests.
An Italian university professor asserts discovery of radium in ordinary dew, presenting a startling claim of a new natural source for this radioactive element and inviting verification by the scientific community.
A period piece advertises a blood purifier named SSS claiming it cleanses the blood by expediting physiological processes. The copy cites testimonials and warns of supposed dangers from pimples and skin issues, urging readers to buy two bottles from Welch & Futlerton, druggists, delivering citywide.
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