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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1915
Page
3
A local notice warns buyers of a potential chance to secure a home at a reduced price. The advertisement emphasizes affordability and a limited window to act, urging interested parties to contact the agency for details and deadlines.
Just off Cheemut Street an eight room house with bath, large rooms, neatly papered and in good repair. Newly painted, fold set and in good neighborhood. Reasonable terms. You couldn't build the house for what we ask for both lot and house.
Colonial Heights advertises four food lots near the city center on Seventh Street inviting potential buyers to inspect and consider development opportunities in the new addition.
Traction Company express cars leave Clarksburg for Grasselli ONeil Mt Clare Weston Shinnston Fairmont Fairview Farmington Mannington and intermediate points daily except Sunday. Mennington intermediate deliveries by 9 00 a m Fairview and intermediate points by 11 00 a m Weston and intermediate points by 12 00 m Quick service, reasonable rates, and care in handling make this an ideal line for shippers. Monongahela Valley Traction Company.
A fragmentary notice describes a woman rescued from her home in Moustals Park Oklahoma. It mentions Fruitela and Traxo for gallstones with good results and credits a rescuer for preventing death. It notes injections and remedies offered through Clarkebert and availability at BM FP Burke on Third and Pike Streets.
Washington dispatch reports intensified fighting near Mexico City as Carranza forces retreat from Vera Cruz to the capital. Official accounts describe ongoing clashes on the outskirts and echo the period's brutal ten days preceding Madero's overthrow.
Washington June 29 A favorable reply by Germany to the American note on submarine warfare appears likely from Berlin dispatches. Ambassadors Gerard reports suggest a definite tone though specifics were not disclosed. The message reached the German foreign office and fed optimistic expectations at the summer White House in Cornish New Hampshire.
An automobile carrying Mr and Mrs Robert D Miller of Athol plunged into a canal near Falls Mass on Monday. Mr Miller drowned and Mrs Miller died later of shock. Their son E W Jer and Miss Edna Locke of Winchester survived uninjured. The younger Miller and Miss Locke were in the car.
Hiram Terry, Confederate veteran aged 72, died at his niece’s home in Keyser on June 23. The brief obituary notes his service in the Confederate army after enlisting at the outbreak of the Civil War and mentions his relationship to Orvis Gordon.
Heavy rains Sunday night and Monday caused widespread flooding fears in the St Louis area. Lowland Meramec valley farms are inundated as more than four inches of rain fell in thirty hours. The Mississippi River rose to 30.5 feet, six inches above flood stage, with storm sewers choked and streets flooded.
General George Curtin and his son Harry B. Curtin, heads of a major West Virginia lumber combine, back a 42 mile railroad to connect Summersville and Charleston. The route would pass Gauley Coal and Lumber property for about 23 miles. The Gauley Coal and Lumber Co refused rights of way. Judge Jake Fisher’s committee will inspect proposed rights of way with possible condemnation.
Details of a failed Huerta restoration plot surfaced as General Huerta and Pascual Orozco remained in federal detention at El Paso. Dozens of Mexicans with a stake in the conspiracy and possible Americans are under Justice Department surveillance. Secretary Lansing met with Warren as DOJ plans to trace backers in the United States, though the trail remains conjectural.
General Frank S. Streeter of Concord testified about Harry K Thaw in a federal bail mental condition inquiry. Streeter said Thaw appeared absolutely rational and rejected attempts to introduce the commission report that led to Thaw’s release on bail.
The Rev Jethro T Gibbens pastor of the Young Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church was named defendant in a suit brought by the Booker Candy Company before Magistrate T C Roters for 22 dollars worth of candy purchased for a church banquet, with John S Smith attorney for the plaintiff.
Mrs Florence Slife of Wabash Indiana endorses Chamberlain's Liniment for sprains bruises and rheumatic pains praising its prompt relief and recommending it highly. The advertisement notes the product is obtainable everywhere.
Mrs Robert Lansing wife of the new secretary of state is a prominent social figure in Washington where she has lived nearly all her life. The article notes her steady presence in social circles and her long connection to the capital.
Court orders a non resident defendant to appear within one month to protect interests in a vendor's lien case involving property on Main Street Clarksburg and a note for one thousand dollars. Also notices a judicial sale of real estate on Little Tenmile Creek Wallace in Sardis District Harrison County with terms of sale one half cash and balance in three months secured by a six percent note.
In St Clair county bonds issued in 1871 to promoters for a Tebo and Neosho railway funded a scheme never completed. Bondholders sued. judgments unpaid, with decades of interest. A writ of mandamus directed county officials to show why a $100 levy should not be applied to satisfy a $338,162.43 judgment, most with ten percent interest, in a long running effort to renew before expiry.
Four men arrested overnight by militia near the former governor Slaton's country home were jailed on Monday awaiting action by authorities. They were found in a road near the Siston estate and could not explain their presence to militiamen. Twenty six others arrested Saturday are also jailed with no formal charges filed yet.
Washington reports the War Department has purchased 19,000 acres at Tobyhanna Pennsylvania for a field artillery target range serving militia and regular troops at a cost of 350,000. Additional ranges likely in the South and West are planned depending on militia development, possibly in Georgia or Alabama and in California.
Statistics released by the department of prohibition show major drops in saloon related arrests after prohibition. In 1914 roughly 14,060 arrests occurred in towns where saloons operated, about half for intoxication, while 1915 records report 6,836 arrests with about 2,200 tied to liquor traffic.
In Harusstox on June 29 the outlook remains uncertain for Mat Jarreil of Acme, William H Stewart of Ron Ceverte, and William Thomas of Wileeting. The men are thought to be under death sentence, with hopes for life still unresolved amid the ongoing legal actions and court procedure.
Health officials report a setback in the penitentiary at Mounds as transfers to Huntington State Hospital were delayed. Dr. L. V. Guthrie, superintendent, informed Governor Hatfield that the medical status of inmates remains uncertain and pending further action.
June 29 report notes General Huerta declines further entry in Sunday program of field and track contests at Norwood Park celebrating Moose event. The piece covers Huerta's silence to the press until his hearing, local civic figures including Charles A Chambers and bond details for county officials, and the presence of Mexican observers awaiting Huerta's movements.
Governor Hatfield spoke at a Young Men's Christian Association meeting in Charleston and was later sent home to Eckman after a criminal court appearance. Edward Clark, a colored defendant, was convicted of violating a prohibition law. Judge James W Robinson ordered two months in jail for McDowell, with Hatfield to return to Charleston Monday.
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