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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1914
Page
14
Amid debate on insurance practices the article argues fixed rating schemes raise costs and burdens for communities. It cites arbitrary rate variations, high office expenses, and agency salaries as hardships, and advocates state efficiency to provide faster cheaper property insurance through centralized administration.
In Youngstown Ohio a paper mill scandalous shift in profits and worker bonuses casts doubt on July 1st plans. The Youngstown Sheaf and Tube Company reportedly distributed over $900,000 to employees this year and over $200,000 in prior years, but chief executive James A Campbell says earnings fall short of planned profit sharing. Future business hinges on policy changes and Democratic control, with observers likening the nation’s fate to a map of the sea.
Witnesses describe a chaotic closing of the Huntington convention where a free justice plank slipped into the Baltimore platform amid confusion and fatigue. Delegates, weary from clashes, trusted leaders to guide the platform, while proposals such as equal suffrage were dodged and reform proposals were generalized amid partisan tension.
The Wheeling Intelligencer notes concerns over a potential state supervised insurance monopoly. Proponents argue a state run system could mirror workers compensation, while opponents fear loss of competition and efficiency under state direction. The piece invites informed readers to share experiences with insurers to weigh the benefits of state oversight.
A patchwork of editorial snips from Wheeling Intelligencer and Bluefield Telegraph cites editorials and quotes on Huerta West Virginia Cobb Ford politics and prohibition. It notes mistrust of Republican nominees, Chicago and Detroit authorities, and Senate leaks about foreign relations while highlighting enforcement of the prohibition law in West Virginia and media responses.
Community notices list a Mammoth Picnic and celebration at fair grounds, a Knights of Columbus degree work and banquet at St Marys auditorium on July 4, and a football game between West Virginia Wesleyan and Carlisle Indian on September 26 at Union Park Findlay. It also notes local school deposits totaling 52 600.
In a quiet straw town a melodramatic scene unfolds as fire bells ring and a fashionable woman calmly adjusts her hat and powder while the crowd panics. The fire engines delay to respect her, and the fires reach the fifth floor before everyone is safe.
The Simpson district Sunday School Association will hold its annual meeting at Bridgeport on July 10. The program opens at 10 AM with devotional by Rev. Robert Bray and sessions on teaching methods, Sabbath observance, and a course of study. Afternoon program covers devotions, secretary’s report, and talks on adolescent boys and Sunday School citizenship.
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B Davis reports a regenerator service and Sunday School improvement with speaker B Garrett. Committee reports and election of officers noted. adjournment followed. Dinner on the grounds announced.
Stella May Curtis and Charles Feeney were fined 11.60 each for immoral assembly in a basement raid on North Fourth Street. An Italian suspect, name unknown, paid 16 for keeping a house of ill fame. Mayor Will H. Cole ordered the police court session Tuesday morning.
Fourteen individuals were arraigned before Mayor WN HL Cole at the police court Tuesday morning for drinking offenses. Six paid fines while the others were released. The piece notes merchants and housewives shaping buying habits as a business theme in the Telegram.
A correspondence requests information from the Ween Sanatorium at 17 Garfel Place Cincinnati Ohio on medical treatment for cancer and external growths. The note cites 25 years of establishment and emphasizes age restrictions.
The notice markets a daily Telegram subscription service promising constant coverage during summer travel. It claims low costs of about a week or ninety dollars monthly and urges readers to stay connected via home delivered updates.
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