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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1915
Page
4
The June 20 1915 Evening Echo discusses currency deficits and federal finance figures, New York constitutional convention votes, and changes in soldiers homes governance. It reviews Bryan’s cabinet exit, German notes, and cloture debates with a focus on political dynamics and institutional checks.
Readable slips show a player or figure saying lines about a speakeasy and leaving for a burs, with the phrase Splinterburr rape for speakeasy and Am off for burs echoing as internal team banter at a fifth bar.
The X ray is now used in customs houses to detect contraband and bulky goods at shipping ports. Britain has adopted it for examining bales of cotton and similar items that cannot be repacked easily after opening. Recently two hundred bales of cotton waste were refused by a British official in New York after the X ray revealed rubber sheeting. US customs have used new X ray machines for months to inspect packages suspected of containing contraband. A small five volume Burns poetry set, stored in a bundle, was found recently in original purchase condition.
A pious, fiery-eyed stranger arrives in Splinter, preaching against the demon rum. He portrays alcohol as the cause of death and disablement, urging residents to renounce saloons and taverns during a four day visit.
A vivid portrait of Charles Town in pre Revolutionary days, tracing the Washington lineage through three brothers Samuel John Augustine and their descendants. The piece highlights the town’s orderly streets plain ground plan by George Washington and the notable sites such as Harewood and the lodge for the Todt marriage, along with John Brown’s execution monument beneath the sycamores.
Two prayer meetings will be held at the home of Mrs. Alice Carpening, 625 West Main Street, from 9:30 to 10:00 tomorrow morning. All members are urged to attend and participate in the Holy Prayer Meeting.
Silk stock stockings advertised as high quality silk with reinforced heel. Black boot hose offered at 25 cents per pair, listed as a special value.
Advertisement notes long silk gloves offered at 79 cents with 16 buttons and double fingertip silk covered clasps. Describes stitched back sizes 61 to 8 and a visible window display for purchase.
In Evans City Butler County PA South Pent Oil Co No 5 on F 5 White farm flowed at thirty barrels per hour after self drilling began Monday. By Tuesday noon output exceeded 700 barrels in two days. Locations near Ha Reitzer seventeen acres show sand pay, with initial four feet in sand. De Cowden and Co drilled on Larkin Jet but found no second pay. Morzan and Co test Garvin Jet. Amber Oil Co eyes Sand on Sutton farm. Dorserville field in northern Allegheny County sees Walley and Co at Indiana Township drilling. National Oil and Gas Co made 2 test locations on W J Robinson farm. West Vinsonia Roane Co has small gas well on Bie Toiy formation. Doddridge County West Union Doddridge reports 2 gas wells on E Snyder farm and E Arnold's Creek test completed.
A promotional notice touts Sargol tablets as a fat absorbing aid to treat thinness. It claims the product boosts digestion, deposits bodily fat, and helps cheeks fill out, with a money back guarantee if expected weight gain isn’t achieved. Also includes unrelated mining and legal text snippets from local notices.
The next term of United States court in this district will begin July 6 at Bikini. It will be the final session before the summer recess, signaling the district’s scheduled docket and proceedings for the period.
Text discusses bids for patronage and a board praised as freestim of tree with constant customer protection. Mentions advertising guidance and profitability concerns, though phrasing is unclear and fragmentary. Entities are unnamed and locations not provided.
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