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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1908
Page
6
Directory page lists tenants across floors of a multiuse empire building. It includes Goal & Coke Co, Palisa Piret Boor, Empire lgn Co, various doctors and professionals, real estate firms, coal and lumber companies, insurance, and other trades. Multiple room numbers and floor levels indicate a comprehensive tenant index.
A series of private announcements from Harrison County candidates, including J. B. Bartlett, GEO BERRY, CLAENCH B. STOUR, WALTER W. WILLIE, B. WAYMAN OG, HOWARD M. GORE, WADE COFFMAN, HAYMOND MAXWELL, WILL MORRIS, J. E. LAW, CHARLES G. COFFMAN, CHARLES M. HART, A. SAMPLES, ERNEST L. PIGOTT, EDWARD J. DOYLE, and W. M. TATE, declaring candidacies for Clerk of the County Court, Prosecuting Attorney, State Senator, and various local offices in Harrison County with nominations to be decided by Republican primaries or conventions in 1908.
The item highlights a theatre bill featuring Bigmer, Barry Kutly and a Mayor role, plus notes on the Peter Pan Company visit by Madeline Niarshot and others. It includes political notices from L. C. Ckius and Truman J. Lynch for Clarkeburg mayor, with campaign pledges and primary election timing. Also announced are candidacies for Chief of Police by Nicholas M. Whyte and others.
An article mix promotes Kidney and Restorative tonics with claims of cures. Also notes Wells Symphony Orchestra at Roller Rink and theater listings with Frohman and French plays. Mentions Dr Shoop Restorative and Wat the fist sign of danger remedies.
A city clerk announces a bid for the office in a local election. The notice identifies the candidate and urges voters to consider qualified service and public trust.
Fragmentary OCR reads a Clarksburg public notice inviting participation in a partition sale. The exact officers, parcel details, dates, and scope are unclear due to garbled text, but references to city officials and a sale action remain visible in the fragment.
A local post office notices unclaimed mail names many residents and couples in Clarksturg West Virginia. Names include Miss Sarah Ashcraft Miss Leons Adamy Andrew Benko Barns Bank William Bromwall and others with several married and titled entries. A Viet of packages lists Nejile Robay Curly Cline and Mr and Mrs J P McClintock.
The Su trlous Potentate of Onirin Temple in Wheeling has appointed ten State F. Reed of Clarksburg as Ilustrious Inquisitor for the ensuline year. Reed, Eminent Commander of Clarkaburre Commandery, is praised for literary versatility and eloquence and is supported by Nobles across the state including L. N. Tavenner of Parkersburg.
State news item reports the Coat and Coke railroad will start constructing a Branen line from Gasdaway to Webster Springs. Judge Hunter Moss saved his son from a fire, burned but unharmed. An adjourned federal court session opens at Parkersburg with Judge Dayton presiding as Buckhannon invites WV Harbor Association to summer meeting. Benjamin F Trachwel, a prominent Wood County figure, dies at 77 after heart illness. Emma Toyd of Monongal seeks to kill principal Robiscom with a hatchet after a correction. City and towns order comprehensive inspection of school homes. Francis Dunn of Rendville found dead in a train car closet, intoxicated on boarding at Rowlesburg. Meet of Gredge boat for McMechen dam repair at Parkersburg as weather returns. J Benson Price, former Parkersburg resident, rumored murdered in a Washington mining camp. Four large sticks of dynamite found in a foreman’s trunk in Gratton. A B Debendorfer of Mannington announces candidacy for state senator from the Eleventh District.
A fragmented OCR item lists multiple land transfers in Sardis Summit Park Enterprise and Salem, including 14 acres, 2 lots and 1 lot transactions among Stephen Votuska, Thomas J. Hanley, ML. Lewis, Dora Wdenowr, and Ransel Johnson. It mentions a Baltimorean invitation for a fortnight and a heating wrucks remark, plus a note on a Clarkeburg Industrial Company, and a curious entry about public notices and a $100 bill claim. The text ends with a jumbled line referencing Blood and Sweet Melody and a roller tumk.
Fragmented text outlines tiny monthly premiums for sickness and accident coverage. Mentions indemnity for 52 weeks at stated rates, accidental death benefit, and partial disability benefits. Includes garbled place names and nonstandard currency references, suggesting OCR corruption.
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