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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1913
Page
8
A fragmented ad promotes big city styles with color combinations at prices from 50c to 5.00 and a 10 percent dividend on each. The OCR text hints at a retail or promotional notice with monetary figures and a dividend claim.
A fragment notes a 50 cent amount and an 8.50 share value with a 10 percent dividend on each. The text suggests a financial product or payout but lacks context or full details.
The ad touts Olive Tablets as a safe remedy for constipation and torpid liver, claiming they do not contain calomel and are pleasant for both children and adults. It emphasizes mild, natural bowel movement with one or two tablets at bedtime and lists 10c and 2c per box prices.
A wartime style plea urges public action against tuberculosis with a one person committee idea. The ad touts Meads Emulsion as a cure helper and guarantees results if directions are followed. It lists Dr John D Bour and local druggists in Clarksburg and Shinaneton area as sellers.
A community news item notes Mrs. Charles Conaway of Fairmont was named in a forged notice about her daughter Mrs. Katherine VanHorn’s marriage. The misattribution led to a sensational postal inspector probe and ongoing case developments are anticipated.
Morgantown March 14 cars equipped with steel lined compartments free of windows and as substantial as a rail will be operated over a traction line planned between Morgantown and Point Marion Pa. A franchise for the line has been applied for. Compartments will be provided as repair of the new state wide prohibition.
Felix Berger a noted glass blower at the Peerless window glass plant in Northview has died. The funeral will depart from his Sixth Street home at 1 o'clock tomorrow morning and proceed to the Church of the Immaculate Conception for services. Interment follows at Holy Cross cemetery in the afternoon.
Jordon a colored principal at Water Street School was arrested Friday by Constable LeFord on a warrant by Mrs Katie Nunley accusing him of beating her son Charles Nunley at the school. It is alleged four sticks were laid upon the boy and a buggy whip used to finish. He faces arraignment before Justice Carter for a Saturday 1 PM hearing in D block.
Gasser gushed from Vesper Oil Company No 1 on Charles R. Smith farm at Tenmile Creek one mile below Wallace producing forty five barrels per day. In Rock Camp district Hope Natural Gas drilled a test on Woodfield farm with gas shows and aimed to increase output. hole caved in 250 feet with oil.
Churches across West Virginia select delegates for the West Virginia State Sunday School Association convention set for April 28 25 at Huntington. Branch conventions will be held in every county this spring. W H Alderman of Morgantown visits. Mrs Franie Downs traveled to Bryontown this morning.
Geometry and algebra topics noted with water and mills analyses aiding fame. Tek DEF Bell referenced in context of analytic studies and regional educational coverage.
An advertising notice promotes Swift's Sure Specific as a cure for rheumatic lung issues including pneumonia bronchitis and asthma. It claims the remedy purifies blood increases red cells and appetite, relieves chest pains and coughing, and offers dramatic improvements after a few days. The ad directs readers to obtain a bottle from arom stores and to contact The Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta for information.
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