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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1913
Page
2
Partial list shows contestants across districts one to four with names and addresses in Clarksburg and surrounding areas. The telegrams grand voting contest invites all to join, with hours for contest manager and a large prize pool guiding the field.
Paris March 24 President Poincare announces he will use the full $240000 yearly presidential income and plans to return to private life as a lawyer after seven years. A friend questioned the plan noting private means may be limited. Poincare replies he will work, possibly as a professor at Yale.
Copenhagen reports rising interest in the Panama Canal opening as the East Asiatic Company plans a direct Copenhagen to Golden Gate steam line. Denmark seeks markets for fruit and wine and aims to be well represented at the San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exposition. Danish Americans gift Redbild Park signaling closer ties with the United States amid merchants studying U.S. business methods. The article notes Danish merchants’ renewed U.S. contact and Dutch laws mirroring American policy.
Managers announce hours for contest inquiries and list prizes including a Ford touring car, a Paige 25 percent fire prize, and Europe trips from Thomas Cook. Prizes also include Price and Teeple pianos from local dealers and college scholarships from West Virginia College.
John E. Day announces a suit case of songs and poems submitted for a statewide contest to create a state song. University committees will grade entries from English and other faculties. Five hundred dollars offered for the best poem and a prize for the best male entry.
The Hope Rural Gas Company reports drilling a new well on W. L. Dawson property in the Morbaigi district. Local officials confirm progress and outline expected outputs and infrastructure plans for the 458 county region.
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