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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1911
Page
4
The article sketches debates over incorporating Broad Oaks into a municipality, cites Democratic voices on credit and policy, and highlights Theodore Roosevelt praising Boy Scouts for teaching courage and self-reliance, civic courtesy, and communal effort for democracy's future. It notes Republican shifts and references figures like Senator Penrose and President Roosevelt.
Dr Victor G Beiser reports at the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine meeting that beriberi in the Philippines is linked to diet as a staple and husked rice is implicated. The discussion, led by Beiser, underscores the disease as preventable with dietary changes pursued by authorities in the Philippines.
The piece reviews Augustus E. Willson, Kentucky governor and Republican, as a plain man of the people who spoke frankly on American manhood and self government at Carnegie Institute. His fiery Chicago convention moment is recalled as he captivated the audience with hopeful, common sense rhetoric. He is labeled a politician, yet praised for earnest talk.
Fairmont High School baseball defeated Clarksburg High 12 to 1 Saturday afternoon at Fairmont. The Fairmont squad showed strong form and steady play, while Clarksburg struggled offensively. Gatteries pitched for Fairmont with Ice and Colpitis handling the catching duties as Andrews and McCarty contributed.
Louis Spiro and his five year old son Jack return home from Baltimore where Jack was brought for treatment by spectatists for stomach trouble. The child is recovering nicely after the trip.
Two plain workers were severely defeated with beer bottles on West Main Street near Second by a gang of drunken Black people. They suffered painful cuts and bruises but the injuries are not serious. Police are investigating the incident.
Washington May 1 The Senate judiciary committee voted 7 to 5 to report a House resolution proposing direct election of United States senators.
Hong Kong dispatch reports revolters retreating from Canton and devastating western countryside. Famine prices grip foodstuffs while graves fill with decomposing bodies.
Representative John W. Davis of West Virginia urges higher pay for district court clerks, proposing raising the maximum from 3500 to 4000 annually and taxing all fees above 5000. He notes current law requires turnover of excess fees to the government. Also, Representative Littlepage introduces WB West Virginia bills adjusting Webster Springs court start date to Tuesday and moving Lewisburg spring term from February to April.
George Mastin, driver for Kidda Dawson Land Company, injured Monday forenoon at Point Comfort when a bolt slipped from the wagon. Horses lunged and threw him to the ground. He is thought to have a broken shoulder, but exam showed severe bruises and sprains in the shoulder region.
Freeman Lowry a colored pressing shop owner on Monticello Avenue has sold his business to Basse Jenkins colored and will depart this week for Charleston to take a job in a meat market He is regarded as one of the best and most prompt delivery men in the city and many friends follow him to Charleston.
Alk. Thorn & Co. announces Fairmont and Clarksburg Traction Co. 3 year notes offering 70 percent of par in common and 30 percent in preferred stock at 85, convertible at holder’s option into common and preferred shares. High grade short term investment.
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