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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1914
Page
14
A 1914 editorial notes farm wage gains partly tied to union activity and labor organization. It cites wages rising about fifty percent since the 1880s, with current North West wages $50-$60 monthly, while the South remains lower. The piece argues progress depends on steady food supplies and sustained farm help.
An Evening Echo discusses May 28 29 Road Holidays and a local referendum on whether the Sixth Street Bik Creek bridge should be an overhead or grade crossing. Officials including A D Wilkos weigh costs, bond limits, and engineering practicality to decide a bridge plan without exceeding funding, amid safety concerns and community impact.
The article notes rising farm labor costs as subsistence prices grow and government limits on cheap labor falter. It cites scarce farm labor caused by competition with coal, oil, and factories, pushing wages higher for rural workers.
A station of readable items lists multiple social events and games in Clarksburg and nearby towns. May 12 Trojan Club dance at Masonic Temple. May 4- event by Cadenza Orchestra at Huffman Hall. May 15 Peg O’ My Heart at Robinson Grand. May 19 Thirty Club dance at Waldo Hotel. June 10 Merchants Protective Association banquet at Waldo. May 20 Cumberland West Virginia League baseball at Union Park. June 11 Ohio Wesleyan vs West Virginia Wesleyan baseball at Union Park.
A large audience fills the bleachers as Aristotle Yeabo, famed matador, enters the arena with his scarf and bull sticker. He teases the bull, the crowd roars Vive Yeabo, and a misstep leads to a hasty retreat as the bull charges. A narrator recalls steps, spins, and an awkward escape amid festive chaos.
The Rev. A W Morridon of the Methodist Protestant church plans to travel tomorrow. Details mention a near train to Point Ps and Pitts burg with an oral board of home nila Surington I bats.
Fragmented OCR text discusses politics and judiciary in vague terms, mentions Green's financial operation of a railroad company and a debate over holding companies. Specific facts are obscured by garbled wording, making precise names, places, dates, and figures unreadable.
Washington May 11 A new post office has been established at Haulet Raleigh county with Allen Rodden as postmaster. Fourth class postmasters appointed in West Virginia include William Lattin at Cowhide Lincoln county succeeding Montgomery. Fulton Sias at Hager Lincoln. William Greenlee at Nat Mason County. Andrew J. Salsbury at Revival Webster Pima succeeding Grover Salia bury. Rupert A. Feamster at Ronda Kanawha. Presley Morris at Stinson Calhoun. Sylvester Burrall at Artle Raleigh. Jerry Lambert at Said Creek Lincoln. Alonzo Woodall at Sweetland Lincoln.
West Virginia expects bumper wheat yields this year as a U S Department of Agriculture bulletin reports 236000 acres sown with crop condition at 95 percent on May 1. It estimates output around 3720000 bushels with prices near 1.00 dollars per bushel, slightly below last year.
An ad claims a new remedy LAX-URTC removes uric acid to relieve rheumatism and related pains. It touts a purifier from Carliban and Bohemian springs, describing the laxative action on the bowels liver and kidneys with a sample limited to Welln de 1 er Co Anglo Inn Pharmacy.
Brown, an electrician at Owens Eastern Bottle Company, underwent an operation on Capital Sunday for appendicitis. The operation was successful and he will be laid up.
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