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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1914
Page
3
Real estate pitch urges buyers to own a home now and earn rent payments while opening a bank account. The ad stresses ownership potential and financial benefits, presenting a quick path to savings and financial growth through property and banking access.
Listings describe a lit room cottage on East Main Street featuring a bath pantry and back and front porches. Handy to varine and public works, the property emphasizes convenient access and simple amenities.
A local notice casts a persuasive appeal to residents of Colonial Heights, urging scrutiny of a forthcoming proposition. The brief stresses the potential impact and invites readers to examine details before voting or commenting, signaling civic engagement and local decision making.
An advertisement extols Mother's Friend as an external abdominal product aiding muscles ligaments and tendons to ease pregnancy strain. It notes historic use by grandmothers and offers a free little book from Bradfield Regulator Co, 405 Lamar Bldg, Atlanta, GA.
E. E. Cross visiting Virginia and other Southern States fell severely ill with colic. At a store he used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, two doses cured him. He advises travelers not to leave home without a bottle. For sale by all dealers.
Washington May 12. A National Geographic Society statement notes dramatic changes in Maori society from cannibalistic to voting rights. It cites population declines to about 35,000, reservation lands, and Maori women gaining the vote alongside white women, with schools and higher education improving.
Altoona high schools serve daily lunches for 1,500 students at seven and a half to ten cents with about $400 annual profit. Home economics becomes mandatory in several states. Fresno professors fund a $23 play apparatus install themselves. Vocational clubs grow in Abilene and a rapid-advancement class in Boston speeds fifth to eighth grade work. Tobacco data link non smokers to higher scholarship and athletics. Over 100,000 students attend professional schools nationwide, with New York State boasting the largest share at 12,245.
Mr Sharp is portrayed as a serious statesman with wide interests in legislation, industry, science, and foreign affairs. The profile notes his rise from Michigan University honors to prosecuting attorney, pig iron manufacturing, and a long congressional tenure. It mentions his role on the foreign affairs committee, aviation interest, and a family of five children.
Shinnston reports visitors and guests from Wheeling Fairmont and Cadiz with mentions of Mrs Charles F Randall Federated Clube convention attendance and Dr J H Rinehart. A birthday surprise party for Miss Gladys Nay hosted by her mother with a large guest list and regional travels by university students and townsfolk.
Salem May 12 Mothers Day was observed with church services and music. A high school graduation sermon was given by Rev A J C Bond of Seventh Day Baptist Church at the College auditorium Sunday morning. The district convention plans were discussed for June 17 at Indian Run church. Public school finals and evening entertainments filled the week, including a special program by the literary society and Stunt Night on Wednesday. The funeral of Robert Priest was held at Mt Olive church with Rev George Woortter officiating. he was about 86 and had lived locally.
Report indicates Jem is seriously ill in Clarksburg with ongoing care from Dr D W elouchery. The situation drew steady attention from physicians and authorities as details remain limited.
Nearly a hundred American delegates will attend the International Congress of Chambers of Commerce opening in Paris June 8 for five days. Names from New York include Kingsley Wilson Fairchild Brown and Hawkes with many other cities represented. American members seek a stronger committee to act between biennial sessions and push new business. Edward Filene leads the permanent committee in Bruegels to reorganize the association in Washington.
Holland completed its first crematory emblematic of ongoing cremation promotion efforts dating back to 1874 by the society backing cremation in the region.
Fragmented ad copy hawks a supposed remedy for pains and cramps. References a poet and distressing symptoms, with an offer for sale in Clarksburg by Wells and Baymaker Co. The text is garbled, but suggests medical claim and a product sale.
Readers publish testimonials claiming Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured women’s ailments. Letters from Mrs Waters of Camden and Mrs Haddock of Utica praise relief from nervous, physical, and heart-related symptoms after trying the remedy, urging others to test it before suffering further.
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