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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1914
Page
13
Real Estate notice highlights a five room cottage with fruit trees in a good location for a home. Offers a lifetime chance to acquire a large lot at a low price.
A historical advert notes a price of 1800 dollars with half cash required and balance due later. The listing indicates two parties or units involved and a plan extending over time. Further details are illegible in the fragment.
West Virginia Congressman Sutherland addresses Congress urging recognition of home guards and teamsters from the Civil War era. He pitches three bills to place these veterans on muster rolls and grant them service pensions of 20 dollars monthly, while criticizing current pension administration and protesting civil service tests that threaten elderly veterans' employment.
A May report from Washington notes a 26 by 70 foot city plot can yield two to three crops per season, giving a nearly continuous supply of fresh vegetables at little expense. The plan features grape vines, strawberries, currants, and early vegetables arranged in alternating rows with paths along two fences.
The article describes a garden plan with tomatoes trained to a single stake about four feet high, planted eighteen inches apart to maximize maturity. Early and late peas, sweet peas, and a few parsley plants are included. onions occupy spaces until they are large enough or thinned for tomatoes. Potatoes and corn are avoided, while spinach Kale and potato onion sets are planted for winter and early spring greens. The yard is well drained and fertilized with dried blood bone meal and manure to support intensive cultivation.
A Bloomfield mother writes that seven years ago her child was weak after a cold. Vine helped rapidly, breaking the cold and rebuilding strength. Vinol is praised as a safe tonic combining cod liver oil and beef blood. Mothers urged to trust Vinol with their children.
A garbled OCR fragment references devotion, arms, and various places with collective actions. The readable bits suggest a discussion of readiness, ceremonial or cultural elements, and unspecified participants amid unclear context. No concrete names, dates, or locations are extractable.
Chicago May 1 The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company shows off a new three story brick studio adjoining the old site. The space features a hundred twenty Cooper-Hewitt mercury lights and expansive light from all sides. Dressing rooms for twenty plus workers, a large prop room, and a roomy wardrobe area promise efficient production and comfortable accommodations for actors drawn from Broadway and stage careers.
L B Johnson of St Albans Vermont attracts attention riding through town with two-year-old steers trained to obey reins like a horse. The article notes Woods in Germany adapting plywood as a substitute for oak with cheaper, workable qualities and mentions Japan introducing two 35 inch items.
Ex alderman Daniel J Wing of Haverhill Massachusetts has smoked the same meerschaum pipe for forty eight years its color is deeply colored. Canada to feature fruit industry under new government bureau.
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