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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
2
Data from the 19th and early 20th centuries shows sewing machine exports expanding from modest 1860s figures to over 10 million dollars in the 1860s, rising to 60 million plus annually by 1910. The growth reflects a booming domestic industry and increasing global demand.
The document shows filings for several corporations including The Icy Hot Bottle Company of Cincinnati with 300000 capital split evenly between preferred and common stock. Charters include Minnesotas Minneapallo plant and operate commercial orchards and water rights, and Tiskewah Oil and Gas Company in Charleston with Kanawha county oil and gas rights.
The Clarksburg Pressing Company led by Henry Hainze begins excavation for a six unit plant at the corner of Tracere alley and Stuart lane. A freproof concrete building with modern cleaning and dyeing machinery will be on site, marking progress for the city’s premier local cleaning establishment.
Governor Glasscock issued a pardon to a 15 year old boy from Kanawha County who was jailed for possessing a revolver. He had boarded a freight train from Charleston intending to reach Huntington but was apprehended by a railroad detective after a search revealed the weapon. His parents reside in Ohio and the incident occurred after he left home.
Judge Nathan Gott arrived home in the city Thursday morning after spending a week in Richmond Virginia attending to ongoing court matters.
The announcement outlines a contest for 50 jingles to be purchased and printed. Entries will be mailed to each participant with a return envelope for responses. Jingles will be judged on merit, and sensitive or insincere entries are discouraged. Post Toasties.
At a special stockholders meeting the Fairmont and Northern Traction, the Clarksburg and Weston Electric Railway, and the Mountaineer line merged into the Monongahela Valley Traction Company. The new firm will operate about 100 miles of electric rail in the region with plans to build the Weston line and a Clarksburg to Salem route. Management remains the same, but funds and stationery will be overhauled. titles of former companies to be retired soon. Dr and Mrs Fleming Howell left for their summer home in Oakland Maryland.
A continuation notes Mr. Steele’s scrupulous honesty and fair disposition, affirmed by all who have dealt with him, and states he is in the forty second.
The piece portrays Keele as a Salem resident of eight years with prior farming and wool trade work. It notes service on the board of education, county committee involvement, and status as a Republican loyalist. It highlights his business ties, community roles, and hopes for the June primary with emphasis on his temperance, cordial nature, and potential to secure the party vote.
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