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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
3
In Hamburg on May 16 the body of the late Danish King Frederick VI began the journey to Copenhagen after simple services at a hotel. Queen Touisan spoke to the Danish colony present, thanking them for kindness and care as many wept.
Darius Downey of Newberg Junction New Brunswick reports his wife using Chamberlain's Tablets with great effect and many benefits. The note offers a trial and mentions availability from dealers.
The Clark district convention wrestled over delegate instructions and a push to back B G Smith for a bench. Garrett and Lyon pressed for a vote while Horner Allen opposed binding directions. The motion to appoint Smith prevailed unanimously as later clashes surfaced about the delegation’s makeup.
A detailed schedule lists speakers and sessions over two days on June with topics include prohibition impact, vote mobilization, literature, and public meetings. Notable names include Judge J. C. McWhorter Buckhannon Rev. B. F. Rhodes Wheeling and Carl G. Doney Buckhannon among others.
Canton iClarkeburg No 9 will hold a regular meeting at the J O Q F ball Friday at 8 o clock. All members are requested to be present. D Simon of Farmont was a business visitor en route home to Fairmont from Baltimore.
Local Wheeling Mould and Poultry team faces a two game set with Bellaire this weekend hoping to rebound from a tie and improve to two wins per week. Saturday action starts at 2 30 PM to maximize business attendance while Sunday follows the usual schedule. Bullock or Cuppitt start Saturday, Danley Sunday, with Edwards and Morgan handling heavy work for Wheeling.
Samuel Wilkins 65, a well known Adamston grocer, died at home Wednesday evening after a long illness. He leaves a wife, three sisters, six sons and three daughters, all in Adamston. Funeral is Saturday at the home with burial in Greenlawn cemetery.
Champ Clark won fifteen of twenty two Iowa district delegates to the Democratic convention in caucuses held before the state convention opened today. Wilson claimed seven. W Y Bleckland arrives from Fairmount on a brief business visit.
In May a boy named Pat terson Schillings waded and swam Cabin Creek near its junction with the Kanawha river to flag a freight train. He helped warn the crew and prevent a wreck on a steep grade where a large rock had fallen onto the track. If the engine and train had reached the obstacle, they could have been derailed and plunged into Cabin Creek.
Chicago prices for May show wheat closing at 12 cents, May corn at 94 cents, oats at 12 cents with notes of fluctuating futures as traders watched supply and demand dynamics.
Mrs Susie Wiksler, a widow, has been elected mayor of Dayton Wyoming on an independent ticket. The likely voters, mostly women, cast the majority of ballots.
Train robbers halted a Crescent train near Miss yesterday and seized currency packages. Authorities report the gang escaped with estimated cash amounts around 50 thousand to 140 thousand dollars.
Fragmentary OCR describes a public meeting plan and a reference to Gelécateas and WIN H. Cole visiting Virginia. The text is garbled with names and dates not fully legible.
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