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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1915
Page
4
Fragmented OCR shows subscription rates and mailing details for Daily Telegram and associated notices. Includes carrier rates, daily and Sunday options, and a change of address instruction with old and new addresses.
Clarksbury stands in the Curtis Publishing Company contest for The Ladies Home Journal and The Country Gentleman, as a fortieth local club. The program trains boys in magazine sales, aims for life skills, and ties to vocational education.
A detailed critique argues that the Wilson administration politicized civil service, replacing experienced staff with loyalists across federal posts. It cites deputy collectors, marshals, district attorneys, and prison officials losing tenure or being replaced, increasing patronage and reducing efficiency in federal agencies.
Brig and Perkins exchange hoarse laughter as the great detective, who has haunted their actions for five years, finally confronts them in a tense moment of reckoning. Their clash signals a turning point in the long pursuit and hints at hidden secrets finally coming to light.
An old advertising snippet promotes Eckman’s Alterative from Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia. It claims usefulness for bronchial catarrh throat and lung ailments and emphasizes regular habits and sound food. The copy urges readers to seek restorations and asserts no habit forming drugs are involved.
A great detective discovers the brigand chief Tir near a campfire and foils the plot by stopping a tower clock. He and his ally disable the captors with a clever timing ruse, using a long rope and a split-second plan. Relief arrives from Scotland Yard, and the brigands are captured.
The Searchlight reports on concrete safes and cabinets as fire resistant storage for papers. They are cheaper than steel and fireproof but not burglar proof. Early tests at the Edison plant in East Orange showed concrete cabinets within walls kept papers intact after heats. Small concrete safes are now made for deeds and valuable documents to fit inside larger steel safes.
Notice from the Claresberg Water Works and Sewerage Board imposes a law on water usage for sprinklers. A permit is required. unauthorized use incurs daily fines. Restrictions limit sprinkling to two hours daily with specified time slots and nozzle sizes. Out of order sprinklers or leaks will cut the supply without notice.
Welch and Fullerton, druggists, promise delivery to all parts of the city, emphasizing convenient service for residents and businesses alike.
This is ideal coat weather with a large line of ladies and misses coats. We fire showing new top coats and a vast stock of fashionable models at attractive prices. New shipments bring scores of models, confirming our claim as the city’s leading coat and suit store.
A May sale features undermustins at 50c with gowns in regular and extra sizes plus lace and embroidery trimmed skirts corset covers and pants. At 80c prices the collection includes gowns skirts and pants with combirstrons and dainty lace trim.
The Tid column discusses eugenics as a practice rather than theory. It cites the Admiralty Islands and describes natives as a cannibal, claiming they eat the weak and unfit, with war casualties noted and a fleeting mention of a white man.
The Admiralty Islands are depicted as tropical, elevated islands with rich forests and coconuts. Natives are described as physically fit and armed with spears and clubs, wearing little clothing, and using bone decorations. only white residents were a German-led station head and a shipwrecked Japanese man who ruled locally.
Thousands of yards of fashionable sheer materials for summer frocks on display. Burton's Fashion and Chiffon Voiles, near floral patterns, Rice Voiles, Printed Plaxon and Batiste, Silk Stripe Crepes and Shadow Voices. Prices 23c to 39c per yard.
Special mercerized napkins listed at 98 cents per dozen, 20 by 20 inches, hemmed. Medium weight fabric with neat floral patterns offered in a case for service use.
An advertisement touts a RK Vacuum Sweeper priced at 5.98 with built in carpet sweeper. The copy describes a full width brush, three pelows wide opening and easy operation. It claims a durable machine sold nationwide for 7.50 to 9.90, positioning it as a practical budget option.
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