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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1906
Page
5
A city woman drove with a temporary hotel guest and dropped her keys in his pocket. She pursued him to recover them but was refused by the exchange girl who then slapped her. A warrant for assault and battery was sworn before Squire Harry Gordon. Trial postponed to Tuesday due to circus.
Washington May 21 Commander in Chief Tanner issues general orders urging all Grand Army of the Republic members to observe Flag Day June 14. The notice calls on members to display the flag at home and business, and to urge neighbors and officials to do the same.
In Hell's Half Acre area a quarrel erupted between Hanger and Arnett families. Roscoe Hang walloped Barnett, an elderly man aged sixty five, prompting Squire Riley to issue a warrant. The boy received a minimum fine of five dollars plus costs for striking an aged man.
Circular from the Potomac Department G A R urges proper observance of Memorial Day. It invites sympathy and restraint from activities that detract from the day’s memory. Includes a stray line about ordering ice cream.
Frank Cerentio, an Italian laborer, was detained Sunday evening by Officer Howe as a witness after a woman reported illicit liquor activity near an Ad hotel. Cerentio claimed he bought beer Saturday night, got drunk, and left the bottle in a nearby shack, but officials sent him to jail as a warrant for proprietor Spillman awaited trial.
W F Kiger was a plain drunk Saturday night by Officers Simms and Howe but put up 4.60 and was released Ed Streets was awearing to loud Saturday night at the St Charles hotel that Officers Brooks and Joyce heard him at the corner of Third and Main he put up 4.60 These were the only ordinary cases before his honor today the other affairs being chronicled elsewhere.
Mary Martin, a young colored woman long a guest of Turnkey Ramsey, was judged insane by Squire Flynn last week and committed to Weston hospital. She was taken there this afternoon.
An OCR fragment advertises a hardware and plumbing company noted for neat work and timely service. It mentions a Roberts Hardware Company and suggests reliable repairs and installations by a local tradesman, with emphasis on quality craft.
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