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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1914
Page
13
Colonial Heights area shows eight room houses with prices $650 $675 and $700 on Hornor Avenue and a 40 by 120 foot corner lot with rear alley, hardwood interiors and Empire Bank walk. An Ohio testimonial praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for recovery from health troubles, with confidential mail reply offer.
Mrs Helen Dalton of Draper N C recounts severe left side pain and near death by smothering until Cardui the woman’s tonic provided relief beyond other medicines. She urges others to try Cardui and praises its benefits for women. Julia Dean set to star in a George Broadhurst play next year as the sole woman in the cast.
Sir Ernest Shackleton plans a preliminary Arctic test expedition in Norway to trial the proposed ration for his Antarctic crossing. The Endurance, under construction in Norway, and the Aurora will haul supplies to prepare for a voyage leaving England in August.
In Flemington May 46 the Loyal Literary Society met in the High School building and presented an engaging program. Local residents including Mrs E G Chipps and daughter Alla of Parsons were guests of Tom Stewart.
Ida Frazier colored life resident of Clarksburg died at her Oakdale home. Funeral and burial at Oakdale cemetery scheduled for tomorrow. Survived by Orrs, Jennie Simpson of Oakdale. J M Henderson of Clarksburg. several nieces. Died Monday. Also notices of marriage licenses and Charleston post office opening appear in the same column.
A Pennsylvania Progressive delegation joined Theodore Roosevelt as he toured cities and spoke in Pittsburgh and elsewhere. Roosevelt praised Pennsylvania, welcomed Dr. Lewis and Pinchot, and discussed plans to campaign in the state with party leaders aboard trains and at stations.
Riis began as a reluctant recruit in New York journalism after failing to join the French army. He bought the South Brooklyn News with limited capital and built a platform for reform, later turning to Denmark, remarriage, and a career at the New York Tribune and Bank. His major efforts focused on urban sanitation and the Croton water system that improved city conditions.
The article discusses Jacob Riis and Theodore Roosevelt addressing tenement poverty and child labor. Riis’s work influenced housing reform and school play spaces, while Roosevelt supported welfare measures and anti cruelty.
The text discusses delaying orchard planting near old woods during cicada year and advises fall or spring budding before the cicada cycle. It notes young trees may recover in a few years, but gnarled growth follows. It details healing wounds by pruning damaged branches and protecting sprouts with grafting wax, and recommends annual wax removal during spring until scars close.
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