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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1914
Page
3
Vacant lots fronting on a wide street with alley in rear mainly 40 foot fronts, priced at 650 675 and 700. A mint three room corner house on Mint ani with hardwood, cabinets, and mantles priced at 7000. Steady heavy terms on 2600 with 800 cash balance easy.
Locusts reappear in Clarks tore and around West Pike and Fourth street with birds, especially English sparrows, feeding on many. Authorities warn of extensive southward spread to Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Virginia with June reappearance and advise protective pruning, careful pruning, and preventive treatments to minimize damage to orchards and nursery stock.
Chaos erupted at a local theater in Connellsville Pennsylvania when a screening caused panic. About 200 people fled the theater as a security scare spread through the audience and two men reportedly frantically acted as onlookers. The incident involved a family noting a child in distress and unsettled patrons as authorities responded to the disturbance.
The Blues of the Brotherhood baseball league change practice days from Tuesdays and Thursdays to Wednesdays and Fridays. Players are expected to report at Union Park soon after supper.
George Bowers of Pennsylvania, former fish commissioner, figures in a report criticizing him over Alaskan seafaring depredations. The piece notes his defeat in a recent primary, his hometown Philadelphia leanings, and hints at a possible congressional bid while downplaying current political plans.
Townspeople welcome Mrs Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale as a high class lecturer. the Civic Club hosts her on the night of June 1. The Springfield Republican lauds her authoritative yet graceful style and those who hear her once seek a second opportunity.
May 27 marks the annual summer reunion of the Scottish Rite Masons in Wheeling with a class of over one hundred candidates to be initiated. Hundreds of visiting members are expected from across the state and region. A grand banquet and musical entertainment will follow the initiation ceremony and a Shrivers session will introduce three new candidates to the rite.
Credentials for attendees of the international Sunday school convention to be held in Chicago from the 28th to the 3rd are sent by the West Virginia Sunday School Association. All pastors and workers are eligible. West Virginia has two delegates at large plus fifty delegates from sections. names must be sent early. Secretary A. T. Arnold and Dr. D. P. Purinton will be the West Virginia delegates at large.
At Richfield Utah on May 27 a flood from the Hatchtown Irrigation reservoir in Garfield county broke a fifty six foot high and three hundred foot long dam. The flood rushed into the Sevier river valley injuring no lives but causing homelessness for many residents. Wire communication was interrupted and fears grow for the safety of the Thute reservoir further downstream.
An agent of General Zapata and the Junta in charge of the Zapata movement in Central and Southern Mexico presented to President Wilson and the State Department information intended to refute claims that Zapata is merely a bandit and his followers are freebooters. Also notes Miss Helen D Huntington renounced power rights before her marriage to Vincent Astor, a customary act in the Astor lineage. All underground miners in Ontario now operate under an eight-notice system.
John R Suliman American vice consul arrives from Mexico City and will report In Washington later. Funeral services for Taes day Cem Morgan conclude with large attendance at the Methodist church. Miss Grace West visiting Fairmont State normal students and town residents attend revival helpers in Prisetown. Several locals visit Clarksburg and Wheeling for business as townspeople exchange greetings and news.
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