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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1914
Page
4
Five room cottage with front and back porches, a sizable basement, a chicken house, and a garden. Located in a good residential area with a price of 2800 dollars.
Four room cottage on level site measuring 80 by 85 feet. Price 1960 dollars with 700 dollars cash, balance financed over one to two years. Located on Drummond Street.
Six room cottage on East Main Street with one bath and a 38 by 108 foot lot. Cement walks and paved streets nearby including car line access. Price $2,750 with easy terms. Local real estate listing highlights convenient street and neighborhood features.
Good rent on a blue room house in a good location at Stealey Avenue. A small cash payment with the balance due as rent. Also listings for a room cottage on Simpson Avenue with drive and price details.
Adamston ten room house offered for 3250 with 250 cash and 300 yearly balance. Vacant lots include Colonial Heights seven street 40 by 125 with rear alley priced 850 to 900. Virginia Street 40 by 135 with cement steps and wall priced 2000 and a 33 by 122 lot priced 750.
Public notices advertise Stealey Heights vacant lots from $200 to $600 with easy payments. Milford Street Lot 40 120 feet priced at $1,750 Lot 40 by 200 feet $1,200 Lot 115 by 135 feet $1,500 Highland Park offers a good residence addition with paved streets cement walks water sewer gas and electric lights and large lots priced from $800 to $1,800.
Nicely finished high room residence on Locust Street with a large basement and a 105 foot lot. Price 4800 dollars with one fourth cash and the balance due in two, three, and four years. A good home in a good location for a discerning buyer.
Secretary Daniels told the Senate naval affairs committee that the United States may sell the battleships Idaho and Mississippi to a foreign power for the construction cost. He noted no prior sales of battleships to foreign powers and outlined figures: Mississippi valued at about 5.492 million dollars and Idaho at about 5.804 million. He asked for a bill amendment to apply the sale proceeds toward a new dreadnought, with the House already approving funding.
The Monongahela Valley Traction Company plans a franchise for Rivesville north of Fairmont along the Monongahela River. A six mile electric line from Fairmont and Northern will reach the village this summer or fall, with future connections to coal ops on the west bank. President James O. Watson says for now extensions toward Mareuniwa or Philipp are not planned, and the focus is to serve local plants before broader expansion.
A French suffragette yelled pro freedom chants as she appeared at Bow Street police court after smashing windows at the National Gallery. The magistrate remanded her for a further hearing while noting a man accompanying her carried a bag with a pistol.
City treasurer R P L Rady lists delinquents for 197% city taxes. The record will be published in daily papers next week. All persons firms and corporations with unpaid taxes should visit the city treasurer’s office to settle now to avoid being listed. Usemestra Dance Friday sight.
A Baptist church program presented a mock trial titled Tris of Christian America under the B F Union with a judge prosecutor and defense, praised for high quality pleading. Local figures such as Mrs Rows on Powell and M Fillmore Davis are noted, with Salem College athletes set for the May 30 state track meet in Fairmont.
A hearing before Chairman Harlan of the Interstate Commerce Commission opens today in the eastern freight rate case. The session examines the Baltimore and Ohio system's financial relations with the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton lines and possible connections to bolster B and O revenue.
In Chicago on May 28 the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church United States accepted the special committee report urging strict enforcement of municipal, state and federal laws to eradicate white slave traffic. The panel doubted teaching sex hygiene in public schools and urged parents to inform children directly.
Ten individuals including Will H. Cole B A Mann Frank Groves W Ja Uminirn Rock Bell and Herry Holendyke travel to Indianapolis to witness the international sweepstakes event this Saturday. Ambury will buy a six passenger Cole touring car for the trip and the group will return via Cincinnati and Zanesville arriving here next Tuesday.
Henry Davis faced police court for disorderly conduct. He chose relocation to another locale over ten days in county jail after neighbors reported disturbances. Officers Whyte and Ghope arrested him at his home and arranged his removal from the city.
Alfonso Madero three years old brother of the late Mexican president Emilio Madero was seriously injured in East Orange New Jersey when he darted from a nurse into street between an ice wagon’s wheels. A rear wheel passed over his hip and abdomen as family members displaced by exile observe the incident.
The season opener handicap golf tournament is set for 1:30 Saturday at the Clarksburg Country Club, Weston road swing southwest of the city. J B Hart, runner up at Fairmont recently, is favored but faces strong competition from club members in the event.
A special train departed Mexico City for Vera Cruz to reach the liner Yptanga, due Saturday. Among its passengers were the Chinese minister and his wife bound for Ravana. No prominent Mexican passengers were aboard.
Beatrice Fortes-Robertson Hale spoke in Carnegie Hall Pittsburgh and will begin a West Virginia tour at Clarksburg Masonic Temple on Monday night June 1 at eight o clock. A nominal 35 cent fee will be charged for her lectures.
Seven books sold for a total of 227200 at a recent library sale. Two of the titles were Bibles, including a Gutenberg Bible printed on vellum, which brought the highest price ever paid for a single book.
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