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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1911
Page
4
A May 30, 1911 Evening Echo piece critiques humility as a virtue preached widely yet inconsistently practiced. It cites class and clergy as examples of misapplied doctrine and notes the gap between belief and behavior.
The piece recalls Wesleyan University in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and a tradition of college humor with pranks by students on faculty and campus structures. It discusses laughter at past antics while noting the era’s upheaval and the evolving education landscape.
The Telegram reproduces an editorial from the Wheellux Register praising road improvements. It cites government engineer E.W. James estimating annual farmer profits of 100 million dollars from better roads, arguing transportation costs drop with longer hauls, and noting broader social and educational benefits alongside financial gains.
Citizens across multiple neighborhoods complain about many cans boxes and other receptacles full of garbage left along streets and sidewalks causing a public nuisance and health concerns.
A local column discusses improving city cleanliness, urging aggressive garbage cleanup and a paid- by- property owners system with multiple hauling teams. It muses on Memorial Day meaning, honoring Civil War fighters, and the patriotism that underpins national unity and local remembrance.
An unclear report mentions Southern policy toward a No. 15 entity and Derm Alta, with notes on pending days for spraying and prospering fruit crops like straw herries and a general fruit chop.
Dr and Mrs Bruce Bennett of Ping Hun visited relatives in the Davisson addition. Blanche Fowler of Clarksburg stayed with grandmother Celia E Thomas. T D Bennett returned home after days with relatives in Alliance. Grace Kelly shopped in Clarksburg then returned home. Lizzie Green of Clarksburg and Pauline Talkington of Fairmont were guests of Ella Green Moore. A fishing party from Davisson addition went to Big Tennille creek hoping for fish, but failed. J Copennaver of Margaret visited daughter D D Shriver at Tenmile. Hazel Martin of Clarksburg visits grandmother S J Martin. V J Fortney of Lumberport was a business visitor. Master Page Robinson of Sedalia visits his father L E Robinson. J L Davisson is sick.
Social gatherings fill Chestnut Street with afternoon visits and a farewell reception for Rev and Mrs Stelle at the First Baptist church. The Ladies' Ald Society meets at St Pauls with Mrs Carr hosting. Parsonage wedding at the Methodist church South unites Hariton Coffman and Miss May Dodd. Card parties honor Miss Julia Potter and Mrs Sprigg Camden. Also noted is a home remedy advertisement for diarrhoea in children.
The report notes drilling activity near the J. Madden farm along Lamberts Run in Eagle district and No 14 of J. F. Alvis farms. The Philadelphia Company begins test drilling east of J A Warbert and EE Heldreth farms on Bodian Run while Hatchinwen Company is near the top of a fifty foot arid area with reeablad fob.
A newly organized contracting firm named Tronick Brothers Cox Ixie, based in Northview, is now doing business. Members Cox, J J Tronick, and H Tronick lead the company, which builds houses and handles related contracting work.
The article extols kitchen leadership for home happiness and health. It emphasizes cleanliness and spotless dishenware with Susy Task Soup as an effective cleaner costing half the labor and price of rival products.
A May day sale features brass beds with varied outfits and prices. Outfit No 3 includes a continuous post bed with National Spring and layered felt mattress for 33.00. Outfit No 4 offers a 2 inch post bed for 21.00, and Outfit No 5 a White Tron bed at 7.50 with a complete mattress. Additional items include a hand-tied rabbet-edge box spring for 10.50 and an elevated National Spring for 3.00.
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