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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1908
Page
6
Readable display details show a bustling department store scene with window arrangements, jewelry, linens, and holiday gift ideas. Prominent items include knives and flatware displays, fine glassware, damask linens, and fashionable women’s apparel. The prose conveys festive retail energy and special price highlights for Christmas shoppers.
Pumps chained and locked at city wells as owners claim self defense against water famine. With several weeks of little or no supply, wells serve many families, raising tensions over scarce water. The note also lists West Virginia postmaster appointments and other local mentions from Washington.
A vintage health notice cites rising kidney disease cases and urges urine examination. It links rheumatism to kidney trouble and promotes a home remedy with Compound Karger, Kiurd Extract, and Sarsaparilla, claiming quick relief and immediate results.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a committee meeting with mentions of a provisional plan and appointments. It references Cleveland and a regional city, hinting at governance actions but lacks clear outcomes or dates.
In Philadelphia on November 24, Pred Bradley of Boston remains in critical condition after a brutal melee at the West Hind Athletic Club. Also involved was Al-Kublak in the savage bout that left multiple injuries.
Edward Clancy manager of the Clark Maderis Fill Coal Company store at Wilsonbure to wed Miss Mary Walsh of this city in a few days. The couple are welcomed with warm congratulations and best wishes from many friends.
At a special meeting in the courthouse Clarksburg Bar Association urged the State Bar Association to schedule its next annual gathering in Huntington in December and to hold the following year’s meeting in Clarksburg.
Joe Gebrick, 2, detained on a paternity charge and jailed after arrest by Constable R. E. Kidd Tuesday forenoon. Magistrate Gordon remanded him to await the next circuit term. The case, filed by Margaret Buteler alias Buere of Columbia Mines, alleges Gebrick is the father of her child born October 30.
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