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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1906
Page
3
A sensational aerial bicycle act with two riders defying gravity in mid air. The show features hundreds of performers, horses, elephants, and a grand menagerie with daily performances at 2 and 8 PM. Carl Giiss's Military Band headlines the promenade concert.
A 1906 notice describes parcels near Wallace Harrison County including 56 acres with oil and gas leases to Middle Run Oil & Gas Co and several tracts totaling 10.91 acres, 36.38 acres and 41.81 48.1 25.93 and 72.61 acre lots. It lists prior deeds to Wilbert B Robinson Wesley Robinson and Celia Robinson, with coal oil and gas under land reserved and life estates. The estate will sell for cash and the remainder in two installments with interest.
A historic medical note discusses when to use cold versus hot water for injuries inflammations and skin problems. It advises cold for surface inflammation and bleeding control and hot for drawing blood toward the surface in certain cases while noting cautions for abscesses pimples and eye strain with gradual cooling guidance.
The passage profiles James Lick style fortunes tied to the Comstock lode and Ophir mines, focusing on the San Francisco financier known as Lucky Baldwin. It traces his rise from stock deals to vast mining success, his influence in Los Angeles ranch development, and lavish estate projects described as a paradise of tropical gardens and avenues.
A quirky Lerwick feature tells of the sole tree on Shetland’s main street, admired by children who name sea gulls after owners, while gulls perch on chimneys and daily life revolves around the island's stark landscape. Sea gulls, rice on roads, and local folklore fill the scene as residents cope with a sparse, windswept town.
The piece recounts a Pepys attributed origin of the saying Tell It to the Marines linked to Charles I. and his court. It parades anecdotes from the diary era, including a mock royal exchange and a joke about maritime officers, amid a mixture of theatrical dialogue and historical flavor.
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