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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1906
Page
1
Secretary Taft’s departure for Cuba pauses in Cuba. By the time Bacon arrives in Havana, “pirates” to assist the insurgents will be ready to confer. active operations against the insurgents will be suspended until Taft’s arrival.
Major Robert Linn Osborne of Ung, West Virginia, recalls the Sea Girt rifle contest where the West Virginia team failed to win top prizes. He describes rifles, wind gauges, barometers, and strange equipment used by the New York squad, noting the surreal measures and questioning their war usefulness.
A Gideon and Hied Ly Martin family reunion was held Sunday at the old Bingamon church site. About 35 people attended including Mrs. Tendall, Mrs. Bondclafiren, Glen and Stan of Santa Monica, Mrs. Sandy, Mr. John Martin, Mr. and Mrs. James Dex, Mrs. Rifles, Mrs. Wilkencon, Mr. and Mrs. Weeder, Mrs. Knox, and others from Clarkaburg and Bingamon. The day featured a pleasant gathering, a beautiful dinner, and the joys of the occasion.
Samuel and Diller B Graff two Washington figures imprisoned for graft were released Monday after two year terms plus $10 000 fines each Under good behavior reductions their time drops to about eighteen months Machen Beavers and Dr Lorenz remain in confinement for the larger graft conspiracy related to supplying government goods
The Telegram learns from Mr. C. P. Boughner of Gen. Thomas M. Harris’s dangerous illness. Harrisville’s notable Union army veteran, once loved by West Virginians, is about 94 years old and his son John T. Harris sends a report with little hope of recovery.
Col P S Spates treasurer of the West Virginia Central Agricultural and Mechanical Society announces premiums are paid. He urges all entitled to premiums to call at once and collect their money at his office in the post office building.
Bloodhounds helped Morison's team pin down a suspected burglar in Weston Saturday night after an all afternoon chase. E. A. Arbogast was arrested for cracking the Weston Milling Company safe. Burglars failed to enter the inner safe. claimed loot was 1500, later disputed. Further arrests likely connected to a store burglary at Jane Lew and a regional gang.
Promoter urges citizens of Johnstown PA to back a permanent city band after a successful open air concert. He cites crowd turnout, conductor HG Evans, and the need for subscriptions, a board of directors, and sponsor support from local businesses to fund uniforms, lights, and instruments.
The piece highlights Prof. H. G. Evans as a gifted musical director and composer with a long career in orchestras and bands. It describes his roles with Daisy town and Millville Fire Company bands, praises his leadership, and notes his plan to organize summer open air concerts with the band. Evans invites local interest and letters to 605 Dale Avenue, Clarksburg, W. Va.
In Warsaw on Sept 17 General Doroshevsky president of the court martial that condemned two revolutionists to death by hanging on Sept 15 was shot and wounded in the thigh while driving this morning. The assassins escaped.
The management announces a big roller race at 8 p.m. between Mr. Greer, champion of Ohio and Kentucky, and Qin Green of Clarksburg, a speedy rider.
A fragmented note reports a fatal kick incident on September 17 involving a team or group named Hookers securing a certification or win. Details are incomplete in the readable text.
The article discusses restarting gridiron play under new rules to reduce brutality while preserving fairness and personal skill. It notes funding uniforms as essential and invites the public to a meeting at Holden's Dye Works, 120 Fourth Street, at 7:30 p.m. to elect captain and manager.
Public gathering of the L. C. T. M. at the Waldo hotel assembly room Tuesday evening. The program includes the Walls Orchestra Quartette with Messrs. Martin Swiger Knox and Lyne.
Daniel Sinnett appeared before Justice G H Bord on Monday morning after a Friday evening disturbance on a Meadowbrook train. He confessed to assaulting Brakman W F Willis with a beer bottle and resisting an officer, was fined 25 dollars plus costs, and released. Constable Lee Coffman aided in restraining him.
Attendees from Clarkburg Gypsy Westernport and Fairmont honored the infant child of Mr and Mrs Alex Patton at the Sunday funeral. Participants included Alden Rods ers Howard Rod gers Mira Lizzie Meredith and John Patton.
A docket entry from the circuit court lists orders in the civil matter Alexander & Alexander vs Poor jess Window Glass Coy with parties and dates incomplete. The City of Salem appears in the docket with related filings and unspecified rulings noted.
Proceedings reveal a Morgantown area trial where a fire chief was found guilty amid city ordinance disputes. The record notes charter questions, railroad and business incorporations, and jury conduct as parts of a broad local corruption and governance inquiry.
William N. Walker twenty, of Jane Lew, died at a local hospital at ten Monday morning from injuries suffered three weeks earlier when he fell from a passenger train en route to his home. His left leg was mashed off near the body. Interment will be at Broad Run Baptist church cemetery Wednesday, pending arrival of a sister from the west.
Rear Admiral Sir Edward Chester, who commanded the British squadron at Manila during the Spanish American War, died today in Gibraltar from pneumonia.
A quiet home ceremony took place at the bride’s parents residence at 10 o'clock Monday morning. Rev J A Reynolds of the Catholic church officiated. Only family members attended as the couple began married life, with attendants MErank Goulet and Mim Mindel Cooke. The newlyweds proceeded to Weil Springs for the reception and then left for their future home. Mr Gould is the son of Mr and Mrs A S Gould and is described as a polite, industrious young man.
The old fair board conducted an evening meeting in the banking room to audit bills and approve claims. No payouts or rejections from judges’ decisions were noted, and directors Denham Wallis Haymaker Allen Deiaon and Stowk were elected for two years. The board authorized tearing down and recovering all old private logos deemed objectionable.
A damaged OCR fragment reports a wreck involving trains near Vitepa and Calaniee with engine 205i and freight cars, describing derailed or cut damage and substantial losses. It mentions a 1,000 seas ejected and references Java cit Cult nya and Prag cs, but the wording is unclear and many terms are garbled.
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