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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1915
Page
21
A reflective Easter meditation celebrates the Resurrection as central to Christian hope. The piece contrasts sorrow with joy, urging trust in God’s will, and speaks to comfort for the bereaved, suggesting the departed await at heaven's threshold and believers find renewed purpose through faith.
Senator N. Camden of Kentucky, a farmer statesman, argues for reviving farming as the nation’s core industry. He calls for cooperation among farmers, merchants, and bankers and warns urban excess harms rural life while cotton’s decline threatens food supply.
An oil boom expands in Braxton county near Rosedale eighteen miles from Sutton as twenty wells are drilled and more locations are made by South Penn Mill Fork and others The salt sand pool shows continuous flow with initial yields under 40 barrels a day but potential for years of production The field has sparked local investment and new company activity in Sutton with figures from farms on VanHorn C A Snodcrass Julia A Rider and others including Earl Pax O S Sutton and W F Frame.
Permanent peace appears to have reduced divorces in Wheeling. In circuit court only 22 divorce cases were pending, with 39 in part II and 3 in part I. Grounds include desertion or cruel treatment, and wives filed most suits in both parts.
Frederick B. Wright of the National Reclamation Association announced a Homecraft campaign in Huntington to promote kitchen gardens. He will lecture at Marshall College, meet with local officials, and offer parlor talks to encourage school lectures and community gardening as a step toward a national home garden reserve.
West Virginia health secretary Dr. L L Jepson opposes compulsory vaccination amid a two year mild smallpox presence. He argues vaccination is essential, warns infected houses should not be left open, and notes low vaccination rates among Spencer schoolchildren.
A garbled note records the vice president operating a movie camera on a film set. The director, Mr. Marshall, hands him the crank and a dollar token amid an Egyptian themed scene with a veiled princess.
In Harrisburg the health commissioner Dr Samuel Dixon argues militarism harms public health. He says war undermines health education, urges international arbitration, and notes pestilence from war hampers nations. He calls for outdoor sport without brutality and for courts to settle conflicts.
Philadelphia April 3. Health official Dr Ziegler warns housewives to destroy all household insects including mosquitoes roaches ants fleas bedbugs moths maggots to prevent disease. He favors insecticides such as pyrethrum borax and kerosene based mixes as season begins.
In Topeka Kansas on April 3 the non partisan contest for mayor produced a tight result with Blakely J. Lannon receiving 444 votes and 5951 total counted for other candidates. The piece notes a brief, clipped write up from the Topeka Capital with references to Berlin and Vienna populations exceeding 2,000,000.
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