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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1916
Page
3
New Simmons Bed uses tempered steel with four baked enamel coats for a glasslike finish. It weighs a third less than old iron styles, includes frictionless casters, and features welded pillar caps and foot mounts. Furnished in many colors with no loose nuts, price twelve dollars.
A Harrison County farm meeting drew modest attendance but high interest as county agent W D Zino shared practical guidance. He urged growing soybeans for seed, using rape for hog feed, broadcasting fertilizer, weekly harrow passes, seed testing, applying veld phosphate to clover, and mixing soybeans with Sudan grass for hay. He noted soybeans pay compared to oats, and announced next talks at Flinderation schoolhouse near Bristol and visits to local farms, with a court house gathering planned Saturday. Also listed is one marriage license issued to Henry A Fletcher and Metta Nutter.
Mr and Mrs James Pratt on F B Davison's farm report 132 hens yielding 12750 dollars in eggs sold from January to April 1916. They stored thirty dozen and a tall great mary, a remarkable poultry gain for the period.
Arrangements for the annual commencement are set with about sixty seniors, more boys than girls. The exercises occur Friday night June 2 at Washington Irving high school auditorium with State Superintendent Dr. FB Pearson of Ohio delivering the address. The class sermon is scheduled for Sunday morning May 28 at First Methodist. A senior class play will be held a few nights before. The colored school commencement is Monday night June 5 at Water Street school with Dr. Pickett of Baltimore as speaker. One graduate will be a girl. Average enrollment this year is about 3600, up 300 from last year.
Additional filings list I Wade Cot te for circuit clerk, Charles F Randall for judge, Lloyd Grimm and Brunet Le Pie ott for something, M Dean for Justice of the Peace in Bariin district, Robert McClung Sr for justice in Coal district, and Bisine Kearnsignd with Robert Woot for constable in Coal district. Mrs A J Roger and son Bran are noting.
Ola Claypool, a young man from Industrial, was found running on the Industrial bridge in a woman’s dress and a disguise wig, uttering strange sounds. He was taken into custody by Special County Officer Vernon and jailed after a brief struggle, later calm but unable to remember the events. Doctors reportedly advised confinement due to tuberculosis concerns.
A man suspected to be John H. Davin, wanted for the murder of Mrs Amanda Rannell in Clarksburg, was arrested in Warren, Ohio. Deputies pursued him after a tip. two gold capped front teeth and prior work as a hotel porter linked him to the case. He was released after a mistaken identification, then re-arrested with a warrant for Davin’s murder charge.
Clifford Post, a wanted man, was brought to the county from Detroit, Mich, on an eastbound train by Special County Officer John Store. The bond of 41,000 was forfeited after Post appealed a criminal conviction in bootlegging. The case was remanded for judgment and further action on the bond forfeiture.
Bridgeport April 15 Lee Seas aged 62 well known farmer dropped dead from heart failure this afternoon at Useholm near Charlie Harmer five miles west of here. He had been ill for some time and his death surprised county friends. Funeral arrangements not yet made. Seas was a son of the late William Seas a prominent Harrison County farmer. He is survived by four brothers and four sisters.
The entertainment committee of Clarksburg Council No 38 United Commercial Travelers plans the May 11 celebration. It will include a reception and duties, with the committee coordinating all arrangements. Members named are J J Crews Thomas Boehm Sr and G D Peterson.
Rabbi Maxwell Silver will deliver an address to the Jewish young people of the city at 8 o'clock Sunday evening in the Brith Brith hall located at 318 West Pike Street. All Jewish people of the city are invited to attend.
Spring weather and mine pay drew large crowds into town on Saturday night. Street car traffic was especially heavy late as shoppers filled the streets near Consolidation Coal Company outlets.
Moran, a Salem factory worker, is accused of forging Henry Harmon’s name on a $27 check given to storekeeper M C Turner of Wolf Buminit Malph. He was arrested after a police stakeout when an Interurban ride ended at O Neill. Turner reported the forgery by telephone. $17 in cash and $10 merchandise were found on Moran, who denies the charge.
The Western Union Melegraph Company plans to send Easter greetings on special sign blanks. Telegraphs gain favor as a personal and seasonal communication vehicle for families and communities, with the company adapting formats to suit festive messaging.
A reckless driving charge was filed after an incident at the corner of Third and West Main streets last night. Police reported the suspect seated in a vehicle number 470 and noted the offense occurred at headquarters Saturday night.
A warrant charges Aewus Childers with assault on Gatwood after an alleged attempt to cut him during a confrontation on Heyes Street. Childers was arrested by Officers Slimmy and Duyiseon. one finger on his right hand was nearly severed in the clash. The prisoner faces a hearing before Magistrate St Edwards Kidd, likely Monday or Tuesday.
Hr Frank Torr, exalted ruler of Clarkaburg Lodge No 482, requests as many members as can attend the funeral at 7 o'clock Monday evening at the home of Marl Spraker on Clay Street. The lodge will march in a body from the Spraker home to the Spraker home for the services at 8 o'clock. The late member, Fransols, was a prominent native of the lodge, and many members are expected to pay tribute.
Fragmentary OCR recounts a Portland derived reverend visiting a city church on a Saturday in November. It mentions Christing church, Davis’s Abies Bursted, and a Philadelphia report about the burial of Richard Hasding Doyle who led at Mount Edscds No Y. and a later burial in an unspecified cemetery.
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