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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1915
Page
7
Expert Anna Been Qalinary explains peaches at peak in North Americar Philadelphia and upcoming week. Prices are low, prompting home canners to stock for winter with canned peaches, jams, marmalades, syrups, and peach butter using firm fruit and careful sterilization.
Pittsburg Kan Aug 28 The disease pellagra traced to foods rich in potassium and salt additives. Dr M H Evans of Joplin after eight years of study links corn bread hominy biscuits bac k on ham and sick foods to pellagra especially in the South where these foods are common. Potassium affects muscles and nerves, causing insanity and high death rates in regions relying on hog and hominy diets.
McMinnville Oregon August 28 Twelve years ago Josef Heinrich bought eight acres of school land from the state located paid taxes and improved the place N W Smith who recently purchased thirteen acres from the state discovered Heinrich had lived on his land and paid taxes on another tract one mile south similar in description In the twelve years Heinrich built a home on the Smith place cleared timber and cultivated the land The Heinrich tract in the meantime had not been improved.
Philip Graham aged 72 and Martha Powlus aged 59, both of Bloomsburg, were married in Sunbury by Rev. H. D. Kreidler of the First United Evangelical church. Mrs. Graham remarked about preferring not to wed young, claiming happiness with her chosen husband after decades of singleness.
The Ottumwa Belle guided the second and last raft section of a vast timber island from Stillwater to La Crosse, passing the wagon bridge with two towboats. Capt John G Moore of La Crosse and Charles Brown, 64, longtime upper river figure, oversaw the historic float recalling the old river driving era.
Cecil Murray, fishing on White River at Rivervale near Bedford, was struck in the ribs by a bass that leaped from the river into his boat. The unexpected catch weighed about three pounds, becoming part of his fishing string after the incident.
Parkerburg dispatch reports West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association will hold its state convention in Huntington November 16 17 and 28 the last meeting before the 1916 referendum. Delegates from every county expected with Dr Anna Howard Shaw likely to speak. Local leagues resume work after summer recess as delegates are chosen.
Mrs Mary J Gordon of Tatesville and Harry Hinish wed here recently. She is mother of Bedford county triplets now four, who lost husband and eldest son within eight months of the births. She supported the family from a small farm and has now taken a partner to help.
Andrew S Clemmons and Emma Rohrbacker are linked in a plan to arrange their marriage with a future-oriented settlement. The document mentions a divorce-like context and a contract term requiring the bridegroom to pay $59 after a marriage ceremony, with county record details referenced.
De Wolf Hopper and his wife depart New York this week for a year long engagement with Triangle Film Company at Long Beach studios California. Contracts signed two months ago. Hopper says he will not be under Mr Brady's management next season. He appears in Quixote Gulliver and Falstaff and may star in Gilbert and Sullivan light operas. The couple will join De Wolf Hopper’s son in California for the winter.
The Addington family near Laurel Australia is claimed to be the heaviest in the world. Father weighs 31 pounds, mother 268, son 309, and other members around 264, 27, 21, and 108 pounds. The report notes their remarkable sizes and ages as listed in the source.
At Littleville near Shortville in Hopewell town a flood from the electric light plant reservoir washed a ton of fish onto dry ground as gates opened. German carp dominated the catch. Game Protector Warren H. Davis investigates legality with the state conservation commission to determine if the method violates law.
Auga 28 reports a European war likely to spur a goat farm project on a large acre tract between Freeland and White Haven. New Jersey capitalists in talks with Michael Gallagher of Freeland, owner of land near Boleina Upper Lehigh. A Jersey City firm has scouted Freeland for a suitable site as war drives import reductions and local development.
The Racine school board plans to introduce a Spanish language course for the coming semester to prepare students for business and cultural ties with South American markets. Led by Senor David Gurrolay Luna, the program aims to broaden curriculum and provide practical language skills.
In Anaconda Montana acting on recurring dreaming impressions by Andrew Nelson a legendary prospector strikes a cliff ledge rich with gold ore after following a ghostly partner in a dream. A rush of prospectors gathers at FinI creek as reports of the strike spread with varying tales of a widening gold vein.
Pittsburg Aug 25 A court action seeks to establish Harry K Thaw s mental condition in local courts so he can file for divorce from Elvelyn Nesbit Thaw His lawyers seek the evidence from his time in asylums and after. his mother pushes for him to end the marriage now that he is under care.
The text recalls ironware and sturdy washing cuts, noting items lost to fires and traces of ancestors from 1776 with mentions of Stallings and Reeder. It alludes to homespun shirts, Mexican War era fashion, and faded historic relics, describing worn fabrics and old techniques and styles.
A Wilmington report describes serious injuries from bee stings amid chaotic scenes. Two adults were rushed for medical care after a hurried, unclear incident. one person’s condition is described as severe, with concern for possible life threats.
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