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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1915
Page
8
In Mexeld New Jersey on August 28, Davis and her husband contend suffrage will triumph by October. She asserts votes will secure her election as town clerk on October 19 to keep the position in the family, while her husband is confined to his role.
Katheryn Abrams, now seventeen, claims Robert S. Gaskill a Mount Holly lawyer, former husband of Clarence Goldenberg, promised to marry when she grew up. She alleges the advance occurred while Gaskill’s wife was alive and cites affidavits filed in Atlantic City court.
Aug 28 near Kilbourne a woman shooting birds in a barn lot was struck when a bullet deflected off water and glanced up at her upper arm. A physician removed the bullet, and she remained under care but is reported comfortable given the incident.
In ICON Arizona Aug 28 Mrs John Douglas, using only her hands, captured a ferocious coyote trying to reach a turkey in a yard coop. The animal snapped and lunged as she restrained it and kept it pinned until her husband arrived to assist, ending the threat.
Four bright searchlights have been mounted on fortified islands at the Panama Pacific entrance to the canal. Each light has a twelve mile reach and will be tested before returning to practice tonight. The first beam earlier caused excitement among residents of Panama City who had never witnessed such a large searchlight in operation.
In Okla Aug 23 report says W H Wainwright of Muskogee county faces a fifteen year sentence for embezzling county funds. Treasure hunters are digging holes on a nearby farm as the case unfolds, with details sparse and the scene described around Wainwright’s alleged actions.
Aug 28 Philadelphia report tells of Miss Bede Mervine and Paul A Kimmins uniting in marriage. A stray slipper found in Atlantic City led to a tale of fate as the couple met at a hotel there over a year ago. The ceremony occurred at the bride’s home with Rev J P Hackett officiating.
Pittsburg reports an order of forty new suits completed for Harry K. Thaw. The tailored shipment of tweeds twills plaids and checkers was sent to California where Thaw is believed to reside. The outfit cost about $6,000 and marks his noted connoisseurship in dress.
BRIE, Pa. Aug 28 Rev Edward C Haynes a Congregational minister charged with writing scores of letters to Erie girls he had never met asking them to marry him He said he wanted someone to love him and to be loved He had visited Fitchburg Mass and began correspondence claiming a shared past at Oberammergau and a Passion Play in 1910 Several local women replied to his letters following his wife’s death on November 9 1914.
In a supreme court case Mrs Koswick contends William A Waite left her after a year engaged to wed. Waite said the Bible warned a divorced man not to remarry, prompting his departure and sparking her demand for $100,000 for alleged breach of promise. The dispute centers on religion and compatibility in the engagement.
Aug 28 Porlin The Cologne Gazette reports near half a million iron crosses awarded to German soldiers up to March 31 with 388,281 second class and 6,488 first class crosses issued in that period. If the rate continued the total could exceed 540,000 with about 2,800,000 marks spent. In 1870 71 campaign 4,79 second class and 1,904 first class crosses were granted, more than 5,000 recipients were officers.
ST. PAUL Minn Aug 28 University of Minnesota regents faced a novel duty as administrators when they consider a case involving A F Meyer associate professor of hydraulics. He voluntarily refunded 280 dollars from his salary after realizing overpayment. Meyer had also been employed by the United States Canadian box commission at his arrival, according to the report.
News item reports a city limit on beer allowances noting that a worker named Mason stated he had returned thirty barrels of beer and a gallon of whiskey from breweries as the maximum a person should possess in a month without a doctor’s prescription.
A Marinette county resident announced his newborn son is named Asquith Kitchener Weston. On the same day neighbor Michael Morkus christened his son Kaiser Wilhelm Morkus. Weston, born in England and a John Bull supporter, hinted the names honor British notables, joking about an embargo on names.
In Pleasantville New Jersey August 23 the Atlantic City Pleasantville boulevard earned the nickname Lovers lane due to many cars lined along the road at night. Couples seeking privacy use it as a spot while a driver escorts them for pay. Officials say they will not intervene unless traffic is blocked.
Spook in the Weews gangway of No 4 Jeddo mings halts anthracite output in Aug 28 report from MINE SPOOK HAZBEISTON. To frighten the haunting, G B Markle Company lights tunnels with tungsten beams. A year earlier a miner died in a coal fall and allegedly whispered a secret before dying.
Geneva Aug 1 Italian troops sighting on the Isonzo comprise regiments from the south of Italy and Sardinia and some soldiers from Corsica who abandon rifles in close combat. Officers urge bayonets but these men prefer daggers and stilettos in trench fighting, a custom noted by observers.
General Maunoury is convalescing in the Loir-et-Cher department after wounds. He has one eye lost but wears bandages over both, attends a village festival with his wife, and says he will soon regain strength to return to the front as flowers fill his dwelling along the main road from Paris to Bordeaux.
Mrs Libby Burns a 76 year old widow and New York restaurateur is named in a divorce case filed by Charlotte Kramer. The action lists Kramer as plaintiff with Burns as respondent in a dispute over support and validity of marriage. Proceedings begin in New York August 23 with details limited by the damaged text.
The piece traces pre 1774 settlement patterns in Monongalia Yohogania and Ohio areas, noting pioneers like Pringle Hacker Radcliff and Davisson families, Fort Nutter, and early creek and river land claims. It cites 1772 1777 camps near Ann Moore run Graf Fells and Elk Creek, buffalo hunts, and the 1781 land patent process by Monongalia Yohogania Ohio commissioners with certificates detailing occupancy dates and locations.
William W. Canada serves as the American consul at Vera Cruz and may witness a second occupation shift in Carranza capital, per readable fragments. The note outlines diplomatic roles and potential succession or status changes amid evolving authority.
London August 28 The Daily Express appeals to the government to launch a campaign in Germany to collect useless household articles such as tin and zinc to support the war effort. It says more than five million dollars worth of material of this kind would be wasted otherwise, stressing urgency to divert to production and wartime needs.
The Royal Academy of Arts maintains its foreign members list amid the war. Names include Leon Jonnat director of Ecole des Beaux Arts Paris, Emile Wauters now in Paris, Woulets of London, and Michelotti Monteverde among painters and sculptors. Musicians Purico Bossi Puccini Stanford and Widor are noted as members.
Berlin reports over 1000 per ton paid by the German government to households and others who deliver copper objects to depots. The bulletin contrasts this with copper priced at 360 per ton on the onion market earlier. Governments fixed rates for copper at 1 per kilo, brass 0.75, nickel 3.76.
Sugar outlook in Havana Cuba forecasts 4 million tons or more. Expanded acreage and delayed cane cutting due to rains boost expectations as new mills prepare with imported cane working machinery across the island.
Madrid Aug 28 King Alfonso observes growing public concern as letters flood his court requesting intervention to obtain news of French English Russian and Serbian prisoners of war. The king personally follows each report and urges Spanish ambassadors to press for updates. He wires good news immediately and offers consolation when news is bad. Ambassadors in belligerent nations are sending substantial sums to prisoners of war.
Rome reports frost bites and gangrene among Italian soldiers on mountain outposts up to 10000 feet. As winter nears, appeals urge all classes and factories to speed warm garment production, with 5000 garments made daily.
Lawrence B Sperry, flying for the Curtiss marine trophy, piloted a gyroscope flying boat over Manhattan. He crossed under the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges and landed successfully on the first attempt. A second landing was hindered by wash from riverboats, driving the craft into a bulkhead and injuring one plane.
A farmer, Dunlap, discovers his hogs thrive on a peach and cream diet, noting improved quality. He sends ham as Christmas gifts to friends, whose enthusiasm confirms his judgment. He expands production, feeding hogs on a more extensive scale with peaches and cream.
London august 28 the House of Commons has lost the distinction of having a private soldier among its members Sir Herbert Raphael mp for South Derbyshire who enlisted as a private months ago has just been promoted to major in the Royal Rifle Corps He is 66 and a wealthy banker the only commoner who has served in the ranks in the present war There is one member of the House of Lords who is private the Earl of Crawford now in France as a private in the M A corps
In Berlin on August 8 authorities report grain saving measures reduce beer output, cutting tax revenue. The Greater Berlin district faces about a 50 percent beer tax drop, leaving eight communities without 1 cent of income this year.
In Dresden an exhibition titled war show features General von Hindenburg as the main attraction. His portrait appears on numerous items including candy boxes, trays, mustard pots, handkerchiefs, and doormats. The emperor and crown prince also receive attention while iron cross motifs appear on common-use articles.
Aug 6 Ernest Nathan former Rome mayor who sought commissions in the army has been named to a frontline infantry regiment. He will serve as inspection lieutenant overseeing food bedding and daily supplies at the capital. Budapest notes limited pensions for veterans with curbs for widows and orphans and hope for peace.
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