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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1916
Page
7
An advertisement promises cures for stomach, liver, and bowel ailments with Blacko Stomach and Liver Tablets. It claims ingredients restore vitality, using cathartic and antiseptic actions, and offers a double refund if results are not achieved. The pitch urges asking a druggist for the guaranteed product.
Washington December 9 The annual post office appropriation bill nearing completion would implement one cent postage for local first class mail and a zone system for second class matter, potentially raising magazine and periodical costs. The proposal totals about 227 million dollars and may be reported to the House next week. The one cent rate halves first class letters deposited in any post office or box within delivery districts. The eight zone plan for newspapers and magazines varies from one cent to six cents per copy per 300 to 1,800 miles, with most dailies unaffected by a 500 mile circulation radius. The bill also raises rates on mail order catalogs, expands postmaster general powers, and increases rural delivery funding by four million dollars.
The board weighs regional factors for an armor plant across many states from New England to Texas. Safety in war times, distance from borders, and military placement limits are key. The Geological, material, labor, and delivery considerations will shape the final selection, with a decision expected in about a month.
The board of temperance and morals of the Methodist Episcopal church urged excluding liquor advertising from malls. The resolution cites rising liquor mail order promotions and says the church’s members feel strongly about reform as mail advertising grows.
An overseas dispatch reports from Berlin that a Russian ammunition factory explosion caused about 1000 deaths. The casualty figure comes via the Overseas News Agency quoting a Russian newspaper. A separate note mentions Miss Lydia Walte recovering from an operation at St Mary's hospital.
At the Washington gridiron dinner Democratic and Republican leaders, led by Vance C. McCormick and William R. Willcox, staged a mock prize fight that ended with a handshake as they pledged to work for America first. The suffrage banner again floated from the balcony amid earlier efforts to reclaim it after Tuesday’s House display. The War Department urged Congress to replace movable dams on the Ohio River with fixed structures from Emsworth, Pennsylvania, and to extend fixed dam policy as advisable.
Detroit Mich December The three circuit judges extended the temporary injunction restraining Henry Ford from using Ford Motor Company profits to develop its business for sixty days. Judges Wiest Hart and Chester discussed key points and will hear more arguments before deciding on a permanent injunction. The panel was not unanimous on whether Ford could legally spend millions from his company to build blast furnaces as Ford had announced plans to own ore and iron forests for furnaces.
Westinghouse Air Brake Company and Union Switch and Signal Company directors meet in Pittsburg and vote to consolidate. Circular to stockholders proposes raising Air Brake capital from 20 million to 30 million. Exchange terms set at four Air Brake for five Union Switch preferred and two Air Brake for three Union Switch common. Date of stockholder vote undecided.
West Virginia farmers could raise yields by up to fifty percent if funds are available for development. Bankers and officials were questioned on loan costs and accessibility. The board expects a farm loan bank in Charleston among twelve proposed, with a swift decision likely by next March 1.
United States attorney in charge of the investigation appeals to housekeepers to avoid buying the highest priced foods and substitute cheaper commodities. He argues cutting demand for top prices could lower overall prices and urges Americans to curb wasteful consumption. He quotes a new commandment against wasting resources.
The twelfth annual West Virginia board of trade meeting will be at Huntington on December 14. Secretary H. H. Archer and Co. C. Lewis Jr. of Charleston will speak, with welcome by Huntington's mayor. Ex governor W. A. MacCorkle and others including Dr. C. A. Wingerter and Dr. I. C. White are named as speakers.
Perin, about 40, son of late Nelson Perin who owned United street railways in Baltimore, is linked to a vast East Coast estate. The family income runs around 200000 yearly with holdings in Baltimore New York Cincinnati and more. In 1907 Perin held a New York stock exchange seat before the panic forced sale and a spree that led to Spain deportation, then England and South American travel before returning to the United States.
Paris December 9 report says five deputies introduced a bill to reorganize and simplify the cabinet for wartime. The measure calls for a five member cabinet during the war, comprising the ministers of foreign affairs finance interior war and marine.
Rome dispatch reports the chamber of deputies approved the government’s declarations on the war with a 376 to 45 vote of confidence after a four day debate. The result reinforces the administration's stance amid ongoing hostilities.
Rev William Grosvenor, dean of the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York, died suddenly of heart disease while exercising in a gym today. He was 50 years old.
The West Virginia Business College basketball five defeated Salem College 36 to 34 in a fast hard fought game on the Salem floor Saturday night.
Lieutenant James Wittenmyer of Ohiofield is listed in a Dec public notice from the Bliss Ford tax edition. The fragment documents a wartime era obituary or notice with military rank and place names.
Washington reports Miss Madeline Doty of Newark told the annual meeting of the Woman's Peace party that recent investigations show the mass of people in England France and Germany desire peace. She blamed lack of accurate news in belligerent nations for ongoing hostilities.
October 3 in Baltimore the Safety First federation convention concluded with a resolution to designate October 9 as a national fire prevention day. Reinforced by the safe and sane Fourth injunctions, it is hoped fire accidents and damages will lessen in four or five years. A separate resolution asks Congress to enact a federal anti trespass law amid railroads sentiment.
Washington dec 9 speakers at the American Society for Judicial Settlement of International Disputes praised the United States Supreme Court as a model for a world tribunal. Taft Marbury Slayden Rid dell cited the U S court. Slayden spoke at the banquet. Officers were elected: Elihu Root president Philander Knox vice president James Brown Scotland secretary and J G Schmidtapp treasurer.
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that O S Gibson mayor of Kansas City be removed from office and replaced by C N Hunt, his opponent in last spring's election, after finding that promising an appointment in return for political work before a election amounted to bribery.
San Francisco December 9 a California publisher from San Luis Obispo C L Daye told the California Press Association that country town newspapers had suspended publication in the United States since paper prices began rising after the start of the European war.
A series of brief visits and appearances by residents and visitors to Fairmont and surrounding communities. Names include J. W. Walker, J. W. Nash, Sue P Wells, Eva M Wells, T. T. Flesher, Cc C. Kerns, F. L. Wiant, J. Mullen, Kyle Criss, W. R. Showacre, Fleming N. Alderson and Grover Alderson, M. A. Samples, R. E. L. Stout, Flavius B. Davisson, Philinder K. Stout, Ernest L. Pigott, Dunkin Lodge, John C. Johnson, and William W. Hesseswaatts, with various city and county connections and recent political and social activity.
The week’s eastern field development brought an uptick in activity led by new wells in Greene and Marion counties. Carnegie Natural Gas drilled No. 1 on the George Insminger farm yielding 118 barrels in 24 hours, and No. 1 on the same farm is producing about 100 barrels daily. Burgettsown No.3 on the S. EB. and M. Scott farm flowed at 250 barrels per day, with several other tests and completions reported across Beaver, Harrison, and Washington counties. Oil groups chase promising sands from Fifth to Gordon while Bay city refinements push toward larger pools as production expands into new districts.
A fragment suggests the death of a prominent female leader in Chinese politics linked to Shi Kat and General Tsai Ao in Yucan province during the Japan accords era. Details are unclear and names appear garbled.
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