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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1914
Page
5
A long catalog of potential gifts appears as a list of clothing, home goods, and personal items. Items include gowns, robes, jackets, stockings, bed linens, dinnerware, silverware, brushes, mirrors, leather cases, travel gear, and various toys and trinkets. Names of fabrics, materials, and decorative pieces fill the page as a shopper’s shopping guide.
A 19 year old miner Garrett Mayfield died after a collision with an express train near Morgantown while returning home with a coworker on the Baltimore and Ohio tracks near Grifton. The death of Russell Turnus remains under coroner review after his horse fell and both died on a dark road in Preston county. The report also notes local fires, flood and railroad layoffs, school fires, and deaths of Mervin Collins and other community events as the holidays approach.
Washington reports breeding experiments with fur bearers extend beyond minks and martens. Plans include raccoons skunks and possibly foxes at Prichard Idaho and the National Zoological Park. Studies of fur methods in New Brunswick Prince Edward Island and New England inform improvements. Mole skin value surpasses foreign import quality and North American skunks show economic potential for farmers and orchardists with significant local trapping opportunities.
Amid discussions on pest control a 48,000,000 annual value is noted for skunk skins and their commercial utility. The text mentions exploring captive breeding and experiments to leverage the animal for fur and pest management purposes.
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