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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1916
Page
4
The fragment from The Sunday Telegram of Clarlabore, West Virginia, appears to be an uncertain public notice item. It includes reference to centralized West Virginia locality and date indicators but lacks clear action, authority, or deadline details.
A Morning Metro item presents a quoted reflection by Wichard Jeffries on existence and higher conditions beyond ordinary life, framing the self as miraculous and marginal to everyday experience. The passage emphasizes wonder at consciousness and the sense of life as extraordinary.
Vassar College students voted to restore the Daisy Chain procession abandoned last June amid alleged heart burnings. They now believe the concerns were not serious and plan to resume the custom next June amid a demonstrative reaction to the vote.
Ancient papers dated 1793 from Georgia surfaced near Bridgeport Conn railroad station after commuters trod on them for hours. The documents bear the seal of Governor Edward Telfair and his signature as governor and commander of militia. Officials say the papers' value appears high but they remain unclaimed.
The Federal Department of Agriculture investigates shippers who veneer or face bales by placing higher grade hay on the outside. The practice aims to misrepresent bale quality. The National Hay Association asks for cooperation to stop this dishonest method and warns buyers to beware of receiving lower grade hay than expected.
A compact streetcar tip explains how to ride safely by leaning forward when the car stops and back when it starts, applying Newton’s third law to counteract the car's movement and protect against being jolted by fellow riders.
The Minnesota No 8 hemp variety shows marked improvement through continued selection. Tallest plant rose from 13 ft 4 in in 1914 to 16 ft 8 in in 1915, while average total height increased from 9 ft 11 in to 12 ft 8 in. Improved uniform type with long internodes led to a distinctive name Kymington, from Kentucky seed improved by selection in Minnesota and Washington.
Federal study based on 4,000 farmers in fourteen states estimates annual board costs for hired help. per person costs range from 104 in Vermont and Pennsylvania to 162 in New Jersey. cash share varies 15 to 49 percent, averaging about one third in the east and lower in the south.
This year’s pearl yield is about one third of normal as fishermen return from camps along the Mississippi Illinois Wabash and other rivers. Late spring and high water cut the pial crop while high grade pearls command higher prices. Poorer classes suffer cheaper pearl values amid weak demand. Mussel shells used for pearl buttons rise from ten to forty dollars per ton. The season’s crop was valued around two hundred fifty thousand dollars per last season per dealer David L Gluck, a Maiden Lane wholesale veteran.
Notable progress in commercial use of soy bean seed for oil meal and other products cited in the Annual report of the chief of the bureau of plant industry. The soy bean is well adapted to the whole cotton belt and shows promise for wider agricultural utilization.
The article notes soybeans as a cheap bean seed with strong potential for canning green soy beans. It highlights regional impact in cotton and corn belts, where acreage shifts and immature bean seeds offer a desirable vegetable. Prospects call for canning factories to market the product, arguing U S production can compete with the Orient in soy bean cultivation and processing.
Major General William Gorgas of the U S Army returns to New York aboard the Vasari with five members of the international health commission after a two month Amazon and northern Brazil tour studying yellow fever and other tropical diseases. They stopped at major Amazon towns, examined hospital patients, and recorded disease spread before reporting to the Rockefeller Foundation. Accompanying him were Dr Henry R Carter Dr G C Lyster Dr Eugene R Whitmore Dr William E R Wrightson and Dr Juan Guiteras head of the Cuban Health Service.
New York City examined 330,179 school children in 1914 finds 194,207 or 59.8 percent suffered from defective teeth. Defective teeth exceed all other defects by about 80,000 and impair health and school progress. Public Health Service urges a Christmas toothbrush for every American child and daily brushing to improve future health and mental development.
The Mancester Guardian notes fewer than fifty freshmen at Oxford this year amid wartime conditions. About fourteen men passed September exams, with around forty taking tests. Colleges are under military occupation housing cadets aviators convalescents nurses and officers. Serbian refugee attendants will enter Balliol New Magdalen Christ Church Merton St Johns and Jesus Colleges. Remaining Serbian students move from Wycliff Hall to smaller housing with eight forestry scholars and others placed in various Oxford schools.
Paris scientist Dr. Charles Louis Laveran and assistants report isolating a fatal anaerobic bacillus that thrives in wounds and digests muscle tissue. Named tolytic bacillus, it liquefies thigh muscles in guinea pigs within nine hours, with death in 24 hours. A serum is being developed to counter the microbe amid many wartime fatalities.
The New York Sun backs corn as a national food, urged by Speaker Clark. It outlines corn’s historical decline, its use in mush and baked dishes, and its value for cattle and poultry. The piece argues corn can lower food costs and boost production, proposing a revival of corn in American diets.
Grant a police reporter helps a veiled Secret Service operative uncover a plot by Professor Atwood to blow up a train with a mob of high explosives. After a chase and a river pursuit, Grant captures Atwood aboard a ship while protecting the unnamed operative and the girl. The piece ends with a note about an art studio opening and a comic aside.
New York obituary outlines the life of Mary Goode alias Miss Bell, once a respectable social figure who reformed fallen women through courts and employment. The piece notes her involvement in Rosenthal trial graft exposes, her mysterious past, and a vivid, critical vignette of hotel washrooms and a linotype artist.
A collage of quips from vaudeville era wit and humorous exchanges. The page compiles pithy lines about bargains, marriages, feuds, and office life with sources spanning Life Lamb Puck Pearson's Weekly and various U.S. papers, reflecting light humor and social snapshots.
In Palm Beach Florida on December 16 E S Randolph and companions faced a dramatic encounter off Lake Worth beach when a large porpoise leaped into their small launch, crowding the boat and sinking it. Rescue boats nearby hurried to aid the stranded fishermen.
Norway Me Dec 16 Capt Wright Bisbee of Norway has cast his sixtieth consecutive straight Republican ballot in the state election. He first voted for Fre montland Dayton and has never missed an election, proudly noting his age over 80.
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