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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1916
Page
16
Paris Dec 30 A Senate bill proposes compulsory military preparation for youths from ages 13 to 16 as a permanent national benefit amid World War I. The measure argues that the current war proves the effectiveness of early training, with France mobilizing its agencies to support the initiative.
The war spurs a push for compulsory military athletic training from infancy. By now 250000 soldiers reached call up, 300000 from classes 1916 17 and 18. Gaston Deligny, famed runner, died at front after proving training value, his letter urging mandatory prep.
Mahbu, a Lebanon piano tuner formerly of Past St Louis, slept openly in rain from afternoon until nine the next morning while walking from Summerfield toward Lebanon with his foster son John. When he failed to return at night, his wife notified authorities and a search party began at nine o'clock.
Nebraska suffragists plan a large waste sale to raise funds for a 1918 constitutional amendment granting women the ballot. Led by Minie Boyer Davis, the drive enlists county organizers, uses barns as waste storage, and ships material to Nebraska dealers to fund campaign efforts amid high paper prices.
A fragmentary narrative recalls a tumultuous engagement with a savage animal metaphor and distrust of marriage. Bill the keeper clings to Mildred while a companion contemplates postponing wedlock. A court house wedding, 700 invitations, and a vow to wait two years loom over the couple’s plans.
Miss Yuse, 18, in Cleveland, frantically addresses 700 wedding invitations then faces a quarrel with fiancé Joseph Pasatiere. She declares the engagement finished and moves to try on her wedding dress for the last time before the marriage.
A glass covered filing drawer with a turning attachment lets a user consult index cards one at a time without touching them. The device protects cards from hand contamination. Belgium’s population at the outbreak of the war was 7,700,000.
Miners en route to work at seven o clock found a man peacefully sleeping near the Monken crossing after walking the railroad toward Summerfield. They reported the matter to authorities.
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