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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1916
Page
4
The issue lists subscription details and mailing addresses from December 31, 1916. It notes change of address procedures, carrier delivery, and business offices for The Sunday Telegram in Clarksburg West Virginia. It identifies the newspaper as an Associated Press member with subscription rates and clerical lines.
A cheerful temper joined with innocence makes beauty attractive knowledge delightful and wit good natured. It will brighten sickness poverty and affliction convert ignorance into amiable simplicity and render deformity agreeable in Addison's words.
Mrs Peter Barbers formerly Esther Wells of Detroit married a man who had posed as a Greek lover via letters. They planned a bungalow life, but after ten days in a box car home on a railroad siding the bride learned the truth and returned to her parents in Detroit.
The article argues that US entry into a European peace league would bring European control over Monroe Doctrine nations such as Mexico. It asserts such an alliance would require Senate ratification and urges the public and Senate to scrutinize both faces of the proposal before deciding.
The upcoming session will add eight members for a total of ninety four. Kanawha Cabell Fayette Mercer Raleigh Randolph gain one seat each while Harrison and Mc Dowell gain two. Ritchie and Tyler lose one apiece. Desk space will be allocated by janitorial staff when offices are prepared for January 10 assembly.
West Virginia revenue officers raided a local Italian district in Fairmont and uncovered a well arranged still with ample whiskey making paraphernalia. Owners resist giving full details, hindering conviction prospects while noting the illicit product rivaled some vendors’ better brands even near the Pennsylvania border.
Villa proposes re establishing relations with the United States and seeks acknowledgment of his status as a belligerent. He grows stronger while Carranza weakens, posing a challenge for U S policy which has treated him as outside civilized warfare. His rehabilitation could redefine border politics and U S Mexico relations.
The article discusses stage workers as human beings with flaws and generosity, noting actors rarely become criminals yet expressing concern about prosecution in American courts. It argues for remedies to compensate those wrongly held by circumstantial evidence and delays in legal pursuit.
James Marshall of Juneau says the United States has had little Alaska salmon in the last year. He notes the salmon packing season was strong but most of the catch went to Canada and was re exported, highlighting shifts in produition and distribution.
A Wichita columnist notes Alaska salmon runs exceed eastern demand due to contracts in British Columbia and copper is the other major product. Prohibition may aid fisheries by stabilizing labor and reducing theft, while abundant fish remains in the water. European war limits tinplate impact packers and keeps Alaska packing firms manageable.
Dr. A Gideon reports simplified spelling is used by over 400 papers in 35 states and by 292 higher education institutions. Michigan colleges and others adopt twelve words such as tho for though and catalog for catalogue, with Roosevelt supporters delaying wider adoption.
A model vital statistics law sponsored by the state department of health will be introduced in January. It places registration of births and deaths under the state health department with the secretary of the state health council as ex officio registrar. The state will be divided into districts with local registrars appointed within ninety days for four year terms. Physicians midwives and undertakers must register. registrars are paid twenty five cents a birth or death certificate, with county treasurers handling payments. Provisions include enforcement and penalties for violators.
A 1916 labor review notes full industrial capacity, high demand for workers, rising wages, and scarce suitable labor. It describes employers hiring agents to locate staff and lauds the U S government employment service as a free, nationwide clearinghouse directing applicants to zones. Zone 3 covers Pennsylvania Delaware and West Virginia with offices in Philadelphia Wilmington and Pittsburgh where unemployed individuals can register for positions.
Rural life topics for farm women highlighted at Morgantown Farmers Week January 1 to 6. Lectures exhibits and demonstrations include making butter serving milk varieties and home management with speakers from West Virginia University Columbia University and the U S Department of Agriculture.
The program features papers by Rachel Colwell, Mary Peacock, Sadie Guseman, and Mrs Romine from West Virginia University. Topics cover women and girls clubs, cooking, sewing, sanitation, and home decoration. Nine weeks total with the first week dedicated to Farmers Week aims to connect rural women with advanced home economic ideas.
Grant tails Big Moe Myers on a raid case in The Chronicle. Benny the Rat’s warning, a stakeout, and a roof chase unfold as Myers uses a woman as bait to trap Benny, but a protective act saves him and reveals the motive behind the ruse.
New York dispatch recalls a quiet hour on Park Row as word spread that peace was proposed. Reporters, copy editors, and staff reacted with a mix of joy and disbelief, while Park Avenue's Park Avenue Hotel changes hands and the Martha Washington links to George C. Brown.
Brown, an accountant turned hotel operator, along with Cope and Townsend, has taken over several New York hotels in the past year led by the Martha Washington. His unexpected success signals plans for major city center changes and stronger competition, despite secretive press efforts. A separate public note mocks a snow removal scheme, proposing shoveling clubs and shared civic effort across social classes to tackle winter slush.
A collage of humorous quotes from multiple papers parodying vaudeville and social scenes. Witty exchanges on love marriage and theater reveal ebullient, era voice humor. Notable lines from Kansas City Journal Detroit Free Press Puck and others evoke urban chat and critiqued stage life.
Missoula Mont December 30 exact ly equal numbers of men and women enrolled at the University of Montana this semester. There are 275 co-eds and 275 mere males.
Miss Lerye Smithson of Seattle works as an elevator operator in a city office building. Still in her teens she drives to work in an automobile bought with her savings from the elevator job.
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