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Newspaper

The Sunday Telegram

Location

Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1916

Page

3

Farmers Hear Great Lecture On Clover And Implements

County agent W. D. Zinn spoke to about 25 farmers in the forenoon and 60 to 70 in the afternoon at Harrison County, urging use of manure spreaders lime and phosphate on clover. praised riding cultivators and disc drills and noted February to April sowing windows. He announced trips to Marshville and Bristol with another meeting planned for the court house next Saturday.

W. D. Zinn Harrison County Zinn Lightburn Good Hope Marshville Bristol

Hopkins in Havana praises want ads over editorials

Carl A Hopkins, writing from Havana Cuba where he works for the Spanish American Development Company, says Want Ads in The Telegram look better to him than Havana Post editorials. He has been in Havana two months and likes the city and his position. He requests forwarding Clarksburg newspapers as he is away from home.

Havana Post Carl A. Hopkins Veyanna Cuba Clarksburg Hopkins Havana

Child Dies at Home of Parents on South Chestnut Street

Claude Dye Jr aged 3 died at 3 thirty Saturday at his parents home on South Chestnut street from tuberculosis. Funeral services will be held at the Dye home Monday at 3 pm with Rev W B King of First Methodist Episcopal church officiating. The bereaved parents have many friends. Samuel R Ford has filed a lunacy complaint against Sisan Extine 14 of Gore and the lunacy board will likely hear it Monday.

Claude Dye, Jr South Chestnut Street Dye W. B. King First Methodist Episcopal Church Samuel R. Ford Sisan Extine Yeers Gore Poard

Forty five prisoners confined in county jail

Forty five prisoners are confined in the county jail with thirty eligible for work on county roads. The brief note records the counts and the work-eligible subset, reflecting a routine correctional bulletin.

Jill Eligile

First Presbyterian Church Christian Endeavor Service

The Sunday evening service at First Presbyterian will be led by the Senior and Intermediate Christian Endeavor societies. Readings, prayers, hymns, and solos feature Miss Nell Layman and Miss Ruth Alger with remarks from Miss Nell Layman about the state union. The event kicks off Christian Endeavor week February 6 13 with plans for a midweek prayer meeting and a citywide social.

First Presbyterian Church Christan Endeavor Societies Lewis Sutton, Jr Intermediate Christian Endeavor Society Ruth Alger Junior Christian Endeavor Society Lillian Spang Butler Nell Solo M Morgan Hizpah Benedict Nell Layman Fairmont State Christian Endeavor Union Christian Endeavor Christian Endeavor Societies W. J

Supreme Court prepares special docket for early hearing

The supreme court of appeals directs the clerk to prepare a special docket for cases fully matured on or before February 18. The docket will begin April 18 and run five weeks, allowing lawyers to place matured cases on the docket without notice. The action stems from 1913 statutes granting the court control of its docket.

Supreme Court of Appeals

Marriage License Issued for Frank Orange and Noradiyal

A marriage license has been issued for Frank Orange and Noradiyal, marking a new union. The document confirms their eligibility to wed under local regulations.

Frank 'T Oragge

Plans for Clarksburg Interurban Station Expansion

Traction officials from Fairmont and Cleveland convene next Tuesday to settle plans for a larger interurban station in Clarksburg. Manager E B Moore says rapid growth demands a commodious facility, with express room expanded and temporary quarters used during construction to serve passengers. Weather permitting, work will start soon and aim for a September 1 completion.

Fairmont Wilbur Watson Cleveland Watson Clarksburg

New Route Planned for Wilsonburg Line to Wilsonburg

Monongahela Valley Traction Company plans to reroute Wilsonburg cars via an interurban station with a new branch from the Fairmont line south of Limestone Creek. The change, aimed at reducing a dangerous hill and enabling larger equipment, will begin early next summer while Adamston service continues without a Wilsonburg run. Harold Roush released on $500 bond after Friday night arrest for liquor purchase in public place. trial set next week.

Wilsonburg Adamston Harold Roush

Democratic push on tariff bills aims for early passage

Washington February 6 Democratic leaders plan to push the administration bills to create a tariff commission and repeal the sugar clause of the Underwood tariff. The Ways and Means Committee will draft reports this week with a possible February 20 passage target. A sugar tariff free list is seen for May 1 unless repeals pass. Also on the agenda is Hill’s dyestuffs tariff proposal, with a Wilson-Kitchin conference likely next week.

Washington Democratc House Kitchin Ways and Means Tariff Commission Hill

Administrator Qualifies for Grantville Estate

Arnim Hinkle has qualified as administrator of the estate of Grantville. Bond set at 1200 dollars with sureties John W. Bush and J Ira Lacson. Appraisers named Rev J P McCormick. Will preach this morning at St Paul Methodist Episcopal Church south. No evening service.

Arnim Hinkle Grantville W. Hinkle John W. Bush J. Ira Lacson H. J. Myers J. P. McCormick St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church South

Reynolds Leader in Critical Condition Improves

Edgar M. Reynolds, a Chicago editor, who has been critically ill here since yesterday, was reported to be greatly improved today though physicians warn he is not yet out of danger. Charles Pont, former county court member from Lost Creek, visited here Saturday evening.

Tay Angele Edga M. Reynolds Chicago Rango

New Street Cars to be Installed on Local System

Pay as you enter street cars will be added to the Clarisburg routes with eight new steel cars ordered from Philadelphia. Five will run in the city, creating larger capacity and improved comfort, while three will operate on the Watson-Loot avenue line in Falemont. The cars are slated for delivery by August 1. A separate lecture by Pastor A H McMillan on biblical prophecies and Jewish prospects is planned for Robinson Grand theater at 2 pm, free to all with no collection.

A. H. McMillan Russell Robinson Grand Theater Natore McMillan Philadelphia Thene Falemont Watson-Loot Avenue

Tragic Nurse Student Causes Fatal Error

Miss Hazel Schoenfelt a 20 year old nursing student at Allegheny General Hospital was found dead in the Allegheny River in Pittsburg after she admitted giving the wrong medicine to a patient. She reportedly walked into the river amid the incident and could not be saved. her body was identified after recovery.

Pittsburg Hazel Schoenfelt Altoona Allegheny River

Colombia Treaty Report Sparks Debate Over Funds

The foreign relations committee favoring a payment of 15 million dollars to Colombia was received calmly in Bogota. The Pan American friendship is tested as critics argue 25 million would only cover actual damages, highlighting tensions in the proposed aid package.

Bogota Colombia United States Foreign Relations Committee

Local Industrial News Highlights Community Visits and Accidents

Mrs Nathan Barnett returns home improved after visiting Mintwood relatives while Mrs W Rymer visited Polat Comfort. Olga Whitney recovers at her home on EH jatteot. Minnie Lightner and others socialized at Gransells. Jollitte from Henderson visits Henderson Store Co. McIntire suffers severe burns at work Norwood pottery. Ladies Aid Society gathers at Miss Pearl Deem’s home for business and refreshments. Re openings include Norwood addition plans and Dr D A Willis’s professional visit. Reverend O W Wise to preach at Hammond chapel. Family returns from Missouri. Herbert Davis ill. Walker sound gutted in a ruin removal project.

Ald Society of Mond Chapel Pearl Deem Wale Nut Avenue Thong Minnie Lightner Himen Addinton Gale Lants Jesmer H. A. Crummit

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