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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1915
Page
3
Real estate ad notes many buyers are finding homes quickly and encourages others to act. It highlights affordability and a call to action for prospective buyers to secure properties without delay. Endorses local lenders and agents for guidance.
Four room cottage with bath and cellar on a level 40 by 120 foot lot. Fine water well and alley access at rear. Prime chance for buyers in Stealey Heights.
Listing shows a price of 2650 dollars with a payment plan described as one third cash and balance over two years. The short fragment notes a two year term and partial cash component without full context.
Hand to street cars and close to B and O station. For a good seven room house with bath basement and attic. Lot 35 by 82 feet with alley at side. Reasonable terms.
Six room cottage on a fine lot with 40120 feet to an alley in the rear. Paved streets and cement sidewalks. Handy rail line and rar riCE $3,500 on terms.
New 5 700m cottage on Stealey Avenue with batch basement front and bath porches oak finish Lot 40120 feet includes alley in rear asking 2500 dollars with 300 cash and balance on time.
Representative Mann labeled President Wilson as forming a personal political machine to secure renomination and accused him of violating Democratic platform pledges. Mann cited the Baltimore platform on one term and questioned whether the President would keep any plank of the party’s platform while deriding opposition to joint appointing power.
In Parkersburg on January 23 Judge A G Dayton named J W Vandervort as special master in the Manufacturers Light and Heat Co vs West Virginia Public Service Commission suit. The master will probe alleged governor influence on the commission, with hearings to start in Wheeling within twenty days.
Today the New York stock market opened dull with narrow movement and a downtrend. Reading strengthened nearly a point while Baltimore and Ohio rose slightly. European selling appeared in weaker rails and metal shares. overall week ended with lower levels but higher activity than the start.
Report from Eagle Pass via Monclova says sixty Villistas seized Cuatro Cienegas January 21, looted the town and fled to the hills. General Luis Gutierrez reportedly arrives in Monclova with troops from Nuevo Laredo. Also notes Yaqui revolt in Merida and five others. Twenty lives lost in the fighting. King murder story denied. King alive in Nacozari. Tampico drills halted unless oil firms sign new petroleum laws.
Doug la ss Ariz Jan 23 Yaqui indians captured Nacozari Sonora by crawling down mountainside with blanket rolls as breastworks. Town taken from Carranza forces. no war force, few rifles. Citizens found with big guns and a hand grenade. Officials report Austrian invasion in Europe, mass displacements in Serbia and Macedonia, and desperate needs for seeds and medical supplies.
A Neuvo Laredo message reports General Venustiano Carranza captured the family of General Santibanez in Jalapa Vera Cruz including father mother wife and three children and warned that they will be executed if Jesus Carranza is not released immediately. Jesus was captured December 30 at San Gironimo and held as a hostage.
Juarez dispatches report Puebla, capital of the state of Puebla, fell to convention forces in a late yesterday engagement. General E Zapata led the attackers while General Cos commanded the Carranza garrison. The advance was confirmed from official convention advices received today in Juarez.
reports from official circles indicate the president plans to renominate or fill vacancies left by rejected nominees. White House officials say no final decision has been made, as Washington remains focused on the appointment impasse with the Senate.
Official general staff statement says troops continue desperate fighting beyond the Chaor okh river against Turkish positions. Reports emphasize strong organized defenses and significant engagements on the other front amid wartime tensions.
Jan Nod reports investigators Gill and O Regan of the federal conciliation board returned to New York to consult with Chairman Walsh amid strike tensions. Officials of American Agricultural and Chemical Co were admitted to the plant. A joint funeral for Desederio Alessandro and Carman Patty, victims of Tuesday's shooting, was held with religious rites and a large wreath reading Sacrificed to the gunmen of capitalist. Police and press visited the Williams and Clark plant to seize guards’ devices used Tuesday.
The statement says on the lower Vistula right bank our troops remained in touch with the enemy with minor skirmishes. January 22 was relatively quiet aside from rifle shots and cannonade. The German partial offensive was stopped by our fire. In Bukowina Austrian forces strengthened to guard passages. One infantry division attacked at Kirlabatha but was repulsed. By January 23 our troops held positions and 200 prisoners were captured amid a violent snowstorm in the Carpathians.
The British note raises questions over reserve powers as the state department withholds action on the steamer Farn. San Juan orders to intern or expel the Farn provoke neutrality concerns. German lieutenant captain may be constrained by an American collector’s order amid British cruiser patrols nearby.
Warming seas and reduced wind prevent the steamship Dacia from sailing today. The cotton laden vessel was set to depart Galveston for Rotterdam, but weather conditions made the voyage inadvisable, according to Dacia officers.
London reports no new advices on the Dacia steamship, formerly Hamburg American, now American flagged, attempting to carry cotton to Germany. British authorities plan transfer to another ship at an English port and are expected to avoid stopping the vessel until near English waters.
Partial clipping describes snowbound conditions and a peace movement halted for Sunday meetings. Other dispatches claim the Austrian premier Count Karl Sturadh has resigned amid unrest and foreign observer tension.
Fragmented OCR notes claim underwriters differentiate acne insurance between Germany and Austria with quoted rates. The text references peace terms and percentages, mentioning Britain and Austria, but the passage is garbled and unclear.
London dispatch reports Petrograd quoting a note from Germany accusing Roumania of mobilization and supporting revolutionary propaganda in Transylvania, calling these actions hostile acts.
Paris reports no official confirmation of a Petrograd claim that Germany protested to Romania over Romania's attitude toward Austria. Officials say such protests are typically Austria's action under these circumstances, not Germany's.
Letters released by Seth Low show President Wilson and the Colorado coal commission seeking to ease fixture disputes with 182 operators. Carlson pledges industrial commission cooperation and the plan to give workers easier access to company offices for grievances.
Washington reports the disappearance of funds in Santo Domingo, about three thousand dollars, tied to the Sullivan investigation. Secretary Bryan plans a later statement after full facts. Enrike Simines, nephew of the Dominican president, discussed the alleged shortage with State Department officials in Washington.
Boston lawyer Louis D Brandeis today testified before the U S Commission on Industrial Relations. He argued that great corporations undermine labor, compared United States Steel to the Russian emperor for resisting direct talks with workers. He called for limits on industrial unit sizes and questioned philanthropic foundations' consistency with democracy.
Negamed Michigan January 23 A fire of unknown cause destroyed fifty thousand dollars in property. Two firefighters were injured when they fell from a ladder while rescuing four women from the blaze.
The readable portion hints at a palatable and expensive breakfast item in West Vieira with a grand dining emphasis. Details are sparse, names or dates are not clear, making a definitive card difficult.
The governor warned that any measure approved by the legislature would be vetoed. No further details on the bill or timing were provided.
Fragmented OCR recounts Colonel Goethals defending Panama Canal work and public service ideals during wartime policy talks. It notes tensions with commissions, remarks to officials, and Roosevelt era responses about authority and duty.
Governors of the twelve Federal Reserve banks closed their second conference in Westington after a three day session focusing on bank operation details. They did not report to the Federal Reserve Board on admitting state banks to the system. Recommendations on clearing house operations and the reserve banks will be issued later.
Representative James W Bryan of Washington advocates government ownership and operation of U S railroads. He contrasts democracy with railroad corporatism and calls for government encouragement of cooperative railroad construction and land opening to reduce unemployment. Benjamin F Yoakem of the St Louis and San Francisco Railroad adds that 60,000 workers are needed to keep up with growing consumption.
In Calcutta a worker in exports was sentenced to eighteen months in prison and fined 2000 dollars for attempting to arrange sale and shipment of mica to Germany. The court ruling marks the first wartime case of trading with the enemy.
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