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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1915
Page
8
An incident aboard a train between Parkersburg and Marietta described a large man, nicknamed Bat, drinking an entire quart of whiskey in a tunnel. Onlookers noted the rapid consumption, the bottle emptied, and the man remaining calm as the train emerged.
The Brotherhood or Associated Charities in this city prepares a pamphlet detailing its work since last April. It highlights aid to unfortunates, the growing city, and new conditions with many testimonies. Also notes about Pinnickinnick and Monongahela Camp Fire Girls, and a discussion on prison reforms led by Miss Emma Davis at the Tuesday Club.
In eastern fields few large producers remain, concentrated in Weir sand in Kanawha and Doddridge counties West Virginia. Recordings show multiple tests and first twenty four hour outputs from operators such as Ohio Fuel Oil Company and South Penn Oil in Elk district, along with Hope Natural Gas in Doddridge. Several tests report light production and many wells still drilling or awaiting results as companies focus on limited productive zones.
Test wells and completions fill reports from Perry and Monroe counties to Muskingum and Noble. Operators such as Wickes, Pure Oil, Columbus Oil and Fuel, and Greensburg Oil announce rigs in Keenerton, Clinton, and Keener sands with yields from a few to over fifty barrels a day. Nearby Pennsylvania activity includes Howard Oil and Gas drilling near Washington County and McMurray district as preachers debate austere living.
A distressed wife pleads with a judge to keep her husband from a rival, seeking protection of their marriage amid ongoing personal turmoil and potential separations. The plea centers on safeguarding family stability and addressing concerns over infidelity.
The Mather Woman’s Christian Temperance Union chapter will meet at 1 30 oclock Tuesday afternoon in Stop 24 Sunday school room. Members and interested ladies urged to attend. A missionary offering service for the Women’s Missionary Society will follow at 1 oclock.
Charles A Lawson and Miss Margaret Brooks wed at Oakland in a morning ceremony. Lawson, son of Mr and Mrs C. Lawson of Mechanic Street, is a clerk and athletics director at Washington Irving High School. Brooks is daughter of Mr and Mrs John Brooks, active in city society. she teaches at Pleapont School. The event was a surprise to friends.
A report titled Canned-Pineapple Industry of the World notes a shift from older Far East centers to newer producers and records rising U S output from 1901 to 1914. It highlights modern machinery, reduced hand labor, and calls for the government printing office copy by the superintendent of accounts.
Allek Lauder will perform his first pentormanics titled America at Hem siersteins tomorrow. The show features songs and impersonations and highlights his connection as brother of Harry Lauder in a theater setting in Victoria.
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