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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1916
Page
3
The First Regiment officials say the twelve companies will break camp Monday and return home unless government orders otherwise. No federal mobilization has been called. weather and river conditions hindered logistics and safety concerns delayed equipment.
A garbled report from Asbury Park describes a strange event at the beach where a shark or similar creature was sighted near bathers. The incident highlights rising costs of raw materials and a lifeguard’s warning as a motor boat is mentioned in the fragmented text.
A Bayonne incident reports a policeman firing shots toward a share in New York Bay as a quality crisis prompts price increases. The force cites rising raw material costs and the need to cover new expenses, with caution about the method and impact on consumers.
Fragmented report from New Orleans indicates a powerful tropical disturbance moving from the Gulf into Alabama and Georgia. Widespread destruction, heavy rainfall, and damaging winds left property damage and inquiries into deaths. several schooners reported lost near Mobile and rescue efforts ongoing.
Andrew Hickman of Wheeling faces trial or hearing before Magistrate Mile ward Kid after a warrant by Deputy State Prohibition Commissioner John M. Tunney. Warrant issued in West Milford by Magistrate C. W. Lynch led to Hickman’s transfer to the county jail for local court handling. The case will be heard early next week.
Samuel McNeuin and Pred Fitzpatel were stopped at Norwood Park after a dispute over whiskey in public Saturday afternoon. They were taken to the county jail by Deputy Tentiny, one carrying a pint bottle of whiskey. Warrant subpoenas were sworn out for both, with hearings set in Magistrate T. G. Nieuwarner's court where they face charges.
Mayor Asa L. Matthew of North View denies widespread misappropriation rumors surrounding a $24,000 bond issue for paving a principal street. Voters will decide next Wednesday on a forty five cent per $100 levy to fund ten yearly installments, with about all town residents supporting the paving plan.
A Baltimore and Ohio freight train collided with an automobile near Pine Grove this afternoon. Willis Calvert of Mount Morris, Pa was taken to a hospital. Lee Wright, a Pine Grove resident, was fatally injured. John Wright, the boy’s father, escaped serious injury.
Mrs E W Laubenstein of Lee Street plans a long trip starting this morning to Pittsburg where she will stay until Tuesday and be joined by her husband. The couple will then visit Buffalo Detroit Duluth and other Great Lakes points on their tour.
Short time offer for the Telegram 10000 Club promises big prizes for active subscribers. Campaign runs nine weeks with weekly subscriptions, special bonus ballots, and certificates totaling up to 100000 votes per district. Workers urged to canvass daily, tout Telegram as central West Virginia’s leading newspaper, and claim cars still available to top sellers.
Following a mental condition examination by the county jury commission, Mrs Rebec ca J Yeager of Brown district is ordered committed to Weston State Hospital. She will be transported to Weston within a day or two.
Woe are pleased to announce we are equipped to do hemstitching at our Clarksburg shop with an experienced operator. We offer work by the piece or yard at reasonable prices. Special prices for hand embroidered chiffon waste and chiffon drapery. Any pattern can be worked out on the hemmatecher, machine adapted for hemstitching. Prompt attention and patronage solicited by Singer Sewing Machine Co. 205 West Main Street.
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