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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1915
Page
15
Reports from the peach regions advise thinning trees to leave about 100 peaches per tree. Overloaded trees produce small, inferior fruit and may shed limbs. Picking 200 peaches per tree when fruit is almond sized is tedious, while thinning improves quality and can avoid skipped years.
July 10 Haven WHW. Woodmont youths protested Prof. R. G. Wieland by hanging an effigy and objecting to flag raising near his house. Wieland said patriotism does not rely on displays of the flag, calling the demonstrators riff raff and criticizing attitudes toward Germany and the war.
York, July 10. Charles Zullinger Jr. of York has endured countless accidents since birth. His latest injury is a fractured skull from a recent automobile crash. He has survived many serious harms, including a broken leg, dislocated shoulder, missing teeth, and repeated falls, while his father Charles F. Zullinger once directed the York Tri State baseball team.
In Macon Georgia July 10 a posse of about ten farmers hunted John Richey and Thomas Brooks two negroes accused of killing Silas Turner. Two other negroes Will Green and his son were reported lynched during the outbreak. Will Gordon was held for safekeeping as mobs formed to avenge the murder. Turner went to the home of W H King to collect a bill when a dispute led to a pistol shot and Turner’s stabbing death. Twenty people reportedly joined the mob.
In Punishment Spring Grove Pennsylvania on July 10 Edward Dougherty shot his neighbor's dog twice in the head with a .38 revolver. The dog survived seven days and nights in place before returning home nearly crippled yet fed and watered. After the incident the dog would not eat eggs from Dougherty's henhouse, and Dougherty claims he fired two bullets through the dog's brain.
New York July 10. Rum is partly to blame for the closing of the American Temperance Life Insurance Company, as stated at the company’s headquarters.
The article discusses life insurance through a co operative plan where moderate drinkers could insure. It notes higher risks for non-abstainers, with a 95 year old charged 21.08 per 1000 versus 19.87 for abstainers, implying discrimination against teetotalers among some 5,795 policy holders carrying 4.53 million in coverage.
Fences around John D Rockefeller's Forest Hill estate are being strengthened and guards placed on the grounds after the shooting of J P Morgan. Rockefeller will not attend his seventy sixth birthday at Forest Hill and will not announce his arrival date, visiting only by special permission.
In Weatherford on July 10, dairyman Bennet reported nine cows missing. State Veterinarian Christman arrived as farmers found slick cattle in their herds. The cause was green oak leaves. once cattle taste the leaf they crave it and refuse other food. The cure is to pen them until the craving ends.
Fred Winters found a pig seemingly dead at his Tra vis farm home near Winsted. While burying the animal a thunderclap struck and the pig appeared to rise, causing it to scamper away as the man prepared the grave.
In New York on July 10 Jennie Schickler an eighteen year old stenographer sitting beneath a large portrait of her grandfather at 175 Rivington Street was killed when the frame toppled and severed her jugular. Despite ambulance help from Gouverneur Hospital she died. Jennie supported her family of five for two years. Her father Charles, once an Electric Bin trade worker, had his union card revoked and works as the building janitor.
In Grand Island Nebraska on July 19 Ile Mohifield thirty five a prosperous farmer eight miles west of Ravenna killed his wife and their five year old son then killed himself. The bodies were found by a neighbor after Mohifield wrote a long letter that was unintelligible leading authorities to believe he became violently insane.
A vague claim asserts every hobie with a phone forms a Welch and Fullerton Druadisis branch. The statement lacks verifiable facts and names, dates, or places to confirm organizational structure or actions.
Helen Pearson of Philadelphia sues in Suffolk County equity to stop the burial of her uncle Arthur G. Norse in the Chelsea Naval cemetery. She seeks custody of the body for proper burial elsewhere, naming George Lee of Boston and George Doherty of Somerville as defendants. Judge McLaughlin orders pleadings for hearing.
Cape May County lacks a qualified lawyer to succeed Matthew Jefferson as prosecutor after his malfeasance conviction vacated the office. The appointee must be a counselor at law and county lawyers aligned with the Democratic party are unavailable. Candidates include Josiah Stryker of the attorney general's staff, Herbert C. Martlett of Vineland, and former Assemblyman J Russell Carrow of Camden County.
Defenders of the saloon form a group in Elizabeth New Jersey with certificate of incorporation. The Benvolent and Protective Order of Clinks aims to fight prohibition and promote personal liberty. Main office listed as 330 Mountain Avenue Westfield. Membership limited to white males 21 or older. Fraternal in nature, parent body to be established nationwide. Branch lodges under way in other towns. name reportedly from clinking bottles.
Detroit July 10 Dr James E Mead chief of pasteurian at the new Ford hospital is ordered by Henry Ford to establish a department of dietetics The aim is to eat less and only when hungry Ford says if Ford Motor Company employees follow the plan they can save at least 1000 annually and improve health He cites authorities and notes a link between over eating and alcohol cravings supportively mentioning his own trial of the eat less method.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a claim seeking $5,000 for a finger loss in Erensburg with unclear details. Mentions Pai and Sapolese, possibly local names, and a play or incident context. Details are garbled and no clear action or outcome is established.
Feres Inome, editor of the Susquehayer Sun, sues Pennsylvania Railroad for 5000 dollars alleging a train from Pittsburgh to Johnstown on February 7, 1914 caused injury when an employee slammed a door as he steadied himself after taking a drink, crushing and later amputating half an inch of a finger.
Seven shots from Sergeant Baylis’s revolver at the Bloomfield police station drew the night crew as he reported two individuals tried to break in. Bayliss heard noise by a window near where Overseer Adam Lind hands beans sugar and bread to the town’s poor. The intruders fled into darkness. an officer’s helmet is missing.
In Tarrytown New York Jacob Newman a Washington Street clothier owns a rooster that crows backward while a normal rooster crows forward. Two passersby heard the odd echo and commented on the backward crow. Newman noted the peculiar paring of sounds in the yard and spoke of the puzzling phenomenon.
In Cumberland Maryland Esther Wilt 13 was accidentally shot by her father George Wilt near Oskland. Rats had been preying on the chickens and Miss Wilt called for the shotgun. He tripped and the gun discharged striking her in the breast. Death was instantaneous.
Olinds Bell Tibbits born in Denver on July 10 weighs into a unique four generation lineage. The eight week old child has ten grandparents including four great grandmothers two great grandfathers and two grandmothers and two grandfathers. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Tibbits of Richland Kansas with Tibbits serving as cashier at Richland State bank.
Justice Dronse will decide whether a goose is a bird or animal in the Andrew Howarth cruelty case. Prosecutor Frank Holwarth alleges the defendant treated the goose cruelly when it wandered onto his land in West Berwick, Berwick, Pennsylvania.
In Scranton Pennsylvania on July 10 Marshall Preston a 72 year old Civil War veteran was hailed as a hero after diving from a boat to rescue 20 year old Jason Zurflieb who had fallen into Lake Sheridan when his craft capsized. Preston’s swift swim of 109 yards enabled him to reach Zurflieb before he sank.
Atlantic City July 16. Every high grade dairy cow producing certified milk could be taxed two dollars to create a fund for a public city project. The proposal surfaced at the Recess Association of America annual convention.
The piece argues that local efforts are part of a larger plan linked to biblical judgment on Saul’s partial destruction of enemies. It condemns sacralizing minor gains and praises renewed courage and obedience to God, warning against trivializing divine mandates despite public displays.
Henry J. Allen editor of the Wichita Beacon exposed alleged police corruption in Wichita. He testified at the courthouse with David Leahy, presenting about a dozen bottles of whisky said to be bought from the chief of police through a black man. The chief of police was suspended and moves to recall the mayor are considered.
Worcester Massachusetts July 1 Paxton marked its 160th anniversary with a parade featuring many floats from town societies and neighboring towns. Frederick Weg served as chief marshal with aides Samuel Van Wyck and others. A prize float from Rutland won top honors. The day closed with reunions a large town hall dinner and fraternal greetings in the Congregational church.
Cambridge July 10 The most beautiful man in the world has been sold. William Alfred Williams of Pittsburgh Harvard 15 has delighted audiences with aesthetic dancing bare legged in fact. He ranks with Paul Swan of New York though Williams is rated higher. His costume suits the great role and the dancers back yard shows are noted. Williams plans professional dancing after college graduation.
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