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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1915
Page
7
The Children's Bureau states that most infant deaths occur in the first three months and that heat and feeding mistakes raise illness risk in summer. Proper, regular meals and continued breast milk if possible help prevent summer diarrhea and safeguard a nine to twelve month old child with a cautious, gradual diet plan.
Cumberland Md July 10 1914 Rev Thomas OM Hare superintendent of the Anti Saloon League of Maryland states that outside Baltimore city and Baltimore county Maryland will be dry within two years. He describes organization down to precinct level and supports a state wide prohibition vote while counties may vote as units.
In 1903 H S Jewell of the Springfield Leader and T D Taylor of the New York Times agreed to trade sons for a year after their college men finish studies. At a Chicago advertising clubs meeting two college papers were represented, Wallace Taylor and John W Jewell. Young Taylor will work in Springfield and young Jewell will join the Times in September.
Lewiston Pa July 10 Traffic stopped on the main line near Millerstown for an hour when a fast freight was held by Wildcats. Locomotive 3427 pulling a beef train split a defective coupler. Conductor Jack Weaver fled to a box car as a bobcat and two kittens hissed near the scene. Brakeman Hohenshelt and Wekeberger drove the cats away with stones. Curley Sowers warned and scared the cats from the right track with a lantern.
New York report on Mrs J C Barrett of Edmundson and Mrs Nathan V Brand of Leonardsville claiming oldest twins in the state. They plan to celebrate their eighty sixth birthday and will be rocked in the cradle they slept in as children, in the presence of guests as an unusual feature.
Stanhope New Jersey July 10 William Van Horn known as Rattlesnake Billy was jailed after his 156th arrest. He had just left Stroudsburg jail after ten days for frying two rattlesnakes in town. He plans to see Governor Fielder to challenge entrenchment of bans by Sussex and Warren counties. Recorder Isaac Kinnicutt ordered ninety days on the public road with state convicts, but Bill pleaded for another chance to travel. He vowed not to enter Stanhope again.
London July 10 Captain John Douglas MacIntosh native of Logievalt Perthshire aged forty five is reported killed in action. Between 1891 and 1897 he won twelve Scottish amateur titles in weight put and hammer throw and represented Scotland against Ireland, winning the 1897 putting title. He set Powderhall records of 43 feet 1 inch in 1895 and 43 feet 3 inches in 1896 and served with Queen's Club Edinburgh for 26 years.
Auburn reports a monument to Harriet Tubman aged ninety six unveiled by the New York State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs at Fort Hill cemetery. Tubman, born a slave, led fugitive slaves to freedom and was lauded with the nickname Gen. Tubman after John Brown. Congress granted her a pension. In Bloomington, Daniel Morrical, a recluse aged seventy five, was found murdered in his farm home. authorities suspect robber motive tied to hidden money.
The article recounts a early 1810s effort in Clarksburg to form the Virginia Saline Bank, with notes issued and deposits taken without a charter. It notes stock subscription led by George Towers and others, a 1814 stock certificate to Elizabeth Jackson, and a U.S. Supreme Court case related to unpaid notes. It also covers subsequent bank failures and the 1860 Merchants and Mechanics Bank introduction in Wheeling.
Doctor Detroit reports Willie Easterly four years old and his grandmother Mrs Carre Easterly leapt from the third floor of their No 444 Fairview avenue home. Willie reached the ground first and both were brought inside to be checked by a doctor who found Willie not hurt.
In Bethany Missouri on July 10 a sensational potato vine is shown bearing potatoes on the vine above ground as well as below. Jonson Hogan, of the town, found the strange plant recently in his potato patch. Each point along the vine carries a well formed potato and many potatoes cling to the roots.
An eighteen year old, Catherine Pokolo neff, attempted suicide by leaping from the Williamsburg Bridge after long struggles with self image and speech. She survived and lay hospitalized in Bellevue, recounting years of taunting over her appearance as sisters and neighbors reflected on the incident. A note on a new small telephone receiver is included among scattered details.
In Tacoma on July 10 officials clarify that under the new former alien citizenship code any person taking clams or shells in Washington waters must be a United States citizen or have declared intent to become one and have resided in the state for a year. This rule, seen as decisive and binding, has become a focal point for local diggers.
Stamford Texas July 10 a farmer named C J Debes living south of Has german New Mexico arose in a night robe to feed stock. Returning home he found his house engulfed by flames after the gasoline stove exploded. He sought safety in a barn where a neighbor rescued him with warmer clothing as neighbors fought the blaze.
In Atchison Kansas on July 10 James Seever underwent the removal of twenty five teeth by a local dentist without any anesthetic. She remained calm and did not become nervous or hysterical during the painful procedure. The account notes she completed the extraction unaided and without assistance.
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