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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1915
Page
8
Mrs Anna B Scott compiles suffrage friendly luncheon and dinner menus with attractive, economical dishes designed to persuade guests of votes for women. The plan features a six adult luncheon with chicken broth, Goldenglow salad, Frozen Custard and Orange Sponge Cake, plus a lamb dinner with sweet potato puffs and creamed carrots, followed by afternoon tea ideas.
FAIRMONT July 10. J H Beckman fights with Martin Brothers and R J Conley executor for a store room next to Martins drug store. Conleys sleuths capture the disputed space after Beckman, fasting on a “stack of wheat,” is surrounded and forced to surrender. Beckman contemplates moving his goods to Mountain Lake Park as the case ends.
Washington reports that over half of U S forest fires stem from carelessness and preventable causes. During the last season more than 7 000 fires occurred on national forests and about 10 000 on state and private lands in eighteen Weeks law states. Forest fires destroy millions in timber and property yearly, with last year’s burns covering about 6 000 000 acres and losses totaling at least 9 500 000 dollars.
OSSINING N Y July 10 James Baillard a convict treated for cancer in Sing Sing with radium procured by banker Frank A Van derlip is dead. Guards kept Baillard under watch as the valuable radium was used. Doctor Squire had arranged the treatment but it was too late to save Baillard. His sentence had been commuted and he was released before dying.
In Lansing on July 10 contractor Charles J. Wilcox dodged a falling hammer from a fifth floor. The blow struck his fedora, saving him from instant death as he tumbled and regained balance. He wore his hat afterward.
In Zionsville at a lawn fete by the Upper Milford Mennonite church Bible class about 100 youths attended. Thirty five became ill from suspected poisoned ice cream. Miss Omma Geissinger of Zionsville is seriously affected while the rest remain confined to bed but not seriously ill.
London July 10 One of the latest recruits in the war effort is Lord Norbury who has begun work in an aeroplane works fitting shop. He wears a blue smock and cloth cap and shares meals with other workers in the canteen. He expects no special treatment and plans to save on wages, praising the nationwide duty to subdue the enemy.
In San Diego superior court Judge Guy heard arguments on Anselmo Sosa a Santa Ana real estate dealer who asserts he has returned after 25 years presumed dead. Acknowledging the need for solid evidence the judge gave until July 19 to produce proof while noting a mere attorney stipulation is insufficient. Tracing the case the matter involves a Logan Heights lot once owned by Sosa now held by Jon Zweck as estate administrator and the complicating factor of Sosa’s wife now Mary Bruce of Berkeley.
A Virginia mother found her six year old son inside a bucket at a well saying he climbed down to fetch a fish tale. In Michigan a two story house at the Colby mine sank into the earth leaving the Lapp family away. many families relocate as undermining spreads.
FAIRMONT July 10 The Hey W J Eady pastor of the First Baptist church in this city is linked with a high rate of weddings. From June 16 to July 8 a span of seventeen days he united fifteen couples at his parsonage, a record pace that followed numerous June ceremonies. County clerk records show fifty four licenses issued in June, indicating Eady performed more marriages than most.
Harrisburg July 10 Doctor Samuel G Dixon health official rebuts the old saying we must eat our peck of dirt. In a Little Talk on Health and Hygiene he urges mothers to guard babies mouths during crawling noting floors carry disease germs and dirt. He advises blankets and railings to keep children from floor objects and stresses training children that fallen food is dirty and must be discarded.
State Veterinarian O C Bradley from Wheeling verified a Meadowville Barbour county rumor as false and said the ailment is under control, quarantine likely lifting soon. Independence Day in Elkins featured horse races with multiple winners and placings across pace and trot events, plus a running race. Federal court in Randolph county opens a three to four week term with notable visiting lawyers. Fire destroyed Raine Andrews heading mill in Owenwood causing $20,000 loss. Mrs. N A Gilmore dies of stomach cancer at 50, survived by husband and three children. Enterprise Construction Company awarded Elkins street paving contracts, work to start. District mine inspector William B Plaster transferred to Logan district. Local social and travel notes include visits and a Fourth of July speech by Governor Hatfield and a Saint Brendan's church benefit dance success, plus a marriage at United Brethren parsonage.
Coatesville reports a Polish man Robert Silcox fashioning a shooting device from a shafting piece and fuse to blast a hole in a house occupied by Cornelius Maxwell. No one was hurt. Silcox was arrested, later released on bail. The Philadelphia piece questions the old Liberty Bell ringing myth and cites historian Wilfred Jordan denying a documented event.
In Joplin Missouri July 10 a remarkable story tells how Rose Ahern, a twenty three year old daughter of a miner, mined ore alone after her father's death and discovered a rich vein. She helped form a company and the Lucky Hit mine flourishes. Her fortune is estimated around 125000 dollars as zinc ore values rose.
On coronation day November 10 the emperor of Japan will receive an English Bible bound in ornate white leather. Gift from 4000 Japanese members of American Christian churches, with a inscription of esteem. Count Chinda notified San Francisco officials to attend ceremonies linked to the gift at the World Bible Congress. Shoots Himself in Berwick, Pa. George Walp, 60, of West Berwick, hanged himself in his shop after tying a rope to a door jamb and discharging a revolver. Found by his wife.
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