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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1915
Page
8
Thousands of thrifty shoppers attend a once-in-a-lifetime sale offering high grade merchandise at less than half price. The event, at Globe Department Store located at 327 West Main Street, formerly Irwin Lockwood's, promises significant savings on numerous items.
A major eruption of Mount Yakegatak in Japan formed a lake a mile wide in the valley below. Eyewitness Sey daye describes earthquakes, ash showers, and a pyroclastic surge as the mountain opened four vents. A vast mud flow buried forests and created a blue Alpine lake at the valley's end, with a dammed river and a wild spillway.
The National Physical Laboratory begins a year long study of cracks in the Tower of London walls and chapels. Special micrometers are placed in cracks across four towers and the chapel with weekly observations planned. In Fort Wayne, census results show 67 percent of residents profess church affiliation while only three said they were infidels.
York reports Coney Island beach patrols step up as detectives using measuring sticks and binoculars arrest violators of new dress rules. Captain Glidden lists penalties for women including one piece suits and skirts above the knee, with warnings replaced by arrests for Sunday crowds.
report from New York July 17 notes a large migration of Chinatown residents to Jersey City driven by perceived strict laws on gambling opium vegetable sales and other activities. police estimate over two thousand left in four months leaving many storefronts with To Let signs and half Chinatown population now Italian.
In Shenandoah Iowa July 17 Andy Doyle of Krug Park Omaha assisted balloonist Leo Huntley during a celebration. Doyle stood in the balloon bag to monitor gas filling but fumes from burning kerosene blew to the ground. He was suffocated and pulled out by others, revived shortly after.
NO BOTTOM TONOPAH NE July 17 The most remarkable cavern known has been discovered in the volcano district eighteen miles north of Tonopah. All efforts to sound the abyss are as yet unsuccessful though a battery has been lowered to great depths by wire. Lights flashed along the crevice fall to show nothing save continuity of sheer walls glistening with lime stalactites which dazzle the eye. A remarkable phenomenon in the steady movement of pure cool air. Miners who made the discovery were frightened when lowered down the air shaft after firing blasts.
Petrograd July 17 The council of the empire has appropriated $30,000 for an extraordinary ingotry to probe alleged violations by Germany and Austria in warfare. The move reflects official concern over breaches of accepted rules of war and signals ongoing measures by Russian authorities.
A Basel dispatch reports Germany will launch a three plane fighting craft with eight Maybach motors. It will carry twenty men four machine guns and a revolver gun. Armor plating and an armored tower protect the underbody. Turns use inclined propellers and two motors suffice for flight.
In San Francisco on July 17 Art Smiths mother survived a descent from 100 feet then leaped from the biplane. She kissed the boy and declared the fight wonderful before both were killed when the craft crashed into a trench between the Great Northern building and the sea wall as they attempted a forced landing after engine failure near the transport docks.
Berlin reports Emden district plans to start ten mark bank accounts for children of soldiers killed in the war or born during or after the defender’s injury. Each child receives a ten mark deposit to mature at age twenty, with interest expected to double the sum by then.
London July 17. A response to the recruitment drive reaches Victoria University students in Calcutta. One hundred Hind mechanics offered to travel to England to take any suitable mechanical labor for munitions production as directed by the government.
NEW BEDFORD Mass July 17 Scrambled egg fed lobsters may be the table darnty of the next generation Thousands of egg fed lobsters have been liberated in Rhode Island waters Wickford expects to extend the hatchery work Delegates from seven lobster raising states met at Woodshole to discuss the lobster future B J Barnes Wickford hatchery described his scrambled egg fed infants Summer visitors to the New England coast blamed by Deputy Commissioner H F Moore for the failure of the short lobster law He cited secret understandings between vacationists and fishermen as enabling underlength sales A double gage measure and a standard sized ring for lobster pots were recommended to prevent catching undersized lobsters
Worthington claims a centenarian, Mrs. Sarah Hayden, age 105, born July 17, 1810 in what is now West Virginia. She married Richard R. Hayden at twenty, moved to Green County, and raised a large family. Despite advanced age she remains active, helping in household chores and gardening.
The cathedral of Rheims has been destroyed by ongoing bombardments. The state has recovered tapestries, statues, and windows shattered by the bombardments and preserved them in a safe location.
Ottawa reports 100000 troops under arms across Canada urged to assist in harvest. The crop outlook appears strong and mobilization extends to home and abroad forces as training continues to prepare for manpower needs.
In Des Moines a long standing alcohol odor chokes the city as police, market, and fire stations fill with the scent. Prisoners crowd bars in city hall and on windowsills imitate air pumps while officers sweat through a hot workday. Joseph Hollibaugh leads a crew that quits to seek rest, reporting a total haul of 28 gallons of whiskey plus hundreds of pints and bottles of whiskey beer and wine destroyed in a sweeping operation.
NEW ORLEANS July 17 Mrs Francis Landis Tulane summer school head explains a child passes through primitive community and mature stages as she links reading to age. She cites Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver’s Travels in early lessons and notes slang and clubs form around age twelve.
In Traverse City Michigan, a local chicken raiser bought twenty eggs for a hen. A second hen joined as partner, helping hatch the clutch. When a small black chick emerged, another black hen claimed it, and the hatch continued as the original hen finished her incubation with no dispute resolved.
In Clinton Arkansas on July 17 the inquiry notes that Sally Pate stands out as a young organist serving in church and school duties. Her versatile role has drawn attention for the breadth of her musical service across church functions and educational settings.
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