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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1915
Page
9
The Austrian baroness and renowned dancer joins the new motion picture era with a starring role in Midnight At Maxim's. She praises cinematic rhythmic motion, details outdoor Woodside New Jersey filming with a full symphony, and notes how film offers broader reach for classic dance.
P K Delang of Seguin Texas asks Governor Colquitt to grant his family of seventeen an automobile to travel to church and Sunday school. He sent a family photo noting most are alive and healthy with fifteen at home. The governor replied there is no appropriation for such a gift.
In Oskaloosa Kansas a lightning bolt struck a barn injuring George Ripley and badly burning a stripe down his head and body. His seventeen year old daughter and her brother dragged him out. She revived him by guiding respiration, then pulled a burning hayload to safety as rain helped. The barn burned but doctors revived Ripley and he has good recovery chances.
A London school teachers’ group, granted leave of absence by the education committee a year ago to pursue exacting teaching study in Canada, now states they do not wish to be portrayed by the pace rotation. The six months absence is claimed, with concerns over duties and arrangements.
Ghillicothe Missouri July 17 Os car L Smith an attorney alleged to have defrauded women clients in Chillicothe out of 75000 entered a guilty plea to embezzlement and was sentenced to ten years in prison. Smith was arrested in Philadelphia. Most of the victims were school teachers and widows. They braced their money with him as an agent for investments.
West Virginia will nearly double its potato output this year per USDA July estimate, totaling 5,394,000 bushels versus 2,592,000 last year. The U.S. crop rises to 408,921,000, while corn, oats, tobacco, and apple yields show mixed gains and declines nationally. hay and pasture conditions exceed seven year averages. An unrelated note mentions a client’s $800 principal collection dispute ending with payment to Smithson.
Margaret Birkenshaw, 60, bound for Leavenworth, refused a light sentence in Springfield where she faced fraud charges. She told the court she preferred prison to study criminology and penology, seeking at least a year behind bars despite the judge's leniency due to age and evident culture.
Three German women were sent back to Germany as part of an anti-siren campaign and found guilty of trying to carry away substantial English gold. Each woman was fined 125 dollars. One suspect hid gold in the lining of her shoe heel.
Four babies were killed and an unidentified adult was injured when a car crash near a New York Central line crossing in Cleveland leads to a grim hospital scene. Police reported victims and a single survivor, as details emerge about the fatal event.
Secretary Lansing announced receipt tonight of a cable from the American embassy in Vienna stating that a typed page of Austria's note on exporting war munitions was transmitted by cable. The embassy said a complete copy had been mailed and the text would not be repeated by cable until re a d via mail. Lansing would await the mailed copy before responding.
A hen was found alive at the bottom of a well after more than nine months submerged. It was rescued by T. D. Palmer who also retrieved twenty seven exes left by the hen. The well contained many worms and bugs which may have kept the bird alive.
An official statement indicates that all bank deposits will be loaned to the government to support wartime needs. The announcement emphasizes cooperation from the banking sector to fund national efforts.
The state board of moving picture censors barred the showing of Harry K Thaw pictures in Philadelphia as chief censor J Lewis Breitinger deemed them improper. The action, reported July 17, reflects stricter local control of film content and ongoing debates over morality in cinema.
Chicago July 17 report questions if ordinary courage in danger is truly rare. It cites Dr Wilcox claiming small adrenal glands drive bravado and that many claimed heroes may be normal, challenging the notion of exceptional bravery and uplifting the everyday person.
In Portland, 11 year old Harding won first prize for best bread and a notable display in the domestic science division. He entered the full course and drew much attention, with bread and cake drawing the big crowd at Belk School’s annual exhibition.
In Rome on July 17 a conference summoned the mayors of Milan Turin Florence and other cities to discuss money means for fixing maximum foodstuffs across Italy and implement measures such as prohibiting the slaughter of cattle.
Clergymen are to assist in ambulance duties for denominational Red Cross work. The Church Army will provide Bibles and support materials to aid clergy in frontline relief efforts amid ongoing postwar activity.
Fragmentary OCR reveals a Tas July 17 entry about a person named Christensen competing in a weighable event and a traveling Wanaw and Wanaw weers exhibit. Details are unclear due to garbled text.
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