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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1915
Page
7
Atlantic City June 12. Beach lifeguards begin duty with staid married men chosen under new rules. College boys are barred to curb distractions from bathing maids. Lifeguards must not act as instructors and may not ferry feminine passengers in surf boats. The resort fills with stylish women. men wear summer attire amid carnival preparations for the inlet channel opening.
New York on June 12 Sarder Dolph Singh Gill, a Punjab nobleman and NYU student, hosted 300 guests of the Women’s Press Club at a social. speakers included Amy Wren, Kate Upson Clark, Dr Rosilie Slamgater Morton, and Judge Robert H Roy. debate covered women’s education, roles, and vote.
Cleveland says its new 1-cent street car line from public square to East Ninth street pier brought in 57 dollars on opening day. Most income came from pennies with minor shares from 3-cent tickets nickels and dimes. Cars completed the round trip in eleven minutes, easing passenger wait times. Regular service starts every fifteen minutes with boat arrivals guiding morning timings.
Medford, Ore. Mrs. J. Vincent, 94 years old and a Rogues river valley pioneer, is cutting three new sets of teeth nine uppers and eight lowers. The unusual condition has forced her to abandon false teeth. Last summer she suffered a paralytic stroke in the left arm and the nervous shock is thought to trigger the reversal. Mrs. Vincent endures only slight discomfort from this second teething episode.
City Clerk Scully shut down the so-called marriage trust at the Municipal Building after a stern letter from Commissioner Wallstein. The trio Williams, Long, P., J Paul and James Weldon allegedly billed brides and grooms for divorfree services, steering them from the marriage bureau to the chapel and taking, by Wallstein’s charge, the most profitable profits from the immigrant population.
Cheries Nelson, charged with stealing flowers from the Water Works Park, pleads that ancestral urges drive his actions. He cites Danish gardening lineage and flower picking as part of his heritage. Nelson is found guilty with suspended sentence after addressing Justice Games.
Mrs Frank Roose of East St Louis stopped a fatal stab wound when three men attacked Oscar Bilger 45 while he sold brooms and mops on a road to Cahokia. Bilger was robbed of 24 dollars after being cut at the throat and neck. Roose pressed the wound with her fingers and helped him to a nearby house until medical aid arrived.
TexarkanaArkansas June 12 Ben and James Wilson concluded the skeleton found on a Red River sandbar near Fulton was their father who drowned in 1883. They brought the remains home and had them interred in the family lot after funeral rites. The body lay about 500 yards downstream from Wilson's 1883 death site, buried in shifting sands until the recent overflow exposed it.
Luther College baseball faced the Soriein brothers team from Bode in a tense eleven inning contest. Luther won 3 to 2 as J Soriein hit a home run. Batteries were Seebach Streeter and Losen for Luther, J Soriein and A Soriein for the Soriein family.
A semi official German farmers council met in Berlin to discuss war needs and related agricultural issues amid ongoing conflict. The gathering focused on adaptation to wartime demands and securing food production.
A Busy June in Elkins features the annual business men's banquet at the Y M C A with speeches by Prof James Warren and lawmakers like Jock and Talbott. Elsewhere, Creighwa Johnson and Miss Madalene McCartney wed quietly at St Brandon's, while Miss Isabel Heatherly and John Pritchard announce a Dunmore marriage. The city notes alumni events, street paving funds, and staff appointments as Davis and Elkins College hosts plays and a baccalaureate. Local social life includes dances, student honors, and residents visiting Grace land or Florida.
In Tacoma area, five people including three children under ten drowned when a vehicle fell from a ferry into the Cowlitz River about forty miles south of Tacoma. The accident occurred during a summer excursion as the party returned from a church outing.
A Denver and Rio Grande engineer died in the local yards after a rundown incident. The company investigated, discovering checks drawn on the firm for up to 4000 dollars. The engineer had been repeatedly excused from duties and was discharged after treatment failed.
Mrs. Mariel Velasquez of Pagosa Springs, age 105, travels to Denver to urge U.S. land authorities to permit her 160 acre homestead claim. Officials reportedly barred action due to age. she offers that her sons aged 90 and 70 will farm the land. Pagosa Springs citizens raise funds to send her to Washington with Land Commissioner Purrow to plead her case.
A Chicago article describes Doctor Marian Pritchard von David of Boston presenting a device to determine a child’s vocational tendency. The system uses mercury cups, resistance measurements, and a plotted curve to compare emotional response with a normal scale to suggest the best trade for the pupil.
Washington reports rapid progress on naval construction. Two superdreadnoughts, one submarine tender, one destroyer tender, two large fuel ships and a Panama Canal collier are over 90 percent finished and could be commissioned quickly. Additional submarines and destroyers show substantial completion levels, with several nearing 100 percent.
Ships will handle the Ahroadsige weighing 56,5000 pounds and an officer and crew of about 1,000 will oversee the operation.
DETROIT June 12 Due to no provision in Michigan law raising corporate capital to 25 million the Ford Motor Company cannot reincorporate in Michigan with 1000000000 capital. James Coursins vice president said the firm must incorporate in another state and action may take about two weeks.
Indiana University athletes race the cinder oval as a phonograph wheezed at center field. Coach Childs guides distance runners and sprinters, using a gauge to measure stride and pace while two couples falter near the finish tape.
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