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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1916
Page
4
Unclear OCR text appears to be a late 19th century notice from The Sunday Telegram. It mentions names linked to a telephones service and a charge of adoration, with garbled phrases about old and new addresses. The fragment ends with a date or code “JUNK 25, Ito. bese 1880.”
An OCR fragment contrasts a Morning Motto with a masculine woman, noting the former endures while the latter sinks. It mentions an ambition about Los Vee and Tenay Le Ive, with scorn for the second option and contempt for its pitfall.
Claus A. Spreckli, president of the Federal Retirring Company, told stockholders in New York that sugar prices will stay high for several years after the war due to mill destruction, heavy rain, and worker deaths. He announced a portion of company surplus would be distributed to common shareholders but used for improvement. American refiners now supply virtually all Europe, lifting demand and keeping prices at a profitable level.
The department provides the farmer with market knowledge, price trends, demand preferences, and crop forecasts through direct telegraphic lines for perishables, public bulletins, news releases, meetings, classes, county agents, and street demonstrations to help farmers become self sufficient and profitable.
An Oklahoma clown’s noisy penny box invention aims to boost church giving. The piece critiques the device as unsound, cites religious finance figures, and argues shared finance remains largely undeveloped. it notes Protestant churches hold vast property and face enduring fundraising challenges.
A garbled coastal commentary extols Los Angeles as the nation’s largest city exceeding New York and Chicago, with San Francisco, San Diego, and other West Coast hubs referenced in fractured prose. The piece mocks rivals while hinting at a bygone era of real estate spectacle and regional prestige.
A narrative imagining Los Angeles advancing across drought ravaged towns by flooding fixtures and building an aqueduct. The piece mocks expansion through water control and proclaims a peaceful method of regional dominance, naming Victor Murdock Henry Allen Hiram Johnson Westgate Occidental Orangebown Lemonville and others as conquered locales.
Evansville dispatch reports near completion of plans for the dedication of a monument over Sarah Lincoln Grigsby’s grave in Old Pigeon cemetery near Lincoln City Spencer County. The Old Pigeon Baptist church, linked to the Lincolns, dates to 1816 with ties to Thomas Lincoln and Adin Shoemaker. the tombstone will be placed, with Taverney Halston delivering the keynote. The event recalls Sarah Lincoln Grigsby’s marriage to Aaron Grigsby and their unknown children, with a casket said to be carved from a walnut tree. Grigsby survived briefly and remarried, later buried beside his first wife.
Improvements in diving gear and techniques have pushed practical depth limits to 200 feet and beyond. Navy experiments, decompression, and safety advances enable divers to inspect wrecks and assist salvage work, including recent submarine recoveries, under controlled pressures and timed ascents.
Read about thrift and frugality emphasizing how most families waste over ten percent of groceries and how prudent buying and cooking can cut costs. The piece cites New York wage losses from overeating and shares the fortunes of Scheob Langerith, illustrating thrift as a path to wealth and welfare.
A fragmented New York piece recounts colorful vignettes around Charlie Tran and Jenny Preston in Worldation Square, tracing a tour through Mag Willy Preston and Preston families, with mentions of a young model in Brooklyn, a Persian jewelry scene, and a late night chase through Broadway crowds. Names like Sabb, Mark Ray Rotin, Rob Collier, and Latoon appear amid a collage of literary style observations and social snippets from a bustling city tableau.
Fragmented humorous chatter and quotes from a vaudeville page with jumbled lines and garbled dialogue. Mentions Browning references and stray phrases about a honeymoon and courtship. Contains stray names and nonsensical bits from a serialized period piece.
In Minan Province and Hunan province many mines operate at full capacity despite political upheaval. Since the European war began China has become the chief supplier of the world antimony. Prices for the metal have risen quickly, making Chinese mine owners independently wealthy.
A cryptic 1914 style notice offers a 5000 reward for return of a jade idol linked to Sun Yat Sen in Washington. The piece ties the artifact to Chinese revolutionary politics, noting its perceived influence on the provisional government and the fate of Yuan Shikai. It references Dr Sun’s connections, the Manchu dynasty, and broader wartime upheaval.
A petition linked to the Patriots and Nationalist Organisation in Paris on June 24 proposes granting electoral franchise to the widows and orphans of soldiers who died for their country. The plan covers ten years after death as a token of gratitude.
A scrambled wartime notice notes Rotterdam Lloyds shifting to a round Scotland England route to avoid direct war risks. The plan sends cargoes via safer paths, delaying direct passage to London and altering timeline for shipments as war conditions influence navigation choices.
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