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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1916
Page
11
A reflective piece contrasts suffragists and anti-suffragists, noting shifting tactics and proposals. It highlights Mrs. John Martin’s call for proxy voting by nonparticipants, argues anti-suffragists seek power without duty, and asserts both sides must work as citizens, with feminists willing to earn their place through labor.
Gladys Stone, 14, died after a note she wrote to a schoolmate was read aloud by teacher Miss Victoria Jamieson. Earlier teasing by classmates over the note and a plan to reconcile friends preceded the tragedy at Wadsworth Street School, with funeral attended by six student bearers and the teacher unable to attend.
Ralph Krumm, a rural carrier on the Thornburg murder route in Charlotte Michigan, recounts a two year string of killings suicides and a grave desecration along his path. The cluster includes Edna Stewart Kirk’s 1914 shooting, Elwood Snelling’s 1915 churchyard murder and suicide, William Cram’s 1915 farmhouse stabbing and surrender, plus the Thornburg family tragedy and related arson and grave theft incidents. Krumm, though connected to the cases, continues his daily rounds with a calm demeanor despite the grim events and fears no route change.
Washington dispatch recounts Theodore Roosevelt pressing Kaiser Wilhelm II to arbitrate over Venezuelan debts in 1902. When Germany and Britain threatened naval action, the president warned that a U S fleet would sail to protect Venezuelan territory. Berlin agreed, and arbitration proceeded.
A churchwoman described as acting to aid two friends says she performed her act to escape ridicule after her failed attempt. She hoped her church friend would not blame her, insisting the deed was necessary to stop the taunting.
Charleston mourns Miss Hilda M Dungan former superintendent of the state industrial home for girls at Salem who died in Jackson. tributes from Miss Minniek McWhorter and Miss Fannie Long speak of her devoted service. She guided dozens of girls into homes and positions, shaping West Virginia’s social welfare.
In Norwalk Connecticut two young rivals John Friaxel and Worry W. Carl arrange a duel with swords after a long-running quarrel over modern chivalry. The plan involved a barn loft on Duncan Frizzell’s estate, with Earl and Browne as seconds. The date was kept secret to avoid police interference.
A garbled reminiscence praises Miss Dungan for guiding girls at a Virginia reform home. It lauds her as a motherly, decisive superintendent who protected residents and steered their lives toward better futures, with Governor and officials noting her sustained service and impact.
At Paul Minnesota on March 4 a female worker disguised as a boy, Georgians Morgan, and previously called George Morgan, claimed a refrigerator plant paycheck. Superintendent Hoff initially refused employment to a girl, while Morgan’s true identity and disguise were revealed by colleagues and friends in Milwaukee and St Paul.
The readable text discusses aluminum or metal exports including tonnage figures, wartime production context, and trade notes. It mentions percentages, dates, and entities in a garbled form, with references to Alaska, rail, and export destinations. Names and precise figures are unclear due to OCR errors.
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