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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1915
Page
4
A Morning Motto from BH Burritt urges boys to prepare for future leadership, asserting that today’s youths become presidents kings governors and ministers of tomorrow. The piece prompts reflection on inheritance and responsibility across all ages.
The February 13 department order expands the quarantined area east of the Mississippi and north of Tennessee. Livestock shipments from this region are halted except for immediate slaughter, with limited exceptions for certain states upon affidavit. New rules designate restricted zones and require clean, disinfected railroad cars after February 17, 1915.
State aid funding has spent over 200 million dollars by January 1 1915 and about 31 000 miles of surfaced highways evolved under state supervision. The Good Roads Year Book 1915 notes seven states lack any state highway department while North Carolina may establish an independent body replacing the state geological survey. Massachusetts and Connecticut adopted state aid early. 1913 and 1914 added roughly 11 000 miles, over a third of total mileage. The American Highway Association presses for nonpartisan, skilled oversight and proper highway classification to ensure steady maintenance.
Witnesses before the grand jury testified during the week ended that they bought intoxicants locally after the state went dry but did not know the suppliers. The report suggests some may have evaded arrest or prosecution by remaining unidentified.
The Safety First Federation held a national convention in New York urging careful driving and pedestrian caution. It lists rules such as not speeding near children or crosswalks, keeping to the right, signaling, and maintaining attention when crossing streets.
A motivational wartime proclamation extols the United States as a symbol of freedom and peace. It envisions the nation leading the world toward universal brotherhood through faith in divine wisdom and peaceful power, despite trials in politics and finance. It calls Americans to unite under the Spirit of Freedom guiding the country toward greater peace.
In a critical statement William Howard Taft urges all Americans to support the president's foreign policy regardless of party. The piece questions readiness for war, noting small forces, weak defenses, and Congress' funding limits, warning that political excess risks national catastrophe as Uncle Sam skates on thin ice.
A Huntington Advertiser summary notes that a considerable amount of meritorious measures were enacted during the regular session. Key items include county salary law agriculture agents law pure seed law juvenile court law forest conservation amendment to workmen compensation law revised Yuesky law and other measures.
A critique of wartime finance argues governments fund soldiers by borrowing pennies per day, placing the burden on future generations. It contends rulers profit from war, plan to tax veterans after conflicts, and immortalize their brass with monuments while ex-soldiers suffer.
An old essay laments the shift to showy scenery over genuine acting noting a loss of interpretation and character by performers. It condemns flashy costumes and stage devices while urging reform to elevate taste and intelligence in theaters and lectures.
Thousands of men in large cities remain out of work and refuse to move to the countryside for work. Chicago sees about 600 men daily seeking public welfare aid, yet none will relocate despite farmers offering transportation, meals, lodging, fair wages, and board. The piece argues city misery is voluntary and country homes are available.
The Richsgood smallpox crisis tops Weston notes with over 300 winter cases and 20 plus active treatments. Buckhannon health officer Dr. Jim Rusmissel issued controls, closing schools and churches and enforcing strict quarantines. Early, strict compliance could have limited spread.
Ida M. Tarbell’s March piece A Young Girl’s Thoughts argues that loving parents often fail to grasp what their daughters think. The extract portrays secrecy as a shaping force, leaving the girl to form her own conclusions and distrust deceit, concealment, and hypocrisy.
A March issue tip from Woman's World advises using a patchless umbrella cover and a bottle of kerosene with cleaning supplies. Mrs Williams hires a helper who uses a market basket to store soilcloth, polish, stove blacking, and other cleaning materials.
An Italian anarchist Frank Abarno planned a large bombing at St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York with aims against the Rockefellers Carnegie Vanderbilt and other wealthy figures. Two detectives posed as scrubwomen and a third as a church usher to stop him after he lit a bomb fuse inside the cathedral.
The regular housekeeper stores essential cleaning items in the kitchen, including a broom, dustpan, carpet sweeper, and mop kept together for easy access.
In Farm and Fireside a practical article urges housewives to prioritize beds and bedding. It notes people spend a third of life in bed and stresses choosing quality mattresses and springs to store energy for work, arguing the best are the cheapest in the long run.
A Farm and Fireside contributor lists three main reasons for late spring: deep snows preventing ground thaw, deeply frozen ground delaying thaw and evaporation of water, and persistent polar winds driving back warm south winds, hastening arrival of spring is slower than usual due to these factors.
Readable listings show a series of performances and recitals in Clarksburg across March. Highlights include Broadway follies at Odeon theater, a Sol Marcosson and Ian Jackson recital at the Masonic auditorium, and the March 27 show Within the Law at Robinson Grand theater with venues and dates noted.
A collage of cartoon captions and light spoof lines from various papers. It juxtaposes jests about education, travels, love, and hunting with quips on money spending and marriage licenses. Diverse sources include Buffalo Express Columbian Jester Philadelphia Bulletin Boston Transcript New York World Punch Louisville Courier Journal and Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A fragmentary ode praising Washington as queen of cities. The text combines phrases about beauty and splendor, with references to nature, skill, and divine protection. The lines appear garbled but convey reverence for Washington’s magnificence and luck.
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