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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1916
Page
12
In Islesboro, Maine, an unrecorded real estate deed dating back 115 years has resurfaced. The discovery occurred when surveyors, seeking deeds, located the document in the homeowners’ house in Islesboro, near Portland, Maine.
In Towanda Pennsylvania Fred Talada and Lawrence Reynolds faced lengthy sentences after a so called wife swap. The women consented to the arrangement and police arrested four people after nearly two weeks. All defendants pleaded guilty and Judge Max Well weighs the harshest penalties. Talada kept one child while his wife took the other to Reynolds home.
Tokio reports Japan will run a monthly Yokohama to Truk service with two subsidiary lines to the Caroline group, islands once German territory seized early in the war. Canada last year harvested 488 million bushels of oats on 11,365,000 acres.
Organizing uniform rank rifle company seeks members through L. J. Lunsford at Clarksburg Laundry Co. for eligibility and joining details.
Morganton NC March 11 The Tennessee North Carolina Virginia and Kentucky mountains teem with illicit whiskey distillers who hide in ravines and rely on a network of watchers. Revenue officers face a game of hide and seek as moonshiners move operations by night using portable stills and decoys. They employ forest fires and smoke signals to mislead pursuers while hill residents act as lookouts.
The New York American outlines common baits for fishing including angle-worms minnows grasshoppers frogs and crawfish. It notes worm preparation by washing feeding and tenderizing with milk bread and explains baiting techniques for various fish including bass trout and other large species.
Philadelphia reports Dr Edith M Cohen describes Crete 4000 year old corsets and elaborate grooming. Lecture at University of Pennsylvania notes Cretan civilization had running water baths and ornate attire, with men also wearing waist garments. hints of future archaeological finds.
Santa Fe New Mexico March 11 Wild horses have increased to such an extent in New Mexico during the last few years that they are a menace to domestic herds. A report by the cattle sanitary board notes many domestic animals have been lost to wilds and stampede deaths.
Six room house with bath on a 40 by 100 foot lot in the Clifford Addition near Philippi Pike. Price set at 2500 dollars with 500 dollars down and balance to suit purchaser.
Property listing describes a Park Avenue home offered at 5500 dollars and several Locust Street parcels. Includes a Locust Street cottage on a corner 43 by 80 foot lot offered at a low price with one third down and the balance due in one to two years. The lot is deemed valuable even without the house.
Listing for a double house on South Chestnut Street renting for 50 dollars a month. Asking price 6,500 dollars with lot valued at 4,000 dollars. Also a level Milford Pike lot 40 by 97 feet priced at 2,100 dollars.
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