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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1916
Page
6
An ex poker and politics expert recalls a dollar limit game where a player with three aces beat a bluff after declining to draw. The tale stresses that bluffing belongs to those showing weakness and that knowledge of when to quit is vital, as one man’s fours were beaten by a higher two-card draw.
Reading Pa March 11 William H Moyer who died here and whose will is filed for probate ordered a “good sermon” for his funeral at 2500 dollars He named the coffin text hymns and two clergymen with a substitute preacher if one could not perform The will specifies sermon content and funeral fees reflecting his precise wishes
Elkins Lodge No. 1135 of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks elected officers for the coming year including Exalted Ruler W. C. Boher and secretary John F. Brown. Obituary notes for Mrs. J. H. Foote, a long-time Elkins resident, plus Belington municipal election results and Beverly Bank cashier appointment. Also reports on regional storm impacts, a marriage in Randolph County, and local social events and personnel changes in Elkins.
Dr Arthur Walwyn Evans spoke at the Baptist church on The Lords of the Land as the final lyceum program. West Union residents approved a $200000 bond for permanent road improvements by a wide margin, while Central district rejected its road bond due to route disputes. Local happenings include illnesses, travel, marriages, and new businesses as communities note civic and social events.
Foiled by chance, Chiles Rickett tried three methods to end his life in one night. He first cut his wrist, then swallowed poison and leaped into the water off pier 17 where Martin Haley, fishing nearby, spotted a splash and hauled Rickett from a net. Doctors say he will live. Elsewhere, Clifford Heaton moves to Bridgeport for work with Hope Natural Gas. A gas station project valued at $50,000 was planned for the J. R. Jones farm as workers surveyed Smithton area. W.N. Wolverton received a call to Sal. A.M. Graham left for Oklahoma due to his daughter’s death.
NEW ORLEANS March 11 A baby becomes the stake as two women spar over custody The mother Mrs G C Lard pleads for return of her child while landlady Mrs Rose Didier holds the infant as security for a $20 board and room bill Judge Wilson orders both parties into juvenile court to decide if the baby may be kept as security and the case proceeds with the child’s fate hanging in balance.
CICERO Ill Mar 11 Louis Kreiter a town barber of Cicero near Chicago was almost picked as a juror in the Lorimer trial. He says barbers are too intelligent for jurors and argues the jury system is a sin merely a sinecure. He recalls shaving notable men including President Harper and reflects on listening as his education. He left the box without qualification, insisting he would not be a juror but defending the principle of an independent mind.
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