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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1915
Page
4
The Clarkburg Telegraph announces a Sunday issue from Clarkburg West Virginia with standard subscription details and editorial office contact. It notes changes of address instructions and requires communications to be signed for attention.
A brief poetic motto asserts wisdom in goodness over badness and safety in meekness over fierceness. It reflects on hope piercing thick clouds, cycles of endings and beginnings, and the idea that what began well cannot end badly, nor can blessings turn to curses.
Vanadium emerges as a key alloying element after its 19th century rediscovery. The metal strengthens steel, improves durability, and enables lighter, tougher components for engines, transmissions, wheels, and structural parts. Peru’s Minas Ragra and related deposits drive supply growth, with vanadium oxide content rising after sulfur removal. Early uses limited to ink and fabric dyeing. now essential in crucible and open hearth steel, and valued for weight reduction and resilience.
The passage discusses national readiness and unpreparedness across political lines from a broad American perspective. It critiques export trade in coal and compares the United States to a figure of wealth, suggesting rational future guidance regardless of which party governs. The text analyzes policy gaps and opportunities.
The article argues America has coal demand and foreign buyers but cannot enter export trade due to lacking ships. England, Japan, and Australia own vessels and ship prices are prohibitive. Building a domestic merchant fleet is urged, with warnings that laws and tariffs may impede progress and threaten either missing exports or losing a prospective fleet.
The article argues young farmers should prepare an annual inventory of farm assets including land, buildings, livestock, machinery, produce, supplies, receivables, and cash. It cites a New York 100 acre case where assets rose from 18090 to 13400 with a net worth gain of 563 despite ending cash of 133, showing cash at year end does not indicate overall success.
Washington scientists suggest households may profit from using potatoes more if bread prices stay high. Potatoes at 60 cents a pounh offer more carbohydrates and energy than two loaves, though bread supplies more protein and fat per weight. Potatoes are easy to cook, offer variety, and help neutralize body acids when paired with fish or meat.
The excerpt notes how few magazines from households reach hospitals while demand in medical facilities far exceeds supply. It highlights the charity aspect and surprise at the low transfer rate of discarded periodicals to patients.
A reader urges households to save and send old magazines to hospitals. The note highlights how magazines bring solace to lonely patients, young and old, in crippled children's wards and adult wards alike. Readers emphasize nurses and doctors appreciate the tissues of fashion pages and pictures for paper doll play.
A Grafton Sentinel piece notes editorials from other editors urging restraint as a retiring senator is quoted describing aging military leaders as wheezy and knobby in a metaphor likened to Billy Sunday. The column discusses copyright and editorial boundaries amid the provocation.
West Virginia University offers a 150 cash prize for the best original song with words and music, submissions accepted until May 1, 1814. The item notes regional rail context and cites a Supreme Court decision on freight rates affecting Norfolk and Western, Chesapeake and Ohio, and other lines.
David R. Francis, once governor of Missouri, argues that local newspapers donate from $500 to $1,000 worth of free lines yearly to their towns. He contends editors, by supporting their communities, offer greater value than many others and deserve support even if not always brilliant. He notes papers often align morally on questions.
Bluefield Telegraph recounts Hady McMillan, a miner awaiting death in Layland mine, writing to his wife Mary about raising their children in faith. He reflects that sins rise in our faces in times of danger and urges teaching the children to seek salvation above earthly wealth.
Farm and Fireside article from Springfield analyzes why some women dislike farm life. It argues modern waterworks on farms improve home life, citing running water as a key comfort. The piece notes homes need running water in the kitchen and bathrooms, with a barnyard faucet shown as a simple aid.
A fragment contrasts city and country life, noting how a farm woman visiting towns recognizes the ease of drawing water from a kitchen sink with hot or cold water. The passage frames such mundane infrastructure as ordinary and involuntary, highlighting urban convenience versus rural routine.
A fragment on baby care warns against letting a baby sit outside in coats or mittens for long periods. Dress the baby in warm bedding and keep pillows and covers indoors when not in use. For crib or hammock naps, ensure warmth. avoid outdoor exposure when temperatures are below 28 degrees. Indoor airing should occur at midday in a sunny sheltered space.
From Europe after the War by Dr Ivan Vovitchevitch in the American Review of Reviews for March, the author envisions a reshaped map where Russia expands at Austrian Hungarys expense, France regains Alsace Lorraine, England gains colonies and Asia Minor, Belgium gets Luxemburg, Servia and Montenegro gain Austrian provinces, Italy gains territories populated by Italians, Roumanias Bukovina awarded, and Turkey and Albania dissolved into independent states.
A fragmented OCR style item mentions Diggee boasting of descent and Dorothy with a teacher and pupil dialogue. Lacking clear events or dates, it reads like a stage or school scene with unclear characters and a panther reference. The source preserves odd phrasing and names without a cohesive report.
A collage of brief quotes and snippets from multiple papers including remarks on romance money travel and public life. Notable bits reference a piano anecdote a marriage license price a Kipling craze and social observations from a London Opinion to a Birmingham paper.
A dense list of mid March 15 to March 28 civic events including theater shows at Odeon Palace and Robinson Grand, Republican conventions, recitals, dances, and an upcoming annual state pharmaceutical association meeting in June. Notable items include The Go Ahead Girls and The Almister's Sweetheart stage productions, Dolly Dimples talent show, and The Queen of Queer Street and Within the Law at Robinson Grand.
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