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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1916
Page
4
The Sunday Telegram announces a change of address and new office location at Clarkebore. Readers are urged to send communications with signature. missives must include old and new addresses for proper handling.
A Morning Motto frames difficulty as the best school of moral discipline for individuals. It argues that without struggle there can be no success and that challenges test resolve and vigor, shaping character through duty and perseverance.
Dr Henry S Drinker, president of the Military Training Camps Association, says vast numbers of business men and students are expected at summer camps. Mergers of student and business groups last year created wider reach, with plans for several large camps this season. University presidents and military officials anticipate strong interest and enrollment, while camps remain open to all morally sound, physically qualified applicants.
The Washington Post editorial warns the United States to study and prepare for aerial attacks. It cites Britain’s uncoordinated air defense exposing flaws in warnings, lights control, and sea surveillance, urging unified plans and readiness before war.
The bureau of education notes growing college focus on immigrant studies and Americanization. Fourteen institutions offer courses on immigration, while sixty nine address it incidentally within economics history and sociology. A new syllabus, Professional Course for Service among Immigrants, guides training. education authorities offer assistance to colleges. Dr. Farrington highlights social progress and civic uplift through immigrant education while warning of risks without proper assimilation.
Letters to the bureau of education say evening school classes for foreigners were dropped due to a lack of trained principals and teachers. The speaker urges colleges and universities to take responsibility for preparing workers, broadening vision, and fostering universal purpose.
A survey of national waste management shows large fertilizer potential in city garbage. Garbage contains nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash. recovery yields tankage and grease, with six cities operating own plants and others using private facilities. Potential nationwide yield could reach up to 937,500 tons yearly worth millions for farmers and cities.
The secretary of agriculture clarifies in a Congressional Record letter the funding sources and accounting methods used to combat the 1914 1915 foot and mouth disease outbreak. He outlines balances from the 1915 general expenses appropriation, emergency reimbursements, and the January 25 1915 deficiency bill authorizing a 2.5 million emergency allocation to cover eradication costs and reimbursements to regular sub-appropriations.
A historical compact essay argues thrift means getting full value, not merely buying cheap. It stresses buying only needed items, choosing durable clothing, well made shoes, and quality home goods, plus reusing waste paper as a profitable practice, citing a railroad's 1914 waste paper revenue.
If you admire a man’s work tell him now not at his funeral. Praise gives strength and courage, lifts his heart, and helps him endure. Do not wait until life is over to offer genuine encouragement and words of thanks.
New York March 18 Health notes from Columbia University professor Thomas D Wood show slum school children on the lower East Side are often healthier than rural peers and the well off in brownstone districts though the reasons are not explored. The piece also covers social scenes including chorus girls lifestyles and public reactions to criminals and public figures.
What Other Editors Say discusses editorials from Randolph Enterprise and Parkersburg Sentinel on topics from marital advertisements to beer production decline and gas waste. It notes local responses, calls for home buying, and the value of local business ties. Many opinions urge basics of consumer choice and community support.
The Morgantown Post Chronicle notes a Charleston Post analysis showing Connecticut with about one fifth the area and ninety percent of WV’s population spending 7,904,085.51 yearly on state purposes versus WV’s 2,741,252.51. If WV’s spending is ruinous what is Connecticut’s condition.
Comic scraps from a vaudeville page feature a phonograph joke and character sketches. The lampoon includes a Scribbler joke about problem novels, a line about a hat and a goat, a passing show gag, and a punny exchange on marriage as a lottery. It captures early 20th century variety theater humor and light social quips.
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