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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1915
Page
4
Fragmentary notice from a 1915 Sunday Telegram page includes publisher and edition details, with scattered lines about address changes and telephones. The readable bits show the paper’s locale and Associated Press membership, but most of the text is garbled.
Horace Mann warns that if parents plant vicious dispositions in their children's minds the nation may not endure prosperity. He likens earth overrun by weeds to the spiritual and intellectual condition of society and urges cultivating virtuous principles in infancy to secure the nation’s future.
The American Highway Association in Washington issues a Good Roads Year Book with a statewide road system digest and a summary of 1914 automobile legislation. It notes nearly 1.9 million cars in the US and over 12 million in licens es paid, compares convict labor roadwork models in states, and cites Georgia and Virginia as showing road gains. The volume aims to boost efficient road improvement and administration nationwide.
The guide explains pruning roots and branches before planting, digging wide holes, preparing soil, and laying roots flat. It advises placing two to three inches of topsoil, watering unknown, and setting trees two inches deeper than in the nursery. It urges forty feet between permanent trees and removing temporary fast growers once permanent trees mature.
Advice on lawn care emphasizes spring fertilization with lime after autumn manure, rolling the lawn, and applying 500 to 1000 pounds of hydrated lime per acre to neutralize acids and boost plant nutrients. Warns against over-fertilizing and rushing lime, notes sour soils hinder growth, and cites Washington Agricultural Department lime trials as evidence of beneficial front-yard lawns.
President John B. Burnham of the American Game Protective Association issues a statement correcting the view that Judge John C. Pollock's Topeka district court ruling on migratory bird protection is the final adjudication. He urges conservationists not to fear an institutional end to the statute.
British battleship Triumph leads the Anglo French fleet amid Dardanelles operation. Triumph, completed in 1904, carries 700 men and 1800 tons with ten inch guns as ships press the campaign to force the straits.
The Supreme Court will review an Arkansas case about a wildlife protection law, with Kansas and South Dakota decisions influencing its fate. Judge Pollock’s ruling is seen as favorable to conservation efforts, while earlier rulings by Judge Trieber and Judge Elliot split on constitutionality. The case seeks federal guidance on enforcing wildlife protection nationwide.
Seasonal guide from a federal department specialist lists ageratum nasturtium petunia California poppy and zinnia as easy to grow. Tips cover sowing times in frames open beds and hotbeds for early bloom with spacing and cultivation notes for each flowering plant.
Zinnias thrive from open ground sowing in April or autumn sowing south of New York. Plants need space five to six inches, rich soil, and ample food. outdoor sowing with thinning or transplanting yields best results. In classrooms or beds they reach about 1½ feet tall, with long lasting blossoms from late summer into autumn. The Agriculture Department notes bulletins Lawn Soils and Lawns No 494 and Beautifying the Home Grounds No 185 available while supplies last.
At a Fifth Avenue corner near Ninety-Second Street a patrol officer kept watch while an inquirer asked where Andrew Carnegie lived. The scene, captured in a Brooklyn Eagle note, shows the officer guiding the person across the street and discovering the famous resident himself nearby as a quiet chuckle passes.
Fragmentary dialogue from a vaudeville sketch features a judge, Mrs Crabshaw, and a motorist in a courtroom spoof. The accused admits to bread theft while a comedic tension revolves around a large cellar and nonsensical exchanges about sentences and motives.
Readers learn of upcoming church and club gatherings in Clarksburg including the Industrial Church and Masonic temple events on Monday and Tuesday. The column discusses moral reform, women police statistics, and debates on social behavior, criticizing crusades that stigmatize working girls while noting broader urban issues.
A fragmented reflection on postwar European shortages and the moral limits of power. The piece muses on the cost of leadership, the weight of death, and humanity's struggle with justice, charity, and civilization's rules across generations.
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