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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1916
Page
2
The exclusive Hartleton County Farm Bureau council met Saturday forenoon and held a profitable session on plans to improve the area. County Agent Kouricen led the afternoon gathering with many members present, naming new committees and discussing agricultural measures and local needs.
A fragmented message from Valierie mentions New lure and references a Patistiere and Hlsiter in unclear context. The transcription is garbled and yields no identifiable people, organizations, dates, or places beyond New lure.
Fragmented OCR text appears to describe a local notice or advertisement with numerous garbled names and phrases. Key entities are unclear, but mentions of bottled products, individuals, and place names surface in a disordered market-style item. The piece reads like a damaged classified section with scattered references to people and prices, lacking a cohesive narrative.
Mink Htoh Grin Fleming of Fatr hosts week on in guest Mra Cherlee Oo Bladtage, Mort Leavenworth Kansas. H.C. Haatina and others visit Unking. Walter at aalin, Hulioe Albe, and Vi Cawrght of Mariuntown appear in social notices. Local residents, arrivals, sewing events, and volunteer efforts mark a busy weekend with several gatherings and community updates.
A terse item notes cement quality and service amid a weather driven storm affecting the West food supply. Mentions lines, content, and cover pipe issues as factors in distribution and communications with GM and Hol phones.
A garbled Evening Mail piece recalls famed sea yarns and their impact on writers after war. It notes Kipling, Conan Doyle, and Captain Marryat as examples, contrasts vivid sea battles with quiet sailor tales, and mentions an Austria submarine sinking the Coquot and broader piracy legends.
The Ohio Progressive Party delegates will go to the Progressive National Convention in Chicago unbound. The state convention approved a free delegation, selecting delegates who were to be admitted without pledges or commitments. James R. Garrett of Menthe delivered the keynote, urging unity and adherence to party principles while rejecting entangling alliances with Republicans.
May 6 report from Fox states government officers are probing two men one American one Mexican tied to a shipment of large quantities of war munitions from the United States to Mexico. Investigators note shipments of ammunition and rifles allegedly organized by figures in the revolutionary movement, with 250000 to 900000 rounds and about 5000 rifles already moved, and more consignments underway. The orders are said to come from alleged leaders in the United States and Mexico, with ships moving near Gulf coast points in Louisiana and Texas. Telephonic correspondence reportedly highlights cross border activity and planning.
May 1 report indicates Governor Taield considered mobilizing companies of the national guard at Clarksburg and Fairmont to quell potential miner outbreaks in Rosemont. Local officials warned of possible mine property damage if tensions escalated. state troops would not be deployed unless the situation worsened beyond telephone and telegraph reports.
A May 6 conference at the Lyceum building gathered officials from the State Board of Trade to survey conditions in Virginia for developing unused agricultural lands. Charleston’s President C Fowls and Howard Sutherland of Blkins were among the attendees, with rail executives and regional development advocates including W W Wadd of the B&O Railroad and Austin Gallagher of Western Maryland present. Delegates from Southern Settlement and Development Association planned surveys and a possible conservation camp, aiming to stimulate utilization of idle land for regional growth.
In North Yakima on May 6 delegates were chosen for the Republican national convention but the delegation faced a cool reception and was not greeted warmly. The report notes questions about recognition and seating arrangements during the event.
May 1 reports say destroyers Walker and Tetry left Key West for Santo Domingo area. Five others Flusser Starret Reid Preston Lansson and the supply ship Panther planned to depart tomorrow, details vary at sea.
Notice to contractors invites sealed bids for interior and exterior work on the West Milford Public School Building in Tinton District. Plans and specifications are on file at the Architects offices We Ford and Company and at the district office. Bids must accompany cash or certified funds equal to one percent of the bid and be delivered by a set date. bond required.
Paris reports a growing postwar boycott of German goods across France and other Entente nations. Private initiative pushes for a permanent shift to home produced or Allied items, with campaigns educating consumers and business leaders against German articles. French manufacturers and scientists organize committees to replace German supplies, targeting medical instruments, dyes, lab equipment, and chemicals, while governments coordinate with allied contingents to promote national production and curb German imports.
London May 1 Declining to comment on the American German questions involved in the German reply to the American note on submarine warfare Lord Robert Seell minister of war and parliamentary undersecretary for foreign affairs stated that the German reply cannot be properly commented on here as the issues concern the United States and Germany. He noted the German government claims it would restrict submarine warfare to neutral considerations while accusing Britain of restricting neutral trade. He argued Britain's actions are legal and neutral in comparison to German and Allied measures, citing past horrors in Russo-Japanese and other wars to defend policy.
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