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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1915
Page
19
The article notes a shift from single white kid gloves to a variety of gloves for every occasion. Silk and kid gloves appear in black and white, with pleated wrist frills and black silk stitching creating striking contrasts. Putty and sand tones join the palette as gloves become essential with gowns and hats.
The United States Agriculture Department exposed numerous advertised tuberculosis cures as worthless and unsafe. Details show cherry balsams and multi-part regimens using morphine arsenic codeine and alcohol, marketed with patient symptom blanks and escalating prices to lure purchases. European Russia has the highest birth rate and France the lowest.
The 1924 city directory estimates Vancouver’s population at 207,383, compared with 150,000 in 1912, 49,000 in 1904, and 25,060 in 1902 as noted by Consul-General Mansfeld.
Niles Michigan assemblyman Tom Hance wears a plug hat made from currency pulp. Torn bills are processed back to the treasury, ground into pulp, and formed into souvenir items. The hat reportedly includes currency residue totaling about 16,000 dollars in current money.
Washington testimony before a three week industrial relations hearing accuses the Pennsylvania railroad of hiring gunmen and bull leaders to intimidate labor organizers. B H Perham of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers describes repeated discharges and discrimination against telegraphers, amid broader union conflicts and obstruction of mediation efforts. The hearing, at the Shoreham Hotel, includes figures like Robert T. Lincoln and Mother Jones awaiting testimony.
County agricul ture agent J F Wetherington reports Cabell county crop conditions are at their best though spring planting was delayed by cold March weather. Rains and warmth improved fields with vast land now under cultivation. Corn planting increases as tobacco light, and hopes rise for a record fruit harvest in 1995. Silo construction plans emerge as farmers adopt dairy extension guidance to double production.
The Stounswick Baptist service turned wedding as Hilleary C. Rockwell and Nellie B. Barger were married in the aisle after a whispered message to Rev. George W. Whiteside during a sermon titled Take unto Thyself a Wife. The ceremony ended the sermon.
In a Philadelphia kitchen Mrs Scott shows a young housewife how to bake rich fruit cakes well ahead of Christmas. The process covers emergency supplies, careful prep, and long aging with minimal waste, highlighting time and water saving, baking techniques, and costs.
A boy claims he robbed a First National Bank vault to live with a woman he believed was his wife. The confessed cashier Lovell says the plan mirrored a Philadelphia theft and that he is kept in seclusion while the district attorney seeks a stringent sentence. The case centers on Lovell and the woman Mrs Munson as key figures in the sensational confession.
Notices that The Sanitary Laundry Co Empire Laundry Co and The Clarksburg Laundry Co will switch to cash-on-delivery beginning May 3 1936 after months of discussion. The change aims to reduce collection costs and is designed to avoid hardship while offering a 5 percent discount on coupon books.
Representatives of major railroads spent three days at the San Diego Exposition. The visit mixed formal sessions with leisure travel, including motor trips, fishing, and a tour of the exposition. Steamship agents hosted an official boat trip through the harbor to inspect pier conditions and future terminal plans linking interior railroads.
A three day port call north of the Panama Canal featured a full military turnout at the exposition. The event followed the railroad men convention held in San Francisco, underscoring the prominent hospitality and organized welcome for the visiting delegation.
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