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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1915
Page
4
A fragile OCR fragment from a Sunday Telegram page references addresses and communications with unclear details. The readable bits mention the date May 23 and a contact number 4955, but the intent and specifics remain ambiguous. The item appears journalistic in tone but lacks coherent facts for a full summary.
A reflective excerpt argues that knowledge truth love beauty and goodness alone sustain existence. It links vitality to these ideals and to faith, wonder, and perseverance, suggesting that doubt hardship and mortality provoke growth and trust.
The Telegram urges employers who opt to pay premiums into the workers compensation fund to post required notices in conspicuous places. It notes that after election and while premiums are paid, employees cannot sue for injuries at common law or statute, provided they remain in service with notice. The trust emphasizes posting as a duty to protect both employers and employees.
In June steraaneS Home Companion an article about a 24 year old man with severe mood and physical weakness. A doctor diagnosed auto intoxication, prescribed diet and daily exercise. The regimen includes daily walking, bowling, and a sequence of leg raises and toe-anchor lifts, claimed to build endurance quickly with gradual increases.
The city health chief Dr John Dill Robertson is praised by the Chicago Journal for highlighting measles and flies as major health threats. Measles is described as highly contagious, causing extensive damage to eyes ears and internal organs. Flies are labeled baby murderers, with urged actions to screen food, clean litter, and use swatters while isolating sick children to prevent outbreaks this summer.
Theodore J. Venn of Chicago surveys American cent issues from 1792 to 1815 noting 1815 lacked cent coinage due to Philadelphia mint destruction. He explains rarity of early large cents and values such as the 1793 Liberty Cap cent, which can fetch around $450 for a fair specimen.
The Board of Supervisors chaired by James Deatam of Eagle District organized a county body with John Hursey as clerk. Bonds issued in 1864 funded bounties for soldiers. $300 was paid to each enlistee. Members included William F R Alexander, James A Wood, David M Shina, Samuel L Boring, Thomas Hornor, A E Hustead, Jacob Cork. Hustead delivered the valedictory to the board. the session adjourned sine die.
The text discusses rare 1799 cents described as the aristocrat among cents with values between 6 and 1350 dollars, noting doubted existence of flawless specimens and potential sale values exceeding fifty dollars. It mentions Mr Vernita and coinage figures for that year and emphasizes rarity and high perceived worth.
A Springfield Republican editorial praises newspapers for their public duty to interpret events and judge for the public welfare. It argues editors must balance patriotism with calm, dispassionate reporting, resisting bias while guiding readers through a time of crisis and national resolve.
The legislature authorizes normal training departments in high schools and $400 annual state aid for ten selected schools. The State Board of Education met at Parkershoro May 7 and 8 and released criteria for aid including first class rank, trained staff, observation and practice teaching, and geographic distribution. Applications due by June 19. decisions start June 19 to designate ten recipient schools.
A jumbled column presents quips on editors remarks, oddball roles, and civic snippets. It mentions a university orator, a mechanically inclined husband, a grandpa shipping a crab, and tobacco coupons. References to Bluefield Telegraph and Women’s Congressional mentions hint at broader coverage and satire in a cluttered page.
A fragmented transcript traces a corrupt figure named Dopey Benny who ran coercive commissions, hiring and paying his own men for extortionate “jobs.” The piece probes his influence in New York, its social networks, and a broader wartime defense discussion about the Dardanelles, with quotes from varied sources.
Fragmentary OCR text evokes a vaudeville scene with quirky phrasing and names like Seasten Register and Yonkers Stateswan. The readable lines hint at a stage, audience, and ridicule of superstition, but details are sparse because of garbled transcription.
Notes describe a recent meeting under county superintendent of schools on janitorial services and school programs. The piece mentions the Education Savings Bank, a Portland parent teachers association, and school excursions to brick yards and factories, with a sixteen man committee organizing travel and parent outreach.
A fragmented OCR passage discusses marriage quirks and social roles with garbled terms. It mentions carpenters and musicians, women preferring certain partners, public school training, and odd observations about piano players and untrained ears. The tone resembles a humorous, bygone-era social column.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe early construction near a riverfront site in Clarksburg. References to a prior building, a named person Webd Darisson, and a painted sign hint at plans or structures laid out near a riverbank south of a court house, with dates and specifics garbled.
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