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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1915
Page
8
An ad promotes strictly all wool blue serge suits at 9.75 dollars. The copy imitates a flamboyant sales pitch urging readers to sample the garments, while a separate city report criticizes vice districts and cabarets. The piece blends a mock earnest sales tone with a sharp urban worry about decency in New York’s tenderloin district.
Attorney general Lilly discusses the new primary law. He cites section 1 defining a political party as a group polling at least five percent for Representatives in Congress statewide, and explains how minority parties may nominate outside direct primaries under sections 21 22 23 including fees and formal certificates. He notes nominations by minority parties under thresholds, and outlines payment of election expenses and certification requirements for non primary nominations.
At noon Tuesday the Preiss hardware store in Grafton was robbed of several hundred dollars and valuables by likely professional thieves. A stranger entered and purchased a small item paid for with a $20 bill. the change was taken from a box in the safe. A later entry yielded more goods, and the culprits escaped before the proprietor returned. Dorsey McIntosh, 15, WV representative in a corn growers gathering, was noted for agricultural merit. Bridge work and telegraph consolidation projects were also reported alongside alumni banquet notes and a May concert at the Women’s Institute.
In Marion County officials and landowners discuss completing St Marys street work paused two years ago. Plans for a future John Y. Hite farm driven game refuge stock pheasants quail and other birds near Boothsville. June 1 Flag Day program planned by Masons. Fairmont eighth graders graduate. Baptist church dedication set for Max- town June 6.
In a West Tibra Street barber shop a prosperous stranger entered and paid with a pile of bills after a shave. The money, reportedly fifty dollars, appeared credulous to the barber Jack OReilly, whose reaction and the stranger’s quick departure left the scene unsettled and unclear.
Mrs Little seeks to prove she has no negro blood amid a high profile divorce fight with Arthur Line in Detroit. He accuses her of being an octoroon and cites affidavits about her parentage. She says her foster mother influenced her upbringing and has consulted scientists including Dr Victor C Vaughn who noted outward whiteness but could not swear to racial status.
Swedish author Herold Waheuer reports from Denmark via Aftenbladet that Danes broadly favor strict neutrality. They see Denmark as historically peaceful and well educated with strong culture. The fear of revenge fades as Schleswig-Holstein remains a German-conquered region. Denmark leans toward aligning with northern kingdoms and avoids belligerents.
May 29 report notes Eleanor McConville, a daytime public school teacher and society figure, appearing in a two suit against Charles McCrouch, a well known musician and amateur dramatic instructor. The case has stirred up the Pittsburg school board.
Crary won the housebuilding race by erecting a temporary structure across the street from the Crary house in West End. A magnate blocked a hotel license transfer, delaying permanent development as property changes were made and new construction began.
A fragmentary report notes eighteenth consecutive year W King completed the gressr pole at Totnes Devon regatta with 222 secured. The text also mentions a price rise for beer and soon for mineral waters and soft drinks, as reported by Associated Press in Amsterdam.
At Searket Maryland on May 29 Miss Jane Detrick’s collie died within an hour after being forced to listen to a phonograph. The dog whimpered as the machine played, then struggled free and fled, racing through the house and chewing its paws before collapsing. A veterinarian ruled death from excitement and fright in this high strung dog.
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