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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1916
Page
9
A fragment from a dated page mixes agricultural advice with marriage ads and odd notices. It mentions plant disease control, Bordeaux mixture, and rust spots, alongside unusual personal ads seeking husbands and a Georgia or New England social snippet.
Odd Fellows and related fraternal orders hold weekly or monthly meetings at various halls in Adelphia and surrounding streets. Secretaries list dates, times, and locations. paper invites members and prospective entrants to attend, noting officers and meeting patterns for each group.
GENERATOR NEW YORK reports nearing completion of a major electrical upgrade. Berlin factories are said to be producing a large transformer and related equipment. An American plant claims the largest single units, with output figures cited as up to 40 000 kilowatts, while others approach 60 000 kilowatts.
Oct 44 General Alvaro Obregon, minister of war, issues decree abolishing the title and position of Joto de vigarian throughout the Republic. Civil authorities gain primacy. military commanders will govern only their garrisons. Administrators without command ordered to return regiments at once.
In Cleveland on October 14 Mayor Davis and Health Commissioner Bishop burned a large effigy of preventable disease to launch a year of health campaigns. The ashes symbolized a vow to fight preventable illness as an army of schoolchildren watched the event closing Prevention Week.
A rare palm leaf manuscript of the New Testament, claimed to be one of the oldest extant, has arrived in Portland carried by A. Fyth formerly of New York. The 250 year family possession traces to a missionary lineage, with the pages inscribed in Egyptian script on palm leaf, passed down from father to son.
Dr John Dill Robertson Morgan Park Congregational Church warns that poverty increases pneumonia risk. He says the rich are fat for the germ while the poor are prey, labeling pneumonia a harvest line that has already claimed many citizens.
Readers learn hardwood cuttings from winter and late summer growth. Advice covers selecting strong wood, avoiding damage from frost, bundling with raffia, and burying tops down to protect against freezing while awaiting spring planting.
In Suwalki Poland on October 14 a new school for 82 Poles opened under Polish teachers funded to train a native workforce for Poland's future. The German authorities aim to shape local education for economic and national aims.
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