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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1915
Page
22
In the Hague a new consultation bureau named the Magnet offers weekly talks and guidance to inebriates. Doctors assess occupation and life, provide support, and arrange work with employer supervision to curb alcohol abuse amid a national temperance drive.
In New York City on Oct 33 dark news about cats destroying millions of birds prompts an impartial investigation by the National Association of Audubon Societies. T. Gilbert Pearson invites the public to submit evidence for or against cats as bird destroyers as Montclair NJ passes a cat tagging ordinance and Spokane considers one.
Pittsburg on October 23 reports men now frequent temperance drinks and soda fountain business has doubled over three years. A canvass cites anti-saloon sentiment and water wagon adherence as key factors. Five years ago few men visited fountains. now male patrons rival women with nut sundaes and cream.
Continued from last Sunday, notes on land grants and settlements around Clarksburg including Break, Yok Jackson, Paul Richards, Runyon, Hughes, John Tucker and others. Descriptions cover acres, adjoining lands, and settlement dates from 1770 to 1779 with mentions of Buckhannon, West Fork, Lost Creek, Booths Creek, and Tygart’s Valley. This segment leads into further continuation next Sunday.
A Chicago surgeon explains fee splitting among physicians and surgeons, arguing it buys patients and lowers care quality. The piece compares medical fee practices to broker commissions, cites Wisconsin Ohio and Iowa anti split laws, and notes medical groups condemn the practice. It describes how split fees could influence who performs operations and how home doctors and operators interact, warning against such abuses.
Kenneth Wickett, 19, manager of a 1100 acre farm near Ada, Ohio, oversees a sprawling operation with a mammoth barn, numerous whitewashed hog houses, silos, waterworks, electric lighting, and baths for workers. His father is a banker capable of funding the enhancements.
John Davison, a farmer near Catawisna, says a bear attacked while he rode along the Susquehanna. The bear grabbed his wooden leg but retreated after the animal was startled by a whistle or approaching locomotive. Davison fired. no effect and escaped with minor injuries.
Town officials appeal to the editor of the county paper to urge a new barber to settle locally. Meanwhile villagers, noted for long Van-Winkle beards, await the arrival as rumors swirl about the town.
In Kittanning Pennsylvania on October 28 John Shank of New Kensington seeks a marriage license but mistake leads to comic confusion at the clerk's desk. After asking the usual questions the clerk issues a hunting license by error and Shank realizes his blunder. He reorders a marriage license while trying to bring his bride to be to the ceremony.
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