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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1915
Page
4
Public notice requests readers of the Central West Virginia area to notify the paper of any address changes. Include both old and new addresses. communications must be signed to be acted upon.
A fragmented poem speaks of rubbing hearts to warm hands and a throng beating together. It muses on gentler, warmer human connection and the need for genial tenderness in a world that longs for heartbeat and glow, referencing a vision of shared emotion and song.
Secretary Daniels laid the keel of the California, the first battleship to be propelled by electric engines, marking 1915’s peak in U S electrical science. The piece notes advances from transcontinental telephone to wireless and frames the ship as a safeguard of peace and security.
Emily James Putnam of Barnard College urged at Vassar College exercises that girls be trained in dangerous sports for safety and self defense. She advocated openly carrying guns and derided sentimentality and fashion such as high heels and earrings as hindrances to women’s strength and independence.
California grape growers face ruin as a high war tax on fortifying brandy forces conversion to gunpowder or denatured wine brandy. Canada and Europe may rescue vineyards by supplying alcohol for powder, with denatured brandy shipped north for military uses.
The article argues the rifle faces obsolescence as war evolves toward mass deadly weapons. It cites the machine gun, shrapnel shells, gas bombs, submarines, and firebrands as factors eroding the rifle’s dominance while noting these tools all increase death and destruction and undermine public faith in the long standing firearm.
The passage contrasts archaic and modern weapons, arguing the rifle’s limited reach compared to a greater destructive capability. It states we must discard a weapon that only kills thousands and seek something that can destroy tens of thousands, reflecting a grim progression in warfare attitudes.
Pennsylvania school students organize a budget travel plan to a Philadelphia game, riding in a freight car to save costs. The New York World critiques the stunt as an education in frugality that echoes European fourth-class travel, contrasting with American expectations of comfort and dignity in rail journeys.
Delegates at the thirty-ninth annual American Humane Association gathering in St Augustine Florida November 8 to 11 will view motion pictures illustrating humane work. About 558 societies handled cases involving 248897 children and 2844721 animals, with Bet Bergh starting the movement in 1866 and expanding to 505 paid staff and 26000 volunteers last year.
The Northwestern Miller, a Minneapolis grain trade weekly, cautions that civic associations formed to push city interests often create paid agitators who press for lower rates. It argues that hired experts, usually ex-railway staff, become perpetual fighters, chasing their own town’s gains and eroding any lasting advantage.
Editorial urges every individual to maintain a personal ledger detailing income and every category of expense from living to investments. It explains practical column headings and the benefits of tracking spending to reveal waste and guide future saving decisions.
In New York on Dress Up Week, Mrs. G Vere Tyler preaches extravagance as a mood booster and social signal while reporters debate licensing as a press reform. Harlem feuds resurge tied to crime and police intrigues, with notable names and locales weaving through the noisy city scene.
Readable scraps from a late era column reference Sanctum Vaudeville acts, graphophones and pianola, notes on rents and old dime novels, mixed with a Boston Transcript and Birmingham Age Herald style commentary. Mentions Pat, a rural plan, and a child’s patriotic play.
A Huntington Herald-Dispatch item notes a major error by mail car robbery investigators in West Virginia. It argues the train was not searched thoroughly after the crime, allowing bandits to ride to Cincinnati. The piece mocks overconfidence and cautions editors about overreaching claims.
A fragment from the Morgantown Post-Chronicle discusses automotive breakup of market trends with predictions of widespread vehicle production and lower prices. It references a future where self propelled machines become farm equipment and notes crime mentions about Baltimore and Ohio mail car bandits allegedly seen in northern West Virginia.
In Monroe Georgia on October 28 Dan Coker three year old son of Mr and Mrs John Coker picked up a moccasin he mistook for a whip. The snake bit his thumb and the arm was bandaged to prevent venom spread. The reptile was killed with no further injuries reported.
In October in Idaho a turkey hen believed she hatched a brood of odd turkeys, prompting Mrs Wing to worry over their care. A fatherly flock head then adopted the orphans and is doing an excellent job rearing them. The incident highlights the birds’ unusual brood and the adopter’s improving care.
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