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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1916
Page
3
The High School notes detail a busy period with football wins and aims for a championship. Seniors lead by example while younger classes lag. Frank Marsh spoke on Christ, Charles Higley visited, and exams, class meetings, and yearbook planning proceeded. A strong home culinary display and new clubs added momentum. The manual training program began with attractive hook racks and a new librarian, Miss Alice Griffin, was welcomed.
In the region miners received pay on Saturday while The Consolidation paid out less than usual due to a short car supply. The Saturday night city crowd was smaller than normal on pay days.
There will be a special term of the county court Wednesday. It will audit county and other claims and act on Bruce T Southern for bond reduction as administrator of George W Southern's estate. The court will appoint committees for Mary B Cox and Tda M Lee to handle estates and taxes. A special election November 7 will decide school bonds. State licenses issued and transferred. Deputies and notaries to be appointed and qualified.
News arrives of the forthcoming marriage between Miss Lillie Townsend daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Townsend of Washington DC and Mr John Kannamer of Alabama. The ceremony will occur at the bride’s Washington home on November 4. Townsend is granddaughter of the Hon Jesse F Randolph of Salem. Kannamer a progressive southern man holds a post office department appointment in Washington DC and they will reside in the capital city.
Mrs. Josefa Menandez of Grassel Mi proved an alibi when tried Saturday in Magistrate W B Starcher s court on a charge of conducting a speakeasy there. She was discharged after county officers had previously arrested her and her husband on a similar charge.
A collision sent the Rossbach car over a thirty foot embankment. The car caught fire but Mrs. Rossbach used a blanket to shield the child from flames. Both Rossbach and his wife suffered cuts and bruises and were taken to Tracy for treatment.
Butch Clark was escorted to Barbour county jail in Philippi Saturday night by U S deputy marshal J D Moore on a federal warrant alleging violation of Internal revenue laws tied to bootlegging. Tag day in Clarksburg raised a gratifying sum for the Associated Charities campaign as women and girls sold red tags on street corners.
Mrs Londonial Wilkinson a colored woman of Monticello Avenue was released from the county jail Saturday night by Magistrate R Edward Kidd. A peace warrant issued at the instance of Mrs C A Turner also colored was withdrawn. The charge said she threatened to kill Katie S Bassell the complainant's daughter in law.
Misses Anne and Margaret Stror entertained a large crowd at a Hallowe'en party Saturday evening in their Seventh street home. The decorations were in keeping with the holiday and guests spent an enjoyable evening.
Chicago, Oct 28. Anthony Calli gave his brother Joseph $50 in marked bills, leading to arrest on extortion charges. Joseph allegedly belonged to a secret group called The Iron Hand. A letter demanded $1,090 with death threats, and Anthony claimed he could settle it for $50.
Forty prisoners are confined in the county jail eight of whom are eligible to work on county roads.
River stages reported at multiple locations with heights and movement. Dam repairs underway and several towns show varied readings, including Liberty from Matamoras at 8 p.m. and Dawin Island Dam at 9.6 feet with others stationary or falling.
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