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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1916
Page
17
A nostalgic portrait of the frontier era as it fades from memory. The piece laments the passing of the old West and its pioneers, contrasting Conestoga wagons and Deadwood stagecoaches with modern railroads and changing ways. It honors cowboys, cowgirls, trappers, scouts, and ranch folk whose skills and adventures define a romantic era.
Buffalo Bill 101 Ranch shows bring frontier romance to Clarksburg with two performances and a preceding military and frontier parade featuring a veteran cast. The event blends historical borderland themes with modern preparedness spectacle and includes Buffalo Bill appearing in both saddle and revival segments.
In Shinnston on Friday evening a pleasant program occurred in the Baptist basement with the two elementary Sunday school classes led by Mia Burnett and Eva Nadabaugh, followed by games, lunch, and a dollar social with a Weiner and corn roast. The Civic Club met in the Young Men’s Christian Association rooms for a busy session as members gathered for business and socializing. The Ladies circle hosted a gathering at Mrs Josephine Williams home near the cemetery with a study on The King’s Highway and a luncheon. Personal items list Rev Roy McCuskey’s Wheeling conference, George L Frederick’s Weston visit, J G Lucas’s trip to Weston, M T Vincent’s Marion county trip, Mr and Mrs Van B Fowler’s Pittsburgh visit, Lee Boggess’s Buckhannon trip, Miss Josephine Harmer’s Camden visit, Winthrop Lincoln and Isabel Lincoln’s return from Boston, and several local residents visiting or traveling, including a press business acquisition by R L Marsh and other local engagements noting Miss Lucille Baird’s Salem trip and Mrs B H Lucas with Mrs Alice Ogden’s Clarkburg visit.
The Rev Dr Theodore L Gardner visiting Salem notes transformation from a four hundred population village with a muddy street to a modern city with a depot, paved streets, brick buildings, a gym and college facilities. He contrasts old Salem with 1926 progress including a new depot platform and elevated homes above the hilltops.
Avery Brundage of the Chicago Athletic Association won the national all around championship at the Amateur Athletic Union meet in Newark, scoring 6468.76 points. Alma Richards of Cornell, the previous holder, finished fourth as ten events from sprints to distance races determined the winner. The New York Athletic Club led relay wins, with Chicago and Horton associations taking other relay titles.
Sept 16 West Union contractors Cintor and Morse of Mariotta push paving forward with grading complete and cement laid. Town section to Rock Run will begin grading this week. Local attendance noted at funerals and fairs. enrollment for West Union schools stands at 07. Various residents attended events including club meetings, the Clarkaburg fair, and family visits in Charleston and Baltimore.
Weston notes rain curtailed a Clarkeburg event but locals enjoyed the show overall. Reports include Winifred Arkle breaking her arm, property sale by Mrs. Charon O’Hara to James Gillooly, and special trains for the Lewis County fair. local physicians meet. Interurban car issues. Roy Morrison buys market stake. social and personal notes from residents and visitors.
The market notes Chicago receipts 9,000 with weak bids five to ten cents up. hogs, cattle, and sheep mixed with varied weights and prices. Baltimore prices show calves steady on better grades, lambs and sheep demand, beef cattle quotes for young fat cattle and range of weights. Pittsburgh listings indicate light cattle supply, prime weights and hogs with varied pricing.
DAIRY AND POULTRY, NEW YORK, Sept. 16. Hutter steady creamery extras with 92 score at 22 percent. higher scoring 34. Nibis 32 33 44. seconds 30 32. Eyes irregular, fresh gathered extra fine 26 27. extra firsts 34 4. Orsi 31 4 83 nearby. Henna whites fine to fancy 43 48. hennery browns 33 42. Cheese steady, plate fresh, fat 19 percent.
Chicago and Toledo report mixed commodity activity with wheat and corn prices fluctuating. Wheat No 2 red at 145 to 146 with newer bids. corn and oats showed declines, while provisions sales were irregular. in Toledo, wheat futures touched 1604 and 154 for December and December respectively, with clover and timothy prices varying through October and December contracts.
Financial news from New York reports a choppy stock market with $200,000 in daily turnover, rail and steel shares leading gains while United States Steel hits a new 108 record. Bank reserves rise by about $19 million, oil city balance data cited, and Dan’s Review notes widespread inactivity with pockets of expansion and strong demand for staple goods in the South and West.
W. W. Flanagan, secretary of the Federal Farm Loan Board, warns farmers that fake groups are soliciting subscriptions in names of federal farm loan act organizations. He states no loans are available until twelve federal land bank districts are established and cautions that any solicitations are fraudulent and punishable by law.
Georgetown, Delaware reporter notes Mrs. Afra G. Wiltbank of Georgetown celebrated her ninetieth birthday saying she never wore a corset, credits good health to avoiding such garments. The item also touches on general economic trends, textile mills, labor, and output for fall and winter goods with broader trade context.
Women from across the United States and abroad prepare to gather in October for the Episcopal Church general convention in New York. Delegates from sixty eight dioceses and from China, Japan, Africa, Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines and Honolulu will join conference meetings at Sheldon Memorial Building and Christchurch Cathedral for mission study, prayers, and the presentation of the United Offering.
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