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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1916
Page
6
A Washington lecture tour agenda outlines visits by Hughes and Roosevelt across West Virginia and nearby regions. Key figures include Colonel Towers and Senator Tavidiite, with campaigns shaping national election sentiment and party support in multiple counties and towns.
Fragmented OCR text recounts a long, disjointed Clarksburg piece with names like LeN fener and Albert W. Goull amid scattered mentions of marriages, local figures, and places. It appears as a garbled historical column with numerous misspellings and unclear events.
The Wheeling laymen gather for September events with devotion at 3:00 and enrollment of delegates. Officers and committees address legions, conference invitations, and social service topics while noting speakers from West Virginia Wesleyan, Morgantown and others.
The event honors Hamilton as chancellor of the University of Washington and Saratoen NY. Congregation members are invited to attend the dedicating services in the evening with Bishop Hamilton speaking. American canned salmon is noted as favored worldwide with exports around six thousand dollars per year.
An OCR messy report notes individuals associated with a Parkersburg hospital and Methodist church, mentioning S. Me Swartz of Wiehtta and Kaneay university ties. It references a contractor and pavement project on Fourth Street, with a later line about a 20,000 value and an unrelated county note.
A civic banquet at Cohn Hall honors prominent figures from Waldo and surrounding areas. The event, hosted by the Kalghin and the MiniHer Arrangements, includes a patriotic program with guests Venora and Apel, and features decorations and prayers as part of the ceremony.
Dr. Mitchell, rector of the Cheial Prolint NOL Episcopal Church, preached at 11 AM marking five years since his call. The parish held a resignation vote and urged reconsideration, but he accepted a call to White Sulphur Springs, leaving Clarksville’s community to wish him success.
Lyle Mones of Parkersburg has been appointed deputy in West Virginia by Edward Rightor of New Orleans grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Jones a past exalted ruler of the Parkerabuy lodge and former president of the state association also noted.
The circuit court granted Rev. Lloyd H Weaver a state license to celebrate the rites of matrimony.
Judge Ire Robinson traveled with Charles B. Smith to visit the graves of his parents on the Robinson farm near the county line. The Republican gubernatorial candidate plans a return trip to Clarkeburg and will join Senator Borak at Fairmont Morgantown and Wheeling for discussions.
A list of national Republican speakers slated to tour West Virginia was released from Thornbleny State Headquarters. The schedule, coordinated by Congressman Slemp and the party’s speakers bureau, lists dates for Meakin, Meckur, Temple, Lomeworth, Kardney, Sitio, Lepwood, Capen, Jones, Marcaw, Muncy, Moore, Thirkie, and Senator Warren G. Harding, with dates in October and September and venues in multiple cities.
A closing out sale offers wool men’s suits at 3.95 and boys’ suits at 2.0 as Donehue clears stock. Prospective buyers are urged to act fast to secure bargains on formal wear and school attire with limited quantities.
The ninth annual session of the West Virginia Postmasters Association opens Tuesday morning in the federal court room of the Wheeling post office building and runs two days. The program features addresses by officials, welcome by the mayor, installations, reorganization and officer elections, plus an evening social at the Windsor hotel.
William E. Starcher, Foland China hog breeder, took four first premiums and one second at the Central West Virginia fair with six fine specimens from his Glendale farm. The winner Virginia Defender was shipped to Weston Saturday to be shown at Lewis County Fair this week.
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