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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1915
Page
7
A chaotic list of participants and addresses appears tied to the Telegrams Shower of Gold campaign. The document notes many prize amounts and district allocations, with references to hundreds of names, streets, and towns, all awaiting the drawing and prize distribution.
In Missouri on September 2, Enén McGuirdison was freed by the criminal court after pleading guilty in a case tied to the Moore-Roid syndicate and the interstate commerce commission. The trial revealed alleged links to the Rock Island wreck and McGuire received two years while the syndicate faced similar penalties.
A veteran, 77, who endured paralysis and a stroke, arranged his own funeral decades ago. He lived in Ten Tesdeeln during the Civil War era, briefly served in the Union after escaping captivity, was captured at Dumbex, exchanged, and fought in the Richmond campaign before being recaptured.
London editorial says the infant birth and death rates are distinctly alarming with a continued fall to record lows. It cites deliberate family limitations as a key factor while noting unemployment and money distribution affect mothers across classes. The piece questions wartime baby numbers as overblown and flags social pressures as driving mortality.
A clipped topic from a Scott newspaper recounts the wounding of Charles Wilson by a brother in Hallaya knee. The account notes a Bible and a boy saved, with a black pocket item carried by the wounded man.
Charles Herman, a keeper at the Portland zoo, was attacked by a large black bear while finishing work near the cages. The bear tore his arm and ripped a sash as it pounced and chewed at his limbs. Joe Prohaska, a cage helper, grabbed an iron bar and freed Herman, who was carried outside to recover.
Union city ind sept 75 c 8 blondy fergus went hunting and treed a squirre l in order to watch for jim with moraomfort fergus lay down and wigled a newitan shop in the graks another shunter mistook the show for a foxsaguirrel s tail and dire twenty one shots entered windys bedly but he will recover he say will he attempt to oak a squirrel from tree by wig elves?
In Harrisburg a strange scene unfolded as Edward Ream, seeking to inspect a pet, faced an unusual confrontation with an eighteen inch alligator near a door and pond behind his home. The event drew attention as the cat reacted, and Ream tried to understand how the animal came to be prowling in the area.
In Cisco Texas a dog obeyed a command and returned home, triggering a chain of events that led to a physician, Mrs. Elleg Powers, being found ill and later dying from pneumonia. Doctors rushed to the scene and identified Mrs Powers as the patient who had fallen ill after the dog’s actions and a related incident at the railroad.
Fragmentary OCR text references Nethersole, a divorce, a husband, and Mrs, with notes on an oscillatory propensity and a record breaking event. Names and details are unclear but imply a sensational custody or marital dispute with public interest.
A fragmented 1930s style notice describes a bear wrestling bout in Wahsaw Indiana. The account mentions a bear, a performer named Hyde, and a dramatic interaction with a spectator or trainer. Specifics are unclear due to garbled text.
The fragmentary text hints at a 90s era topic with possible PTT formifa site lines and a buyer bearer. It mentions timing and a March event, but the garbled OCR obscures concrete entities or a clear narrative.
Fragmented text appears from a Nevada segment with garbled names and incomplete phrases. It mentions footprints, weather or terrain clues, and a northern area context, but lacks clear event, dates, or identifiable entities.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions hay fever and weather related terms with garbled phrasing. No clear event, date, or named entities. summary limited to noting a damaged fragment referencing hay fever and weather.
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