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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1934
Page
9
The literature department of the Charleston women's club plans a covered dish luncheon and white elephant party at the club house on Wirdale street. Luncheon starts at one o'clock followed by a program at two o'clock titled Romance In the South Sea Islands with Bira J. W. Herscher presiding.
An old advertisement extols Penetro as a penetrating cold salve claiming 10 to 100 percent more medicine than ordinary salves. It emphasizes a mutton suet base for deep action, warns against weak petrolatum bases, and pitches Penetro as safe for children with simple use and three jar sizes priced 15 cents, 30 cents, and one dollar.
Pattern service promotes a tailored frock with a little-boy collar and smart pleated bodice. The 2085 design fits sizes 10 to 18, requires 278 yards of 54 inch fabric for size 16, and includes illustrated sewing instructions. Order forms ask for name, address, and style number, with the Charleston Gazette pattern department in New York.
Cir cle No 16 members and many guests gathered for a luncheon at Main Street home hosted by Mrs Roy Wells. The South Charleston First Presbyterian church will hold a Christmas bazaar and dinner this afternoon and evening with a six to seven dinner in the dining room under Mrs R H Dunn and Mrs Vincent Scott.
Fragmentary ad style text mentions a preparation called Bitebaddie Base Iowa and claims immediate pest destruction. Text is garbled with misspellings and incoherent phrases, containing no verifiable entities or concrete details.
W Jinks Mrs Ty deadel Mrs Nettle Fudee Mrs S T BfeCleflan Mrs L C Massey Mrs G A Brown Mrs Max Myers Mrs J W Burinett Mrs Frances Trone and Miss Bess Barlow. Personal notes Mr and Mrs C S Thacker return to South Charleston from Huntington. Mrs W J Faulkner of Spencer is Saints. Mr and Mrs Charley Withrow and others return from Paoli Ind for Thanksgiving. Judge Herold A Rite and Mrs Ritz guests at Waldorf Astoria New York. Mr and Mrs Benjamin Preiser leave for Pittsburgh for Scientific Apparatus convention. Mrs Laura Crummett to Washington for Christmas. Mr and Mrs Hi J Carroll and daughter Anne return from New York. Condition of Mr N McCloud improved at Charleston General Hospital. Miss Sarah Low Daniels returns home after car accident. Miss Barbara Cloy of Arleaton listed.
Three fires were put out by the city fire department with minimal damage. One occurred in the elevator shaft of the Fisher and Fisher building on Pennsylvania Avenue, another in the Chester-Held apartments due to a short circuit, and a third in the FL G. Davis recreation hall on Oakwood Drive from a defective chimney. Unemployment relief projects are being started across the Prince town area.
A visitor, Dr. Genevieve South of Acm Parkersburg, fell while with friends in Charleston yesterday and fractured an arm. She received treatment at Staats Hospital and was discharged.
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