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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1928
Page
2
A readable menu guide suggests Christmas options including fricassee and candied sweet potatoes, stuffed celery, cranberry with French dressing, devil's food cake, and turkey with pumpkin pie as alternatives. It notes holiday dinners can become Sunday or guest meals and comments on cake pleasing young folks despite calories.
A fragmented page includes a cake and frosting recipe credited to Mary Morton with steps for a layered dessert, including to bake three layers and prepare a chocolate filling. The document also reports legal filings in Kanawha County and multiple cases in common pleas and circuit courts, listing plaintiffs, defendants, and docket days.
The report notes Camp county superintendent in Jefferson scoring schools in mph and describes American agricultural implements shown at the Royal Agricultural Show in Victoria Australia. It estimates nearly 20 000 automobiles and trucks will be imported into New Zealand next year.
An advertisement touts Aspiranal as a quick, safe cold and cough remedy claimed to be as effective as whiskey. It markets the drug to adults and children, promising relief within two minutes and urging readers to buy a bottle for 60 cents at local druggists.
An old advertisement extols Cascaret cascaras bark laxative as a natural gentle stimulant for regularity. It claims millions benefited from habitual use, warns against laxative habit, and recommends Cascaret as the inexpensive, effective choice over harsher remedies.
Records filed yesterday in the county clerk office include G W Miller against Blane Savine for 86039 L E Manuel against Edith and Ernest Board for 350 Beulah C Hunt bonded 500 with American Surety as guardian of Joseph Franklin Conor child of Minnie McKinmey Cox deceased Guardian Lucy M Atkinson executrix of William A Atkinson estate with Ruth A Rowe as surety Executed wills note The will of the late Nelen Farrar was predated.
In a store pitch the advertiser urges customers to buy Clear Brook Butter for uniform quality from the same creamery every time. A money back guarantee promises full refund if not the best butter tasted, highlighting consistency as the key selling point.
A dense catalog of businesses and addresses across West Virginia and neighboring states including Beckley Charleston St Albans and Whitesville. Names of grocers markets cafes and supply firms are listed, with numerous street addresses and company names indicating a wide regional network of retailers and suppliers.
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