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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
5
The notice highlights a holiday goods display surpassing prior efforts at B. K. White's with a free dinner set. It mentions Germany as home to about half of the estimated 15,000 breweries and notes Vincent's Band providing music at the skating rink Friday night.
On Friday January 17 1908 at 10 am the estate of the late Gerhart Faust offers for sale farming implements household effects and kitchen utensils plus stock including a family driving horse three milch cows and a yearling Five stacks of hay a corn crib a slaughter house with Baseline engine sausage grinders and fixtures one buggy one spring wagon and one road wagon The 58 acre farm near Grafton Park with good buildings and water can serve as dairy or truck farm Terms cash for under $10 and installments after 3 and 6 months with security The Misses Faust No 121 Boyd St
Real estate and business changes offered for sale include a meat business with a good location and new outfit, a general store with stock about 2000 dollars and rent 15 dollars, and various properties on East Main Washington and W Main near the center. Prices range from 1000 to 6000 dollars with easy terms. includes 18 room building, 9 room residence, 8 room dwelling, and two fine building lots. RM Parish of First National Bank Riling advertises property, with references to Sweet Melody Flour.
A local rug sale touts an unusually large Christmas stock with sizes from a 50 cent door mat to 9 by 12 foot room rugs priced up to 28 dollars. Patterns include Ingram Art Squares Pro Brussels Tapestry Velvet and Axminster with fringe options and remnant rugs in various fabrics at 75 cents to 2.50 dollars.
A jumble of city news lists visits by Gaines, R. E. Blaney phonographs, and Christmas shopping. Residents from Knottsville Nicklow and Belgium purchase items. Rev Father McBligott travels to Wheeling on church business. Bert Meeks returns to Morgantown for a sick mother. Parkersburg Wheeling trips, holiday goods ads, and Palace Cafe price cuts accompany social updates.
Local notices highlight K White stores with fresh candies fruits and nuts and Edison phonographs as Christmas presents. Visitors include McGraw Coal Co officials from Simpson and Wheeling travelers with brief city stops. Canary birds and cages offered, with holiday shopping urged to secure best selections at 74 Main St Sweet Melody Flour next.
Children call central operators asking to be connected to Santa Claus during the Christmas season. Operators often play Santa, assuring toy or candy requests will be fulfilled and sometimes linking callers to friends. Most operators find the juvenile calls amusing and enjoy the role.
The postoffice waste baskets supply reading matter for many people including professionals and renters who skim and discard periodicals. Browsers visit daily, finding magazines and newspapers abandoned as they rush busy lives. Some use the scraps as free reading and rarely do staff intervene. Dont miss the Casino show tonight. AVERT MELODY FLOUR.
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