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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1912
Page
13
The ad promotes curtains and draperies in Nottingham Brussels net and trims. It lists prices such as 20c and 50c per yard for assorted fabrics like plain white and hemstitched edges, plus imported linens for porch coverings. The copy frames home decor as seasonal, urging readers to visit and compare offerings at the store.
A local ad lists a lifetime silverware sale with items such as Cold Meat Forks at 95 cents each Fish Service at 2.75 each Oyster Forks 2.60 per set Pickle Forks 80 cents each Salad Forks 4.00 per set and additional pieces including Cream Ladles Gravy Ladles Bouillon Ladles Large Soup Ladles Punch Ladles Sugar Tongs Cheese Scoops 3 piece Childs Set Hollow Handle Knives and multiple sets priced from 1.00 to 5.75 with a 26 piece Chest at 20.50.
The Par-Sounders Spring Sale offers furnishings, china, glassware at lower prices to tempt buyers. Highlights include a Cut Glass Water Set for 1.39, Colonial Punch Bowls, 14 inch bowls with sherbet glasses for 2.98, 100 piece dinner sets from 7.48 to 11.98, and 20 percent off on about 5000 dollars worth of fine china and bric a brac plus art ware.
A local ad notes the end of fifty fine trunks and embraces new wardrobe and regulation styles in all sizes. It lists prices from 3.50 to 55 for trunks and 1.50 to 15 for suit cases and bags. Matting bags at 1.25 and walrus bags from 5.50 upward are also offered.
An ad extols cedar wardrobe bags to prevent moth damage to fine garments. It cites moth insurance and a moth exterminator service priced at 1 0 cents and ten cents, promising protection and avoidance of costly future losses from pests.
The 1912 New Domestic Sewing Machine is praised for efficiency and new features. It highlights the chain and lock stitch Vibrating presser five stitch ruffler self threading needle bar and automatic thread controller as exclusive points. Domestic machines priced at 25 30 and 35 dollars.
Vador porch shades arrive in soft stained colors with rich green and brown stripes. Available sizes include four to ten feet wide at prices from 2.25 to 5.50. Shades tout comfort and beauty, claiming superiority to prior designs.
Rug catalog entry describes grass and wire-grass blends used for hall, porch, and room floors. Lists sizes such as 36x72 inch and 54x90 inch with prices around $83 to $95, plus various plain and fancy widths and yardage. References colors and designs and sturdy long service.
In a bold display the ad touts linoleums and oil cloths for pantry kitchen and bath. It lists widths and prices including 2 yd linoleums at 1.25 and 4 yd at 2.75 per yard with inlaid options and April sale prices on oil cloths 800 45¢ 60¢ for various widths. Door mats and heavy brush mats priced from 50c to 1.25.
Spare the rod pad the stairs product listing offers stair pads at 10c each rubber stair treads 15c rods oak 10c metal 15c each stair buttons 25c per dozen curtain poles four feet with fixtures in oak mahogany white 10c brass sash and curtain rods 10c
A local ad touts Bissel's Carpet Sweepers as the world's best with careful consideration. It boasts splendid variety styles at low prices ranging from 2.25 to 5.25 dollars and claims no better makes exist.
Room size matting suitable for bed rooms and dining rooms promoted as cool clean and sanitary. Japanese matting offered with a special price of 2.75 for 9x12 feet patterns. China matting priced at 4.00 with laid figures and colored weaving. Chinese mats described as heavy stains but neat block patterns.
Curtain sets in Cluny beige and Trish Point with filet lace edge priced from 1.50 to 18.00 per pair. Nets offered in beige, marqui sete, and other varieties with splendid assortments for homes.
The new enlarged Carpet and Rug Store on Basement Floor presents a Spring showing with over 300 rug patterns including 9x12 feet sizes. Feature selections include Tapestry Velvets Axminster Body Brussels Wiltons Royal Wiltons French Wiltons from West mills plus odd sizes. Prices range from $9.48 for 9x12 to $95 for larger sizes, with many options in the 10 ft by 6 in to 11x15 foot range.
Advertises new carpets and rugs with many patterns and price points for Wilton Axminster Velvet Body Brussels and tapestry Brussels carpets. Mentions free laying and lining with orders and a wide range of prices from under one dollar to several dollars per yard. Includes rag carpets in many designs and extra-super ingrain options.
Heavy seamless tapestry rugs in 9x12 foot size priced at 15.00, made by Alex Smith Sons Carpet Co. Includes reception hall parlor and library patterns with fresh colorings in blues reds and greens. April sale price 17.98, cotton warp Japanese mattings, 25e grades, importation in good assortment.
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