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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
2
We offer a selection of stylish Easter suits in black brown blue tan and Copenhagen with trims of braid and plain tailored options. Prices include $20 and $25 with a special surprise planned for Eastertide to attract shoppers this week.
A dealer touts a new line of shadow stripe suits in blue black brown and chiffon panama. The seller says months of planning and sourcing produced the collection offered at nine dollars seventy five cents.
A catalog note touts a large selection of hats fresh from our workrooms. No two are alike and many are copied from imported models. The range includes striking new big hats and very stylish medium hats, all with more style and dash than competitors at double the price. Prices run from 1.98 to 4.95.
You will find the button blucher and the stylish pumps in low and high cut in a variety of shades. Prices range from 98c to $2.49. This Easter booming display invites shoppers to view a broad assortment of footwear.
This sale offers men's and children's suits at half price with new styles and careful workmanship. Window displays entice shoppers to save money on a wide range including ladies waists, embroidery, aprons, ginghams, sheeting, black taffeta, lace curtains, knee pants, blouse waists, hats, hose, and overalls with many items priced well below typical costs.
The obituary notes the death of Mrs Lucy Harbert Williams wife of Levi M Williams of Bristol aged 28 after typhoid fever. She leaves a daughter and a son as survivors and was a member of the Enon Harriet church. Funeral arrangements set for Bristol with burial at the Shannon cemetery. Federal court term to convene next week with Judge A G Dayton. Also an advertisement touts Dr Shoop’s Restorative for spring fatigue.
A late summer estate and regional update reports Nettie Mulott of Martinsburg sentenced in a probate matter, Morris of Teverdne connected with a Parkersburg trust, and the Guyan Valley railroad project moving toward Logan court house. Coverage notes road closure, farmers warned about tobacco, hospital care for James Congrove, and a Huntington Foundry labor dispute resolution. Also mentions counterfeit arrest in Mingo county, Masons meeting planned in Weirton, and a Mason county telephone company incorporation.
Washington April 16 The senate committee on post offices and post roads voted to report favorably the postal savings bank bill. The measure seeks to establish a postal savings system and would affect the nation’s financial framework.
Columbus April 17. The House of Representatives passed four bills to compel railroads in the state to publish time cards listing the arrival and departure of trains in newspapers in every station where railroads run.
Waltman Z. Barbe, field agent of West Virginia University, spent the afternoon and part of the night here to recruit local teachers for the state educational institution's summer session. He gathered commitments and insured attendance from several instructors. The report notes interest in attending the upcoming program and lists related personal details and endorsements.
An old advertisement notes DeWitt's Little Early Risers Liver pills sold by Aruggista. The fragment references a patent product and a sales outlet, indicating a market for early digestion aids in the period.
A historical advertisement-style passage extols Dr. Pierce remedies including Sage’s nasal cure and the Favorite Prescription for women. It promotes combined local and oral treatments to cure chronic nasal catarrh and urges readers to request a booklet with medical authorities. It also markets Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets and Little Liver Pills as gentle tonics and laxatives, urging purchase via mail order from Newport New York.
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