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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1908
Page
5
A local advertisement promotes eye exams by Dr. Hardman using a painless drag method and offers various spectacles from 35 to 210 dollars. It touts inexpensive self styled opticians, house calls, and guaranteed satisfaction with repairs and new frames.
A page from the social column notes the engagement of Haxtete to Mr. Cummins, daughter of James and Mrs Cummins, with a luncheon at the Country Club by Miss Mayme Hazlett. The event featured eighteen guests, Killarney rose decorations, heart shaped place cards, and a crab rabbera bridge game after lunch. Inspector Raward visited Monday from Parkesburg.
The Connellsville Hoyas face mounting financial strain as declining attendance and hard-to-get subscriptions reduce revenue. President Gronninger may visit to seek solutions while retrenchment trims the roster. Wallace, Lawton, and Layton exits shrink the squad, leaving Alem Sweeney to carry the catching duties and 12 other players on payroll amid uncertainty.
The Harrison County Sabbath School association will hold its annual convention at Bridgeport tomorrow and next day. Judge Charles W Lynch is the president and will attend. The schools here will be represented. The first session will begin at 11 o clock tomorrow afternoon.
C Butcher lumber dealer orders one of the city’s largest single shipments, about 100000 feet of frame stuff and sheeting, underscoring rising building operations. The Journal Herald cites Rev L W Sitford, pastor of St John’s English Lutheran, as gardener with unusually large tomatoes and sod-covered plots.
A dated letter discusses paint costs for two gallons at about five dollars and compares Devoe Duk and FON 410 with other grades. It lists various price points and quantities, asserting the strongest paint is the one that lasts longest and urging accuracy in choosing paint.
A distorted ad style text describes making a flavored Jell O dessert with whipped cream. It mentions boiling water, congealing, adding crushed macaroon, whipping thoroughly, and serving with whipped cream. The fragment references Selig and a patent or product line with a Pink table syrup and Doctor guidance.
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