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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1912
Page
5
A local store announces a weekend sale on women’s apparel including dresses coats suits and skirts with prices reduced by half all day Saturday. The ad emphasizes continuing discounts and urges shoppers to visit during the summer promotion.
Fragmented ad text offers doubled waist sizes with low upfront cost. Mentions manufacturers samples in lingerie, lawn, and batiste fabrics in white, with prices averaging about one half the value. References high and Joye necks and tailored styles in assortments.
Advertises new raincoats for women at 10 dollars with double texture pure wool, plaid backs, dark tan English box style coats with high necks and roll collars. Sizes 32 to 46 and longer lengths 52 54 56 inches. Also lists other rain coats at 5 dollars, up to 45.
Women s vests and stockings offered at 39c each with a wholesaler discount from regular makers. Stockings are pure silk with reinforced lisle heel and toes in black only. Fabric descriptions include Swiss rib bed hand crochet trimmed strings.
A compact listing promotes black silk shirts for travel priced at 2.50. Described as practical for dusty journeys, the shirts feature soft taffeta silk, soft collars, and pockets for women's wear.
A local ad promotes kimonos in low, medium, and fine quality in crepe and silk. Prices range from 1.75 to 4.95 for crepe styles and 4.95 to 10 for silk, with many discounted values and a large stock of $1.00 crepe kimonos in various trims and colors.
The ad touts sheer Milanese silk gloves, 16-button length, in snowy white or black, with double fingertip for service. It highlights their outstanding quality and advises readers that these gloves are the best available.
The Main Floor Women’s Shoe Store displays new Fall styles priced from $2 to $5. Fall and Winter shoes include patent leather and button styles in black and tan. Also shown are high cut button shoes and 16 button boots in black and tan calf skin, with five new 16-button tan and black boots at $3.50.
Fragment describes corsets from a duck hide fabric for Lady Grey wife of Lord John Grey. It notes modern women choose their own comfortable, cool corsets rather than waiting for gifts.
A string of social notes from Wiss Grove to Bridgeport describes garden parties, afternoon teas, and bridge club gatherings. Hosts include Mrs James Stone and Mrs L P Souders with guests such as Miss Eva Bartlett, Mrs William Newton, and Mrs Frank Stout. Washington and Uniontown connections appear alongside local club activity and music.
The battleship Nebraska ran onto an uncharted shoal near Newport Rhode Island yesterday causing serious damage and prompting orders to the Boston dry dock. The cruiser Connecticut also reported damage around the same time with unclear details.
Arthur Thompson of Charlestown is named as an uncle. Eveline Jones, bedridden for nearly a year with paralysis, is reported to be much worse. Mrs Marta Frym is described as quite ill. Dale Graves, 12, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Graves, was thrown from a horse while fetching hay shocks on the Frym place and sustained a broken wi...
Fragmentary OCR records show a drunken and disorderly case mentioning Edward Hison and Toney Ruby, with references to debt and political affiliations. The text contains garbled names and phrases about tables, waves, and a 1912 context, obscuring clear facts.
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