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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
2
Owing to strong response from Clarkburg shoppers the Great Clean Sweep Sale will extend to end of August. Bargains rise as stock remains, promising continued opportunities for thousands who already benefited from the promotion. Actions reflect the store’s capacity to handle clothing and ready to wear demand locally.
West Milford residents share visits and meetings with relatives in Buckhannon Clarksburg and Fairmont. Miss Mabel Lee and Miss Bery Stewart attend events in Clarksburg Mannington Buckhannon while Dr A J Kemper and families make business trips and visits. Ice Williams plans Buckhannon Institute stay with aunt Mrs Foreman and Mrs Warman and children of Harrisville join in at the Warman home.
Aug 14 reports Earl Lowe from Hartford City plans Hartford County roots as the family reads to settle here. Visitors include Mra H A Crummit and daughter Jeune, plus Misa Grace Willis from Huntington visiting Aunt Mildred Matte. Various townsfolk travel for visits, picnics at Union Park, and a Presbyterian Sunday school picnic with a girls versus boys ball game. typhoid fever affects Ira Jolliffe, while Edna and Ida Hendersfield visit from Zanesville.
J C Gawthrop is erecting a long distance metallic line across the hiltram near Wolf Summit and will connect his ten miles of Davisson's Run lines with the Bell system soon. Plans also run for the People's system to connect to Bell, enabling service to West Milford Lost Creek Weston and many points in Harrison Lewis and Doddridge counties at ten cents per call.
Readable fragments report an abandoned Chautauqua related meeting at the Baptist church with guest L. G. Race hosted by Mrs. A. C. Stuart. The ad promotes Dr Shoop’s Restorative for nerve, stomach, heart or kidney weakness and Charhberiains Stomach and Liver Tablets with testimonials.
Hazy OCR fragment mentions Wilsonburg with names Hess clerk and Mrs J Farina Olewe. References vacation of two weeks and a James Ward and Henry Wick in Wilsonburg. Also notes about loading a car of lambs for a campaign market and friends in Salem.
A grocer oriented note touts Sweet Melody FlourCoffee substitute as Dr Shoops Health Coffee. It promises genuine coffee flavor using toasted grains and nuts. Claimed to brew in minutes with no artificial taste, marketed as a healthful alternative.
An odd wartime advertisement touts Dr Shoop Pink Pain Tablets promising quick relief from headaches and pain. It claims the product stops bodily pain in 140 minutes and urges readers to consult doctors or pharmacists. The copy uses dubious claims and misspellings to market the pill nationally.
In front of the courthouse Saturday afternoon at 1 o clock I will offer at public sale a large buy here weighing 1400 pounds Samuel W Gordon Auctioneer The notice names a sale action and a local auction event with a specific time and place.
August time tells on the nerves. Dr Shoop's Restorative promises improvement within forty eight hours, restoring strength and ambition. It claims to strengthen nerves affecting stomach heart and kidneys and notes quick results, sold by all dealers.
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