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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1907
Page
4
Telegrams delivered in Clarksburg and vicinity by regular carriers. Complaints about irregular service will be immediately investigated and corrected.
An Evening Echo reports the Parkerstrg Dispatch News faces Republican pressure over its party stance, while the Telegram urged a clear explanation. The piece praises an anti-spitting ordinance, notes Woman's Civic Club vigilance, and covers abatement action on foul street cess pools and Sixth Street.
Dr. Welace Longstreth will establish local leagues in September at multiple towns including Parkersburg Sistersville Wheeling Moundsville Fairmont Morgantown Clarksburg Salem Huntington Bramwell Bluefield Charleston Martinsburg Keyser Elkins Buckhannon Weston. A Charleston meeting is planned near the start of September.
A lawn fete and moonlight picnic will be held Tuesday evening August 20 at the home of Mr and Mrs James Brown 134 Martin Street Broad Oaks for the benefit of W S Kearney Court of the colored Pythians. Lunches at reasonable prices will be served and after activities the grounds will be cleared for music and games. Committee members include L Brown E Steptoe E Jackson H Ransell R West P Lower and A Henderson.
In Folsom district South Penn Oil completed and shot its second test on the William Edgell farm with no indication of a producer. In Salem district South Penn drilled No. 3 on J. P. Goodwin farm to 2000 feet and the hole filled 1200 feet with fluid from the Gordon. James I Highland of West Milford was a business visitor Saturday. Man Zan Pile Remedy offered for piles at 50 cents by H. Burke.
Prisoners in the county jail face short terms for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Mat Henderson Lizzie Crowser Owen McAvoy Andrew Jackson and Thomas McCarty receive several days in jail for offenses ranging from drunkenness to resisting officers. The text also discusses the shift from handmade goods to factory production and the rise of one price department stores.
The piece argues that one price systems and standardization transformed retail. It contrasts the false view of department stores as mere aggregations with the idea that success relies on specialized departments following fixed principles. The old methods gave way to systematic, standardized operations.
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