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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1912
Page
5
The ad describes sewing dresses priced at 1.50 with detailed work including piping, applied trimming, set sleeves, high neck collars, and finished buttonholes. It lists Amoskeag Gingham fabrics in Black and White, Lavender and White, Blue and White, in sizes 14 to 18, with a 34 6.46 perfect fitting.
64x64 bleached muslin drawers with double felled seams and finished legs with tucks or ruffles. Sizes 2 to 12 years. Prices 10 cents a pair, 15 cents for some sets. Couldn’t make for 15 cents.
A Baltimore advertisement compares umbrellas born in Baltimore and raised in Clarksburns. It touts These Um umbrellas at 98 cents versus $1.50 specials, noting frame construction handle quality and differing sizes 26 and 28 inches. Ladies and Men's models priced at 68 cents each.
Advert begins with Silk Petticoats priced at 1.95 and repeats. Mentions Silk Messaline and crepe kimonos in Empire styles priced 3 and 3.50. Notes quality and color options and suggests readers will be glad they saw the call.
A cut glass sale is planned for Thursday with an out clearing of Cut Glass. The notice urges readers to make ready for the sale.
Satin finished silks popular for fall fashion introduce Charmeuse in dark gaslight shades. Width 40 inches, price two dollars per yard.
A vintage advertisement invites readers to plan kitchen pantry bathroom and laundry needs over the next six months to Christmas. It encourages visiting the House Furnishings Store on Basement Floor to see assortments and take advantage of low prices.
Mrs. Lad Haymond Reger announces the engagement of her daughter Edna Ree to Charles Richard Smith of Omaha Nebraska. The wedding will be Friday evening September twentieth nineteen hundred and twelve at eight o'clock at the Methodist church. Mr. Smith is a son of C A Smith a prominent Nebraska banker and from a well known Middle West family. Miss Reger is a native of Clarksburg. The father of her fiancé was a prominent typographical artist. Also notes about a Musicians Picnic at Union Baseball Park with several bands and an invitation to all musicians.
CEREDO Aug 21 D Carver reports a so called monkey bird captured nearby with a heat like a monkey and wings like a bird ready for exhibition. W Slack an aged Charleston resident dies after a fall from a banister fracturing his leg and causing fatal injuries. The incident occurred at his home when he leaned on the railing and fell forward into the yard.
An OCR fragment from 126 4th Street advertises personal sittings for home portraits at top rates. It promises the finest lines of work and says cheap work is not offered. Contact for an appointment is unclear.
Mrs Brady and Andrew Brady are reported home in Washington DC after a death notice from Fairmont. The fragment mentions a mother of Thon Gir and a daughter Nin Zou, with unclear details about beds and stereslied.
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