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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1915
Page
5
Crowds fill the department stores as Christmas goods on display and holiday greetings fill aisles. Shoppers weigh where to buy hosiery, toys, and decorations while departments advertise the quickest deliveries and best service. Judge for yourself where is the neatest, best stocked Christmas store.
The ad suggests Community Silver as ideal for Christmas gifts with plated merchandise noted as practical and appealing for making presents. It emphasizes durability and broad appeal, highlighting attractive pricing and availability ahead of the holiday rush.
A brief note invites all women to enter the Shoey Shine Parlor located in the basement near Bloor Street for an unspecified event or promotion. The text is fragmentary and lacks clear details about time or purpose.
Items describe silk waists with shirt fronts and pearl buttons in multiple styles. One feature: dollar size pearl buttons and high or low collar options in striped white blue green and pink tones, priced around $5.00. Other taffeta options offer maize rose flesh and white shades at $3.85. A Georgette Crepe ivory white model lists large pearl buttons and refined trimming at about $5.00.
An old Hudson era ad touts Budnut Christmas Perfume and Hudnut toilet preparations for queens and ladies of royalty. It claims American ladies accept them, noting Hudnut’s exquisite odors and superior quality. Parsons Scuden Toilet Goods Store in Clarksburg carries the items.
Slippers priced for home use come in men and ladies styles. Men's leather house slippers in tan or black range from 1.50 to 2.00 dollars, while ladies options run about 1.25 to 1.50. The ad highlights low cut Kewpie style and backed by comfort features.
Christmas assortment features newest tints and styles of writing papers envelopes cards seals tinsel holly memo books and plain papers with linen paper varieties. Includes writing tablets envelopes portfolios and deluxe correspondence cards at low prices.
A fragmentary ad lists wool soles for women Misses and children at 20 cents to 40 cents, with men’s wool soles 40 cents. Satin quilted soles are priced 25 cents. The teaser mentions warmth and price appeal in somber tones.
Social and Personal notes recount a plan to organize a boys club to strengthen moral development, with remarks on Christian fellowship and a focus on keeping boys away from troubling environments. The Maccabees elect officers, host guests from California, and a sewing party at Mrs. Burl Stutler’s includes prizes and luncheon.
Of interest to women this note suggests crochet button varieties for dresses and gifts, with two sizes for front and leaves of a frock. It also provides brass cleaning guidance using oxalic acid in hot water, detailing dipping times and immediate drying to restore shine.
The St Mary's Preps beat the Grafton High School Freshmen basketball five to in a well played game at St Mary's high school gym on Friday evening before a large crowd. The Preps showed midseason form and were superior throughout.
The Gay Ruff Necks opened the season with a Friday night game at the Washington Irving High School gym. They defeated their opponent in a competitive matchup, signaling the start of the season for the Gay Ruff Necks and the awaitable schedule ahead.
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