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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1916
Page
5
Parsons Souders at the Shopping Centre of Central West Virginia boasts a plain, workmanlike approach to retail. The store promotes fresh stocks, fair prices, returnable goods, and exact service rather than advertising puffery, inviting customers to rely on consistent reliability this holiday season.
Hundreds of new winter shoes in patent kid dull leather and glaced kid, many Krippendorf Dittman samples in sizes 4, 4, 5 and 6 with widths A and G. Prices cut about half with most pairs worth at least four dollars, though some restrictions apply and exchanges not allowed.
An in store special offers women silk stockings at $1 a pair while 300 pairs last. Stockings are pure silk from top to toe in black and white with various sizes and colors. Customers are urged to shop tomorrow and select shoes and stockings before Wednesday.
Shown are sixty or more winter suits with prices 10 15 and 20 dollars. Many items carry the 20 price. Women who search for their size will find suitable choices, with all sizes up to 46 measurement available at this moment.
The Ladies Aid Society of St Marys Lutheran plans a 2230 oclock Tuesday gathering at Mrs Charles Axtons home on Milford Street Stealey Heights to discuss the forthcoming Christian bazaar. Macedonian class from St Pauls ME Church South convenes at 7 tonight at Mrs D Ta Custo s home on Lo Cust Street for important business including class plans. Parish Aid Society asks members of Christ Episcopal parish to collect donations between 1 and 6 Tuesday afternoon in the vestry room, with pricing and sale arrangements for Wednesday. The Kings Daughters circle of the First Methodist church will meet at 2 Tuesday afternoon in the church parlors.
The annual Christmas bazaar of the Parish Aid Society of Christ Episcopal Church will be held Wednesday noon December 6. It opens at 1 PM and continues through the afternoon with tables of fancy articles candies and children's goods including a White Elephant table. Proceeds support church members and friends.
Delphian class to meet in the parlors of the First Baptist church at 2 o clock on Tuesday.
A string of area residents and guests were noted in the city include Mrs Norvay McCarter and Mrs Benjamin Bassel from Buckhannon visiting. Miss Rulen Powell from Parkersburg returning home. Mr and Mrs Philip Steptoe hosting guests. plus regional officials such as BL Morgin of Charleston and others from Morgantown Parkersburg New Martinsville Fairmont and Elkins on business and official duties.
A fragment lists a recipe for cold boiled salmon to be canned and divided into small portions. It describes mixing salmon with bread crumbs two eggs butter flour salt and a pinch of vinegar then shaping into a pudding dish and baking. It notes proportions vary by taste and mentions onion toast orange salts nutmeg hot chocolate.
Petit jurors were drawn on Mondays for the upcoming circuit court term. The term starts January 1, with jurors not required to reappear for certain sessions, reflecting standard jury practice for the period.
A vintage ad touts Glow Dial Watches that let wearers tell time in the dark without matches. It promises hands that sparkle and a range of styles priced at $1, appealing to watchmen on the beat and night owls alike.
An advertisement promotes a device that destroys cooking, musty, and animal odors and perfumes the air. It claims usefulness in homes, offices, hotels, theaters, hospitals, and public buildings. Prices include sixteen candles and holder for 25 cents and Radiolite models up to four dollars.
Exceedingly simple tailored crepe-de-chine waists feature fine tucks and hem stitching with price five dollars. Other attractive dressy styles in a host of faces offer good looks at reasonable prices four to seven fifty dollars.
I J D Whiteman Dudley Pitt Gro gor Sh De Ray Revers Silas Stark Marion Cunningham Charles.
A fragmented OCR line lists multiple individuals with abbreviated or corrupted spellings such as Steele and Morrison, plus initials like D H and EJ, interspersed with partial surnames like Thomp sson and Sof e Maxwell, suggesting a partial roster or index from a past publication.
The Marcato Choral Club recital at the Masonic temple will feature Madame Else Gundling-Nuen as Marguerite in Faust. Critics from Niagara Falls Gazette and Staten Island Times praise her voice, dramatic potential, and magnetic presence, noting clarity of diction and expressive phrasing.
A garbled OCR line presents a string of names including Wilbur Galn Johnn Martin William Parkhill Cartman Charles Wavisson W D Wilson Monroe Wilbur Je Ashcratt John Patton Wrack Lo McDoonald Rohbert Irindleyann A Lee Curry Je M Robingon Austin Smith Slo ptien Stewart Wh B Martin J W Sharp Okey G Radabaugh Lynns Horner W Gearnside Carl A Lyon George J Boring Imes Ny Cilgs Vance A MeIntyre We G Os
Paris December 4 Serbian forces report capturing a hill north of Gruhiste on the Macedonian front east of the Cerna river bend. The war office confirms the gain as fighting continues in the area. Lucile F Shoales of Northview died at home after an illness aged one month. Funeral rites at Freenliwn cemetery are announced.
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