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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1907
Page
2
The County Sheriff comes to Grand Opera House for matinee and night shows starting Monday December 9 for one week. Chester De Yorde leads a strong stock company in a West set drama with elaborate scenery and constant action noted for humor and dramatic moments.
The Rev J E Bird and Attorney W Frank Stout returned from Buckhannon district conference of the Methodist Episcopal denomination. An increase in the presiding elder William Anderson’s salary from 1700 to 2150 was approved. Florence, a county case, was to be addressed Wednesday winter plans. A dramatic newspaper ad promotes photographs and a china giveaway at Globe Clothing Store. Medical tips mention Dr Thomas Electric Oil for croup.
A fragment summary notes Cocoanut Custard pie mixes sold for two pies per package, laxative syrup claims, a testimonial about a case improving after Castor? product use, Foley’s Honey and Tar advertised for coughs, and Wilson the photographer returning to Clarksburg studio for holiday portraits.
The article touts Newbro's Herpicide as a scalp antiseptic that kills the germ causing hair loss and dandruff, claiming a bald man in Butte regrew hair within weeks. It describes demonstrations at Maryland Block and urges readers to send 10 cents for a sample, listing Wells & Haymaker as special agents.
A 1907 daily rail timetable for CLARKSBURG W VA routes shows MAIN LINE eastbound and westbound departures from 6:40 PM to 12:63 AM with arrivals at Cincinnati Louisville Parkersburg and St Louis, plus north and westbound connections via Connellsville Morgantown and Weston. Local accommodations and intermediate stops listed with varied departure times and strange OCR errors.
An OCR fragment notes a twenty five cent ticket grants a vote in a piano contest for an elder, club, or school favorite. It mentions selling every thing in the gas and plumbing uns.
An old newspaper fragment lists 504 East Pike Street and 330 West Pike Street cleaners. It markets SHAVE OR HAIR OUT ART PRESSING CO and WEAM AND DRY CLEANING, claiming modern steam and dry cleaning works with guaranteed work, and references Bell Phone 2371. Also mentions ENTERPRISE CHEMICAL DRY CLEANING and other services with a 30 cent pressed item, plus Consolidate Phone 152.
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