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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1916
Page
5
Store announces complete Christmas readiness with a fresh stock arranged for easy viewing. Selections may be stored until just before Christmas. customers are urged to visit mornings if possible for best shopping.
Unlowered price on cotton filled comforters offered at 2.95 each with silklike covers in pink blue lavender green rose maize. Standard size 67 by 72 inches. Wool filled and cotton filled comforts have risen in price. limited quantity. visit Blanket Store third floor for this unusual deal.
Featuring Welworth Blouses praised as the best of all two dollar blouses. Demand is high and stock is limited, with supply possibly lasting only a week. Exclusive city sale announces the value for shoppers seeking affordable fashion.
Mishly Appreciated and Miss Tate presented a refined musical evening at Salem College auditorium with Miss Tate soprano, Miss Lowe reader, and Prof. Dew on piano. The performance showcased flawless voice control and tasteful artful selections from French and Italian opera.
A vintage cosmetic ad touts Mercolized wax to reveal a natural white complexion by gently absorbing the surface skin. Marketed to refined women, it promotes a soiled faded look and promises a fresher appearance beneath the capillized layer.
The Ladies Aid Society of the First Methodist Episcopal church plans its annual bazaar in church parlors on Thursday December 7 starting at 9 o clock. Attractive sale items include two quilts a luncheon set embroidered on linen a blue trimmed table cover and buffet cover a lunch cloth dresses aprons bags and novelties. Also home baked candies and cakes will be offered.
Advertisement style note mentioning remnants of fabric and binding options priced at 98 cents and 1.25 dollars. Ambiguous text obscures full details but indicates a sale or display of Velvet and Axminster materials with low prices.
The Aid Society of Christ Episcopal Church holds its annual bazaar in the parish house on December 6. It opens at 2 p.m. and runs into the afternoon with tables of fancy articles candies and children s toys a White Elephant table and a tea table. Members and friends are urged to attend for the Christmas offerings.
A local ad advertises a limited time sale of women’s simple winter shoes at 2.90 and 3.00 per pair. It promises surprise savings of about half the usual price, urges shoppers to visit today or tomorrow, and notes no exchanges or mail orders.
The article notes a shift from imported handbags to American made crochet silk bags. It highlights Beldings as producers of crochet silks and lists colors available at the Art Needlework store with patterns and directions for making the bags. Spool silk priced at 15 cents.
Mrs. R f Parrott arrives from Des Ta for a stay at the Henry Heinze home. Samuel R Bentley of New York Life Insurance visits Wheeling. Attorney George M Hoffheimer is in Grafton today. Mrs. Willian St Alexander and Mrs. Dorsey T K Potter are also visiting.
A local sale offers 100 winter suits for women in sizes 14 to 20 and 36 to 46 bust. Stock includes sports, plain tailored, and novelty models in serges, gabardine, jersey, broadcloth, wool velour with colors navy black green brown grey burgundy and a few velour checks. Prices are $10 $15 and $20 with notable savings over regular, up to half off.
Mayor Asa L. Matthew of Northview calls a meeting of mayors and councilmen from Glarkebiure district municipalities to discuss a proposed consolidation into a Greater Clarksburg. The session is set for 7:30 in the town council chamber at Northview with emphasis on suburban residents' objections.
An expression of gratitude from Mrs. Wilson Bayne and family thanks neighbors and friends for their kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of their beloved husband and father.
Advertises men’s bath robes slippers and hosiery in varied fabrics from silk to Turkish cloths. Notes prices from one to ten dollars, with details on silk stockings and wool felt slippers. Highlights a large selection, imported and domestic silks, and styles for comfort and value.
Gift suggestions including lamp shapes from 1.95 to 48.00, leather bags and wardrobe trunks from 25.00, and clothing and home items such as shirts, sewing cabinets, glassware, and silver sets. Also notes on appliances like electric vacuum cleaners from 19.75 to 30.00 and a range of travel and home accessories.
A distorted view of the Glarksburg project fuels local opposition with claims of uncertainty. Officials plan a conference to clarify misapprehensions about the deal and its conditions.
Mrs Mattie Shields of Bridgeport Delaware announces she will not be responsible for any contracts made by anyone other than herself. Signed December 1016.
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