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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1912
Page
5
The display features luxury down comforts at $10 with silk borders, pitched as ideal gifts for mothers. Also offered are full size woolen blankets in white with blue pink or tan accents and staple and broken plaids, priced at $5.00. Show windows emphasize comfort and maternal appeal for Christmas gifting.
A local china store announces a broad Christmas gift collection with items ranging from 5.00 for a 3 ft by 1 ft 6 in piece to a large 10x13 ft setup priced at 1800 dollars, listing many sizes and prices. The store notes arrival of unusually beautiful Christmas decorations this morning and mentions several locations such as Kashan Sarank Kirmanshah Espehan Bedijar Meshad Gerevan Bouchara Sar and Tabriz Sena.
Silver Mesh Bags priced from 3.59 to 15.00. Gun metal bags 3.00 to 10.00. Complements include purses 1.25 and card cases 1.50 to 18.50. Silver belt buckles range 3.25 to 4.75. Indicates a Christmas selling event with various small accessories and gift items.
The regular weekly Board of Trade luncheon will be held Tuesday at 12 15 p m at the Waldo and adjourn at 1 30 p m All members may attend. Improved highways for Coal and Clark districts will be discussed at tomorrow's meeting. Grand Opera event possible with Enrico Caruso and Geraldine Farrar if guarantees are secured. Harrison County Executive Committee of the Woman's Temperance Union met at Central Christian church to plan campaigns. H Franklin Showalter will perform at Grassetti schoolhouse tomorrow night for the school benefit. The marriage of Miss Nellie V Barnes and Theodore G Winans was quietly solemnized at the parsonage. Woman's Civic Club December meeting focuses on Education with Dr Wattman Barbs speaking. December meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at St Pauls Church South scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. The Eastern Star bazaar will be held at the Singer Sewing Machine building on West Main Street Friday. Invitations issued today for an Ae Hone event.
After sickness many seek remedies to recover strength and appetite. An advertisement touts Vinol cod liver extract with blood-building claims and a money-back guarantee, citing testimonials of severe illness recovery and renewed vigor. A second product, Jax Salve, is advertised for eczema with a guarantee of effectiveness.
A Clarksburg vendor advertises Bears Emulsion claiming it relieves winter coughs and strengthens the system after illness. Sam Gentry endorses its success for his two year old and himself. Sold by local druggists and Johnson Pharmacy, one dollar a bottle. Also notes a small community event and a church parsonage marriage of Laura L. Lewis to Lloyd Bissett in Glen Falls.
Washington reports the pension office is behind schedule examining 458000 claims filed under the new law approved May. Clerks, boosted by 200, are processing claims in filing order, with widespread delays for those filing later. Backpay is calculated from each claim’s filing date once allowances are made.
North of Shinnston in Clay district the Philadelphia Company's No. 1 well on the brothers farm declined to less than 150 barrels a day, the first drop below 150 in three months. On Teamite creek in the Be trict area the Vesper Company began a test on the Charles Smith farm, and near Rock Camp run the same company is preparing to drill a test on the IR. C. and W. L. Perry farm.
Patrick Martin of the post office force is critically ill at home on Park Street in Glen Elk. He is suffering from a nervous breakdown and remains under medical care.
Seven jail sentences and fines were imposed at Sunday police court for operating and Joltering in a house of questionable repute on Werninger Street near North Firth. Five women and two men were arrested at 1 a.m. by the night police. Mrs E J Mann was fined and ordered to serve thirty days in jail for conducting the resort. Fay Strother and May King received ten days each or fines of ten dollars plus costs. Maud Deems Pearl Long Ambrose Carpenter and C A Halseton paid ten dollars and costs each and were released. Seven men were fined for drunkenness and one for fighting. three paid, one left his overcoat as security, others deported.
Dora Snyder, a fifteen year old schoolgirl from Fairmont, died last night at Miners' hospital after being struck by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train several weeks ago. The incident injured her seriously and prompted a hospital stay.
At a Willard hotel meeting with fellow Republican governors Governor Glasscock hinted that a real reorganization of the Republican Party is unlikely to dist speed the Progressives. Roosevelt would handle much of the restructuring, with actions framed along suggested lines. He avoided broad discussion, noting only that the two parties might reunite while in the lobby discussions on matters of interest continued.
Thomas Trasery was sentenced to ten days in the county jail for drunken and disorderly behavior at the Baltimore and Ohio railroad station in Glen Elk. He was arrested by railroad detective J A Campbell and the sentence imposed by Justice W P Camp.
All persons interested in a commission form of government for Clarksburg are invited to attend a mass meeting at the court house at 7 o clock tonight.
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