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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1914
Page
5
A sale offering suits, wristlets, scarves, bed socks, slippers, and other comforts for soldiers and their mothers or sisters. Also lists afghans, socks, and baby items. Purchases in the Art Need Work Section on the first floor include instruction from a competent teacher.
Doylies centerpieces scarves lunch cloths and tray covers all trimmed with handmade pony indicate new import secured by our representative on his last European tour. Suitable as Christmas gifts. Range from finger bowl doyls six inches diameter at 85c each with centerpieces priced 1.00 to 4.50.
The advertisement offers white quilts in two quality levels with prices 3.76 dollars for full size quilts and five dollars for lace edged or raised pattern quilts. Lace edge comes in a holiday box and a matching sham is included with the raised pattern option.
Doubtless more women pay four dollars for shoes than any other price. The store claims its assortments include every kind a woman would want and emphasizes better material and workmanship. Hundreds of pairs of four dollar shoes for women will rise to five dollars after they are sold, based on current market conditions.
Early editions announce a new stock of women’s winter coats in Clarksbury. Prices range from 10 to 20 dollars with Zebeline, boucle, Astrachan, Zibeline and Hudson Seal fur cloth models featuring plush collars, teal fur accents, satin linings and belted, circular back styles.
Beautiful fabrics and one of a kind coats offered in dark and light colors. Some feature big fur collars and are lined with novelty silks and satins. Originally costly, coats now promoted at 25 dollars, with broadcloth coats in black and colors priced at 21.50 dollars.
A catalog snippet lists various household items with prices from 25 cents to 13.50. Items include vacuum cleaner 525.00, hand power cleaner attachments 37.50, silver tea service 3.76 to 9.00, silver trays 5.00, and numerous brassy or nickel items such as clocks lamps and office sets priced between 0.25 and 12.00, reflecting a sale or promotion.
Aldershot dispatch reports soldiers’ families receive furloughs as Sir John French orders spread. Regular troops stationed there see kin travel to meet them while sergeants learn of telegraphic hope from home. Officers note anticipation of future unit movements and a planned football game.
Social and personal items recount a busy week of parties and club meetings. Surprises mark birthdays, Masonic and Eastern Star events draw crowds, Camp Fire and study clubs hold gatherings, and visitors mingle at theaters and hotels.
A daughter was born Sunday to Mr and Mrs Abraham Klein at their Mulberry street home. Mr Klein is a popular clothier connected with the Nushaum store on Third street. The item notes the event as a formal announcement with traditional family wording.
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