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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1916
Page
5
A nostalgic note on Christmas fostering remembrance and friendship. The Fashion Salons announce 100 luxurious winter coats in three price groups, with savings of a third to half on top coats in the city, highlighting thoughtful gift giving and affordability.
A shopper notes a range of purse and handbag items with prices from $1.00 to $18.00. Flat shape purses in various colors and materials, card cases, arts and craft bags, black leather handbags, and silk bags are listed with typical price points.
Stockings service begins with a broad offering of silks and cottons of integrity and guaranteed wear. Prices range from 15 to 50 cents for cottons and 50 cents to 3.50 for silks. Children's silk and cotton options appear on the Main Floor near the elevator with delivery and satisfaction guaranteed.
The shoe store offers satin evening slippers at 1.69 in colors black white light blue pink pearl gray. Ornamented with silk chiffon rosettes for a pre Christmas stocking item.
A retailer promotes a range of fur coats from $100 to $250 plus accessories. Plain three quarter length coats start at $100, fitted designs at $125 to $150, with trims like fox or lynx. Other gifts include Mole and Hudson seals scarfs, muffs, and French Coney scarfs in various price points.
A fragmentary sale listing lists various sewing goods and supplies including cretonne, buphoo, sewing bags, cretonne boxes, card receivers, vises, and baskets with assorted prices. The oddly transcribed item shows a general merchandise auction or shop catalog entry with scattered price marks and product names.
A garbled catalog of textile and craft items appears with prices for throws pillows bags crochet work and embroidery. The fragment references Royal Society items Loudon pillows and various finished crochet hand bags drawn yokes and crocheted pieces with prices around a dollar to twelve dollars.
Readable fragments list various upholstery goods with prices including sofa covers $7, leather cushions $5, couch covers $200 to $150, tapestry curtains $2.40 to $18, and fancy cushions $1.50. Also mentions laundry Tages and handfinished garments priced around S200.
Toy train and gift items advertised with wide price ranges from 25 cents to 125 dollars. Items include electric trains, desks, wagons, horns, jewelry, cameos, and novelty toys. Store offerings feature German silver pieces, sterling rings, beads, and baby rings with various finishes and prices.
A lively ad highlights practical gifts for men with frills and ribbons. It features fast aisle displays of wallets, neckties, gloves, socks, and lounge robes, with prices from $0.75 to $10.00, urging readers that the Parsons Souders store is ready for holiday shoppers.
A crafted catalog notes many affordable gift umbrellas and related items. It lists Men’s Natural Handle umbrellas 95¢ to 3.00, Fancy Handle umbrellas 3.50 to 10, collapsible umbrellas 5, Sears items 2e to 2.00, tool and accessory sets, thermos bottles, smokers trays and stands, Ingersol watches, brass racks, shaving mirrors, military brushes, robes and stationery boxes with varied prices.
Clipped text describes a dessert recipe with butter sugar chocolate vanilla and raisins as a treat to fill a city stocking. It also mentions pupils at Claremont high school working in a lemon grove on school grounds.
Parkersburg December 1 The Nemesis temple members and wives will process in the receiving line at the January ball for the new Masonic temple at Market and Ninth streets. Notables include L Tavenner and Mrs Tavenner former Governor and Mrs Albert Blakeslee White Charles G Coffman and Mrs Cunningham of Clarksburg Thoenen and Mrs Thoenen of Sistersville and Hans A D Follen of Marietta. Wallace orchestra of Cleveland engaged for the event with high order arrangements.
Scald two cupfuls of milk and add one fourth cupful of rice and one third teaspoon of salt. Cook until rich and soft, then add one tablespoon of sugar and chocolate to taste. Stir until smooth and serve warm or cold as desired.
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