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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1913
Page
5
A delayed shipment of bath robes priced at two dollars fifty cents per piece reached too late for Christmas distribution. Thirty six gowns in six colorways, made of high grade blanket fabric, will be sold to sixty young and old recipients who earned a Christmas cash bonus. Each robe valued at four dollars.
A shopper exclaimed that dresses priced as high as fifteen dollars look the same at seven fifty, ordering three in brown Copenhagen blue and poetipe. The notice advertises three creped or diagonal woolen spring dresses with batwing sleeves in six colors, to be worn uptown.
First lowering of fur prices features cuts across Black and Sable Piers Red Fox sets Mink and imitation furs with deep discounts. Original fair values listed include Black Cat Lynx and Pointed Fox sets, with many other novelty sets and vendors.
A retailer promotes a stock of silk petticoats at 1.95 dollars each. A faulty first item was exchanged without question under a customer-friendly policy. The sale features 200 pieces, including fifty labeled Kelly Steen and others in plain and changeable colors.
Nicholasville Ky December 20 W M Watts county attorney of Jase antine county and a top state politician died at a Lexington hospital from injuries after a firecracker exploded prematurely at his home.
Eighteen individuals celebrated Christmas Eve with intoxicants and appeared in a police court Thursday morning. Six paid fines while the mayor covered the charges for twelve others as Christmas penalties.
A grand fifth annual Sleman Club holiday dance fills the Mason temple with Christmas decor and a large out of town guest turnout. Prominent hostesses, patrons, and officers will oversee the event as plans for a luncheon follow and a banqueting mood prevails. Also covered are literary club meetings, a Christmas wedding, a charity card party, and upcoming opera at the Robinson Grand with rehearsals underway.
The article details multiple weddings and receptions. It notes a bride continuing in Bridgport schools and a Reverend officiating at home settings with close friends present. A second ceremony unites Hoy D West and Virginia Clegg at the Wine Methodist church, after which they plan to reside in West Milford due to oil drill work. A college boys’ fundraising and a holiday dance are also mentioned in local festive events.
More than 400 national banks and trust companies across states and large cities have applied for membership in the federal reserve system, according to an unofficial Treasury estimate. Officials will log applications as they arrive, with New York Chicago and Boston banks not applying in large numbers yet. Secretary McAdoo expects the applications to continue.
Gustave Brose was fined and costs for trespassing at the Baltimore and Ohio railroad yard near the York station. Laborers Thomis Shaw Joseph Grasso and Ora Moors were fined one dollar for drunkenness. Grasso and Shaw served time unless paid. The county tow path sentence applied to the others in default.
Article notes regulatory authority and potential court powers, discussing the president's address and implications for dissolution decrees. It highlights the debate on regulatory reach and the role of government in overseeing corporations amid recent developments.
John Leferge received ten days in jail after Mayor Will I Cole in polite court found him guilty of carrying liquor to prisoners in the city jail. Chief Brooks observed inmates appeared increasingly intoxicated, prompting a push for stricter enforcement and possible liquor checks.
A garbled report references a burial service led by Rev. W. C. Taylor of First Baptist Church and mentions Turkish and regional wartime conditions. It alludes to underground electrical roads and widowdom, with scattered names such as Charlottenburg and Keanu Ogdin, but the fragmentary text obscures clear events, dates, or outcomes.
A stray OCR fragment describes a sudden act and a chase involving a figure named Jockedy, with unclear verbs and wording. The readable parts imply action and pursuit but lack full context, making precise reporting impossible.
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