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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
5
In Clarksburg on December 27 Parsons Souders promotes the Shopping Centre of Central West Virginia with special New Year coat offers. Festive season pricing features new coats for women priced from $15 to $55, including fur trimmed and plush styles, claiming savings over ten dollars.
Odor destroying pastiles called The Egyptian Deoraorizer and Aerofume promise to scent and purify air. They claim to neutralize cooking, paint, damp, and animal odors in homes, bathrooms, offices, or public buildings with a simple lighted end in a provided holder. package includes sixteen pastilles and a holder for 26 cents.
A splendid maskin in ivory and white with three rows of embroidery on the backs. Color shades from dark to light in brown steen and purple. Whites have a black and white embroidery. Two clasps. Vallier gloves described as best French gloves. Includes women's washable kid gauntlet gloves in cruiser grey and white at $3.50 and gauntlet gloves with wrist strap in battleship grey and cream at $2.50.
Social and personal notes from Clarksburg and Fairmont recount marriages and society events. Clyde Fisher of Northview and Rosa Mathew wed at 4:30 Sunday afternoon officiated by Rev Ludwig of United Brethren. Starkey, a Northview council member, and the bride, a Clarksburg figure, are featured in wedding notices and upcoming social gatherings.
A Burke’s Drug Store endorsement from Dir. G. L. Holden claims Nerv-Worth eased 25 years of sour stomach and craving for food. Holden says half a bottle reduced sourness, improved appetite, and notes benefits for headaches, indigestion, and nervous conditions. Money back if it fails.
M V Hurst of Jarvisville visited the city on business. Randolph Stalnaker of Wheeling hosted at the Waldo hotel. Ceil B Sigland from New Martinsville also toured the area. Byrioh Despard returned from Philadelphia while John Hart Jr and his father spent Christmas with family. John Bart left Waldo for Dayton to join the Cornell Glee Club on its western tour. Mrs Norval McCarty and daughter Elizabeth returned from Buckhannon. James Holward Davis, a Kiskiminetas School student, is home for holidays with his J Horner Davis family. Gideon of ? appears among the holiday notices.
Annapolle Md guests and relatives fill the holiday scene with visitors from Weston Buckhannon Emmettsburg New Hampshire and New York Frances Curtin home from Bryn Mawr to spend the holidays with her parents Clarnt Gibson home from Randolph Macon School visiting sister Mrs Joseph Wetherell John Hart Charleston Park Weston Jennings from New York City guest of Miss Gertrude Liters Justin Henderson from Newark City returns after visiting his father Wassey Me Bradford from Folsom and Dr Wallace Fleming president of West Virginia Wesleyan College in Beckhannon attending local events
The store offers Wonderful Skating Sets in red blue white and solids for girls and young women plus Altowool Angora brushed pieces and thickly knitted scarves and capes in white rose blues browns and greens. Prices range from 1.00 to 2.00 and some sets up to 5.00.
Women’s Latin slippers offered in black pink light blue white and pearl grey priced at 1.69. Slippers are well made with chiffon rosettes and covered heels suitable for evening wear or boudoir use. The price is the main draw, about half of their actual value.
A hosiery store advertises women’s silk stockings at one dollar a pair. The stock includes twenty three color choices in a recent purchase of three hundred pairs. Colors range from black to white with various light and dark shades.
Mr and Mrs J M Black are here from Fairmont visiting on a business mission. They are hosted by local contacts and plan meetings with regional partners to discuss opportunities and potential cooperation.
A reader advises a batter of flour and cream with salt pepper and baking powder for frying oysters in deep fat. Dip oysters, dust with flour, and fry until tender. The method also suits croquettes and chops. A Detroit woman patents a ring shaped applicator for scalp lotions delivering a narrow stream.
The article praises the new separate skirts in gabardine and broadcloths, noting their serviceable, durable materials and high quality. Priced around $4.96 to $10, the skirts are described as worth the investment for daily use and long wear, with emphasis on tall wool fabrics and tight weaves.
Funeral arrangements are announced for Mrs Elizabeth J. Welch 90, who died Thursday at her Monticello home. The Rev King of Pirat Methodist Episcopal will lead the service at 2:30 PM from the home, with burial in Nagonic cemetery. She is survived by sons George Welch of Monticello and Rural Welch of Little Rock.
Committed notice from the city council chamber urges all committee members to attend tonight as urgent matters will be taken up. The text is a fragmented OCR with unclear names and dates but indicates a formal gathering and important agenda.
A fragmented advance notice notes a price increase in brick production with direction given for December 1016. The partial text mentions Glen View and Uri, indicating regional reference for the forthcoming pricing shift.
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