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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1908
Page
5
A sale lists half price on a wide range of items from trimmings and braid to remnants of fabric and lace. Odd lots of wash goods and silks, belts, brooches, and necklaces are offered at half price, with china bric a brac and fur pieces also included for rapid purchase. Many items claim deep discounts to move stock.
State Commander C C Showaller of the Knights of the Maccabees will arrive tomorrow to oversee Clarksburg meeting and train locals in upcoming three degree ritual. Twenty one visitors from nearby towns are expected, with the Uniform Rank to host a luncheon followed by a smoker.
Notice warns against harboring Charles Lowry in Rambling Place saloon under penalty. Mrs. Jennie Lowry signs as deputy sheriff. William B. Leonard of Salem spent Monday in the city.
Social notes from Washington detail a Saturday dinner honoring President Oscar Murray of the Baltimore & Ohio railway hosted by Senator Henry G. Davis at Senator Bir Idns home. Attendees included Knapp, Cockran, Underwood, Pugh, Bator and others from major railroads and the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The circuit court morning session completed the appeal of the General Fire Ex Anguishing Company against the General Distributing Company for 300. The Warren-Ehret Company suit against Eliott and Winchell went to trial in the afternoon, and Williams and Davisson versus Washington Fuel Company was disposed of.
The funeral for Mrs. Gay Kyle wife of John Kyle of Sardis was held at her residence Monday at two o'clock with burial in Sardis cemetery. She died Sunday morning after lingering illness at age 22. Many friends in the county high regard her, and her death is deeply grieved.
Chicago market bulletin notes wheat at 96 20m 59 2 8 and oats at SI 3s as of February 3. Brief item mentions Sherman Denham traveling to Par kendiang Honiay for business matters and William Strother of Wiboshers visiting the city Monday amid local commerce activity.
The Rev. T. L. W. Sifferd marked the start of the third year with a sermon on going forward. The annual report shows 124 sermons and addresses, 20 baptisms, 6 marriages, 4 funerals, rising aid society memberships, more than 900 dollars in church expenditures, and 12 new members. The temporary chapel was dedicated debt free as $1,092 was raised. A total of $8,100.10 was secured for a new building, aiming for at least $25,000 by spring. There are about 160 English-speaking Lutherans in the city.
ir and Mrs Charles Maple of B Pike Street celebrate the arrival of a fine boy recently born to their home. Mr Maple, aged 80, says he can hardly strike to his work at the Phillips Sheet Tin Plate mills where he is a trusted and valuable employer.
Funeral services and burial for J. P. Ashcraft of Fairmount held Monday morning attended by relatives. The obituary notes he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Stout and the granddaughter of the local minister, with interment in the nearby cemetery.
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