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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1916
Page
5
Parsons-Souders announces a 5 pm to 9 30 pm sale with FinestVoile waistlines and new spring suits on display. Basem ent floor specials, shrewd buys on dry goods, and Parsons-Souders blouses priced from $1 to $10.75. Window displays invite shoppers to visit the blouse shop tonight.
A fragment mentions 2500 yards curtain crim descriptions in white cream and ecru. No clear event or names present.
A toboggan cap with a crown extending about 36 inches tapers to a point forming a scarf. Described as clever with comfort, models will display them in show windows tonight. Available in plain and color combinations. Price two dollars.
Spring fashion notes emphasize salt coats and tailored dress effects with loose and fitted jackets. Separate coats and skirts show semi fitted loom styles and favored petticoat fabrics. Brassieres and corsets feature new figure builders, bust confin ers, and soft effects for misses and girls.
In most cases the poor performance is not the machine but user adjustment. Our New Home service offers repairs with Mr Titler’s guidance. Call 313 Bell or 178 Home to have our man Comé inspect the machine. Repair costs are trifling and needles and parts are available for any machine.
Special lot of six different soaps offered at 25c per box or 50c per dozen. The Sweetheart and Palm soaps are promoted as high quality and well regarded by many satisfied users.
Mrs Thomas W Pettigrew of New York hosted a card party at her North Chestnut Street home with Morai decorations and five tables of bridge. Guests included Mr and Mrs James W Williams Dr and Mrs W Percy Goff Mr and Mrs Dudley D Britt and many others from Columbus Parkersburg and Washington. A theater party followed at Robinson Grand and a later tea at Welch and Fullertons. A successful bake sale by the Woman's Exchange was noted and the Tuesday Literary Club will study Roumanians with Palm garden decor and a reform topic led by Miss Etta McKeehan.
Mrs Pettigrew of New York led a host of Indies at the Welch and Fullerton drug store tea on O'Block Friday afternoon. Guests included Mrs Hoge, Mrs Rapp, Mrs Swartz, Mrs Davis, Mrs Britt, Mrs Willams, Mrs Leatherbury, Mrs Horner, Mrs Alexander, Miss Glass, and Mrs Quaner Pensar. The social scene highlights popular tea entertainments at local drug stores. Mrs Horner later hosted Five Table Card Club at her Pike Street home with euchre and a decorative table setting featuring crimson carnations.
Mr and Mrs Cecil B Highland of New Mariineville plan a two week stay in New York. Miss Elen Powell of Parkersburg has returned home after visiting Mrs Joseph Watherell. Dr Thomas M Hood traveled to FloridaFriday night. Mrs Robert R Wilson and Mrs H Gryan Templeman are guests of their parents Mr and Mrs John W Brown in their winter home at St Lucie Florida. Mr and Mrs Olandux West left Friday night for Jacksonville to spend February there. Martha Smith and Mrs S Austin Smith will join Mr and Mrs West in Washington. Captain George B Conley of the US Army arrived Saturday to stay with Col and Mrs Henry Haymond and will depart by midnight train for Indianapolis.
A fragmented list of household tips covers flavoring onions and poultry, pest control, labeling gears, and furniture care. Practical steps include softening onions under water, chewing a pin to deter ants, adding sugar to pasta water, boiling coffee pot scrubbing water with soap, and treating leather with boiled water and lye to restore shine.
The Woman's Study Club outlines a Memorial program honoring Dr. Booker T. Washington. It features biographies, history of Tuskegee, manuscripts, clippings, and Washington’s last address as part of the tribute by club members and guests.
Black cotton petticoats priced at 75c and 95c are highlighted as well made and mercerised. The ad urges careful examination before condemnation and notes strong sales in the basement bargain center.
New taffetas arrive for spring with dark patterns for afternoon and morning frocks, light colors for evening gowns, taffeta for suits, and flounced skirts. Plain color taffeta sells for $1.50 a yard and Gros de Londre twilled taffeta, 36 inches wide, also $1.50 a yard for high quality fabric.
This sweater article lists several styles and prices including wool jersey with sash at 6.50, ribbed wool with shawl collar at 4.00, jumbo knit at 6.50 8.60 and 10.00, silk sweater with wool back at 12.50, and fiber silk sweaters ranging from 5.00 to 10.00 reflecting spring wardrobe options.
Chief beauty of these blue wash dresses for children ages two to six and six to fourteen is in their dress making. The madras and gingham fabrics are sturdy and durable. Mothers await February shipment. Prices range from 50c to 2.50.
Every woman who crochets can be helped by reading and studying this crochet book. The 1916 issue gives full instructions in all the late as well as the old techniques. Price 10c.
Four new attractive waists offered at $1.00 each as part of a cooperative sale. The article highlights improved methods and merchant cooperation to provide exceptional value, explaining why these waists surpass other similar items in price and quality.
Crowd gathers to view new spring suits featuring short jacket styles with ripple lines and fuller skirts in Poirot twill and gabardine. Notable rookie shades and a range of colors. sample outfits displayed. Priced from 14.50 to 55.00.
Mrs Amands Vorhart of Wyomiseside Ohio reports Chamberlains Cough Remedy has been used by her family for twenty years and never failed to ease coughs or colds. The testimonial reflects broad popularity and trusted effectiveness across communities.
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