Social and Personal Items of Clarksburg
Social notices from Clarksburg detail meetings of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at homes on Davis and Chestnut streets, an invitation card party on West Main, and the St. Pauls Missionary Society gathering at 446 South Chestnut. Proposals include a Tuesday literary club meeting at Mrs. Lynne Hornor's and an altar guild session at Christ Episcopal church. Engagement announced between Miss Eleanor Haymond Blackford and James Edwin Walon Jr. The Clarksburg Central WCTU meets at St. Pauls with a talk on law enforcement by A. Juson Findly. Christian Endeavor events feature a Sunday service at Prest Memorial Church, with reports of strong activity and new junior Endeavor organization led by Lewis Sutton Jr. and Hettie Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal
Church, South
H. ?. Woods
South Chestnut Strat
Clara Jynes
Tuesday Literary Club
Lynne, Hornor
West Pike Street
John J. Davis
Lee Street
Eleanor Haymond Blackford
Benjamin R. Blackford
Parkersburg
James Edwin Walon, Jr
Fairmont
Prest Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor Societies
Nell Layman
W. J. Morgan
Lillian Spine
Butler
Blanche Frice
New Society
Rint Presbyterian Church
Lewis Sutton, Jr
Hettie Young
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted for Rheumatism
The ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for rheumatism and blood impurities, claiming it cleanses the blood and strengthens the body. It notes forty years of use and urges readers to obtain it locally. The piece also mentions A. L. Hustead visiting from Sardis and Moses E. B. Shaver visiting from Brown on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Thomas Jr
A. L. Hustead
Sardis
Moses EB. Shaver
Brown
Trolley Car Passenger Jailed for Disorderly Conduct
Harry Mulford, a young man, is jailed awaiting trial on a disorderly conduct charge after a New Fair Grounds street car incident. Deputies arrested Mulford and another companion following complaints from the conductor about threats and abusive remarks during the car’s return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Grounds
Harry Mulford
County Jar
Mulford
John Slers
Sheriff’s Office
Manger
Lincoln Day Public Meeting Commemorates Lincoln Birth
A public meeting will be held at the court house Saturday evening February 12 at 7 40 under Custer Post No 8 Grand Army of the Republic and Nathan Goff Camp No 4 Sons of Veterans to honor Abraham Lincoln. Charles Coffman will preside Homer W Williams will deliver the principal address Judge Haymond Maxwell will discuss the Gettysburg Address and Walter M Morris Felix O Sutton and others will speak on Lincoln life. The program includes songs and remarks inviting soldiers veterans wives and all residents to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Custer Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Nathan Goff
Sons of Veterans
Abraham Lincoln
Committee On
Charles
Coffman
Homer W. Willams
Haymond Maxwell
Lincoln
Walter M. Morris
Felix
O. Sutton
Indies
Erie visitor and Butler church director return home
Personal Caldwell Davis of Erie Pa visits his mother Mrs Emme Davis at 107 Summit Court. Miss Lillian Spang, director of the choir at Second Presbyterian Butler Pa, returns home Monday after visiting her aunt Mrs F D Perce of Hornora gamue. Mr and Mrs T R Kearns will
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Caldwell Davis
Erie, Pa
Emme
Prussia plans borrowing fund to aid returning soldiers
Berlin February 7 plans are under way in Prussia for a provincial borrowing fund to help returning soldiers start anew. Funds will come from provinces and the monarchy with loans at low interest. General von Hindenburg urged the measure to ease wartime and postwar financial worries and support small merchants and tradespeople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Prussia
Funda
Binea
Stik
Chambers of Commerce
Aiollar
Three Great Services Spark Revival at Methodist Church
Revival at First Methodist Church drew strong attendance and many conversions. Three sermons were praised as the most capable yet delivered, with enhanced enthusiasm and widespread personal work by men and women. The afternoon men’s meeting was the largest, despite rain, and scores testified to God’s grace. Music was excellent and the noon luncheon in the basement grew into a major factor in outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist
Nurti
Ber
Cornell
Beet growing in Germany faces price rise to spur crop
Berlin February 7 A proposed price increase for wholesale sugar beets from 0.35 to about 1.50 1.60 marks per hundredweight aims to boost beet planting for 1916. Industry and agricultural representatives say high grain prices lure farmers to wheat, but a higher beet price could lift output to around forty million hundredweight, meeting Germanys sugar needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Aulgar
Agriculture
Ministry of the Interior
Dort
Tiwak
Germany
Oil firm raises prices on several oils in north Lima areas
Findlay oil company raised prices by six cents per barrel on North Lina South Lima Tniliana and Wooster oils. New prices list North Lima 1.58 Indiana 1.43 Wooster 1.76. Also notes a religious observance at Immaculate Conception church with a 7:20 pm sermon by Rev. Father J. J. Swint of Weston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FINDLAY, /Oil Company
North Lina
South Lima
Tniliana
Wooster Oils
Nori
Indiana
Wooster
Immaculate Conception
Nev
J. J. Swint
Weston
Socialist Internationale Alive Says Belgian Secretary
M Camille Huyxman told the Arnhem congress of the Dutch Socialist party that the Socialist Internationale is alive and that European governments would not have caused war if the movement led. He warned that July 31 would have seen forty one million dollars spent and millions killed by imperialism, contrasting it with the Socialists' aims to unite the world proletariat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
Netherlands
Socialist Internationale
Dutch Socialist Party
Arnhem
M. Camille Huyxman
International Socialist Bureau
Brussels
Tin” Hague
Socialiste
Europe
Nebo
Haved
Convention selected for Weal Virginia Association event
Clarkaburg was picked as the site for the next convention of the Virginia Association of Charities and Corrections. The executive committee chose Clarkaburg at a meeting in Fairmont on Saturday. John Sopher, secretary of the Clarksburg Associated Charities, helped secure the selection and reported a highly enthusiastic gathering with nearly all committee members in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkaburg
Weal ‘Virginia Association of Charities and Corrections
Fairmont
John Sopher
Clarksburg
Wilton to Pittsburg for hardware dealers convention
Walter B. Wilton of B R Davis Hardware Company leaves Monday for Pittsburg to attend the annual Pennsylvania Hardware Dealers Association convention. Tuesday night he will join a banquet hosted by Pittsburg Lodge No. 11 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in honor of the grand exalted ruler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter B. Wilton
B. R. Davis Hardware Company
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Hardware Dealer's Association
Ie Belog
Wilson
Pittsture Lode
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Order
Virginia Gas Company and Morchant a National Bank Merger Move
A notice from West Virginia lists a meeting of the Canadian Oil Me Gi Company at its office in Clarksburg to be held on February 12, 1916, at o'clock p.m. The purpose is to vote on a resolution for corporate changes including rendering and discontinuing business as part of a reorganization. By order of the board, W Bowman vice and D W cone secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ataddera
Ol Me Gi
Mtth
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Diriven
W. Bowman
Vicwk
D. W. Cone
Local Beef Veal Pork Sale Offers Low Prices
A small service notice reads that we are selling choice cuts of Beef Veal Pork at very low prices. The note expresses confidence in gaining patronage and mentions difficulty in starting all customer orders amid dusty trialist concerns.
Resignations and Hiring Shuffle Hit Local Restaurant Scene
A Smiltity's restaurant announces the resignation of A Brooks Bickbay from his position amid a broader staff shakeup. New staffing changes ripple through the locally known dining spot as replacements are sought and announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shad
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Furniture Store OF Quality
Adam Design
Telegram
Telepheor Bell
Tuesay
Woman's Christian Tmperance Union
Stealey Heights
Carl
Lucius Hoge
West Main Street
Thomas W. Pettgrew
New York
Clarksburg Lodge
Knights of Columbus
St. Mary’s High School
Altar Guild of
Christ Episcopal Church
Allcock
J. Jacobs
Moore Bldg
Fair Ground
Glenn B. Waters
Frunty
Sloan
Postim’ Cereal Co., Itd
Battle Creek
Mich
Socialist Party
Bureau
Congress
of Charities and Corrections Association
Pitsburg
Virginia
Morchanta National Bank
Vannort & Curtis
Auto Livery Company
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