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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1908
Page
5
A noisy sale ad touts Orie tase 22 dozen 264¢ sheets with center seam priced at $6 for low quality goods. Pillow cases 12c each, wash goods and calico cut to 50c to $3.50 a yard. Dress and Marquis e waists highlight new Spring styles with needlework and lace details.
An ad feature extols King’s New Discovery as life saving for coughs and lung troubles with a trial bottle offered. It also promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar as a safe cough remedy without opiates. Electric Bitters are praised as a neighborhood favorite aiding digestion and general weakness.
George Baird of af tWheeltng arrives in the city as a visitor, meeting local residents and taking in sights.
The Grafton Elks and their guests joined the second performance of the Elks big circus at Hoffman Hall on Tuesday night. The show featured Sig Travinemupeki's wild animal act and Ed J. Conley as assistant Barker. Two more performances are planned, with tickets opening at 7:30.
A series of social gatherings are announced including a Leap Year Dance in Hofman Hall on Friday hosted by local young women. Invitations issued for a large attendance. Also listed are a Lutheran Missionary Society meeting at 338 Mechanic Street and Home and Missionary Society of Presbyterian Church event on Wednesday afternoon. The Star Sewing Club plans a Thursday meeting at Mrs John Flanigan's residence on Wernering Street.
Baltimore report outlines the convention's aim to restore confidence in commerce, urging members from New York to West Virginia to act boldly. It notes crop prosperity in the South, credit fear after a financial panic, and plans reduced rail rates to draw attendees with speeches by Roose roft and others on banking, currency, and railroad prosperity.
The article notes strong harvests in the South and forecasts that business next spring will not lag behind prior years if merchants unite, learn the lessons of confidence, and reap profits through cooperation.
The court handed down several rulings: Levy Talbott versus Talbott with a $5,000 bond. writs refused in York and others. several reversals and remands in Yarion, Randolph, Tucker, Kanawha, and other counties. Several writs of certiorari awarded in Wood and Kanawha counties.
The county clerk issued a marriage license to Cecil G. Rammond and Dessie L. Allen on Wednesday.
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