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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1908
Page
5
A fragmented catalog page lists numerous fur items and skirts with prices, including child coats, mink pieces, fox neck pieces, and squirrel pieces. Also noted are laces, silks, and taffeta fabrics with per yard pricing and winter style references from 1907-08.
Women's wear Leather Belts brand new 1908 styles priced 50e, 25e and 39c. Side and Back Comns new different styles and shapes. Ladies Tam Over Lace Collars all new 1908 styles Sutine goods. Wallpaper Arrived spring stock with more pretty designs than ever before. Enamelware two special lots in white lined heavy coated ware. Pretty green wheellied kettles and pans in two lots 25c and 50c.
Fresh 1908 fabrics arrive including green brown and black Panamas and Serge, striped and checked effects. Prices $1.00 $1.25 and $1.50 per yard. White Panamas Serge Mohairs and Aatists Mohairs showcased at 75c 85c and $1.00 per yard.
Regional items from Monongah and nearby towns include visits by Wm Herman of Zanesville and Grace Monroe of Rose Pua, church activities with Louis Black and Rev Rapkin at the Baptist Sunday school, and health updates on Mrs Golden of Froud Oaks and others. Legal matters mention Attorney S Perry in Mortastown circuit court.
A letter discusses widespread Milwaukee telephone difficulties caused by crowded party lines. It cites overworked operators, busy signals, and misperceptions by users, proposing a double track system with separate incoming and outgoing lines to improve service and reduce faults.
The Grand Haven Tribune reports long standing dissatisfaction with the municipal electric lighting system, describing mismanagement and costly repairs. Lost funds and plodding progress are highlighted alongside calls for charter reforms to separate utilities from political influence.
Vance Randolph sold Bix Interest in the O Neil barber shop to Dallas Williams. Clarence Munn works at a new well drilled by Reserve Gas on Howard Goat Company property. Monday saw mint workers. Lawrence Swiger attends to Sar Mis Telephone Company interests. Harun Hurst treated for rheumatism. Conductor C H Toretterick spent Sunday in Byehorn Arkansas. Charles Swinder of Point Comfort visited friends. W Ja Hurst installing home phone with Sardis Telephone Co. Starley Meckert works for Fred Whiteman hitcher. W Finnigan from Suredix Mandy & J plans Pitshuret lone day this week. Beatrice Straitswood attended event Sunday. Robert E Ogden of Enteryville will qualify at next term of county court as monetary prize governor Twwater commission.
A damaged address list from Clarksburg West Virginia shows numerous names of unclaimed letters with scattered incomplete spellings and misprints. An upcoming church supper is announced to be held by young men of Got M. church on February 28 in the evening.
The Window Glass Blowers and Gatherers Protective Association seeks field organizing in Pittsburg and Wet Union. Leaders Blwood Weiner Dante Winters Jr Jacob Thomsa Loyd M All en will visit to advance the new organization. The notice promotes dietary advice with Chamberlain's B stomach tablets as a remedy for stomach troubles.
An old Clarksburg Telegram notice urges readers to subscribe at ten cents a week and promotes the telegram service and office accessibility with a bold, promotional tone.
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