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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1908
Page
5
The notice promotes Parsons Souders Millinery offering half price hats this season. It emphasizes excellent condition, dust proof display cases, fresh stock, and a mid winter sale as a change of attire reason. Prices are noted but not specified.
Last call on the great stock of women’s suits fills the cloak room. Final week to save as many suits remain at reduced prices. Selected items list include prices down to 12.50 to 25.00, with many suits now half price.
The sale features gowns described as the newest and most attractive undermuslins, with prices quoted as 91 25 and $1.50, plus a 37¢ and a $1.87 offer. Organizers express great appreciation for liberal patronage and praise the garments for unusually fine care.
Weathered shoppers are urged to act as prices drop on Fox and Squirrel Furs with mink furs at one fourth off and fur items overall at substantial reductions. The sale targets buyers who paused at higher prices.
The Sorosis World Wide Shoe advertises Style 97-5 Mack Kid Lace Poot with patent tip welted seam and short vamp. It touts global popularity from London to Chicago and asserts Sorosis as a fashion leader akin to sterling silver, noting price at three dollars fifty cents per pair.
Seventy one witnesses have been examined with more expected as investigations into the Monongah mine disaster continue. The report notes ongoing testimony and the rapid pace of the inquiry.
The Telegram relief fund will close its drive this week and forward proceeds to the Manon gah general committee. Amount realized to date far exceeds expectations, with $1,895.25 grossed and further totals noted. a few days remain to contribute.
Lawrence Lynch, son of Judge Charles W. Lynch, has recovered from facial burns sustained in a school demonstration and plans to return to school. Thomas Gray of the Wage Committee of the Amalgamated Window Glass Workers Association reports from Kane, Pa., that thirteen cutters and eleven fatteners are at work and the Kane factory is operating smoothly.
A Friday evening East End Social at Bridgeport featured twelve couples enjoying music and dance at the Commercial hotel before returning home to warm suppers. A Sunday bartenders’ lodge session followed with refreshments and speeches, and notices report two marriages William M. Evans and Nancy M. Cottrill at Craigmoor and Guy S. Lanham and Rosa Sturm returning home after a Philipps marriage.
The Clarksburg Poultry and Pet Stock Association will stage its fourth annual show in Clarksburg from January 27 to 1, attracting exhibitors from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. The event, already surpassing last year, features incubators, brooders, bones mills, and a wide variety of fowl and pet stock, with two renowned judges Dan J. Lambert of New York and Charles B. E. Cram of Ohio. Cash premiums and silver cups will be awarded as ribbons are set for the second day.
Paris reports Henry Farman, French aviator, wins the Denis Archdeacon prize of $10,000 by piloting a heavier than air craft around the 1,000 kilometer circular course, setting a landmark in early aviation achievement.
Pernambuú, Brazil, January 1. The American torpedo boat Fotlita departed the port today bound for Rio Janeiro. D. P. Enegesty spent Monday in the city attending election-related events.
Hood's Sarsaparilla proclaims itself as a superior tonic for blood purification appetite and vitality. The ad touts its unique formula with liquid and tablet forms, including Sarsatabs, priced at one dollar per bottle, prepared by C.I. Hood Co., Lowell Massachusetts.
Salem Masons and their wives have secured a charter from the Grand Lodge of West Virginia to organize a new chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star at the Salem Masonic hall on Tuesday January 21. About 25 charter members are expected, with prospects to double shortly. Stephen Waterhouse Jr. will institute the chapter, Queen Esther Chapter No. 12 invites attendance. Grand Chapter of West Virginia meets in Clarksburg this fall. Queen Esther Chapter No. 12 counts 100 members. Mrs. Lucy M. Jacoby presides as worthy matron.
A fragmentary line hints at a forthcoming event or schedule involving individuals or groups abbreviated as Tt. WU. A. Ma son. The readable text suggests a next Thursday occurrence but provides no clear context or details.
A marriage license has been sold to Harry H. Fox and Zeth Gravel, Stanislaw Padiwta and Apolonia Gricallo, Willam M. Ennis and Nancy M. Cettrin.
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