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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1908
Page
5
The fragment lists waist prices such as $1.25 $1.50 and $1 apiece, then higher values like $2.00 $2.25 and $2.50 to $3.50, ending with figures 97c 1.47 1.97, indicating a sale page pricing middlemen or retailers.
The Fortnightly Club hosted a leap year dance at Traders Hotel with about forty couples and live music by Prof. Howant Uinke’s orchestra. A luncheon interrupted the program between sets. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs Fees of Kansas City, Miss Laura William of Fairmont, and J A Smith of Dawson. Rev E S Hamrick married William Dodd to Celia Thornhill at Gott Davis’s Mineral residence. they plan to visit relatives then settle in Hallfield where Dodd works for South Penn Oil. Albert R Beigel and Evelyn M Taylor to wed at 5 pm at 948 West Pike Street with Rev J E Bird officiating. Miss Taylor is daughter of Mr and Mrs Edgar L Taylor. Beigel is a civil engineer formerly local. Circle No 12 Ladies of the G A R will meet at 2:20 pm Thursday January 16 at 478 Mechanic Street. attendance urged for an important gathering.
Henry Woodrum, newly hired at Stuart Colliery Company, fell to his death entering an air shaft bucket. He stepped into the bucket, slipped, and plunged to the bottom, his body mangled. He and his family recently moved to Stuart.
The Havila Realty Company and Havila Hotel Company won court action placing the latter in receivership with W. A. Bennett named as receiver. Reported assets total about 225000 dollars, with a mortgage or lien at 60000 dollars amid the tight money market cited as the reason for the action.
John A. Chapman was named receiver for R. M. Smith & Company a wholesale lumber firm in Parkersburg. The firm lists assets of 500000 and liabilities of 250000.
A list of discounted bed linens with sizes 72x90 and 81x90 and cases 42x36 and 45x36. Prices range from 12c to 95c for sheets and 14c to 25c for pillow cases.量
Price list shows Corset Covers discounted to 39c 59c and 75c with individual items at 24c 47c 69c 1.00 and 1.24 to 1.47, plus 256 Corset Covers and skirts offered at various low prices.
The Charlestown Baptist church under Rev. McDaniels welcomed ten converts despite bad weather. The ceremony at Virginia Avenue in Londos featured two newlywed couples and was praised as one of the most successful meetings in the church’s history.
The assistant general reports wartime medals totaling almost 000 distributed to Civil War veterans in the past ten months with daily requests for more. Most medals came from veterans and families, including many widows. A proposal aims to supply a fair candidate from 15 to 14 pounds, with Dr. Tr. Nafter and others mentioned in passing.
Nine opinions listed from the supreme court of appeals including Woodville vs Woodville Mason com reversed and bill dismissed. Town of Oceanie Denny Cook Wyoming county armed with opinions by Judges Miller Robinson McWhorter Poftenbarger and others. Remedies include writs of error reversed and remanded and a railroad case affirmed.
Wild bids arise as Parkerstuirg Charleston and Huntington contest for the state convention venue with Wheeling noted as a former host. Publican circles watch the proceedings for seating and hosting rights.
Jun 15 fire wipes out the White Oak Manufacturing Company plant, with damage near 373,000. Insurance coverage nearly total. Cause not stated in readable text.
The funeral of Mia Julia A. Doworth who died in East Claireburg after a pneumonia illness was held Wednesday afternoon at Astor Taylor County. The body was taken to Merlington on the 10 o'clock train for interment in the Astor cemetery.
Woodmen of the World hosts a kickoff wig meeting at the Pythian lodge to initiate a large group into the order. A specific price of fifty dollars is noted for membership and initiation events. The venue lists First Street as the contact point for applying.
Miss Zanle Bertin of Fairmont remains critically ill after a severe burn from a fall into a fire during a spell. Her condition worsens despite medical efforts, with no hope of recovery expressed by physicians.
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