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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1907
Page
5
Parson-Souders Co cloaks and rain coats are emptied with heavy discounts across coats, raincoats, fur and broadcloth varieties. Prices drop from 5.00 to 21.50 on coats and 3.50 to 5.50 on jackets as winter stock and 1906 styles move fast. Silk waists and children's coats heavily reduced with bundles from 2.75 to 5.50.
Store advertises drastic reductions on silks with large selection. Mentioned items include waists and shirts, with prices like 69c to 2.65, and 7Sc and 1.00 levels. Encourages mail orders for distant customers and promises generous assortments.
WANTED To buy 15 shares Em pire Basic stock. Writsor phone C Bennett Brown W Va. WANTED A position in an office or store. Am almost 18 years of age and have completed the common school course. Address Brooke L Conley 287 North Chestnut street Clarksburg W Va.
High waters washed out several culverts in the community including at Byrd Litleton on Second Street and another at North View near the pike. A gulch formed east of the Loop saloon blocking the pike while land north of the railroad near Planickinnick coal mine submerged. Two twelve inch pumps keep the mine pumped.
Street Superintendent Edward J. Doyle closed the crematory Saturday and will reopen for one day each week, Friday, under a council order. Jack Kida, who had charge, was laid off after several weeks.
A Notre Dame woman offers a free home treatment promising to relieve rheumatism muscular and joint pains sciatica backache and kidney discomfort. She claims the remedy dissolves uric acid purifies the blood and restores energy and elasticity and invites sufferers to write for proof and a plan.
Yesterday's revival at Goff Methodist Episcopal church featured four services and strong engagement. J F Dye offered helpful remarks during a 3 o'clock conference, while a 4 o'clock young people's meeting drew seven prospective leaders. Mrs B Demon Mang presented The Voice of the Tempter and the sermon focused on Our Portion Salvation, ending with a general handshaking and a plan for tonight's testimony service.
Evangelistic services will be conducted on weeknights at the Baptist church by the pastor. A Monday 4 PM young people's meeting will feature the new hymn book Praises and the B Y P O quartet will sing. The meetings this week have shown spiritual power and the outlook for a blessing from the Lord is good.
The fourth biennial report by Superintendent Hilda M. Dune of the West Virginia Industrial Home for Girls at Salem covers two years ending Sept 30, 1906. It lists admissions since May 1899 and discharges by paroling to parents, relatives, or at wage work, with counts for ages from nine to eighteen and notes on outcomes such as return to courts, discharge for good behavior, or placement with relatives or in their own homes. At Oct 1, 1906 the home held 111 girls in its control, with 76 or so aged and categorized by age distribution and disposition.
Henry Heinz proprietor of the Clarksburg Pressing Company on Third street and one of his tailors Hugh Martin were taken ill Friday evening and unable to work. They believe their illness resulted from drinking water.
Cohen's orchestra performs at the Hewes Palm Patsee for a public dance tonight at a listed hour. Admission is 50 cents.
The city council discussed building permits approved on the building committee’s recommendation, and two petitions for residences on Flynn Street and Water Street were referred for reports. A will for fifty six days work in charge of the crematory was read, and a street work transfer dispute was noted. Saloon license transfers were handled by the newly organized license board with transfers affecting Noon Neennes, Welch & Riggins, and Biddle B. Noon on West Pike and Past Pike.
In a regular morning session of the police court five prisoners faced penalties for disorderly conduct and drunkenness. Bert McAtee and Fred Monroe fought yesterday. both were fined but could not pay. McAtee received three days in jail. Monroe ten days. Lloyd Adame and William Dromstond faced jail terms for drunkenness. Arthur Hall was fined for drinking from a foamy schooner.
Rail readers report veering and delays on the Clarksburg to Fairmont traction tine due to slides overnight and this morning. By this afternoon service resumed near the schedule around four am and three quarters. The worst landslide occurred at Riverdeleest below Shiametom, affecting traction operations.
A historic bank宣offers to grow savings and deposits with a policy emphasizing fair treatment and protection for depositors. Officers include John L. Rubi as president and Frank Gaylord as vice president with a broad board of directors. The bank advertises 4 percent interest on time deposits compounded semi annually in the savings department.
A vintage ad touts Herpicide as fatal to the dandruff germ and promises hair growth, praising a pestilent parasite and recommending scouring the scalp as the cure. It urges readers to seek best and easiest factory locations and agents to aid in hair health and management.
Purity flour claims to be the purest and most palatable for bread cake and pastry. It emphasizes modern milling and upgraded machinery, promising strength and health as its core benefits. The advertisement targets bakers and households seeking quality flour.
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