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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1916
Page
5
A friendly notice invites travelers waiting for trains to visit a Clarksburg store. Taxis bring passengers to the entrance within five minutes, and the place offers Vitaphone music, rest rooms, writing rooms, and comfortable amenities. No one is pressured to purchase.
Fine goods at a surprising price. These skirts, in navy and black French serge, attract fastidious buyers seeking fit and style, offered at $6.75. Only 60 skirts available in black and midnight blue.
The latest belts feature soft kid leather with two half inch strips sewed together in gray and white or hue and white priced 50c. Also available white kid edged with black or gray for 50c. A novelty gray kid belt comes with three feather folds in plain gray or gray with white edges and eyelets at 50c.
District Meeting attendance reached eighty with reports from committees and talks by Cecil of Parkersburg and Annie Wolf of Folsom. A chicken and salad dinner followed the sessions. Local attendees listed include Mrs Swartz and Mrs Rector from Clarksburg among many others. Baptist picnic invites families to Jacobs Grove for a day of fellowship with special rides and a large gathering anticipated. An enjoyable dance in Perth Amboy and New York guests preceded a College Girls Sewing Club gathering hosted by Miss Margaret Tilting on West Pike Street with Ruth Widenbamer as the Morgan Town guest.
The Merry Garden offers untrimmed hats from $4 to $6 and trimmed hats from $6 to $8 with Milan Straw shapes and ribbon accents. A bargain batch of 108 trimmed hats in five groups priced $1.95 to $6.90 awaits, alongside new sports hats in felts and silks from $1.50 to $5.00.
A fashion note highlights new navy blue taffeta frocks priced at 17 50 with a fresh, exclusive look. Also advertised are navy silk stockings offered at 1 25 to 1 26, promoting silk quality and stylish navy accents.
Miss Virginia Snider will entertain Friday afternoon at the home of East Maltr street. the Male Chorus meeting was postponed to Tuesday evening July 11 at Miss Cora M. Atchieon’s North Sixth street home. Community news notes include autos trips, social teas, and chapter meetings.
Representatives of Portland Courone Company and numerous locals traveled through the city en route between Morgantown and Parkersburg. The page lists guests and visitors including Mrs. Henry T. McClelland and family, Judge Homer B. Woods, J. W. Williams, S. Davison, A. A. and J. G. Lang, Willand W. Hess, and many others with brief notes of their origins and stays.
A cluttered ad lists items for sale including women's belts from 1.00 to 6.00, travel bags, Pinseal spectacles at 5.00, almond lotion for skin care, bonecloth hats, and Molva coal priced around 3500, with scattered notes about sections like First floor Enetalate and Second floor Salons.
A miscellaneous sale listing notes several patriotic flags and printed muslin items. It mentions 4x6 foot flags on eight foot poles with window brackets and Uk flags mounted on atleks, plus assorted imperial measurements such as 13x18 or 16x24 inches and other inch quantities.
A humorous ad extols Colgate week end packages containing soap talcum toothpaste and shaving cream as ideal for travelers. It praises the courteous man who avoids swearing after an accidental shaving powder spill and suggests carrying the kit for neatness and convenience.
A small assortment of children's dresses sizes from spa to six years offered in plain striped and check patterns in pink and blue.
An article describes a method to ventilate a room at night using lace curtains. Install a curtain rod with eyelets and pulleys at the window top. Run white cords through the eyelets to lower or raise the curtain from above, keeping it draped to the sides for airflow while not obstructing circulation.
In a July incident eight-foot, 178-pound shark prowled the upper bay oyster beds killing four men after a lengthy struggle. Henry L. McKnew and Emil Peterson among others chased and hoisted the creature with pitch forks, believing they killed it, then tethered it. the shark later revived, nearly claiming another leg before finally dying or being submerged.
An old clipped notice from Auto Exchange at the corner of Elsthirne and Traders Alley lists car listings and pricing. The brief ad mentions Bell Kali models, light and medium trim lines, with a general call to comparison shopping and phantom offers.
Odd listings describe paper balloons priced at 20 to 800 and up, with notes on roasting coffee in a Thermos bottle and keeping it hot. Thermos bottles in popular shapes, tints selling from 21.40 to 2.50 per quart 2.00 to 3.60. Pocket Sterno stoves priced near 1.00. Luncheon sets of decorative paper ware 1c for a six-person party.
A garbled note advertises undermuslin specials with jokes about watches. It mentions women’s gowns and envelope chemises with embroidery and lace trims. The piece touts twenty gown styles and crepe options in flesh or white at a low price.
Porch shades and a soft cushion offer cooling comfort for summer days. The ad lists porch cushions and window awnings in colors plain green mottled olive and two brown mixes with prices from 2.00 to 7.60 and cushions priced 2. to 3.25 with striped options.
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