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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1916
Page
5
The Clarksville store emphasizes value and service over price, noting it settles customer claims promptly to satisfy patrons. A lawyer friend cited that adapting claims improves business, reflecting the store’s customer‑friendly approach.
A dated contract allows selling Linden Wood porch shades claimed to withstand sun glare. Describes atmospheric air light and privacy features. Prices range from 4 to 121L with sizes 92.50 to 37.50.
An underwear house appeals to shoppers with a wide range for men women and children. It highlights women's Union Suits priced at 50 and asserts that a store selling the greatest quantity of finest goods is the best for low and medium priced items. A top maker of union suits is offered at a strong price with claimed superiority.
A local advertisement extols trunks built to last for years from Clarksburg to the coast and beyond. It promotes steamer trunks from $8.60, dress trunks from $5.50, wardrobe trunks from $22.50 to $45.00, emphasizing durability for world travel.
The Sou and Personal section outlines plans for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union event at the Northiylen se line bound Wmorrow Old area with Evangelistic Superintendent Mrs J. J. Abelnynals. Committees are to be appointed, and discussions cover state matters, restitution, and suffrage. Afternoon sessions include prayer, lunch, and a ten o'clock service. ADJOURNMENT is planned after a county executive meeting and Ladies' Aid to meet in the church parlors with hostesses listed.
Names and places tied to a Wednesday arrivals list include John T. Pickens of Quiet Dell and Charles B. Smith and A T Wood of Fairmont visiting for business. Mrs J F McDonnell and daughter Marjorie returned from Wheeling to visit relatives, with others from Indianapolis and Bluefield visiting relatives in town.
Travel comfort items on sale include Hammocks at 2 dollars, canvas awning striped options at 1 dollar, crepe paper lunch sets for 10 cents, quart size ice cream at 2.50, Thermos bottles for up to 48 hours cold, and refrigerator baskets from 6.50 to 25.00. Grass mats, tin cups, and picnic plates round out roadside inn essentials.
Decidedly moderate in price for what you get this band-top union suit features French neck and mercerized tape armholes. Available in open or tight knee styles, crochet trim, sea island cotton at 1.25 dollars, sizes 86 to 42, with washable silk crochet or shell trimming. Also a summer cotton rib union suit with silk rib and crochet edge, open knee lace trimmed, extra special at 60 cents, sizes 5 and 6.
A fragment on changing women’s fashion describes how the corseted waist and full skirt design alter silhouettes. It notes evolving preferences for comfort and the tension between traditional restrictions and modern dress, hinting at gradual reform in attire.
A brief history recounts a doctor’s lifetime use from 1868 to 1914 of Old Hickory Tonic for many patients. The tonic, later used by two physician sons, was marketed as improving blood, vitality, appetite, and aiding stomach liver and kidney troubles, with no strychnine or opiates and a money back offer.
A fashion feature touts ample summer dresses from simple white frocks at 85.00 to porch and morning frocks from $1.00 to $10.00. It highlights cottons, voiles, and figured fabrics at 6.60 to 10.00, plus afternoon dresses in white safeta georgette crepe de chene nets and nylon at 15.00 to 25.00. Navy blue taffeta silk styles at 17.50 appear as the top fashion.
A local shop announces 200 wash suits for boys aged two to eight, priced from 2.00. Styles include white linen trimmed with blue, blue gabardine, blue and white checks and stripes, with emphasis on workmanship and materials. Available on the second floor children's store.
A garbled note suggests a discussion of corsets and hoops and how they affect workers or wearers. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names, dates, or places. The readable fragment hints at fashion restraints and possible employment implications but provides no definite incident or outcome.
A brief archival note recalls a few years ago when hourglasses became a popular timekeeping motif. The fragment hints at a collective shift or trend but lacks specifics on people places or events.
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