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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1916
Page
5
This store rejects markup and markdown tactics for sensational sales. It cautions that two price tickets are suspect and promises only honest comparisons to its own latest values. It notes allowed exceptions like Anniversary Sales and Season End Disposals.
A local sale advertises center pieces in new shapes suitable for short cut flowers in crystal cutlery and hand painted bowls with prices from BOe to $3.00. Also offered are gad flies and butterflies at 25 cents, center pieces 35v, old Hickory hanging baskets with bark left on varnished for $1.00, cut glass baskets $1.50, jardiniers in various shapes sizes and colors priced from 10 cents to $9.00 each.
In Honor of Guest Miss Marian Rores entertained friends Thursday evening from 8 to 11 at Adempton. Virginia Love of Grafton was guest. games and an art fair provided entertainment. refreshments followed. Afternoon program included song service, a model lesson, and talks by Carl Lawson and Professor Armstrong. Ladies Aid Society in Wallace hosted a gathering with a business meeting and lunch. Mr and Mrs Claude Atzrodt entertained, with music by Miss Bossie Liyrd. The East End Sewing Circle met Wednesday evening. members announced a city event and a Thank A Gilt sewing project. The Johnstown and Jane Low bands plan a picnic at Jane Lew. The Clark-Cog District Sunday School Association announces its annual convention July 16 in Adamston with programs and sessions listed.
A parade of visitors includes Mr and Mrs Alex Forman of Morgantown, B B Fox from Albing, and W Hull Miller from Ettarrise, with numerous Charleston business guests and hotel stays noted. Social rounds cover honeymoons ended, marriages, relatives visiting Martinsburg and Clarksburg families, and a peek into local dining etiquette and civic notices amid scattered business and travel updates. Philadelphia courts last year forced 3,832 men to support Lele wives.
Police pursued 18 year old H Floyd Morris after allegations he stole a mare mule valued at Efothow and ten dollars from Mrs Tagg who operates a boarding house at Hartland. Morris was sought Saturday and charged as the investigation proceeded.
Howie Furnishing Store on Busemint Floor promotes easy sales of fruit jars and jelly jars. Pints and quarts priced per dozen sixes. jelly glasses 18c per dozen. jar gums 10c per dozen. para wax 10c per pound. Preserving kettles offered at reasonable prices.
A House Furnishing Store advertises a carload of Ranes bottom Bros stoneware at low prices. Parsons-Souders stoneware sells at 10 cents per gallon or fractions, with preserving jars, water jars, milk pots, and various jars listed. Freight savings and bulk buying enable the cheap rates.
Advertises pand-taped vests sleeveless and knee length pants in bust sizes 46 48 and 50 with lace trim. Includes combination suit sleeveless with umbrella drawers lace trimmed priced 65e. Describes light strong summer eight isle thread and perfect workmanship. Claims high demand among women buying by threes and sixes.
The article lists foods eaten with fingers replacing forks and spoons. Saratoga chips, scallions, radishes, olives, celery, tarts, cakes, bondona, asparagus served whole, and berries may be eaten by hand. Leaves may be dipped in dressing or cast and rolled.
A fragmented advert sheet lists items for sale and demonstrations in a department store. Notes include clothing and accessories, home appliances like freezers and thermos bottles, kitchenware, and household tips. Several prices are shown for jars, baskets, and ice cream making gear, with basement floor displays and second floor mentions.
Various luxurious silks suitable for bathing suits are offered with prices per yard. Options include satin and peau de soie at 1.00, 1.25, and 1.50 dollars per yard, Pussy Willow black taffeta at 2.00 dollars, and a 32 inch satin fared Venetian in black for 65 cents.
Salem July 8 The board of education selected teachers for the upcoming term by September 1. Appointments include Superintendent M H Vanflorn, High School principal E A Livzador, teachers Velma Rodefor Robert West C H Grose, Junior High Dolores Cleng engerdi E Shannon Leon Bent, General School Mary Dow Mary Curran Hattie Hardin Grace Van Horn Yydle Bond Jennie Mitchell, West End Ernest Sutton Clara Perine Hazel Fincher, College Glenna Perino Georgia Broadwater Minnie Shannon, Musso Mrs M Wardner Doyle Janitor John Mathoney. Board organized for the year with George H Trainer president and T F Ketper treasurer.
Charleston reports two new incorporations as certificates of incorporation are issued by the secretary of state. The notice highlights the firms forming in West Virginia, with emphasis on local business growth and the formal filing of charter documents.
A local store proclaims a forward year with a right safe and dependable blouse shop for women. It boasts unlimited blouse choices at 1 00 and 2 00 and asserts high priced features at low prices. It highlights waists from 3.80 to 6.76 and four styles available today.
A sale pitch highlights Wirthmor waists offered at one dollar, claiming exceptional value and exclusivity. Four new styles arrive, with Welworth Blouses at two dollars, and the store emphasizes control over city sales.
A quick sale advertises 50 women's tailored suits priced at 10 and 15 dollars each. The listings promise fine serge and gabardine fabrics, light lining, hand tailoring in essential parts, guaranteed all wool, with a range of colors. The note urges women to buy a quality suit to finish the summer in smart style.
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