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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1913
Page
5
An advertisement lists boys garments with prices: overalls 25 cents, shirts 25 cents, Indian and cowboy suits priced at 1.00, 1.25, and 1.50 dollars. The notice appears in a historical newspaper page segment.
An old price list shows everyday items with Hickory at ten cents and Milan braid products priced around two dollars and fifty cents. The fragment suggests a shop catalog snapshot, highlighting basic goods and textile items from a bygone era.
New stock of hats for misses and children with Milan braids, colored straw, velvet ribbons, and various trims. Infant and girls dresses in gingham and latest styles priced from 50 cents to 4.50 dollars. Wash and sailer suits for boys, ages 2 to 6 and 9 to 12, with prices from 1.25 to 4.50. White coats Swiss caps and waists offered, with prices 50 to 75 cents.
Local shop advertises a clearance with $3.00 postions and $3.50 to $4.00 low and medium heels. Listings include Russia Calf and Box Calf pumps, Tan Calf Blucher Oxfords in B to D widths, several styles in sizes 2% to 8, and house slippers priced at $1.50 to $2.50.
A jumble of guest lists and visits Across Uniontown and nearby towns includes Mrs Earnest Hutton and Ms Hutten visiting relatives in Campiburg before joining their husband in Kentucky. Local events mention a Cream Festival at Trinity church Brushy Park with proceeds for a new fence, and the Woman's Civic Club meetup at Hatview. Also a civic note on Camels in Argentina and a verse about soldiers. A light joke ends with a doctor’s quip about a chronic liar.
Notice from stockholders owning over one tenth of Siglex Oil and Gas Company stock calls a meeting at J E Law law office 518 Golf Building Clarksburg WV on July 23 1913 at 2 PM. Agenda includes selling holdings and assets, winding up the company, surrendering its charter, and voluntary dissolution of the corporation. Witness signatures include John Ing and J E Law.
Joshua Gibbs, a former porter, finds a $20 bill dropped near a station. He uses it to buy a newsstand and builds a thriving shop, later marrying Annie Saunders who had given him the bill years earlier. The tale follows his rise from modest beginnings to financial success and his reconciliation with Annie. The story ends noting a projected turbine production figure for the country this year.
New Yartinsville reports engineer Robert Moore employed on Damthin the Ohio river below the city was instantly killed when a drip from a revolving wheel struck him. The shipyards of England and Tre land are enjoying unusual activity.
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