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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1912
Page
5
Local shop announces a drastic skirt sale to move stock and keep operations open. Whipcord dress skirts in tans greys and navy, plus men's wear serges, offered near cost for all sizes from girls to plus sizes.
July selling lists wash fabrics with white grounds and colored stripes. Items include 27 inch Batiste 50c yd striped dimities 85c yd Trish Linnette 19¢ yd Hally Batiste 12½c yd striped voiles 25c yd fancy figured voiles 18c yd plain voiles 35c yd.
Road salesman promotes preserving supplies for housewives including 4 quart to 16 quart kettles from 10 cents to $1.00 and aluminium kettles from 60 cents to $2.50. Wax papers jelly glasses jars lids funnels and fruit sieves are also advertised with various prices as part of a campaign against high living costs.
A fragment from a classified page shows price notes with figures like $1.50 $2 and $1.00. The legible parts reference Elena and broken lines. No clear item description or complete details are available.
Advertises light weight summer coats in sizes 6 to 14 for children priced at 3.75, originally 5 to 10, with blends of cream serges and mixed fabrics. Limited quantities and a sense of urgency to hurry.
Group Coats Suits Skirts sale notes coats mostly junior sizes with light mixes. Suits black serges and mixes with small sizes. Skirts are light mixes. Three items at 9 dollars and 47 for 5 dollars to 25 dollars grades.
Cream serges and plain or stripeMisses and Women's sizes 38 Suits priced from 25 to 35 dollars with final clearance 15 dollars for remaining stock Ladies and clerical shop sale copy notes 32 Serge Suits to close as part of season end clearance sale.
Collection of fashionable linens including Ramie and Crash Linens all of good grade. Prices listed: Natlon Linens 45 inches wide 50¢, 36 inches wide 25¢ and 50¢, 27 inch Natural Linens 18¢ 20c 25¢, 27 inch Pongee Linens 35, 36 inch Oyster Linen 50e, 36 inch Colored Linens 29¢ 39e, 24 inch Fancy Striped Linens 25¢, 86 inch Crashes Natural shade 25e. Special 36 inch Oyster Linen 50e.
Retailed listing details yardage prices for plain and stenciled fabrics in multiple widths including 36, 45, 54, and 96 inches. Prices shown per yard range from 45 cents to 1 dollar and up to 15 dollars for select items.
A detailed account describes a recital featuring Miss Grace Griffin and Miss Myra Bowery in Boston with performances of Verdi and other works. Laura Thompson and others from Wilkes Barre also performed, while tickets from the night were honored for a future complete concert. The piece also notes Mrs. Jackson hosting guests and a charity drive supporting Salvation Army efforts in Clarksburg.
A charity style event hosted by Mrs. Benjamin F. Thompson on Maple Avenue drew town visitors for an afternoon card party. Four tables featured an auction bridge game with prizes awarded to top scorers and a luncheon served at small tables. Names listed include Mrs. Homer Jackson, Mrs. Charles Smiley, Mrs. Earl Travis, Mrs. Frederick Stathers, and guests from Philadelphia and Parkersburg.
The document details a notice of a special meeting of the stockholders of Clarkesburg Northern Railway Company to be held in Clarksburg to consider increasing capital stock from fifty to ten thousand shares valued at one hundred dollars each, with the plan to raise one million dollars. It also references a chancery matter involving John O’Hare and others, a court proceeding in West Virginia, and notices of property adjudication and liens related to the Shinnston Opera House Company, with proceedings to occur at the Goff Building in Clarksburg and notices dated June 1902.
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