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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
6
A historical notice extols the superiority of trains over horse and buggy for travel from New York to Washington and praises P. G. Naptha Soap as cheaper and easier for laundry. It claims the soap saves time and fuel, suggesting a housewife who saves an hour on washing will recoup the soap’s cost several times.
The notice lists plentiful produce prices in the local market including eggs at 5 per dozen, butter 2.5 to 3.5 per pound, pineapples 20 to 250 each, peaches 25 per dozen, watermelons 35 to 40 cents, and various vegetables priced by the basket or per unit. It also notes two people, Mina Naomi Bradford and Grace Broadwater, leaving tonight for two week vacations in Atlantic City.
Local residents and guests from Grafton Baltimore Buckhannon Fairmont and other places visit Bridgeport for business and vacation. Several expect trips to Atlantic City New York and Chicago with friends and relatives while others conduct official business or shop in the city.
On Saturday July 18 at 1 oclock I will offer at auction one sink four year old horse well broken and one heavy draft team weighing about 1400 pounds. W Gordon Auctioneer.
George W. Johnson, newly arrived from Troms to New York, plans a 5000 mile journey to New Orleans by way of Bullals, Cleveland and Chicago. He will row every foot of the way starting within days, paying homage to Florida and the Mississippi.
In Washington on July 15 a large men’s gathering endorsed William R. Hearst for president and John Temple Graver for vice president at the Chicago convention. Nearly a thousand people attended and strong enthusiasm filled the room.
A series of property notices highlights six room houses on Wises Street Thompson Street and Carlisle Court with prices from 3000 to 4700, down payments from 500 to 1700, and terms up to three years. Also listed are two Preston Street houses, a Harrison Street two story, and Johnson Heights lots 150 to 250 dollars. Agents for Fidelity and its Company offer bonds for officials and estates.
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