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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1908
Page
5
Remnants from the big dollar sale have filled shelves and drawers with leftovers. Dress goods silks percales ginghams crash toweling and odds and ends were heavily discounted to a quick third and half or more as a sweeping cleanup begins across departments.
Fine lace trimmed princess dresses in tan pink light cream heliotrope and white. Sizes 32 34 and 36 only. Twelve dresses remain and go on sale Thursday at two dollars seventy five cents each.
The listing offers sixty five skirts in new 1908 models priced from $6.50 to $15.00, including panamas and Serges in blue, brown, and black. About 10 percent are carries from fall 07. Special discounts include skirts at $5.25 and $2.50 closeouts in multiple colors and weaves. Main Street 224-226.
Inclement weather halted play as rain interfered with the Uniontown locals game against Kan WAS. The postponed Kan WAS game will be played today along with the Uniontown contest.
A long, informal social record lists numerous attendees from Weston and nearby towns like Rockford and Buckhannon at a Bret birthday event and related gatherings. It notes an evening picnic with Miss Virginia Heavener hosting and a baseball-themed highlight among young men, plus a sewing party hosted by Mrs. Eilwin Glison Kuykendall in Charleston.
In Dawson Pa July 22 delays disrupted the race card as interference postponed events to Saturday. The day’s program included a 26 trot purse $400 with entrants such as Mae G from Morgantown and J J Manting with A D Parr. Virginia horse TT Hanlin shown, while other horses like Unik Mitig and Harm from Barker were present. The schedule shifts aimed to run the postponed races alongside the new entries, with Rosewood and other names appearing in the field.
Severe freight cars derailed in the local railroad yards causing delays of several hours. A wagon or item became stuck behind the wreck and had to be moved, blocking westward traffic until the scene could be cleared.
The piece critiques the frantic pace of modern life and its effects on health. It discusses stress in Clarkaburs and nearby towns, linking indigestion headaches and fatigue to excessive rushing. It warns readers about the toll on individuals and society and calls for moderation.
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