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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1912
Page
5
A shipment of Limoges B. and H. china arrives and is showcased in the China Store basement. The display features spoon trays celery trays cream and sugar sets comports cake and chop plates tea pots mayonnaises open stock dinner patterns and prices from 45 to 225 dollars.
An itemized listing details several dinner set offers including 38.00 value for 15.00, 100-piece sets in various gold bordered designs from 9.50 to 16.50, and pricey Narbone pattern at 20.00. Includes 5 Haviland, 4 Bavarian, 8 English, 2 Austrian, and 2 Copeland open stock patterns with prices from 21.50 to 1000 dollars.
A store patron hails a superb wares array saying it rivals city offerings. The seller answers that Clarksburg residents want fine art, china, and other quality goods and have the means to buy them. They offer both medium and top-tier selections.
The ad catalogs a wide range of wares from drapery fabrics to window shades and portieres to carpet sweepers, electric appliances, glassware, china, sewing machines, and household staples. It highlights bargain ranges on lamps, utensils, hardware, linens, and baby blankets among other items.
A July Saturday hosted by Mr and Mrs Williams near Dota honored their daughter Vonda’s nineteenth birthday with many guests. Mrs Thompson, Mrs Te trick, and others joined in later events, while Miss Lowe was toasted at a Granville guest reception with floral centerpieces and musical entertainment. Mrs Lydia Deems celebrated her seventy eighth birthday with four generations in Parkersburg. A Pleasant Lawn party on Lambert’s Run featured ice cream, candy, and flowers as attendees enjoyed a social evening.
An industrial sanitation theme social event was held Saturday with music games and refreshments. Presents were exchanged for the Barrens and Mr and Mrs Barton hosted guests including J F Lams J W Lightner Mrs Frank Barren and several Barrens family members. Little Mosa NeHy May Springs celebrated her sister's birthday with several young guests and light refreshments.
The fragment mentions an arrival at a base, a late Wes, a doctor, and several unreadable names. It references a two weeks trip among relatives in Romoke and Shenandowh valley, Virginia, with scattered personal details and incomplete phrases. The readable bits suggest a brief social or military context rather than a full event.
The board of directors of Mononga Valley Traction Company declared a regular semi annual dividend of 2 percent on the outstanding preferred stock. Books will close July 25, 1912 at 3 PM and reopen August 2, 1912 at 10 AM. Dividend checks will be mailed by the treasurer. Walton Miller, Secretary.
Classified notice lists job ads for a salesman position at 128 West Pike and a general call for bell and house work. It also reports the Fairmont chapter of the Eastern Star inviting officers and members of the Queen chapter to attend a social meeting at Fairmont on Thursday night.
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