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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1915
Page
16
The ad proclaims new summer styles for women in Glarksburg, promising fashion ready for every weather and social duty this season. It urges value in a wide array of china and house furnishings, then notes extensive store alterations require drastic reductions to clear stock. Ice tubs to chafing dishes and brass bric a brac are invited for sale.
A wartime warehouse sale offers 20 percent reductions on all Open Stock Dinnerware. The vendor notes these goods were contracted prewar, with prices and shipments affected by conditions. Buyers are urged to purchase now to secure savings, as no future orders will be taken for delivery.
A promotional note touts a Parsons-Sanders vacuum cleaner at five dollars, highlighting its sweeping action drawing in dust and protecting carpets. The ad contrasts it with a prior seven dollar special and urges maintenance during dry spells to prevent dust spread.
Richest of rich colorings on fine blouses made of silks custom makers prize. Pastel tinted silks with satin stripes and candie stripes, ivory white silks, all described as very fine. Special price $2.95, some $1.95, claims no finer blouses at this value elsewhere.
A drapery store offers Vudor porch shades in black and white, with other familiar colors and makes available. Vudor Shades are made of broad strips of lindenwood with safety rope for stabilization, priced from $2.25 for four feet wide to $7.50 for twelve feet wide.
The advertisement presents silk muslin fabrics with irregular stripes and large floral overprints at 50 cents per yard, plus silk organdie with stripes and florals, also 50 cents a yard. A third large flowered silk organza in pastel tints is offered at 50 cents per yard.
Social events include a Ladies Aid Society meeting at the Methodist church hosted by Mrs A S Wolfe of Adamstop with refreshments after deliberations about church education. A reception by Mrs Sarah Holden honors Presbyterial visitors with music and tea. Other items note a Bridge Club gathering hosted by Mrs Lynn S Horner and the Narcissus Sewing Slab meeting hosted by Mrs August Falfregot with a luncheon.
Miss Mary ter and Wiss Evelyn Wilson head to Winchester to visit the Shenandoah Valley Military Academy. Miss Ames Hood returns from Baltimore after Goucher College. Mrs H H Moss of Parkersburg arrives to visit her daughter Mrs Charles B Aler. P Chitwood of Morgantown shops in the city. Mr and Mrs W W Hall of Weston visit. E G Col from Brown attends to business. Mrs Start F Reed of Charleston visits. Mrs Helen Smith and Miss Sara Smith noted. F D Bailey arrives from Keyser. F D Stainaker of Sutton stays at Hotel Gore. J D Warfield also seen in town.
A chaotic scene surrounds the death of a woman in Chicago as police investigate possible motives and public concern grows. Rumors swirl about abortion and personal trouble, with authorities urging calm while clues emerge.
A kitchen tip describes soaking celery hearts in water for half an hour, boiling briefly in salted water, draining, and cutting into inch long pieces. They are browned in hot olive oil with three tablespoons, ensuring even color. Optional onion flavor can be added by browning.
Eastern bankers visited the Fairmont and Clarksburg coal regions touring Consolidation Coal Company properties. They traveled on a private train, met Fairmont and Clarksburg officials, viewed shafts and power plants, lunched at Helen's Run, and planned onward to Worthington before returning home.
At a crowded Woodmen of the World camp gathering in the Bell building Henry H Snider was initiated. Annual memorial services are set for Sunday with a cemetery visit at 10 am to Masonics cemetery and a 2 30 pm ceremony in the afternoon at the cemetery. Graves of deceased members will be decorated with flowers. Birch veneer shipments from Canada attract London chest manufacturers.
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