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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1915
Page
6
Parson Souders Parsons Souders offers ready to wear summer garments for women of Glarksburg with a wide range of styles for every weather and social duty. The ad claims women should get their money’s worth in clothes and furnishings this season or bear sole responsibility for not doing so.
Shoppers express gratification at wide variety of china items available at one third price during extensive store alterations. Prominent offerings include chop sets cake sets berry sets cream sets tea sets chocolate sets marmalade sets jelly jars and numerous brass and mahogany pieces.
All open stock dinnerware offered at 20 percent off. These goods were contracted before wartime price and shipment restrictions. They are warehouse stock being turned quickly into money. Buy now to receive the discount as future orders cannot be accepted.
Parsons Souders advertise a vacuum cleaner sale offering a $5 special during a dry spell. The copy promises effective cleaning with the unit sweeping, drawing in dust, and protecting carpet, claiming the machine will not miss a spot and emphasizing the dust’s spread without consistent cleaning.
A catalog touts the finest blouses in rich colorings and pastel striped silks. It highlights five pastel tinted silks and soft shirting silks, offered at prices from $1.95 to $2.95, claiming unmatched quality for the value.
The drapery store offers Vudor porch shades in black and white as custom orders and in familiar colors and various makes. Vudor Shades are made from broad strips of Jindenwood, dark green, with safety rope to keep them stationary, priced from 2.25 for four feet wide to 7.50 for twelve feet wide.
The Pretty Cottons For Summer offers include silk muslin with irregular stripes and large flower overprints priced at 50c per 2 yards, silk organdie with stripes and floral prints at 50c per yard, and a pastel flowered silk organza at 50c per yard.
Aid Society hosted by Mrs A S Wolfer of Shamston recounted church dedication plans and routine matters. A reception hosted by Mrs Sarah Holden honored Presbyterial visitors with music, flowers, and refreshments. The town’s Bridge and Narcissus Sewing clubs met, with tea, lunch, and shared activities among members.
Mrs. Charlies M. Hart and daughter Miss Marr, with Miss Evelyn Wilson, depart for Winchester to attend the Shenandoah Valley Military Academy finals as guests. Miss Azne Hood returns from Pattimore after attending Goucher College. Mrs. HH Moss of Parkersburg arrives Friday to visit her mother and sister Mrs. Charles B Alexander. O P Chitwood of Morgantown is a business visitor. Mr. and Mrs. W W Hall of Westonti stop by, while Mrs. Stuart F. Reed of Charleston visits her mother and sister. Guests and visitors mingle at local hotels and homes across the region.
A Chicago story centers on a fatal shooting tied to a murder plot aimed at ending a woman’s troubles. The narrative portrays a crime framing evolving as investigators link the act to a broader criminal operation in the city.
Savered Celers soak celery hearts in cold water then boil five minutes in salted water. Drain and cut into inch long pieces. Brown in hot olive oil, about three tablespoons, turning to color all around. Add onion flavor if desired.
Prominent eastern bankers toured the Fairmont and Clarksburg coal fields of Consolidation Coal Company on a private train, visiting Fairmont, Worthington, Helen's Run, Hutchinson, and Owings mines. Officials from Fairmont spoke with the visitors including S L Watson and C W Watson, while directors and guests from Baltimore New York Toronto and Canada accompanied the party.
Kentucky at 3 o'clock Wednesday night. Memorial at a well attended meeting of Clarksburg camp No 9 of the Woodmen of the World Wednesday night in the Hell building on North Fourth street Henry H Safer was Initiated Into membership and arrangements were made for the holding of annual memorial services Sunday. The camp will visit the Masonic cemetery at 10 o'clock Sunday morning and Greenlawn cemetery at 2 30 o'clock in the afternoon. The graves of deceased members will be decorated with flowers. The members of the camp meet at 9 30 in the Lodge room. Birch veneer is being sought in Canada by London manufacturers of chest.
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