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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1911
Page
5
A fragment notes cotton foulards offered at nineteen cents. The text mentions a braided name and soft lustrous feel, with 3 inch widths and the possibility of a dress from five yards, reflecting a period retail listing.
Shoppers study an array of matching outfits and accessories. Parasols attract attention with nine styles including pin and line stripes on linen grounds in Helen Pink Alice Blue and Hotta Green. Demitailored dresses and tailored suits complement the 27 inch wide fabric priced at a quarter yard.
A local ad touts fine lawn fabrics praised for beauty and quality. It highlights a price advantage claiming 12 and a quarter yard costs elsewhere, asserting superior dots flowers figures and bordered effects in white on offer.
A local advertisement promises a First Sale line of Kimonas in hundreds of styles with one of a kind options at remarkable low prices. Details to be announced in tomorrow's papers. The sellers hint at a surprise women and girls will want, with ample quantities for all who come.
Salem June 5 reports William Kinney an old soldier of the West Indies and relatives of Philipp Fumian. Jesse Keefer an oil well contractor was taken to Clarksburg hospital for operation and hoped to recover. D Smith East End merchant bought a fine horse. A pleasant surprise party for Master Ray Wright with games and refreshments. Bird and Rube Reynolds noted. Thomas Mowrey and Ghiry Davin of Greentrier drove to Clarksburg to visit the local visitor.
A society page recounts a Daughters of the Confederacy Memorial Day event with Jefferson Davis themes, including papers, music, and memorial tributes. It also notes planned weddings, dinners, and club gatherings at homes across the community, with dates, host names, and local figures.
A garbled wartime notice states the War Department approved a pension for Kawin Birch. The record mentions provisions for payment to his mother at the time of his death, noting eligibility under government rules. Details are unclear due to the damaged source.
Wellsville crowd gathers as Edward Johnson and Fred Pulliam, both described as negroes, are taken to jail in Tashon today amid strong public sentiment over the killing of C. P. Bowers last week.
The case links Danae companies including Upshur Gin and Wetzel Glass to bank ruin after lending practices left over 1000000 in doubt. Witnesses claim unsecured loans to many small clients and a large overdraft on Fox personal account highlight alleged mismanagement. Benedum, a prominent West Virginia figure, faces questions of responsibility as defense argues for a higher court review and potential remedy for creditors.
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