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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1915
Page
5
The advertisement argues many people overpay for housewares and furniture and urges immediate action at the Rebu Sale. It promotes savings on glass, house furnishings, and a French china dinner set for housekeepers seeking value.
sale of ready to wear skirts highlights left over stock with reductions not tied to last season. the event features serge gabardine skirts belted styles in black blue checks and mixes priced from 3.95 to 12.50 with pockets and varied fabrics, emphasizing factory pricing rather than Parsons Souders discounts.
Circe Entertainment hosted by Mrs. Benjamin J. Powell with the Ladies Sewing Circle. fancy needlework and games followed by refreshments and a souvenir for Mrs. Fred A. McFarlin. A festival ice cream and cherry event planned at the Lutheran church. Stonewall Jackson chapter to meet at Mrs. George C. Stone’s on Carr Avenue to arrange state convention reports. Mt Clare Willing Workers plan festival this evening at the Methodist Protestant church grounds. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union met with 18 members to discuss Flower Mission and sent bouquets to the sick and needy. ice cream and cake served. Community members urged to attend and support prohibition efforts.
Mrs. C. HL Maphis and son William L Maphis of Pittsburg visit her parents Mr. and Mrs William E Starcher then travel to Terra Alta to visit Mrs George Lockwood. John C Bond adjutant general of the state militia stopped in on Friday en route from Weston to Parkersburg on official business. J W Devison of Grant Town visits Sistersville, Mr Messer of Sistersville stays at Hotel Gore. WiC King arrives from Hikins. T J Bokan of Camden is transiting.
A notice invites women to the White Goods Store tomorrow to buy season’s stock at cut prices. A table of night gowns and towels offered in dozen lots, 18 by 36 inch all white towels, and bath towels 5 for 1 dollar, with sale starting Saturday morning.
Travel dusters in natural linen come belted for 4.00 and 5.00 to protect dresses on cross country trips. New Palm Beach Skirts in steel grey for travel arrive at 4.95 with special pricing.
Style affects everything even a floor mop. Since the tringle mop was introduced, round mops sales dropped. For shoppers who care little about shape, pick up the $1.50 O Cedar Floor Mops for 75 cents. Only 20 left.
Readable prices for summer headwear include 50c to 10 for soft little Palm Beach cloth hats with white stitched brims, 75c for trims, 1.75 for stiff hats with white leather belts, 5.00 garden hats of gay cretonnes with broad shady brims, and 5.00 linen hats for linen suits. Leghorns, Panamas and hemp shapes also offered up to 9.50.
Shoppers praise the new Silk and Cotton foulard 27 inches wide at 75c a yard and 2t 25c per yard for polo dot patterns. Sik and Cotton Shirtings 32 inches wide price 39c with wide medium and narrow stripes. All Sik Shirtings offer gay stripes 75c and 1.00.
Charleston business visitor Robert D Edwards details recipes for potato rolls and duchess potatoes while notes from Baltimore report recovery in a hospital. The city experiments with modern metal light poles replacing arc lights, each pole bearing five incandescent globes. Brazil's government runs its largest explosives factory. M Donaghue and Son advertise sewing machines and scanning services.
Mrs F B Davisson visited Mrs Arthur Reed in Gypsy. The old Johnson property and depot are being torn down. Rev Robert Bragg and Alfred Bragg moved their study to the new Falk building. Mrs Mary Sandusky improves her home with a new paint coat. C H L Warner of Stellator V2 stayed with sister Mrs EO Russell. Miss Willa Brand of Clarksburg was mentioned.
J E Winsboro of Grafton is named superintendent of the Thornton Fire Brick Company at Thornton, succeeding James S McCann whose resignation takes effect June 15. Winsboro, recently with Loar and Hendrickson clothing, moved to Thornton to study conditions before McCann's departure. He came to Grafton from Piedmont and is reputed an experienced brick man.
Martinsburg installs a new White Way in its central district to guide traffic. The project emphasizes main streets and safer travel as the city outlines the plan for improvements and pedestrian access.
Kayser introduces new light color silks for stockings to complement shorter skirts and low shoes. Prices listed include Kayser Italian Silk at 150 dollars along with several other Kayser silk varieties ranging from 125 to 225 dollars.
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