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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1916
Page
5
The note proclaims constant readiness for a call, noting women cannot predict when to buy summer clothes and insisting that fourteen years of preparation ensure no delay or dissatisfaction for those responding to the call.
Clarksbury offers a larger collection of women’s new summer clothes and accessories. The second floor Salons bustle with warm weather wearables for eager shoppers. The shoe store moves briskly with sample low shoes offered at reduced prices.
Fresh from boxes four new navy blue taffeta frocks offer grace and simplicity suitable for afternoons, travel, or street wear. Prices run 17.50 to 17.60, featuring coat effects, cape collars, and chiffon trims with varied skirts and belt details.
Two important groups of women’s suits priced from $10 to $20, featuring about fifty styles in light tan and grey tones with shepherd checks. Spring coats offered at $10 and $16, including plain black and blue guabardine, black and white checks, grey poplins. sizes available.
The column lists community happenings including Young Women’s Christian Association sewing class meet, Mothers’ Club gathering at Mrs Justus Caunsain’s home, Willing Workers Society session hosted by Mrs Harry Morrison, East End Sewing Circle event at Miss Mande Waleb’s house with out of town guest Miss Agnie Gaughan, and First Baptist church pastor class monthly meeting at 125 Charlie Street Broad Oak with elections and business. Also notes the marriage of Christophers Webb Roy B Christopher and Miss Ade Webb at 2 o'clock.
A stream of visitors and locals gathered around the county clerk during a busy afternoon, as Rev W B King officiated at ceremonies and numerous residents from New York to Pittsburgh were noted visiting relatives, markets, and businesses in the city. Individuals named include Mrs Harry Griest from New York, RR L Price a Jane Law cattle dealer, Miss Dora Womack a 1916 Washington Irving graduate, G P and James W McConkey planning a visit to Athens, and Mrs Smith Heinzeman returning from Cincinnati. Local figures such as A J Smith, Joseph G Mason, and W W Hogeees were seen in transit or hosting meetings with regional firms and customers.
Mr and Mrs R G Maxwell of Salem visited the city as FD. Trotter president of Went Virginia University attended inaugurations in Morgantown Buckhannon and the Went Virginia Wealeran College. Numerous Morgantown Charleston Parkersburg Elkins and Fairmont residents stopped in for business or leisure. Mrs Jarvin and Mrs Alber W Rapp to Mt Lake Park for summer cottage. Observed local social and travel notes include music teacher Miss Tou Alien returning to Milwaukee for summer and Waldo hotel music paused for summer except Sundays.
Brigadier W. J. Hunter of Pittaburg will visit Clarkabure to speak at the Salvation Army hall located at 101 West Main Street on Wednesday and Thursday evenings at o'clock. Velma S. McCoy announces the relocation of her beauty parlors from Burton Millinery on Mats Street to room 2, Ir within building.
The Basement floor bargain center lists a clearance of waists priced at 50 cents to two dollars with samples and broken lines. Includes Wirthmars waists at one dollar Welworths at two dollars and linen finish tailor waists at one fifty plus sheer voiles gandies and colored striped blouses sleeved. Three hundred waists available in all.
A store promotes its line of reliable refrigerators as meeting a patriotic call to trust, offering White Mountain models from 6 to 45 dollars, stone line 37.50 to 45, odorless air circulation units 12.60 to 30, Knickerbocker 7.60 to 25, Imperial porcelain 30 to 45, nursery refrigerators 4 dollars, and more for sick rooms and rooms.
A speculative piece envisions ten years ahead when scientific cookery eliminates tires in summer rooms. A gas burner will light for half an hour to heat fireless cooker mediator discs. After heating, uncooked foods for one meal or more are prepared, and the day’s cooking is completed.
An ad touts The Parvonsonders Company Duplex Fireless Cooker in Clarksburg. It promises food cooked evenly without burning or being undercooked by using cold vegetables or meat placed inside and sealed. Prices shown are 10.50 for Duplex Science, 16.00 for Duplex Cabinet and 16.00 for Duplex four compartments.
A local ad advertises cotton or mounted flags with text Stand by the Flag Boys. Various sizes are listed, including 12x18, 24x26, 18x27, and 27x42 inches, priced per dozen with multiple inch specifications and decorative sticks.
A note on a clearance touts Krippendorf & Dittman Co. imports featuring women’s Oxfords and Pumps in season styles. Prices range from 2.00 to 3.00 with 390 pairs available, claiming genuine value and satisfaction, not old or inferior stock, to appeal to shoppers in Clarksburg.
The text touts Pyrex glass bakeware as easy to use and durable. It claims the dishes transmit heat without scorching food and resist breakage in hot ovens while offering clear visibility of food as it bakes.
A short note advises women to pare the watermelon rind and cut it into chunks of three or four inches. The compact guidance mirrors domestic craft tips in the period, emphasizing practical preparation without extra details.
Mrs W B Robbins returned from New York June 1 after completing a course at Squires Swedish Hair Dressing School and opened a beauty parlor in the Priscilla Shop on street. She is equipped for facial and scalp treatments with Violet Raye.
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