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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
5
A visitor notes the store offers welcoming hospitalities with cool unhurried ambiance. The People are courteous, merchandise is new and fresh, and prices are usually lower than elsewhere for equal quality.
Hand embroidered serving trays 11 by 16 inches offered at 1.0 dollars under glass with mahogany handles. Also Japanese teakwood baskets priced 50 cents each in various shapes for sandwiches celery fruit and flowers.
Store advertises hundreds of summer rugs at prices well below former values. selection includes Grex grass, wool and fibre rugs, colonial rag rugs, and reversible bath rugs. over 200 new items plus 600+ stock rugs deeply discounted with sizes and prices ranging from 1.75 to 15.00 dollars.
Fabrics guide offers 40-inch cotton voiles in figured and striped designs at 40c per yard, 86-inch voiles at 50c, 86-inch fancy voiles in plain and tinted shades, 8fe and 26c specials. Woven flaxons in 27 inch width priced 18c to 27c, tinted and white grounds with floral patterns, and sheer tissue voile in lavender pink blue gray at 27 inches wide. Assorted striped and floral voiles offered at 15c per yard.
The ad lists middy blouses and cotton jeans priced from $1.00 to $2.00. White jeans smocked at $1.60. Silk items include To Silk at $3.86 and $1.00, striped silk crepe de chine at $4.85, white habutai silk at $3.86 and $5.00.
Pretty Summer Millinery offers attractive dress hats simpler hats and tailored hats at reduced prices. The collection features good looking pieces that brighten wardrobes with an extra hat at substantial savings for the season.
A lively catalog of summer and shore wardrobe items features numerous coats from chinchilla at 15 dollars to tub skirts priced 1 to 5 dollars. The lineup includes linen suits, tropical cloth suits, silk dresses and silk jersey sport suits, along with white dresses, cotton dresses, striped waists, and sport hats, all in multiple colors and styles.
The Fairmont area reports a quiet wedding at St. Peter’s Catholic Church as Margaret Cecelia Brennen wed Charles Deilich amid rose decor and classical hymns. Nearby social rounds include Mothers Club, sewing parties, and a reception in Parkersburg, with gatherings hosted by Lawson, Findlay, and local families. A ministerial wedding at First Methodist notes Darnell Haymond and Stella Fortney tying the knot as clubs hold meetings and charitable events across the region.
Residents and guests from Ken-Weky Los Angeles Parkersburg Wheeling Wheeling Buckhannon and other locales visit daily or return home. Notables include Mr and Mrs Charles E Lambert visiting for business with Watte Lambert Co and Dr Wallace S Fleming inaugurated as president of West Virginia Wesleyan College.
A discussion on the importance of a mixed diet highlights how avoiding fatty foods can impair fat digestion, potentially lifelong. It cites a Popular Science note on cooking soups and beans in a thermos or cooker, stressing thorough heating and long resting times.
Mrs. W B Robbins returned from New York in June with a trained look after finishing the Squires Swedish Hall Dressing School course and has opened a beauty parlor.
The London and Post depictions speak of uprisings in Mecca and a change in Turkish authority. Reports cite executions of Mohammedan and Syrian notables fueling unrest and suggesting a reshaping of the war, with Pan-Arab sentiment growing as Turkish influence weakens.
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