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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1915
Page
15
In Clarksburg on June 23 a word in time about women foot and not small size shoes appears. The ad promotes a store offering low prices for quality, swift new stock, and courteous, intelligent salespeople. It invites customer feedback to improve service and stresses mutual satisfaction in a modern business partnership.
The Parsons Souders June Sale showcases 300 new shirtwaists with long and three quarter sleeves and low necks. Prices start at 95 cents and include voiles organdies batistes and linens in white, striped and printed patterns with linen tailored styles and sport wear options in sizes 34 to 50.
Beginning today prices hold until the stock is gone. Mahogany trays with Cretan centers and brass handles, another tray of Circassion walnut with brass handles, $2.00. Six high stem cut glass sherbets for $1, glass fruit sherbets $1, North Pole ice cream freezers $1 per quart, ice cream in three minutes.
A retailer highlights plentiful dress linens in greens blues and pinks with rich color variety and fashionable weights and weaves. Colored dress linens range 50 cents to 1 dollar a yard while white linens run 25 cents to 1 dollar and fifty cents per yard. Special handkerchief weight linens in lavender new blue and flesh pink offered at 50 cents a yard and 36 inches wide.
Corduroy skirts in five rib varieties attract demand for sportswear and casual wear. The fabric is washable by experienced users, contributing to popularity. Stock comes in multiple sizes with prices at 4.90 and 5.90 dollars.
Four out of ten readers wear sizes two to three percent. The ad offers eighty five pairs of women’s low shoes at fifty cents, aiming to clear stock before a new store opens. It promotes oxford, pump, and strap slipper styles in patent, kid, and tan leather, with sizes up to thirty four.
A cotton Palm Beach cloth range priced from 18 cents per yard offers a natural shade 32 inch option ideal for inexpensive summer garments and tailored lines. Other grades include 36 inch fabrics at 50 cents and 50 cent cotton coverts. Out of door tan and blue hues, plus 36 inch gabardines and 40 inch voiles listed among white goods specials.
Social and personal items from the Parson and Souders column list weddings, engagements, receptions, club events, and visits. Notable items include the Parsonage wedding of Mr We Brewer and Miss Cora Dodd, a meeting of local organizations, and numerous notes on residents and guests visiting from nearby towns and cities.
A department store promotes a range of black silks including taffeta, crepe de chine, crepe meteor, black pongee, faille, and chammeuse. Prices span from $1.00 to $2.00 per yard with widths mainly 36 to 40 inches, highlighting stock abundance and bold discounts for dressy gowns and travel wear.
A cryptic fragment notes a peculiar scene involving ten women and references to moths and carpet. The readable text suggests an unusual or symbolic image, but lacks clear context, names, dates, or location to establish a concrete news item.
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