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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1915
Page
19
A jumble of rental ads and small notices listing furnished rooms for housekeeping, apartments and homes for rent, farm table for sale, and assorted sale and employment leads. Several entries mention Bell phones and street addresses, with locations around Chestnut and Main streets, Norwood area, and nearby avenues. Also included are general help wanted notices for barber training and domestic work opportunities.
Classified blotter lists jobs and solicitations including sample sales, door to door commissions, and travel offers. Items mention agents merchants sales positions, opportunities to earn profits at home, and miscellaneous notices with scattered locations such as Norristown and Glen Elen. The quirky OCR shows multiple ad fragments and dubious addresses, with references to California expositions and mileage offers.
The West Virginia State Board of Control will hold a bid opening at the Charleston office on Tuesday, July 25. Bids are sought for building dining rooms and storage areas at Weston State Hospital with work and materials to be furnished under the contract.
Real estate notice listing two 50 by 200 foot level parcels adjoining the Norwood addition. The ad notes a bargain sale this week and records the State Board of Control reserves right to reject bids. Issued by LS Lakin, president, State Board of Control, Chariton, Iowa.
Gordon and Kidd advertise a state board of control project in Charleston West Virginia. Plans call for a large brick fireproof two story building with extensive interior finishes. Sealed bids due July 27 1915 with five hundred dollar certified check and guaranty bond. complete by April 1 1916.
Furniture and household items for sale including desks book cases dressers beds stands chairs door screens doors sash door frames oak stair spindles and more. Also a 100 h p return tubular boiler with full equipment and a used auto truck from a year ago. Bargains abound with many items priced well below market. Call or visit CENTRAL STORAGE CO W 4th and Balto Sts Clarkburg W Va for details.
Washington June 26 rules of practice for the Federal Trade Commission were announced outlining simple procedures modeled in part on Interstate Commerce Commission practice. They provide for daily sessions in Washington, formal complaints after investigation, a 40 day hearing notice, 30 days for answer, and allow intervention and standard evidence procedures, with witnesses’ compensation following federal court rates.
An offer highlights a completed frame dwelling with rooms and bath, covered with slate. Priced at $2,100 with easy terms.
Stealey Heights offers a prime comer lot offered at a sacrifice price. The listing urges viewing to appreciate the lot’s value and potential.
Real estate listing notes a dwelling with ten rooms and a bath, cabinet panels, oak finish, slate roof on a 150 by 173 foot lot. Price listed at $5,000 with terms available.
Fragment from a report notes that hundreds of complaints exist but none made public yet and no formal action taken. It suggests hearings by a public commission will soon yield results in formal actions.
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