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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1913
Page
5
A catalog describes skirts in Bedford cord and serge with options including pin tucked fronts, knee length buttons, and two piece styles in Bedford Cord and Grey Diagonals. Prices range from 1.00 to 5.00 with fabrics like Rap, Poplin, Cords, P. K. Ratine, Eponge and Linen.
Classified notice lists low shoes in white canvas patent leather and calfskin from $1 to $4 high shoes in buckskin patent leather and kidskin $2 to $3.50 barefoots sandals and scuffers $1 to $2 and ankle straps 50c to $2 prices graded by size for comfort and fit.
A porch feature extols adding screens to shade and cool porches. It promotes measuring space before purchase and highlights VUBOR American handmade linenwood screens priced 2.25 to 7.50, noting green stain.
A catalog-style note advertises washable gloves in several styles and prices. It highlights 16-button chamois finished lisle thread gloves in natural and white for 50 cents, long silk gloves at 1 dollar, and 12-4 button chamois skin gloves at 3 dollars to 3.50.
Advertises pumps priced at $1.95 to $2.50 in Russian Tan Calf Pat ent Kid and Gun Metal And leathers. Hats trimmed and untrimmed offered at $1 each, with about fifty remaining. Also 360 pairs of women’s silk boot stockings in black and colors at 50 cents per pair, special sale.
Shoes today offer bargains for Saturday shoppers with women’s tan calf blucher oxfords at 3.00 reduced from 4.00 and patent colonial low cut dress shoes at 4.00. House slippers at 1.50 and comfort oxfords at 2.50. Seamed lace peep toe slippers 3.00. Children’s shoes including Buster Browns priced 1.69 to 2.24.
Advertises Swiss ribbed bleached vests in sizes four to nine with washable ribbon tape. Promises best selling quality at ten cents each or three for twenty five cents, noting options by size and a marine elastic fabric description.
Community notes cover a Waldo hotel music program directed by J Frank Cork and a March schedule featuring the York 1913 Medley Overture and other acts. Also reported is Eugene Richards of Adamston announcing his upcoming marriage to Miss Fannie Ross with wedding plans and a reception at the rink.
The Harrison county Woman's Christian Temperance Union will visit the county home Monday afternoon June 30 at 1 30 o'clock. Any other ladies with conveyances who can go are asked to call Mrs A S Robey Bell phone 957 J
Shinnston prepares for an evangelistic campaign as four local churches unite to oppose sin. An evangelist has been secured and committees work on preparations. Mrs. Dorsey R. Potter and family depart for Virginia to visit relatives for the summer. Mrs. Martha M. McCarty and daughter Elizabeth travel to Buckhannon as guests for the Fourth of July at Mr and Mrs. Farnsworth.
An old ad touts a medicine claimed to contain mercury and to cure various ailments. It mentions sales by a pharmacist in a town and urges readers to take a named patent remedy, highlighting its supposed benefits and price.
A short vintage ad notes a seller able to supply a small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The seller, previously ill, emphasizes the medicine's value over the stock and states it is for sale by all dealers.
Mrs. Eula Mae Reid of Hines Alabama testifies Cardui the women’s tonic relieved her distress. She says prior to Cardui she struggled with digestion headaches and fatigue gaining ten pounds after use. The ad urges other women to seek Cardui from their druggist and write for treatment literature.
An advertising pitch extols Newbro s Herpicide as essential for beautiful hair, promising clear scalps and reduced shedding. It touts grease-free formula with delicate odor, available in 50c and 1.00 sizes, backed by money-back guarantee. Sample requests directed to The Herpicide Co Detroit and agents Parsona Seuders Co.
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