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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1915
Page
15
Parsons Souders promotes dependable merchandise and policy strengths as year by year more customers recognize its supremacy in supplying good goods at the lowest prices. The store claims steady growth from thrifty buyers who value reliable service and fair value.
An ad notes 4x6 flags with pole ball rope and bracket priced 75 cents each and a stock of 500, aiming to test costs to offer home decorations for the Fourth of July. It also lists small porch flags in various sizes from 5 cents to $1.20 per dozen and cretonne porch pillows at 25 cents.
A list of bath products and soaps from makers like Jergens Bose and Armours of Chicago with scents and prices. Items include Geranium Bath Tablets, Glycerine, Violet, Peroxide, Elder Flower, Stork Castrie and Cashmere Bouquet soaps in 5c 15c and 24c sizes, with Williams and Colgate powders at 15c.
Owing to space limits, social items appear on page 3. Miss Adele Furbee of Mannington and Miss Helen Frisch of Baltimore are guests honored at a Thursday Country Club picnic organized by Mrs Charles W Furbee. Arthur Candell hosted a casual gathering for visiting youngsters from Stanton, Va with a peanut party and rainbow floral decor. A farewell reception for Miss Lulu Kennedy, bound for Kansas City, was held at Mrs Harry B Curtin’s home with fruit punch and waiters. Also noted are bilious attack remedies touting Chamberlain's Tablets as a liver tonic and digestant.
Advertises a genuine sheep skin leather suitcase with Simon lining, leather straps, padded handles, inside straps and shirt pocket, brass rivets and Lyden lock. Size about 24x13x6 inches. Special price is $3.60, with only eighteen units available. A higher grade suitcase is $4, also offered at a special price.
Linen table linens advertised at one dollar per yard. Material secured months ago from a Belfast manufacturer offers full bleaching in five patterns The Rose Chrysanthemum with stripe Polka Dot with Tulip border Pansy border and Poppy Also three new German linen patterns offered at the same price 1 a yard The fabric is 72 inches wide
A promotional note claims a five dollar duster will protect wardrobes, with prices for coats ranging from two to five dollars. It highlights linen appearances and Palm Beach cloth options, all high necks with full length or knee coverings, and mentions favorable weather with no rain expected.
The article highlights comforts for travelers and picnickers such as Hawkeye Refrigerator Basket thermos bottles and carof fes. It notes canned heat as a cheap, quick solution to serve hot coffee boil an egg or fry it for about 10 cents and offers to explain these conveniences.
The vuder perch shade is the original shade described as the best economical option. Sold in Clarksburg with high satisfaction, it features the strip principle for heat protection and airflow. It allows visibility outward while adding bedroom privacy, with widths from four to twelve feet and prices from $2.25 to $750 each.
Four color porch valances blue brown green or tan with white. 27 inch drop price 35c each. Yard wide valance costs 45c per yard. Local home goods advertisement lists these fabric window treatments for quick purchase.
Vader Hammocks announces a twenty percent price cut on all hammocks. The line promotes reinforced wear points, larger and more comfortable design, and materials chosen for durability, with discounts ranging from one dollar fifty cents to seven dollars and fifty cents.
Silk stockings remain in demand with a range of options from McCallum at 1.25 to Kayser’s up to 2.25. New spun silk stock ings offer full silk from top to toe in many colors and combinations. Vassar options run 1.00 and 1.25, with black and color varieties noted.
A column of social items notes floral decorations for a ParsonSouders company event and lists attendees. It records a cheerful Garrison’s Mills picnic with streetcar and nine truck trips, naming many participants and families. Also announced is a lawn fete for First Presbyterian on East Main Street with ice cream and cake and an update on visiting relatives and friends.
Practical hints cover beef preparation egg frying and odor control with charcoal in fridges. Fire safety advised using flour to smother gasoline fires and damp muslin over meat while roasting. A notice invites Masonic members to a corner stone laying at Shinmston. Advertising snippet mentions salt or camphor in lamps to improve glow and save oil.
An early 20th century women’s shop advertises sports wear with varied items and prices. Knit silk sweater coats cost $5 to $6, golfine skirts at $5, a Chinchill plaid coat at $18.73, Palm Beach tropical suit for $10, white needle card pique skirt $5, and Jap silk blouses at $1.25, inviting customers to mix and match ensembles.
An advertisement lists silks and textiles including Black Silks, Crepes de Chine, Crepe Meteor, Black Pongee Silk, Black Faille, and Charmeuse, with prices ranging from $1.00 to $2.00 per yard and varying widths. Welch and Fullerton, on Main Street, deliver to city customers.
Miss Helen Frisch of Baltimore has been visiting Miss Agnes Hood and now stays with Miss Grace Haymaker who plans a 4 PM to 6 PM Wednesday afternoon tea at her East Main street home. Mr and Mrs John Kohl and family enjoy their summer home at Mt Lake Park Md. Miss Ewing went today to Hunt.
The Ladies Aid Society of the First Presbyterian church will host a lawn social next Thursday afternoon and evening on the lawn at the old Despard property on East Main street. All are cordially invited to attend.
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