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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1908
Page
5
An extraordinary sale offers foot coverings china glassware and other house furnishings. Begin at midday at 9 with a large sale meant for women to save on essentials for the home. Household needs cover kitchen and living room items and savings boost satisfaction.
For one week housewives may save on Benedicts solid electric silver knives and forks selling regularly at 3.50, now 2.39 per set. China and glassware include diamond sherbet glasses and lead blown pieces, salts and peppers, napkin rings, St Bernard mantle pieces at 9c, 12c values. Teaspoons and table spoons are offered at 20c and 40c values respectively. Various glassware and porcelain items priced to clear.
Local retailer promotes sales on 9x12 Smiths Axminster rugs at marked down prices and 9x9 and 9x12 Granite and All Wool Art Squares. Home Hearth Rugs and short mattings offered at reduced values. Carpet remnants and tapestry options discounted one fourth to one third. Fibre matting also on sale with 20 percent off.
All shopping and fancy baskets receive 20 percent off during March sale. Fine collection of framed pictures offered at 25 percent off regular prices across sizes and subjects.
Advertises tableware at low prices including 98c plates, 79c china plaques, 19c meat dishes, 48c salad and fruit sets, 24c cups and saucers, 24c to 40c earthenware items, 29¢ wash boards, and dinner sets. Located at 224 226 Main Street.
Notice of an April 7 1908 election in Clarkshire City under Chapter 101 Acts of 1897 to elect a mayor police chief city clerk and commissioners for four wards along with a school commissioner. The document lists ward boundaries candidates and polling details and is signed by City Clerk Yanvey W Warmer.
The column lists residents and visitors in Shidgeport. Bert is ill with unspecified illness, Mrs Warner cited as a relative of bakers, and several locals like Miss Flora Davisson and Will Bartlett are mentioned. Friends visit, and regional names including Fleming ton, Astor, Boothsville appear amid updates on health, travel, and real estate activity.
Adamston Mar 99 The town council conducted a routine meeting under the mayor. They elected a new policeman, approved street work, and distributed the town's annual financial statement showing expenditures on streets. Local politics and candidacy discussions dominated chatter as miners and residents moved about the area.
An antique classified style snippet touts Winson's Booming Sweet Marmot Flour and a long standing remedy. The fragment emphasizes traditional cures and sounds like a period advertisement aimed at everyday households seeking health tonics and baking products.
Ladies and misses urged to attend a week long sale showcasing spring suits and skirts. Prices span from 9.95 to 24.75 for suits and 4.95 to 17.50 for skirts. Emphasis on wide range, quick delivery for special orders, and fashionable fabrics like chiffon, panama, and satin linings.
The city clerk announces that a list of applicants seeks licenses to sell spirituous wines nawbers ale beers and drinks of high nature for a fourteen month term starting May 1 1908 in Clarksburg West Virginia. Names and addresses of applicants include Duffy Coleman building West Main street. Frank DaFey 121 123 South Fourth street. Criss West Pike street. Welch and Kiggins 306 West Pike street. and many others. Hearings set for April 6 1908 at Clarksburg City Hall during a regular meeting.
The bulletin reports estimates that an average man at moderate work requires about 28 to 100 pounds of protein and 99 to 190 pounds of carbohydrate in daily intake. It discusses comparisons of different flours and notes questions about cost and nutritional value.
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