Rug Store Exhibit Promotes Carpets and Tapestries
Visitors praised the Carpet and Rug Store display as territory neighbors contributed to the successful showcase. Advertised goods include TAPESTRY RUGS, AXMINSTER RUGS, ROYAL WILTONS, BODY BRUSSELS RUGS, VELVET RUGS, and WILTON RUGS with prices from $10 to $85. Also promoted is Sponge Cloth under various names, a versatile fabric for clothing and home use, offered in multiple colors at $1.25 a yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axminster
Sanford
P. S
Vacuum Dish Washer Demonstrated For Easy Cleaning
A House Furnishings Store showcases a vacuum dish washer promising rapid cleaning and drying. Dishes are placed in a boiler, hot water poured, and soapy steam rises through the suction washer to wash and dry in about two minutes. Price quoted at $9.
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Redding
21 New Styles Warners Corsets
21 new Rust Proof Models diverge from the Warner factory. Prices range from 1 to 4 dollars. The copy highlights a stylish figure over face and urges readers to pick from the first showing to build the season’s wardrobe.
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Warners
Warner
Think of Beautiful Women You Know and Their Perceptions
A fragmented OCR passage discusses beauty standards for women, noting questions about fitness, health, and perception. It mentions expressions of admiration and possible sociocultural pressures without clear specifics or names. The text is muddled but centers on beauty ideals and personal appeal.
25 Styles of Union Suits for Women
A catalog listing twenty five women’s union suits with variations in necklines sleeves and trims. Descriptions include cotton ribbed and lisle fabrics, knee length, lace trimming, silk tape and beading, and prices from 50 cents to 1.25 dollars. Sales emphasis on best obtainable quality at the stated prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Union
Engagement of Miss Rogues and Mr Hempstead
An announcement from Clarkeburg notes Miss Rogues, a Parkerburg High School graduate, will marry Mr. Hempstead of Columbus after a period living with her sister in Clarkeburg. The couple plans to reside in Akron, with the wedding at the Martins home in Clarkeburg. The article also highlights local society events and other upcoming nuptials in the area.
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Weeves
Clarkeburg
Scott Hempetakd
Axton
Dauphter
Frank Reeves
Thie Eld
Siater
Martin
Parkerabure High
Glace
Mountain Blaie Busloegs College
Hempstead
Mrs Hempstead
Columbus
Haseen
Goodyear" Rubber Company
Akron
Mr& Martin
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
Beater Journal
Disorderly fragments hint at a political inquiry in progress
A garbled OCR fragment references the Chamber of Commerce and Labor, a named representative at a senatorial investigation, and a statement about handling disaster. The readable portions suggest ongoing political or inquiry activity but details are uncertain.
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Ory
Commerce and Labor
Chirte Mayer
Engagement Announced And Church Notices From Local Pulse
The paper reports on engagements Nell Harden to Mr Ghy Haighins to be celebrated at Fairmont party Elven. Also church groups plan meetings including the Young People Society at Central Christian church and the Ladies Aid Society of First Methodist Episcopal, plus a Tuesday Club dance at Hoffantall with Cadenza orchestra and plans for Maude Walsh to host Haut and Sewing Circle on Jackson Street. A vague Bell Telephone note appears about a fund drive for club work to Michigan and a tentative car load.
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Mise Nell Harden
Mr. Ghy
Haighins
Ioparty
Elven
Mise Maude Walsh
Haut and Sewing Circle
Jackson Street
Berlin high school bond proposal to fund district building
In Hacker's Creek district Weston on May 8 the session ordered the submission to voters of a proposition to bond the district for 8000 to build at Berlin a four room brick high school. The vote will be held Friday June 14 and voters will decide the general proposition to establish a high school the bond issue and the levy.
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Weston
Heart of Education
Hacker's Creek
Berlin
Feidey
Robbery at the Bijou Theater Sparks Local Turmoil
May day scene in Charleston grows tense as a robbery occurs at the Bijou Theater. Reports describe despair over unemployment, crowds gathering, a man’s attempted suicide via carbolic acid, and a chaotic morning with theater managers and staff coordinating amid rising excitement.
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Charleston
Robert M. Glies
Bethany
W. Vo
Virginia
Clarksburg
Tne
DL Watres
Vorhis
Parkersburg
Fairmont
Trekeucer
Berg Yast
Charles F. Hustler
WH Taylor
WD. VanVarhis
Ersburg
Fragmented notice on charity tents for children event
Readable fragments describe five tents and a pricing for children's charity event. The text mentions a center or headquarters and aims to raise funds with donations and stalls. Details about exact dates or organizers are unclear in the surviving OCR.
Woman Acquitted in Tusbee Court Case
W H Booth of Glen th wan is acquitted after a Tuesday evening incident in Tusbee. Gordon's court hears a case of threatening Nant Clea Willawis, a girl, with misinformed statements about the plafar re test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Booth
Glen Th.wan
Tusbee GH
Gordon
Nant
Clea Willawis
Plafarre
Police court session held this morning on the 24th
The police court session opened this morning with the arraignment of the principal suspect in the recent incidents. Details remain scarce as the prosecution outlines evidence gathered by officers. Proceedings continue with witness testimony expected later today.
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Be, Srasion
Pollice Court
Poeh
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Parsons-Scudern
Soctae
King’s Daughters
J. M. Swarts
King’s Daugh
Metodtat ‘Episcopal Church
Swartz
W. L. Rector
Amos Payne
B. F. Schau
JH. Paugh
Edwards Delson
Omheérs
Paris
John J. Davia
Mra
Carl Vance
John Rub
Mise Elma Davis
Lynn 8. Horner
Ernest Hutton
Mise Bradford
Immaculate Conception Church
Florence Spahr
James H. Kearns
J J. Kennedy
Thomas R. Kearns
Marento Club
Waldo Hotel
Avery
Mareato Music Club
Auetion Bridge
Henry, Haymond
Miss Garrard
Guentalees
Misa Frost
Charles ‘Furrér
Wyllie Read
Baltimore
John W. Stuars
Clay Street
Stuart
Bell Telephone
Consolidated’ Telephone
Michigan
Ladies Aid Society of the’ First” Methodet Tpiscopal Church
Hoffantall
Women’s Mission
First Baptist Church
Hacker's Creek People
Trai
Sailor Cola
Pique
Pat
Tre Woman’s Store
Weber’s Flower Store
Gore
Pike St
Wyve
Ami
Merchants National Bank
Lincoln
Prinoriva
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