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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1907
Page
8
The notice promotes shopping bargains with money-back guarantees and voting tickets for a piano contest. It advertises shoes and oxfords for all ages, trunks bags and umbrellas, plus a first class repair department. It urges customers to request tickets when making a purchase.
Personal mentions list many visitors and residents in town this weekend. Names include Justus Cyrus Fhompenn from Shinh ion Cyrus FR Webb school official, J. J. Wilkinson from Bridgeport, Anne Mathy from Salem, William J. Niggy from Shinnston, M. Lang from Reynoldeyilie, F. M. Ashcraft from Wolf Summit, and Mrs Charles B. Alexander and Miss Sue Maxwell visiting Parkersburg. Marriage licenses issued to L. D. Vincent TM and Bmithiast Fit tro Arlie Brooks Manigy Saltie G. Coon Manuel Fogg Alverdia Ml Weaver.
The Hagenbeck-Wallace Show arrived in Clarksburg after a derailment delay at New Martinsville. More cars and staff were to follow with extensive bill posting and lithographs, drawing crowds from Gratton Weston Buckhannon and nearby towns.
Listing describes front lot 50 by 110 on Philipi Pike opposite Grasselli, priced 950 dollars, three lots on Cemetery Lane at 37 1/2 by 90 feet at 450 each, corner 500 with 100 down balance in one and two years. Also 34 by 90 business corner Pike and Cemetery Lane at 1000, corner Kelley Hill 33 1/2 by 97 feet at 800. Nearby building activity high. East End Pike Street property features an eight room frame house with cement cellar and walks, oak finish, 50 by 140 feet, price 6600 with 1500 down and terms in one to three years at interest. claimed value below 3500 and sale price offered at 6000.
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