Watch Specialties Offer Versus Bonded Prices
Watch specialists urge customers to compare prices at their branch. They advertise $1.50 items and two $200.00 watches, claiming personal selection of pieces and emphasis on value and favorable exchange.
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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1907
Page
8
Watch specialists urge customers to compare prices at their branch. They advertise $1.50 items and two $200.00 watches, claiming personal selection of pieces and emphasis on value and favorable exchange.
Ad promises ticket sales for a price enabling a vote and a money-back satisfaction guarantee. It highlights items for sale including Oxfords for all ages and trunks bags and umbrellas. It mentions a first-class repair department and asks customers to request tickets at purchase.
A notice promotes using for rent ads in the wanted column to find housing. It urges readers to scan available listings from The Davis Shoe Company and Tiaders building in Clarkiburg and to assemble a prioritized list to aid housing hunts.
The firm touts success in providing customers with fresh caught fish and announces deeper water nets are sharing, promising a better supply and more choice for shoppers.
Fresh caught white fish for baking or frying priced at 20 cents per pound for white fish and 15 to 20 cents for pickerel. Rock pan and boiling rock offered at 200 and 26 cents per pound. Fresh supply received every morning and orders encouraged. Also notes a large variety of vegetables at low city prices.
Prominent visitors include Judge Charles W. Smith from Weston and Col. M. J. Francis from Wilsonburg. Senator W. Scott Stuart of West Union and Dr. C. H. Bartlett with colleagues attend a state dental society meeting. Local residents and guests from Salem, Bridgeport, Romine's Mills, and Philadelphia are noted in this period’s social briefings.
A list of unclaimed letters in the Clarksburg West Virginia post office advertised May 13 1907 includes numerous names such as Frank Arnol Martha Brockway Nora Hummel Tony McTigh and Bertha Morrison among others along with a packages list and the mentioning office clerk Denham P. H.
The May 14 Associated Press report from Columbus Ohio describes a chaotic scene after Senator Dick called off a conference meant for the next day. Politicians are unsure of action while invitees plan to stay home or visit Columbus to gauge the situation. Chairman Vorva and the state party chiefs offer little clarity ahead of further developments.
Numerous parcels offered in Clarksburg near Grasselli and Cemetery Lane. Front lot 50 by 110 on Philippi Pike at 950 dollars. Three lots on Cemetery Lane 37 1/2 by 90 feet 450 each, corner 500, terms 100 down, balance in one or two years. Additional Pike Cemetery Lane corner 34 by 90 feet 1000, corner Kelser Hill 33 1/2 by 97 Hdred 800. Nearby building activity noted. Also Pike Street East End property: eight room frame house with modern improvements, cemented cellar and walks, Oak finish, 50 by 140 feet, price 6000 dollars with 1500 down and rest in one to three years at 6 percent. Not offered below 3500 for what is described.
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