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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1912
Page
5
Women compare new serge suits from a local apparel shop praising true blue worsted serge for color retention and tailoring. Suits priced at 25 85 10 and 15 dollars offer a choice of coat lengths 24 to 32 inches with plain or kick pleat skirts and various sizes including half sizes.
Vintage advertisement notes girls choosing their first long dress. It mentions Peter Thompson’s cream or navy serges priced $10 to $12.50, linens and oyster army blue Naturals from $5 to $10, and other washable fabrics like gingham linen voile ranging $2 to $15. Dresses described as miniature women’s wear delight young buyers and distress mothers.
Local retailers tout new medium grade carpets and rugs with patterns and colorings rivaling high quality from years ago. Households are urged to inspect offerings this spring, including Axminster at 98c to 1.50 per yard, Velvet 98c to 1.25, Tapestry 60c to 85c, and Body Brussels at 1.50 per yard.
Readable fragments describe plain and fancy grass rugs in various sizes for halls porches and rooms. Sizes include 26 54 72 and 80 inches widths with prices around 45 to 1.25 per yard or per piece. Mentions plain and fancy textures and rough online style listings.
The reversible blouse uses Lonedale Drill for durable everyday wear. It features fade resistant Galatea cuffs and collars with double stitched seams and no raw edges in ladies, misses, and children's sizes.
A new linen shipment showcases summer fabrics including 6 inch Linen Crash at 30 cents per yard, 36 inch Natural Linen at 35 cents, 36 inch Ramie Linens at 50 cents, and 36 inch Oyster White Linen at 39 cents. Offers many colors and designs from Wweaye. Draperies noted as key to furnished rooms.
A bustling evening at the Methodist Episcopal gymnasium featured a farewell for Mis Agnes Pyle, with recitations, music, and a 10 o clock cake reception. The L. E. S. Club presented a silver spoon, honoring her four months as physical culture instructor amid a turnout of local talent and friends. A Roky Malden rehearsal at First Baptist promised a sought after musical production for Glarkshore.
A church notice lists a Wednesday prayer meeting to elect delegates to the Woman's Annual Missionary Society in Charleston. It also covers the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and other local society meetings at First Baptist and First Methodist Episcopal churches with times and invitations.
Mrs Magaret Thorne 83 wife of A D Corna and long time Point Comfort resident, tripped and fell in her kitchen Monday evening, breaking her right arm at the shoulder joint. A physician treated her and she is resting as comfortably as possible despite the pain.
The listing touts versatile B and B house dresses in Chambray and Gingham in neat patterns with various necklines. Priced at $1.00, these dresses are presented as exceptional value compared with $1.50 and $2.00 prior sales, with strong recent demand supporting the forecast.
A reader reports that Darius Downey of Newberg Junction New Brunswick finds Chamberlain's Tablets very effective and beneficial for stomach issues. He endorses their use and urges others to try them if any trouble with digestion arises. Sold by all dealers.
Weston notes list of fifteen delegates leaving for Huntington for the Republican state convention. Among those named arequire A Hughes and Roy V Chidester. Also reported are local marriages, hospital trips, and business updates including a new bill poster and a drilling project at Hope Natural Gas.
A fragment notes a legal matter at Clarksburg involving attorney GE White and Dock Mathews connected to a Brearg Company. Details are incomplete but indicate a business dispute or filing scheduled for Monday.
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