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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1915
Page
19
The notice proclaims the Parsons Souders Agency will close the New Ides Patterns showroom in Harrisburg on May 14. It promises changes in prices on all goods and promotes a brighter, cheerier shopping atmosphere as part of larger plans for a “greater Clarksburg” starting June first.
Open to all with no fixed season for trunks handbags and suitcases. Prices cut 20 to 35 percent on blankets comforts pillows and auto robes. Hardware fire screens baskets and more see one fifth off trunks and bags plus further 20 to 35 percent reductions as stocks are reduced before rebuilding operations begin.
A large assortment of 50 young women suits priced at 25 and 35 dollars features trim Norfolks for school and college girls, business tailored styles, high waists, and Russian Blouse models. Fabrics include serges silks gabardines with spring colors and black white checks. Spring top coats priced 10 to 25 dollars, many lined or half lined, for various occasions.
A Philadelphia maker’s unshipped order of fifty pairs of Louis Heels in Black Mezzo Calf Pumps is bought by the dealer to sell at four dollars. Each pair features one piece vamp and tongue one-piece quarter all leather and long inside counters. Value five dollars. First fifty ladies fitted tomorrow.
Social and personal notes from the Telegram cover church and club events. The Christ Episcopal Men's Club met in the parish house with Rev W M Long speaking on The Unity of Civilization, followed by refreshments. A Woman's Civic Club special meeting is called for May 19 at the same parish house. An Old Folks Concert at Bridgeport Methodist Protestant church drew a large audience with performances by local residents and entertainers. Northcott Camp Modern Woodmen No 5748 plans an initiation and social session tonight at the Pythian hall. Mrs Jules Emile Fontzine hosted the Ladies Sewing Circle in Adamston from 8 to 11 with guests presented souvenirs and refreshments.
Miss Telia May Lacy advertised hair dressing services with electric facial massage scalp treatment shampooing and hair singeing. Bell phone 13 R.
Parkersburg residents PERSGHALL D F Green and C C Davis from Flatwoods transact business here. Buckhannon visitors Mr and Mrs W Farnsworth stay at Hotel Gore. Grafton businessman B F Martin and Keyser visitor C A Carskadon are in the city on brief trips. Parkersburg city visitor C L Allender also present with Ors C F Hamilton.
Readable ad note sells porch pillows at one quarter each with Silkoline coverings and wide ruffle. Full size axis inches not clearly stated, cotton filled and plentiful.
Basement Floor sale from 7 to 9 at night offers six women handkerchiefs at 29c with colored embroidery and a limit of six per customer. New hats priced at 3.95 feature Panama and white hemp sailors with ribbons and floral trim to match light frocks.
The National Association of Manufacturers holds its twentieth annual convention at the Waldorf Astoria, New York City, May 25 and 26. Prominent leaders including William Howard Taft and Warren G. Harding will speak on the Clayton Act and other topics as discussions address industrial regulation, the federal trade commission, and postwar economic realignments. The event features a trade education exhibit, floor discussions, and reports on safety, immigration, trademarks, and industrial improvement. аж
Advertised remedy Rheuma pledges fast relief by acting on kidneys liver bowels and blood to remove uric acid within 24 hours. It claims to cure rheumatism gout and neuralgia with a 51 cent bottle and money-back guarantee through Wells and Haymaker Co. and all druggists.
Welch and Fullerton, local druggists, announce delivery service to all city areas ensuring residents receive medicines and health essentials at their doorsteps.
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