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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1907
Page
9
L. P. Currence located at 1 Third Street, next to P. O. reflects a brief local business listing with an address note. The snippet emphasizes proximity to the post office and a single name rather than broader details.
Advertises that customers receive tickets entitling them to vote in the Price Teeple Piano contest with purchases. Promises refunds if not satisfied and notes items for sale include shoes, oxfords, trunks, bags, umbrellas and a first class repair department.
An ad from The Davis Shoe Company in Clarksburg promotes its address and branding while an adjacent notice encourages readers to browse the for rent ads in the wanted column. The piece frames a housing search as easier with a compiled list of appealing places to aid readers in finding a home.
Prof J Walter Barnes of Consolidated Telephone Co spent Wednesday at his Fairmont office. TB Flaherty of George's Creek coal region and W H Rodgers of Ottuma IA, a labor agitator, visited last night. Latstetter, Barrett, and Mrs Fleming Howell headed to or from Gilmer county for business or meetings. Dr Hood Wenter attended West Virginia Medical Society meeting in Huntington. Davison of West Milford visited Tuesday night. Frank Moore shi returned from East Sta L Young of Lost Creek RD 2 conducted city business Wednesday. Miss Mary Francis visited from Wilsonburg. Mrs S J Brooks of Belington stayed with her daughter and sister Thompson. T A Laffey of Salem came on business Wednesday. Miss Nannie R Lowe visited Mollie Va Smith at Fairmont. Michael R Post of Jarvisville spent Wednesday on business. K McKinney from Weston visited friends.
The notice urges Wallace and Carlyle School supporters to rally for their organizations and to vote using clearly written names. It notes 340 ballots with unnamed entries, asks patrons to bring tickets to vote for favorites, and promises a display prize plus merchant discounts as incentives for purchases.
On Tenmile creek the South Penn Oil Co No 4 on the J W Monroe farm drilled through the Gordon and shows 75 barrels per day. In Wallace district M A Beast Co tests on P M Gir farm into the Gordon show potential. On Little Tenmile Philadelphia Co drills test on Virginia Rogers farm through the Gordon with a fair gasser. Mud Lick run J H McDermott Co begin second test on J Ny Harbert farm.
In Washington on May 15 the government’s witnesses began testifying before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs in the Brownsville investigation. The first witness was George W. Randall of Brownsville, cited in early testimony.
Three lots on Cemetery Lane priced at 450 each, a corner lot at 500 with 5100 down and balance in one or two years. Also a 34 by 90 foot corner lot at Pike and Cemetery Lane offered at 1000, and a corner lot on Kelley Hill 33 by 97 feet at 800. Additional properties include a Pike Street East End lot and a house on a 50 by 140 foot lot priced at 6000 with 1500 down and payments over one to three years, 6 percent interest.
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