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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1908
Page
5
A local store offers a special sale on 1908 spring and summer women’s suits. Thirty new models priced one fourth to one half off, with a wide range of styles to suit every preference as they close out the line.
A vintage advertisement promotes genuine Heatherbloom Petticoats in black with full deep ruffle and rustling style. Featuring silk taffeta petticoats in white and colors, guaranteed for fine even weave. Price listed as $1.75 and $6.50 in the ad.
Voile skirts in four silk band styles attract attention with neat stitching and precise tailoring. New styles combine taffeta silk bands and folds, priced at 13 dollars and 50 cents, while standard voile options remain at 10 dollars.
Notice announces political conventions and an education district land seizure in Harrison County West Virginia. It lists numerous party figures and alternates for congressional senatorial and county conventions. The filing states the Board of Education seeks to appoint commissioners to assess compensation for property taken for a school site in district No.16.
Notice to stockholders of Fairmont and Clarksburg Traction Company calls a meeting at the company office in Fairmont West Virginia on June 2 1908 at 2 pm to elect a board of directors and to transact other business. By order of the directors a majority of the board signs the notice dated May 1 1908.
An advertisement offers salary insurance for a small monthly premium. It promises indemnity for meteor risk, accidental death, and sickness with weekly or monthly payments across specified durations, all under one dollar per month. Charles W Worcester at 10 C F Building Clarksboro handles the sale. Phose 206W.
An odd, partially legible note references a health remedy by Daan's Requiets. It mentions a mild, easy healthful potion without emiptus and urges readers to ask their trevetet for them, with a stray number 266. The fragment hints at a promotional or cautionary context without clear product details.
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